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 'HOUSEHOLDTROOP'—EDUCATION—NAVAL TRAINING—THE'BRITANNIA'—THE 'ST. GEORGE'—PRINCE ALFRED
III. ENTERS THE ARMY—THE BLACK WATCH—ASHANTIWAR—RETURN HOME—BANQUET AT PORTOBELLO
IV. DEATH OF WAUCHOPE's FATHER—ORDERED TOMALTA—REMINISCENCES—RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS—CYPRUS—APPOINTMENTAS CIVIL COMMISSIONER OF PAPHO—REMINISCENCES—SIRROBERT BIDDULPH—THESULTAN'S CLAIMS
V. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA—ARABI PASHA'S REBELLION INEGYPT—TEL-EL-KEBIR—MARRIAGE—LIFE IN CAIRO
VI. THE EASTERN SOUDAN—BATTLE OF EL-TEB—ATTEMPTTO RELIEVE GENERAL GORDON—ASCENT OF THENILE—THE WHALE-BOATS—BATTLE OFKIRBEKAN—RETURN TO CAIRO—MALTA—GIBRALTAR
VII. THE MIDLOTHIAN CAMPAIGN
VIII. THE 73RD REGIMENT AT MARYHILL BARRACKS—INCIDENTSOF HOME LIFE—MILITARY LIFE AT YORK—APPOINTMENTTO SOUDAN CAMPAIGN
IX. THE SOUDAN—BATTLES OF ATBARA AND OMDURMAN—ARRIVALHOME—RECEPTION AT NIDDRIE—DEGREEOF LL.D.—PAROCHIAL DUTIES—PARLIAMENTARYCONTEST FOR SOUTH EDINBURGH
X. OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA—COMMANDOF THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE—DEPARTUREFOR SOUTH AFRICA—THE SITUATION—BATTLE OFMAGERSFONTEIN—DEATH—FUNERAL—AFTER THEBATTLE
XI. CHARACTERISTICS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PORTRAIT . . . . Frontispiece
ANDREW WAUCHOPE, MIDSHIPMAN, AGE 14
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