XXVII. 1878--PREPARATIONS FOR WAR 334 XXVIII. CHRISTMAS 1878--THE INVASION OF ZULULAND 344 XXIX. 1879--IN ZULULAND 357 XXX. 1879--THE INHLOBANE, 28TH MARCH 368 XXXI. 1879--KAMBULA, 29TH MARCH 377 XXXII. 1879--THE PRINCE IMPERIAL 390 XXXIII. 1879--ULUNDI 399 XXXIV. 1879--COMPLIMENTARY HONOURS 408 XXXV. 1880--H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE 417 XXXVI. 1881--THE LAND OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS 425 XXXVII. 1881--AFTER MAJUBA 434 XXXVIII. 1881--A ROYAL COMMISSION 446 XXXIX. 1881--MARITZBURG 458 XL. 1882--CHATHAM AND ALEXANDRIA 466 XLI. 1883--SIRDAR 475 XLII. 1884–5--THE SUDAN 489 XLIII. 1885–6–7–8--COLCHESTER DISTRICT 502 XLIV. 1889--ALDERSHOT 513 XLV. 1889–90--REFORMS AT ALDERSHOT 525 XLVI. 1891–2–3--TRAINING OF TROOPS ON PRIVATE LANDS 537 XLVII. 1893–6--QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL 547 XLVIII. 1897–90--ADJUTANT-GENERAL 559 XLIX. ADJUTANT-GENERAL--_continued_ 571 L. 1901–2–3--SECOND ARMY CORPS DISTRICT 582 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS PAGE EVELYN WOOD, F.M. _Frontispiece_ Painted for the Fishmongers’ Company by W. OULESS, R.A., 1906 H.M.S. _QUEEN_, IN PLYMOUTH SOUND, 1852 8 MR. E. WOOD, R.N., 1852 14 From a Painting by LADY WOOD THE BLACK SEA 26 THE CRIMEA, SOUTH-WESTERN PART 34 THE UPLAND 44 MARCHING ORDER, JULY 1854 60 ON THE MARCH, SEPTEMBER 1854 60 THE TRENCHES, JANUARY 1855 60 APRIL 1855 60 PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL 90 CORNET WOOD 100 RISALDAR MAJOR DHOKUL SINGH BAHADUR 138