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Title: Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment

Author: John Shipp

Editor: H. Manners Chichester

Release Date: April 7, 2010 [EBook #31910]

Language: English

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MEMOIRS OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY
CAREER OF JOHN
SHIPP, LATE A LIEUT.
IN HIS MAJESTY'S 87TH
REGIMENT

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. A
NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY H. MANNERS CHICHESTER

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE. MDCCCXC

[Illustration: LIEUTENANT JOHN SHIPP.]

CONTENTS.

PAGE

(1) EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 7

(2) AUTHOR'S PREFACE 15

(3) MEMOIRS OF JOHN SHIPP 17

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

(1) LIEUTENANT JOHN SHIPP _Frontispiece._

(2) SAXMUNDHAM CHURCH _To face p._ 32

(3) PLAN OF BHURTPORE " 98

(4) EUROPEAN CAVALRY OF SHIPP'S DAY " 144

(5) GHOORKA SOLDIER "