Gunner Jingo's jubilee / Thomas Bland Strange ; introduction by R.C. Macleod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strange, Thomas Bland, 1831-1925.

Series:

Western Canada reprint series ; 5.

Western Canada reprint series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strange, Thomas Bland, 1831-1925.

Strange, Thomas Bland.

Canada. Canadian Army--Biography.

Canada.

Great Britain. Army--Biography.

Great Britain.

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1893, Thomas Bland Strange's autobiography is more entertaining than most military memoirs because Strange writes vividly and makes no effort to conceal his prejudices and eccentricities. This is one of the best sources for the history of the North West Rebellion and especially the Alberta Force Field.

Contents:

Intro; A note about the front matter; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Preface; Contents; PART I.; PART II.; Notes; CHAPTER I. - Soldier Jhât-Petticoat Influence- "" Enfant de Troupe ""-Waterloo-Piety and Profanity-Tales of My Grandmother-A Royal Spree-A Burst with the Hounds-"" Pallida Mors""-School Days and Holidays-Irish Highlanders-A Non-Competition Wallah; CHAPTER II.-College Life-"" Mos pro Lege ""-The Minstrel Boy-Charles Gordon-Adam Lindsay Gordon-Promotion-A Military Arnold-A Snooker Aristocrat-A Quiet Pipe-Astronomical-Sky Signs

CHAPTER III.-Gibraltar-Gib-al-Taric-Saracenic Conquest-A Queen's Chemise-Rien de sacre pour un Sapeur-The Union Jack-A Capture-Spanish Honour-ScramblingCHAPTER IV.-A Vision-A Brain Wave; CHAPTER V.-The Calpe Hunt-Africa-Shooting and Wedding Parties; CHAPTER VI.-Andalucia-Red Hot Shot-An Ass who Lost his Head-A Ride in Andalucia-The Insular Englishman -"" Zingari ""-Pepita-Cadiz -"" La Tigre Real ""

CHAPTER VII.-Bull Fighting, Professional and Amateur-A Matador's Salute-A Knowing Bull-Demos-A White Hat-Picadors and Horses-Chulos and Bandarilleros-The Melee-A Wild Waltz-The Slain-Cosas de España-An Amateur Bull Fight-Turkey Plucking-Wicked Women-A Crowned Monarch of the Street-A Flea-Bitten GreyCHAPTER VIII.-Gib. Once More-Moorish Haiks and Highland Kilts-The Carnival-"" Rule Britannia ""-"" Plus Royaliste que le Roi ""-The Crimea; CHAPTER IX.-Home Again-Disappointed-Chair au Canon-The Sub and the Bombardier-Ould Ireland-Another Woolwich Job-The Antilles-Yellow Jack and Port Royal Jack

CHAPTER X.-"" D.T.''-Creole Love-Opera and Mangrove Swamp-Mother Wingrove-The Blue Mountains-A Negro Hymn-Ruined Plantation -Blacksmith and Minister-M.P. and Waiter- A Devil Fish-A Young Earthquake-Negro Disturbance-Island Hospitalities-Ordered Off-Jigger'dCHAPTER XI.-Negro Home Rule-Amiable Aborigines- Simian Aptitudes-A Yellow Bandana-A Principal Production-Quarantine-New Providence-War Preparations-Pig Hunting-Anglo Saxon Relatives-The Imperial Octopus-A Swim for the Mail-A Fire-A Retrieving Snake-A Spectral Pipe-A Garrison Order-A Missing Detachment-Wanted for the Crimea

CHAPTER XII.-Store Ledgers and Kit Inspection-The Autocrat of the Quarterdeck-Pugilistic-A Coral Reef-Soldier-Sailors-Peace Proclaimed-Two Greetings-Crimean Heroes-An Awkward Question-Moplahs-Wolfe, the Amal-Continental-A British Matron-A Soft Seat-A Wrathful Gaul-A TelegramCHAPTER XIII.-Indian Equipments-The Land of the Pharaohs-The Red Sea and Colombo-Calcutta and Contemporary History-Bullock Train March-Benares Punishment Parade-A Commissary of Ordnance-The Butcha-A Plum Pudding-A Start-Gun Elephants-The Hooshiar One-An Ekka-A Release

CHAPTER XIV.-The Scrimmage of Secundra-Artillery Tactics in India-Chanda, a Spoilt Battle-A Regimental Legend-A Climax

Notes:

Reprint of 1893 ed.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4593-0482-9

1-4175-9200-1

OCLC:

951202866