Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army

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One of the first measures of the Government of M. Thiers, after crushing the insurrection by the Communists, including the National Guard, was to suppress the militia “force,” so called.

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Surgeon-General Sir J. H. Innes, C.B.

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The only one that remained.

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Date of gazette, February 21, 1871.

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The late Mr. Laurence Oliphant.

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The following rules were those alluded to: 1. Never write in a hurry. 2. Be unswayed by personal feeling. 3. Judge charitably. 4. Never act upon a one-sided statement; audi alteram partem. 5. Avoid irritating expressions. 6. Obtain, if possible, “the last word.” 7. In giving decision, take nothing for granted; have clear grounds for that decision. 8. Confine remarks and recommendations to their proper sphere.

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The 5th Division, or that of Picton, as also the Duke of Brunswick’s contingent, both left Brussels at 5 a.m. of the 16th. Doubtless, therefore, the noises referred to were caused by the various arms belonging to it. (Horsford’s Waterloo.)

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June 24, 1859.

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Convention de Genève: Un Souvenir de Solferino. Paris: Hachette & Cie.

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Surgeon-General, April 1, 1874.

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My wife, daughter, and self.

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Mr. Oliphant.

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From Mr. John Ogilvie.

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These are given in detail in Our Trip to Burmah.

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There was a rumour that his head had been disinterred and carried away, perhaps to be made use of after the manner of the Scythians.

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I by Dr. Lamprey of the 67th.

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General Sir F. Haines, Brigadier-Generals Howlett and Stewart, and myself.

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Major Kingsley, 67th Regiment, kindly extended his hospitality to me.

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By the hospitality of Major and Mrs. Lloyd.

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Demons.

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Under that title an account of it was published by Baillière, Tindall & Cox, London.

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On April 27, 1875.

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Mr., afterwards Sir William Robinson, K.C.S.I.

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By the London Gazette was announced my appointment as Honorary Physician to the Queen, March 22, 1876.

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The other members were Mr. Macallum Webster, I.C.S., and Surgeon-General Cornish, C.I.E.

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Affghanistan, by P. F. Walker, p. 62.