[1] Headley. [2] Headley. [3] See Table on the following page. [4] This is a decoration instituted by Abdul-Medjid after his father’s example. It is of simple enamelled gold, divided into five classes, and bearing an inscription, engraved in Turkish words--Ghairet, Sadakat, Hamiet (Courage, Fidelity, Zeal). TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained: for example, artillery-men, artillerymen; head-quarters, headquarters; foot-steps, footsteps; exhaustless; pacificated; undiscouraged; stept; impolicy. Table of Contents:- In Chapter I summary section the page number ‘1’ has been added at the end of that section. In some Chapter summaries in the Table of Contents, and in the main text as well, there was a period before each dash. Most did not, and this period has been removed so that ‘Badajos.--Its Capture’ for example has been changed to ‘Badajos--Its Capture’. This occurred in Chapters II through VI. In Chapter VI the page number ‘217’ has been changed to ‘199’. In Chapter VII the page number ‘221’ has been changed to ‘231’. In Chapter XIII ‘Battle of Alma’ replaced by ‘Battle of the Alma’. In Chapter XIII ‘Sebastapol’ replaced by ‘Sebastopol’. In Chapter XV ‘Alaxander II.’ replaced by ‘Alexander II.’. In Chapter XVI the page number ‘175’ has been changed to ‘393’. Main text:-