XXIV. LOCALISATION AND COUNTY REGIMENTS--INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON III. 265 XXV. VISIT TO THE CRIMEA WITH CHARLES GORDON, 1872--REPORT ON THE CEMETERIES 273 XXVI. RIFLED ORDNANCE AND NAVAL AND MILITARY RESERVES--APPOINTED GOVERNOR, ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY--THE BRITISH ARMY IN 1875 284 XXVII. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE AFGHAN WAR OF 1878-79 300 XXVIII. APPOINTED SURVEYOR GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE--PRINCIPLES OF ARMY PROMOTION--EGYPTIAN WAR OF 1882 322 XXIX. GIBRALTAR--ITS VALUE FROM A NAVAL AND COMMERCIAL POINT OF VIEW--ZOBEHR PASHA A STATE PRISONER--SANITARY CONDITION OF GIBRALTAR 359 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS HEAD QUARTERS, CRIMEA, WINTER OF 1854. FARM HOUSE IN WHICH LORD RAGLAN DIED _Frontispiece_ BATTLE OF ALMA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1854 _To face p._ 28 BALACLAVA. SCENE OF LIGHT CAVALRY CHARGE, OCTOBER 25, 1854 " 46 THE GARRISON OF LUCKNOW RETURNING TO CAWNPORE, NOVEMBER 1857 " 143 GOING TO THE WAR. CROSSING THE INDUS AT ATTOCK, NOVEMBER 1863 " 207 AFGHAN FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. STORMING THE CONICAL PEAK, DECEMBER 1863 " 213 SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE TOUR IN BOOTAN, JANUARY 1866 " 234 WAR IN BOOTAN, 1866. OUTPOST IN VALLEY OF THE CHIN-CHU " 238 RUINS OF THE TUILERIES, NOVEMBER 1872. LIBERTÉ--EGALITÉ--FRATERNITÉ " 282 EVE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR. ENCAMPMENT OF BRITISH ARMY AT KASSASSIN LOCK " 346 GIBRALTAR FROM QUEEN OF SPAIN'S CHAIR " 361 ZOBEHR PASHA " 373 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT PAGE DIAGRAM OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARMIES 20 FORMATION OF LIGHT BRIGADE UNDER THE EARL OF CARDIGAN 48 PLAN OF CAWNPORE, TO ILLUSTRATE BATTLE OF NOVEMBER 27, 1857 136 DUTCH MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION 175 SKETCH MAP OF NORTH-WEST FRONTIER 186 COPY OF SKETCH BY NAPOLEON III. 269 SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR 345 VISITING CARD OF ARABI PASHA FOUND AT TEL-EL-KEBIR 356