Recollections of a Military Life

Recollections of a Military Life is by General Sir John Adye, G.C.B., R.A. The introduction says the writer served for many years in the Royal Artillery and took part in some of the campaigns in which the British army has been engaged during his period of service. The contents list gives, among others, the chapters Battle of Alma, The Flank March, Battle of Balaclava and Battle of Inkerman.

A first-person account says that one morning early, whilst superintending the departure of some batteries from the shore, Lord Raglan came up and spoke to the writer, remarking that the artillery staff was insufficient and that the writer had too much to do. The text says the 71st Highlanders, who had taken a full share in every action of the campaign, were selected, with a regiment of Goorkas, to retrieve the fortunes of the day. A passage about an officer says that on the accession of William IV, in 1830, he was restored to his rank in the army, and in 1843 was appointed Governor of Gibraltar, in succession to Sir Alexander Woodford.