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WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR-LAND
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WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR-LAND
BY
SIR STEPHEN LAKEMAN
MAZHAR PACHA
“Militia est potior. Quid enim?”
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLXXX
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PREFACE.
This book contains extracts from the dailyrecord of impressions made on my mind, bymen and events, as we performed together ourallotted parts, in one short tragical episode atthe Cape. Very little has been omitted; nothinghas been added. It is a simple narrative, takenfrom the Book of my Life, of which, if it is notthe opening chapter, it is at least one of thefirst.
If by my observations I have hurt any one’sfeelings, this may have been caused by thesepersons having ruffled mine. If I have said butlittle good of any one with whom I have beenbrought into contact, it is because I failed toviperceive any more than I have mentioned.The reader will be able to some extent to judgewhether or not this has arisen from my want ofperspicacity, or from their incapacity.
I can only add, that this narrative is true.I have thought, in having it published, that itmight interest those who seek by reading someinformation about the realities of life in thisartificial world of ours, wherein time-servinghypocrites present themselves so often as shamswhen Heaven and country call for men.vii
CONTENTS | |
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| CHAPTER I. | |
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| Attached to the French military staff in Algeria—The Minie rifle—Interviews with the Duke of Wellington and others—War at the Cape—I offer my services—Red-tape difficulties—Start for the Cape, | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Land at St Vincent—Shooting excursion on the island—Strange dream—Narrowly escape shipwreck—Arrive at Sierra Leone—Interview with the Governor—Official ceremonies—Visit the Bishop—Official insignia—St Helena—Neglected state of the house where Napoleon died, | 6 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Arrive at the Cape—Valuable assistance from local authorities—A corps of volunteers formed—General Sir Harry Smith’s difficulties—Damaged state of stores and ammunition—Obliged to invent a Minie ball—Happy Jack—The composition of the corps—Reflections—Colonel Neville Chamberlain—His present of a sword and its subsequent history in Turkey, | 14viii |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| First attempts at discipline in corps—Prepare to start for the front—Difficulty of getting men on board ship—Review and sham fight—First feats of arms—Embarkation—Arrive at Fort Elizabeth—Onward march towards Graham’s Town—First encampment in ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |