Charles Alexander Gordon

Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; etc.

From a young medical officer's journey to India to witnessing the horrors of war across the globe, a soldier recounts almost four decades of service, sacrifice, and survival in the British Army.

By Charles Alexander Gordon