[Illustration: “The Duke gives the magic word, ‘The Whole Line Will Advance’” (_p._ 70).] BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY DESCRIBED BY ARCHIBALD FORBES, G. A. HENTY, MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS, _And other Well-known Writers_ VOL. I. SPECIAL EDITION _WITH COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS_ CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED _LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [Illustration] CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION. By Major Arthur Griffiths 1 SAARBRÜCK: THE BAPTISM OF FIRE. AUG. 2, 1870. By Archibald Forbes 22 THE STORMING OF THE TAKU FORTS. JUNE 25, 1859–AUG. 21, 1860. BY A. Hilliard Atteridge 27 PALERMO: THE COMING OF GARIBALDI. MAY-JUNE, 1860. By Stoddard Dewey 35 THE RED MAN’S LAST VICTORY: THE FIGHT OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN. JUNE 10–27, 1876. By Angus Evan Abbott 43 WATERLOO. JUNE 18, 1815. By D. H. Parry 51 KÖNIGGRÄTZ (OR SADOWA). JULY 3, 1866. By Charles Lowe 74 AYACUCHO. DEC. 9, 1824. By W. B. Robertson 85 THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. JULY 21, 1861. By Angus Evan Abbott 92 THE JULY BATTLES BEFORE PLEVNA. JULY 20–JULY 30, 1877. By Archibald Forbes 101 THE SHANGANI PATROL. DEC. 3–4, 1893. By E. F. Knight 110 THE SIEGE AND STORMING OF DELHI. MAY-SEPT., 1857. By Charles Lowe 120 GISLIKON. NOV. 23, 1847. By A. J. Butler 137 INSANDHLWANA. JAN. 22, 1879. By C. Stein 147 LISSA. JULY 20, 1866. By A. Hilliard Atteridge 156 MACMAHON AT MAGENTA. JUNE 4, 1859. By Stoddard Dewey 164 THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA. SEPT. 20, 1854. By Major Arthur Griffiths 174 AUSTERLITZ. DEC. 2, 1805. By C. Stein 183 KASSASSIN AND TEL-EL-KEBIR. SEPT. 9 AND SEPT. 13, 1882. By Charles Lowe 195 SHILOH. APRIL 6–7, 1862. By Angus Evan Abbott 205 AMOAFUL. JAN. 31, 1874. By G. A. Henty 215 THE REDOUBTS OF DÜPPEL. APRIL 18, 1864. By Charles Lowe 224