CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Introducing the Young Lieutenant | 1 |
| II. | Close Quarters in the Jungle | 10 |
| III. | Something about the People of China | 20 |
| IV. | Captain Ponsberry has his Say | 31 |
| V. | Gilbert meets Nuggy Polk | 41 |
| VI. | Off for China | 51 |
| VII. | What caused the War | 60 |
| VIII. | A Discovery on Shipboard | 70 |
| IX. | Gilbert reaches a Conclusion | 80 |
| X. | About an Important Letter | 92 |
| XI. | The Relief of Admiral Seymour's Party, | 102 |
| XII. | A Storm and a Quarrel | 112 |
| XIII. | The Landing at Tongku | 123 |
| XIV. | A First Battle on Chinese Soil | 133 |
| XV. | Fighting along the Pei-Ho | 144 |
| XVI. | Entering Tien-Tsin under Difficulties | 154 |
| XVII. | Gilbert meets Amos Bartlett | 164 |
| XVIII. | The Spy in the River | 174 |
| XIX. | Saving the Mission House | 187 |
| XX. | The Bombardment of Tien-Tsin | 198 |
| XXI. | Charging upon the Native Quarter | 210 |
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