Author's Preface 1. Childhood 2. Harrow 3. Examinations 4. Sandhurst 5. The Fourth Hussars 6. Cuba 7. Hounslow 8. India 9. Education at Bangalore 10. The Malakand Field Force 11. The Mamund Valley 12. The Tirah Expedition 13. A Difficulty with Kitchener 14. The Eve of Omdurman 15. The Sensations of a Cavalry Charge 16. I Leave the Army 17. Oldham 18. With Buller to the Cape 19. The Armoured Train 20. In Durance Vile 21. I Escape from the Boers 22. I Escape from the Boers (contd.) 23. Back to the Army 24. Spion Kop 25. The Relief of Ladysmith 26. In the Orange Free State 27. Johannesburg and Pretoria 28. The Khaki Election 29. The House of Commons