By Surgeon-General Sir A. D. HOME, K.C.B., V.C.
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These interesting reminiscences of an Army Surgeon on active service
cover a wide field of work. Beginning with early years of service in
the West Indies, the author soon proceeded to the Crimea, where he
remained until peace was declared. A year or two afterwards he joined
the expeditionary force destined for China, which was deflected to
India by the news of the Mutiny. He was present at the Relief of
Lucknow, and won the Victoria Cross for his “persevering bravery and
admirable conduct” on that occasion. In 1860 we find him in the East
again during the China War, advancing with the Allied Forces to Pekin.
At the close of 1861, when the Civil War in America seemed likely
to embroil Great Britain, Surgeon Home was sent out to Canada, in
readiness for anything that might occur. Fortunately the clouds lifted,
and before his return to England the author was able to visit Baltimore
and Washington, where he gained many interesting impressions of the war
then in progress. The volume concludes with an episode in the Maori War
in New Zealand in 1864.