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
The Jews’ market, Warsaw 289
Sketch map to illustrate the Hunza Nagar campaign 292
“Captain Aylmer ignited the fuse” 293
“He actually succeeded in climbing quite alone” 296
Nilt forts, from the south 297
Gilgit Residency 298
General Garibaldi 300
“Everywhere this free-lance evoked enthusiasm” 301
Garibaldi’s movements of 1862: Plan 302
Catania 304
“Raising his cap in the air he cried, ‘Viva l’Italia’” 305
King Victor Emmanuel 306
Alexander I., Czar of Russia 308
General view of the city of Moscow 309
Napoleon’s march from the Niemen to Moscow: Plan 310
Gardens of the Kremlin 312
Napoleon’s entry into Moscow 313
Plan of the Battle of Borodino 314
General Junot 316
The retreat from Moscow 317
“A mutilated spectre crawled towards the startled soldiers” 320
Smolensk from the banks of the Dnieper in 1812 321
Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow: Plan 324
“The Engineer set fire to their sole means of escape” 325
“In a towering passion the Marshal drew his sword” 328
Lieutenant Chard 332
Lieutenant Bromhead 332
Rorke’s Drift at the present time 333
Plan showing the lines of communication in the Zulu
campaign 335
Defence of Rorke’s Drift: Plan 336
“There was a hand-to-hand struggle” 337
“The British flag still waved over the storehouse” 340
Count Von Moltke 344
“The Prussians pushed into the woods, driving the French
skirmishers from them” 345
Plan of the Battle of Mars-la-Tour 346
Map showing scope of operations of the Franco-German War
of 1870–71 348
Mitrailleuse 349
Marshal Bazaine 351
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