Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover] [Illustration: "The white-coats poured in their volley. Page 190.] [Illustration: "_I shook my sword at the retreating figure._ Page 364.]] _The_ _Red, White, and Green_ _By_ _HERBERT HAYENS_ _Author of "A Captain of Irregulars," "A Vanished Nation," "A Fighter in Green," "An Emperor’s Doom," &c. &c._ _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_ _THOMAS NELSON AND SONS_ _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ _1901_ By the same Author. THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE. Price 5s. A VANISHED NATION. Price 5s. A CAPTAIN OF IRREGULARS. Price 5s. A FIGHTER IN GREEN. Price 5s. IN THE GRIP OF THE SPANIARD. Price 5s. AN EMPEROR’S DOOM. Price 5s. CLEVELY SAHIB. Price 5s. UNDER THE LONE STAR. Price 5s. THE BRITISH LEGION. Price 3s. 6d. T. NELSON AND SONS, _London, Edinburgh, and New York._ CONTENTS. I. WILL THE REGIMENT MARCH? II. A SOLDIER OF THE RIGHT SORT III. THE INSURRECTION IN FULL SWING IV. VIENNA IN FLAMES V. ARRESTED VI. HARD WORK AT PESTH VII. A FIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS VIII. A DRAWN BATTLE IX. THE RETREAT X. ON THE SICK LIST XI. GÖRGEI TO THE RESCUE XII. A SORROWFUL VICTORY XIII. A VISIT FROM STEPHEN XIV. THE QUARREL WITH COUNT BEULA XV. HOW STEPHEN CARRIED THE FLAG XVI. I JOIN THE STAFF XVII. THE WOUNDING OF GÖRGEI XVIII. GÖRGEI FORGETS HIS WOUND XIX. SENT SCOUTING XX. NEARLY CAPTURED XXI. THE LAST BLOW XXII. THE SURRENDER XXIII. COUNT BEULA DISLIKES HANGING XXIV. THE END OF COUNT BEULA XXV. IMPRISONED AT ARAD XXVI. LED OUT TO EXECUTION XXVII. AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ALLIANCE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "THE WHITE-COATS POURED IN THEIR VOLLEY," _Frontispiece_ "I SHOOK MY SWORD AT THE RETREATING FIGURE," _Vignette_ "FROM THE WOODS THEY POURED A HOT MUSKETRY FIRE UPON THE DEFENDERS" "MY HEART LEAPED TO MY MOUTH AS I SAW STEPHEN FOREMOST" "GÖRGEI AND HIS STAFF RODE TO THE FRONT, WHERE THE RUSSIAN GENERALS MET THEM" THE RED, WHITE, AND GREEN. CHAPTER I. _WILL THE REGIMENT MARCH?_ "Cowardly rats, deserting a sinking ship!" exclaimed my brother Stephen; "I would not raise my little finger to help them!" "It seems to me this insurrection will do good to our cause." Stephen pushed his chair back from the breakfast-table, and stood up.