"A Craven Street Book."

Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1971.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 CADET AND MIDSHIPMAN 11 -- Upbringing in Ceylon - Osborne and Dartmouth - the Cape Station - Outbreak of War -The Konigsberg action. -- 2 PRIVATE SOLDIER 20 -- Desertion from the Navy - the South African Scottish - exposure and reprieve - the Libyan campaign. -- 3 THE WESTERN FRONT 29 -- Ploeg Street - the Somme - Delville Wood - wounded and commissioned - Battle of Arras - wounded again. -- 4 FIGHTING IN RUSSIA 45 -- The Armistice - journey to the Black Sea - Denikin's Army - Reds and Whites - travelling across the steppes. -- 5 DEFEAT OF THE DON ARMY 57 -- In action with the Don Plastunis - a hot corner - the Red cavalry- retreat and confusion - recall to H.Q. - return to -- England. -- 6 UNDERGRADUATE AND SUBALTERN 66 -- Undergraduate at Oxford - boxing and the Olympics - commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders - Constantinople and Thrace - life in Malta. -- 7 SOLDIERING IN THE SUDAN 73 -- Arrival in Khartoum - the Sudanese soldier - life in the Camel Corps - exploration in Libya. -- 8 HIMALAYAN INTERLUDES 93 -- Climbing near Kangchenjunga - the 1933 Everest Expedition - farewell to the Camel Corps. -- 9 DISTRICT COMMISSIONER 110 -- Zalingei District - Darfur and the Fur people - Border strife - Outbreak of War. -- 10 THE FRONTIER BATTALION 126 -- Raising and training new companies - the Italian threat - reconnaissance in Ethiopia -- 11 INVASION OF ETHIOPIA 141 -- The camel convoys - the Emperor returns - encounters with the Patriots. -- 12 DEFEAT OF THE ITALIANS 160 -- Battles in the Gojjam - capture of Debra Marcos - surrender of General Nasi. -- 13 RETURN TO DARFUR 172 -- Eritrean operations - changes at Zalingei - farewell to the Sudan. -- 14 RESIDENT ADVISER, MUKALLA 182 -- The East Asian Protectorate - Qu'aiti State Council - life in Mukalla - the Mukalla riots. -- 15 THE HADHRAMAUT 200 -- Journeys in the Hadhramaut - Bedouin strike - the Kathiri State - Saudi and Yemeni infiltration - Wahidi and Mahra Sultanates. -- 16 DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY, OMAN 219 -- Muscat and Oman - road building - medical deficiencies - rebels and mines - relations with the Sultan. -- 17 POLITICAL AGENT, ABU DHABI 227 -- The Sheikdom of Abu Dhabi - the discovery of oil - deadlock on development plans - Buraimi Oasis - retirement and journeying - return to Abu Dhabi..