# A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863

Author: Gowing, T. (Timothy), 1834-1908

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46989

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Soldier%27s+Experience%3B+or%2C+A+Voice+from+the+Ranks+Showing+the+Cost+of+War+in+Blood+and+Gowing&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Boyhood--Enlistment--Will of Peter the Great--Recruits' Drill--What the Fusiliers were Thirty Years ago--The Young Idea had to be Taught how to Shoot--The Fusiliers Depart for the East--The Writer quickly follows them--Voyage out--Call at Gibraltar and Malta--Landing in Turkey--Its Scenery and People--Marching and Counter-Marching--The Unseen Enemy, Cholera--Embark again for the Crimea, escorted by the Fleets of England and France--An Account of the Services of the Leader of the Crimean Army, Lord Raglan--Also of Sir G. Brown, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Colin Campbell, Sir George Cathcart, and the Earl of Cardigan--Population of the British Empire--Remarkable Battles that have been fought on...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-soldier-s-experience-or-a-voice-from-the-ranks-showing-the-co-66933efa/chapters/11/index.md)