Wolseley

Garnet, Lord, the British general, was born in 1833, took part in the second Burmese War of 1852-53. when he was wounded, and served with distinction in the Crimea, being also wounded at the siege of Sebastopol. He was engaged in the siege and capture of Lucknow, in the Mutiny of 1857-58, and was employed in the Chinese War in i860. In 1867 he received command of the Red River Expedition, and in 1870 of an expedition to punish the King of Ashantee. In 1882 lie stormed the lines of Tel-el-Kebir, and captured Arabi Pasha, in Egypt and in 1884 he was despatched with the Relief Expedition; to General Gordon at Khartoum. He is the author of “The Soldier's Pocket-Book, “ Field-Book for the Auxiliary Forces,” and " Narrative of the War in China.”