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Uniform with this Volume > STALIN ISAAC DON LEVINE - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROGER CASEMENT DENNIS GWYNN LORD BIRKENHEAD EPHESIAN WINSTON CHURCHILL EPHESIAN KITCHENER BRIG.-GENERAL C. R. BALLARD C.B., C.M.G. kitchener by BRIG.-GENERAL G. R. BALLARD Book No. Mads and Pnnted in Great Britain by Hajsell, Watson &• Viney Ltd., London and Aylesbury CONTENTS PARTI. EGYPT.13 I. THE SUBALTERN *5 II. ENGLAND IN EGYPT . . . 21 III. GORDON.32 iv. 1886-1892.53 V. THE SIRDAR . . . . 6l VI. THE ATBARA AND OMDURMAN . 7° VII. FASHODA.S3 PART II. SOUTH AFRICA ... 87 VIII. THE TANGLED MESS ... 89 IX. PAARDEBERG . . . .101 X. PRETORIA.112 XI. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF , .119 PART III. INDIA.131 XII. REFORMS.133 XIII. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER . 140 XIV. THE QUARREL WITH CURZON . 146 XV. ROUTINE.155 PART IV. THE WAR OFFICE . . 163 XVI. SECRETARY OF STATE . . . 165 XVII. EXPANSION .... I70 XVIII. THE OPENING MOVES . . . 177 5 6 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XIX. THE PARIS INTERVIEW 193 XX. THE MARNE 202 XXI. THE RIFT WITH G.H.Q. 210 XXII. GALLIPOLI . 227 XXIII. SHELLS . 248 < XXIV. SALONIKA .... 273 XXV. THE WINTER OF I915-I916 290 XXVI. THE LOSS OF THE “ HAMPSHIRE " I. 307 . 2 3 - 4 - 5 - 6. 7 - 8. 9 - 10. 11. 12. 13 - 14. 15 - 16. 17- fci LIST OF SKETCH MAPS Only those places are marked which are mentioned in the text PAGK I. EGYPT. 22 2. THE SUDAN .... 38 3 THE ATBARA .... 72 - 4- OMDURMAN .... 76 5- SOUTH AFRICA .... 90 6. THE MARCH TO PAARDEBERG 100 7 PAARDEBERG .... 104 - 8. INDIA : THE DISTRIBUTION SCHEME 136 9- THE STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT, 1914 176 IO. THE RETREAT FROM MONS . 184 ii. AUGUST 23RD, 28TH, 3OTH . 188 12. THE EVE OF THE MARNE . 204 13- THE TRENCH LINE 208 14. GALLIPOLI. 226 15- THE ALLIES' OFFENSIVES IN I915 254 16. SERBIA. 272 17- THE ORKNEYS .... 306 * 7 ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations are used in the footnotes for works which have been quoted more than once. ARTHUR. The Life of Lord Kit¬ chener. By Sir George Arthur. CHURCHILL. The World Crisis. By the Rt. Hon. W. S. Churchill. COLVILE. History of the Sudan Cam¬ paign, 1884-1885. Com¬ piled for the War Office by Sir H. E. Colvile, K.C.B. CROMER. Modern Egypt. By the Earl of Cromer (Sir E. Baring). FRENCH. "1914-” By the Earl French of Ypres. HUGUET. L’Intervention Militaire Britannique en 1914. By General Huguet. LANREZAC. Le Plan de Campagne frangaise et le premier mois de la guerre. By General Lanrezac. MACPHAIL. Three Persons. By Sir Andrew Macphail. I* 9 10 ABBREVIATIONS O.H. The Official History of the War. Edited by Brig.- General J. E. Edmonds. REPINGTON. The First World War. By Lt.-Col. A'C. Repington. ROBERTSON. Soldiers and Statesmen. By Field-Marshal. Sir William Robertson, G.C.B., etc. RONALDSHAY. Life of Lord Curzon. By Lord Ronaldshay. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF. Life of Sir Colin. By M. E. Hollings. SMITH-DORRIEN. Memories of Forty-eight Years’ Service. By General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., etc. WILSON. Diary of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, G.C.B., etc. Edited by General Sir C. E. Callwell. WINGATE. Mahdiism and the Egyp¬ tian Sudan. By Major (now General Sir F. R.) Wingate, G.C.B., etc. A CHRONOLOGY 1850. June 24. Bom at Crotier House, County Kerry. 1868-70. Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. 1871. Jan. 4. Gazetted Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. 1874-78. Palestine Survey. 1878-82. Cyprus Survey. 1883. Jan. 4. Captain. 1883- 84. Attached to Egyptian Cavalry. 1884- 85. Nile Expedition and Desert Column. 1884. Oct. 8. Brevet Major. 1885. June 15. Brevet Lieut-Colonel. 1886-88. Governor of Suakin. Wounded at Handub. 1888. April 11. Colonel. 1888-92. Adjutant-General, Egyptian Army. 1892-98. Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. 1896. Commanding Dongola Expedition. Battle of Firket. 1896. Sept. 25. Major-General. 1898. April 8. Battle of the Atbara. 1898. Sept. 2. Battle of Omdurman. 1898. Sept. To Fashoda. 1898. Created Baron, of Khartoum and Aspall, G.C.B. 1899. Dec. 23. Lieutenant-General. 1899-1902. South African War. 1900. Feb. 18. Battle of Paardeberg. 1900. Oct. Commander-in-Chief, South Africa. 1902. May 31. Signed Peace at Pretoria. II