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| Sir John Moore |
3 |
| “He fell furiously on his nearest enemies” |
4 |
| Marshal Ney |
5 |
| Marshal Soult |
5 |
| Sir Charles Napier |
7 |
| Lord Gough |
8 |
| Charge of cavalry through the breaches at Sobraon |
9 |
| Sir Colin Campbell |
10 |
| Sir James Outram |
11 |
| Sir Henry Havelock |
11 |
| “‘This gun belongs to my regiment—2nd Goorkha,
Prince of Wales’s!’” |
12 |
| The Maori War: Attack upon the Orakao Pah |
13 |
| Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia (afterwards German Emperor) |
15 |
| Sir Garnet (afterwards Viscount) Wolseley |
16 |
| The “Black Watch” (42nd Royal Highlanders) at bay at
Quatre Bras |
17 |
| General Grant |
19 |
| “They came right in among our men” |
20 |
| Lord William Beresford and the Trooper |
21 |
| Plan of the Battle of Saarbrück |
23 |
| Saarbrück |
24 |
| Lulu’s Début |
25 |
| Plans of the Taku Forts operations |
28 |
| “‘What have you been doing, you rascals?’” |
29 |
| “Rogers got in, helped up by Lieutenant Lenon” |
33 |
| “The Picciotti picked off their men” |
36 |
| Palermo Harbour |
37 |
| “‘General, it smiles on you!’” |
40 |
| The coast of Palermo, looking towards Termini |
41 |
| The erection of the barricades |
42 |
| “Until one day a grizzly trapper peered out of the
bushes” |
44 |
| “And the Sioux saw in amazement the long train of
white-topped waggons” |
44 |
| “The warriors danced the war-dance” |
45 |
| Plan of the Battle of Little Big Horn |
46 |
| “They plunged into the seething mass of painted and
befeathered red men” |
49 |
| The farm of Quatre Bras |
52 |
| Picton’s Division off to the front |
53 |
| The field of Waterloo on the morning of the battle |
56 |
| “A shout of ‘Vive l’Empereur’ rolled along the field” |
57 |
| Sir Thomas Picton |
59 |
| The farm of Hougoumont |
60 |
| “Some got as far as the loopholes and seized the
bayonets” |
61 |
| Defence of La Haye Sainte by the German Legion |
64 |
| “A gallant artillery driver rushed his horses to the wall” |
65 |
| La Haye Sainte |
68 |
| The Union Brigade capturing the French guns at Waterloo |
69 |
| La Belle Alliance |
72 |
| Mont St. Jean |
72 |
| Marshal Blücher |
73 |
| “Major von Ungar came spurring in with a great piece of
news” |
76 |
| Königgrätz |
77 |
| Plan of the Battle of Königgrätz |
78 |
| General Benedek |
79 |
| “The Prussians pushed battery after battery into action” |
80 |
| “Boldly the Prussians advanced upon this village and its
wood” |
81 |
| Gravestones erected on the battle-field in memory of the
fallen |
83 |
| “The Crown Prince rode up and met his father” |
84 |
| Plan of the Battle of Ayacucho |
86 |
| “‘There lies my last horse!’” |
88 |
| “The routed Spaniards clambered up the rugged sides” |
89 |
| Lima |
91 |
| “They would not keep in rank, order as much as you
pleased” |
93 |
| Plan of the Battle of Bull Run |
94 |
| General Sherman |
96 |
| “Time after time the attempt to scale the height was made” |
97 |
| General “Stonewall” Jackson |
99 |
| “The army of the North broke and fled, panic-stricken” |
100 |
| Plan of the second Battle of Plevna |
102 |
| Grand Duke Nicholas |
103 |
| “The General had risen and was standing against a tree” |
104 |
| “Then there followed a headlong rush” |
105 |
| “They gathered to the sound” |
108 |
| Environs of Plevna |
109 |
| Mr. Riley, Umjan, and Mr. Dawson |
112 |
| “They fought on grimly” |
113 |
| The Shangani Patrol: Plan |
114 |
| Zimbabwe temple and kraal |
116 |
| “He sold his life dearly” |
117 |
| Lobengula |
118 |
| “The cool-headed signaller died at his post” |
121 |
| Jumma Musjid, Delhi |
124 |
| “The officers then, having helped the women to follow,
carried them up the opposite side” |
