General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B.--Stories of his Boyhood--Joins the Army--His Military Career--Promotion a long time in coming--His Merits gradually being Recognised--Employed in various important affairs--The Christian Commander and his Regiment of "Saints"--His Advance to the Capture of Cawnpore--The Horrible Atrocities that were committed by the Mutineers--The Heavy Losses of the Avenging Army--The Relief of Lucknow--The Closing Scene--"See how a Christian can Die"--His Death-bed Advice to his Son--Reflections--The Lessons to be Learned from the Life of such a Christian Hero--The Loss to the Country--Lines "In Memoriam" 465-486 CHAPTER XIII. Captain Hedley Vicars, a Loving Son and a Faithful Soldier of the Cross--His Early Life--Joins the Army, and devotes himself to his chosen profession--His eyes opened to Truths of the Gospel--Prayerful Conduct--In the Crimea--Killed in a Night Attack on the Trenches--The Feeling of the Men composing Light Division--Letters to his Mother--Last Letter--In Memoriam--Letter to Lord Rayleigh announcing his Death--Letter from a Brother Officer--Testimony of Private Soldiers to his worth--The Lessons of his Life 487-501 CHAPTER XIV. The Black Watch--The British Army, 1889 502-535 CHAPTER XV. The Cost of War--The Bloody Fields of Eylan and Friedland--The Great Northern Confederation--Nelson and the Russian Emperor--Battle of Trafalgar--British Victories in Spain--Napoleon's disastrous Russian Campaign--Prussia Powerless and Bankrupt--Good reason for German Vindictiveness--Battles of Lutzen & Bautzen--England assists Austria--The terrible Battle of Dresden--German Triumph at Kutczback--Battles of Gross Beeren, Dennewitz, and Leipsic--Napoleon beaten and sent to Elba--The Cost of War in France alone--Flight from Elba--Quatre Bras, Wavre, and Ligny--Battle of Waterloo--The Total Loss of the Allies in this short Campaign--The Total French Loss--Concluding Remarks 536-585 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE THE AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT _Frontispiece_ FIELD-MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN, K.C.B., _&c._ 17 GENERAL SIR GEORGE BROWN, G.C.B. 21 LIEUT-GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS 22 MAJOR-GENERAL SIR COLIN CAMPBELL (LORD CLYDE) 25 VIEW OF THE HEIGHTS OF ALMA 46 CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALACLAVA 59 PLAN OF THE HEAVY CAVALRY CHARGE 61