Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7
Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Battles; Military history, Modern -- 19th century
“They would not keep in rank, order as much as you pleased” 93
Plan of the Battle of Bull Run 94
General Sherman 96
“Time after time the attempt to scale the height was made” 97
General “Stonewall” Jackson 99
“The army of the North broke and fled, panic-stricken” 100
Plan of the second Battle of Plevna 102
Grand Duke Nicholas 103
“The General had risen and was standing against a tree” 104
“Then there followed a headlong rush” 105
“They gathered to the sound” 108
Environs of Plevna 109
Mr. Riley, Umjan, and Mr. Dawson 112
“They fought on grimly” 113
The Shangani Patrol: Plan 114
Zimbabwe temple and kraal 116
“He sold his life dearly” 117
Lobengula 118
“The cool-headed signaller died at his post” 121
Jumma Musjid, Delhi 124
“The officers then, having helped the women to follow,
carried them up the opposite side” 125
Major Tombs 127
“It was bayonet to bayonet” 128
Plan of Delhi and environments 129
The Palace, and the Chandnee Chouk, Delhi 132
“Our devoted men worked on with a will” 133
The Victoria Cross 136
At Bern 138
Lucerne and surrounding district 139
At Fribourg 140
“Major Scherrer seized the colours” 141
The neighbourhood of Gislikon 143
“Rust’s battery galloped through Honau” 145
Lake Zug 146
King Cetewayo 148
“The camp was a picturesque sight” 149
Vicinity of Insandhlwana: Plan 151
“They raised the ominous Zulu war shout, and dashed forward” 153
Lord Chelmsford 155
“From this point Tegethoff kept on the bridge” 157
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