[Frontispiece: Major-General WAUCHOPE, C.B., C.M.G., LL.D. _From a Photograph by Horsburgh, Edinburgh._] GENERAL WAUCHOPE BY WILLIAM BAIRD, F.S.A. SCOT. AUTHOR OF 'JOHN THOMSON OF DUDDINGSTON, PASTOR AND PAINTER' 'ANNALS OF DUDDINGSTON AND PORTOBELLO' 'SIXTY YEARS OF CHURCH LIFE IN AYRE' ETC. EDINBURGH AND LONDON OLIPHANT ANDERSON AND FERRIER 1900 TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT AT MAGERSFONTEIN THIS MEMOIR OF THEIR LEADER IS INSCRIBED CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAP. I. THE WAUCHOPES OF NIDDRIE MARISCHAL II. CHILDHOOD--EARLY TENDENCIES--THE 'HOUSEHOLD TROOP'--EDUCATION--NAVAL TRAINING--THE 'BRITANNIA'--THE 'ST. GEORGE'--PRINCE ALFRED III. ENTERS THE ARMY--THE BLACK WATCH--ASHANTI WAR--RETURN HOME--BANQUET AT PORTOBELLO IV. DEATH OF WAUCHOPE's FATHER--ORDERED TO MALTA--REMINISCENCES--RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS--CYPRUS--APPOINTMENT AS CIVIL COMMISSIONER OF PAPHO--REMINISCENCES--SIR ROBERT BIDDULPH--THE SULTAN'S CLAIMS V. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA--ARABI PASHA'S REBELLION IN EGYPT--TEL-EL-KEBIR--MARRIAGE--LIFE IN CAIRO VI. THE EASTERN SOUDAN--BATTLE OF EL-TEB--ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE GENERAL GORDON--ASCENT OF THE NILE--THE WHALE-BOATS--BATTLE OF KIRBEKAN--RETURN TO CAIRO--MALTA--GIBRALTAR VII. THE MIDLOTHIAN CAMPAIGN VIII. THE 73RD REGIMENT AT MARYHILL BARRACKS--INCIDENTS OF HOME LIFE--MILITARY LIFE AT YORK--APPOINTMENT TO SOUDAN CAMPAIGN IX. THE SOUDAN--BATTLES OF ATBARA AND OMDURMAN--ARRIVAL HOME--RECEPTION AT NIDDRIE--DEGREE OF LL.D.--PAROCHIAL DUTIES--PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST FOR SOUTH EDINBURGH X. OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA--COMMAND OF THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE--DEPARTURE FOR SOUTH AFRICA--THE SITUATION--BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN--DEATH--FUNERAL--AFTER THE BATTLE XI. CHARACTERISTICS INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT . . . . Frontispiece NIDDRIE MARISCHAL, FRONT VIEW ANDREW WAUCHOPE, MIDSHIPMAN, AGE 14 ANDREW WAUCHOPE, AGE 30 NIDDRIE MARISCHAL, BACK VIEW GENERAL WAUCHOPE ON HORSEBACK THE GRAVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD THE GRAVE AT MATJESFONTEIN {9} INTRODUCTION