Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7 — John Shaqi
Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
History
Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7
Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Battles; Military history, Modern -- 19th century
ROBERTS’ BATTLES ABOUT CABUL. SEPT.-DEC., 1879. By
Archibald Forbes 234
CUSTOZZA. JUNE 24, 1866. By A. Hilliard Atteridge 247
THE TAKING OF BADAJOZ. APRIL 6, 1812. By D. H. Parry 256
THE BLOCKADE OF CALLAO. NOV., 1820. By W. B. Robertson 267
THE TAKING OF THE GATE PAH. APRIL 27, 1864. By A. Hilliard
Atteridge 276
WARSAW. SEPT. 6–7, 1831. By A. S. Krausse 284
THE STORMING OF THE NILT FORTS. DEC., 1891. By E. F. Knight 290
ASPROMONTE. AUG. 29, 1862. By Charles Lowe 299
NAPOLEON’S MOSCOW CAMPAIGN. JUNE-DEC., 1812. By D. H. Parry 307
RORKE’S DRIFT. JAN. 22, 1879. By C. Stein 330
MARS-LA-TOUR (VIONVILLE OR REZONVILLE). AUG. 16, 1870.
By Charles Lowe 341
THE RETREAT OF CORUNNA. NOV., 1808–JAN., 1809. By D. H. Parry 354
NAVARINO. OCT. 20, 1827. By Herbert Russell 363
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Sir John Moore 3
“He fell furiously on his nearest enemies” 4
Marshal Ney 5
Marshal Soult 5
Sir Charles Napier 7
Lord Gough 8
Charge of cavalry through the breaches at Sobraon 9
Sir Colin Campbell 10
Sir James Outram 11
Sir Henry Havelock 11
“‘This gun belongs to my regiment--2nd Goorkha, Prince of
Wales’s!’” 12
The Maori War: Attack upon the Orakao Pah 13
Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia (afterwards German Emperor) 15
Sir Garnet (afterwards Viscount) Wolseley 16
The “Black Watch” (42nd Royal Highlanders) at bay at Quatre
Bras 17
General Grant 19
“They came right in among our men” 20
Lord William Beresford and the Trooper 21
Plan of the Battle of Saarbrück 23
Saarbrück 24
Lulu’s Début 25
Plans of the Taku Forts operations 28
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