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> 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
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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
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PAGK
I. EGYPT.
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2. THE SUDAN .... 38
3 THE ATBARA .... 72
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4- OMDURMAN .... 76
5- SOUTH AFRICA .... 90
6. THE MARCH TO PAARDEBERG 100
7 PAARDEBERG .... 104
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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
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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*
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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.
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