Charge of the 16th Uhlans 352 French uniforms in 1870 353 Map showing neighbourhood of Corunna 356 “A hussar dashed in with the news that the enemy were upon us” 357 Corunna 360 Death of Sir John Moore 361 The burial of Sir John Moore 362 Zante 365 Plan of the Battle of Navarino 368 “The battle was maintained with unabated fury for above four hours” 369 Navarino 370 LIST OF PLATES. THE DUKE GIVES THE MAGIC WORD, “THE WHOLE LINE WILL ADVANCE!” (Coloured) _Frontispiece_ SERGEANT EWART CAPTURING THE EAGLE AT WATERLOO (Coloured) _To face p. 62_ THE STORMERS DASHED OVER THE _DÉBRIS_ OF THE BREACH _To face p. 132_ SIMULTANEOUSLY FOLLOWED THE LEVELLED BAYONETS OF SUCHET’S DIVISION (Coloured) _To face p. 190_ THE FIFTH DIVISION STORMING BY ESCALADE THE RAMPARTS OF SAN VINCENTE _To face p. 262_ WHEN THE REMNANT OF THE GUARD WAS SEEN CLEARING A WAY FOR THE EMPEROR THERE WAS A RUSH _To face p. 326_ [Illustration: BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY _INTRODUCTION_] BY MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS [Illustration] “BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY”--the words are like a trumpet-call, summoning up in array before us a hundred familiar forms of great soldiers--Napoleon and Wellington, Grant and Moltke, MacMahon and Garibaldi--great soldiers of all nations--great soldiers long dead, and great soldiers still living. Let us glance for an instant or two, in this introduction, at the individual careers of some of the most famous of them ere we pass on to the pages which shall deal with their exploits, battle by battle, and shall tell in detail of their skill and prowess, and their fortunes of war, their victories and their defeats. * * * * *