The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon

The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon

Joseph Maria Gordon, officer in the British Army (1856-1929)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

-03- PART I. THE CHRONICLES OF A GAY GORDON

-04- CHAPTER I. MY SCOTS SPANISH ORIGIN

-05- CHAPTER II. MY SCHOOLING

-06- CHAPTER III. A FRONTIER INCIDENT

-07- CHAPTER IV. FIRST WAR EXPERIENCE

-08- CHAPTER V. MY MEETINGS WITH KING ALFONSO

-09- CHAPTER VI. WITH DON CARLOS AGAIN

-10- CHAPTER VII. MY FIRST ENGAGEMENT

-11- CHAPTER VIII. SOLDIERING IN IRELAND

-12- CHAPTER IX. UNRULY TIMES IN IRELAND

-13- CHAPTER X. SPORT IN IRELAND

-14- CHAPTER XI. A VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND

-15- CHAPTER XII. A MAORI MEETING

-16- CHAPTER XIII. AN OFFER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA

-17- CHAPTER XIV. I BECOME A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR

-18- CHAPTER XV. A MERCHANT THEN AN ACTOR

-19- CHAPTER XVI. AS POLICEMAN IN ADELAIDE

-20- PART II. THE CHRONICLES OF A GAY GORDON

-21- CHAPTER I. SOLDIERING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

-22- CHAPTER II. POLO HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING

-23- CHAPTER III. THE RUSSIAN SCARE AND ITS RESULTS

-24- CHAPTER IV. THE SOUDAN CONTINGENT

-25- CHAPTER V. A TIME OF RETRENCHMENT

-26- CHAPTER VI. MY VISION FULFILLED

-27- CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT STRIKES

-28- CHAPTER VIII. THE INTRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND TWO VOYAGES

-29- CHAPTER IX. MILITARY ADVISER TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES IN LONDON

-30- CHAPTER X. OFF TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

-31- CHAPTER XI. WITH LORD ROBERTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

-32- CHAPTER XII. IN COMMAND OF A MOUNTED COLUMN

-33- CHAPTER XIII. SOME SOUTH AFRICAN REMINISCENCES

-34- PART III. THE CHRONICLES OF A GAY GORDON

-35- CHAPTER I. ORGANIZING THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

-36- CHAPTER II. COMMANDANT OF VICTORIA

-37- CHAPTER III. COMMANDANT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

-38- CHAPTER IV. LORD KITCHENER’S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA

-39- CHAPTER V. THE AMERICAN NAVAL VISIT

-40- CHAPTER VI. CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF