INCLUDING HIS SERVICES IN SOUTH AMERICA—IN THE PENINSULA AND FRANCE—AT NEW ORLEANS—AT WATERLOO—IN NORTH AMERICA AND JAMAICA—IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE KAFFIR WAR—IN INDIA DURING THE SIKH WAR—AND AT THE CAPE, ETC. Edited by G. C. MOORE SMITH. With some additional Chapters supplied by the EDITOR. With Portraits and Illustrations. Cheap Edition in 1 Vol. 10s. 6d. net. THE LIFE OF JOHN COLBORNE, FIELD-MARSHAL LORD SEATON. By G. C. MOORE SMITH. With Maps, Portraits, and other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 16s. net. THE LIFE OF JOHN NICHOLSON, SOLDIER AND ADMINISTRATOR. By Captain LIONEL J. TROTTER. With Portrait and 3 Maps. THE LIFE OF HENRY PELHAM, FIFTH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1852–54 AND 1859–64, AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, 1852–55 By JOHN MARTINEAU, Author of “The Life of Sir Bartle Frere.” With Portraits. Demy 8vo. 12s. net. “Among the most interesting and absorbing books of the moment may safely be named The Life of Henry Pelham.”—_M.A.P._ “Mr. Martineau’s work is a model of painstaking research and lucid expression. He has the true historian’s temperament, his perspective and his judgment are unimpeachable.”—_Western Mail._ LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. FOOTNOTES [1] [To economize ammunition at manœuvres, batteries sometimes signal that they are firing instead of actually doing so.—ED.] [2] [What in the British Army are colloquially known as “Pow-wows.”—ED.] [3] [1903.—ED.] [4] Independent fire is difficult to control, and almost impossible to stop in action. [5] [The Cross of St. George corresponds to our Victoria Cross, but is more easily won.—ED.] [6] [Russian regiments in Europe, as a rule, consist of four battalions. East Siberian Rifle regiments in the late war had three.—ED.] [7] [Liao-yang.—ED.] [8] [The Sha Ho.—ED.] [9] [Hsi-ping-kai, Kung-chu-ling, and Kuang-cheng-tzu.—ED.] [10] [1903.—ED.] [11] [See next page.—ED.] [12] It was followed by the 2nd Infantry Division; 10th and 17th Army Corps; 5th Siberian Corps; 1st Army Corps, and 6th Siberian Corps. [13] The leading units of the 10th Army Corps arrived on June 30. [14] Sixty miles by a road which the rains had made very difficult. [15] [A European Russian regiment contains four battalions.—ED.] [16] My report of June 20. [17] The officer commanding the 2nd Manchurian Army stated that the whole war strength of his force (total of rifles, sabres, guns, with twenty-five men to a gun, and ten to a machine-gun) constituted, on an average, only half the actual numbers. [18] This amounted in some units to as much as 20 per cent. in men, and 30 per cent. in officers. [19] [Behind and between armies.—ED.]