PAGE FOR RENT: AN ARMY ON ELEPHANTS 1 WHEN WE FOUGHT NAPOLEON 19 WHEN WE CAPTURED AN AFRICAN KINGDOM 45 THE LAST FIGHT OF THE "GENERAL ARMSTRONG" 73 THE PIRATE WHO TURNED PATRIOT 89 THE MAN WHO DARED TO CROSS THE RANGES 125 THE FLAG OF THE BEAR 153 THE KING OF THE FILIBUSTERS 179 CITIES CAPTURED BY CONTRACT 217 ILLUSTRATIONS Commodore Truxtun leaped into the shrouds _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The death of Tippo-Sahib at the storming of Seringapatam 12 The battle of Tippecanoe 16 The frigate _Philadelphia_ ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli, the Tripolitans capturing Captain Bainbridge and his entire crew 54 But even in those days the fame of American gunners was as wide as the seas 86 The battle of New Orleans 120 Westward pressed the little troop of pioneers, across the sun-baked lava beds of southwestern Utah 136 The Sacramento Valley in 1845 164 General William Walker and his men, after a long and stormy voyage, landing at Virgin Bay, en route to Costa Rica 196 General Walker reviewing troops on the Grand Plaza, Granada 200 The programme was always the same: the sudden rush of the filibusters with their high, shrill yell; the taking of the barracks and the cathedral in the Plaza 206 "Come on, boys!" shouted Ward. "We're going in!" and plunged through the narrow opening, a revolver in each hand 230 FOR RENT: AN ARMY ON ELEPHANTS