Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     viii
Abbreviations     ix
List of Maps     x
Foreword   Saul David     xi
Prologue     xii
A Family Tradition     1
Under Fire - The Crimean War     11
The Search for Glory     33
Love & Marriage     54
Into Africa     67
Battalion Command     90
Hlobane & Kambula - Defeat & Victory     112
Honours & Dishonour     136
Egyptian Command & the Race to Khartoum     160
A Skeleton in the Cupboard     186
The War Office, Army Reform & Personal Survival     207
Service to the End     224
Notes     241
Bibliography     258
Index     261