125 |
| Major Tombs |
127 |
| “It was bayonet to bayonet” |
128 |
| Plan of Delhi and environments |
129 |
| The Palace, and the Chandnee Chouk, Delhi |
132 |
| “Our devoted men worked on with a will” |
133 |
| The Victoria Cross |
136 |
| At Bern |
138 |
| Lucerne and surrounding district |
139 |
| At Fribourg |
140 |
| “Major Scherrer seized the colours” |
141 |
| The neighbourhood of Gislikon |
143 |
| “Rust’s battery galloped through Honau” |
145 |
| Lake Zug |
146 |
| King Cetewayo |
148 |
| “The camp was a picturesque sight” |
149 |
| Vicinity of Insandhlwana: Plan |
151 |
| “They raised the ominous Zulu war shout, and dashed forward” |
153 |
| Lord Chelmsford |
155 |
| “From this point Tegethoff kept on the bridge” |
157 |
| Shores and ports of the Adriatic |
158 |
| The Battle of Lissa, 10 a.m. The fleets closing |
159 |
| Trieste Harbour |
160 |
| “The ram crushed in her iron side” |
161 |
| “General Lebœuf dashed up” |
165 |
| “On the track lay a body covered with a blue cloak” |
168 |
| “In their frenzy his Zouaves broke through the defences” |
169 |
| Plan of the Battle of Magenta |
170 |
| “He dictated the telegraphic despatch” |
172 |
| “The doctors began their all night’s work” |
173 |
| Prince Mentschikoff |
175 |
| The Heights of Alma |
176 |
| “Then young Anstruther raced forward” |
177 |
| Marshal St. Arnaud |
178 |
| Plan of the Battle of Alma |
179 |
| The Highlanders at Alma |
180 |
| “Turner himself hurried up two of his guns” |
181 |
| Lord Raglan |
182 |
| “The saying passed, ‘Our Emperor does not make use of
our arms in this war so much as of our legs’” |
184 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
185 |
| Marshal Prince Murat (afterwards King of Naples) |
188 |
| “Thousands of lights flared upwards” |
189 |
| Charge of the Chevalier Guards |
192 |
| Plan of the Battle of Austerlitz |
193 |
| The Sweet-Water Canal at Ismailia |
196 |
| “The Egyptian battalions had been trampled and sabred
into positive annihilation” |
197 |
| Plan of the Battles of Tel-el-Kebir and Kassassin |
198 |
| The Valley of the Saba Bier |
200 |
| “Carrying them with the bayonet” |
201 |
| Arabi Pasha |
202 |
| Arabi surrendering to General Drury Lowe |
204 |
| Shiloh battle-field |
208 |
| The march to Shiloh |
209 |
| Plan of the Battle of Shiloh |
211 |
| Shiloh battle-field: scene where General Johnston fell |
212 |
| “Up the bank they struggled and scrambled” |
213 |
| President Lincoln |
214 |
| Cape Coast Castle |
216 |
| “The Bonny men led the advance” |
217 |
| Map of Ashanti |
219 |
| “Each little rise was held obstinately by the enemy” |
221 |
| Coomassie |
223 |
| Field-Marshal von Wrangel |
225 |
| Map showing the position of Düppel |
227 |
| Prince Frederick Charles |
228 |
| The German soldiers making sentries out of clay |
229 |
| The Prussians attacking the Danish breastworks |
232 |
| Lieutenant Anker taken prisoner |
233 |
| The British Residency after the attack |
236 |
| “He held a durbar” |
237 |
| Cabul |
240 |
| “Colonel Cleland led his lancers” |
241 |
| Plan of Roberts’ battles about Cabul |
242 |
| North end of Sherpur entrenchments, Cabul |
244 |
| “The roar surged forward” |
245 |
| Sir Frederick Roberts in 1880 |
246 |
| Sketch map of the war in Italy in 1866 |
248 |
| Verona |
249 |
| Archduke Albert |
252 |
| The charge of the Austrian lancers |
253 |
| Plan of the Battle of Custozza |
254 |
| Badajoz |
257 |
| Map of Spain and Portugal to illustrate the Peninsular War |
260 |
| “The next, they were leaping, sliding, climbing” |
261 |
| Plan of Badajoz in 1812 |
264 |
| “‘Will you drink, old boy?’” |
265 |
| Lord Cochrane |
268 |
| Valparaiso |
269 |
| Plan of Callao in 1819 |
271 |
| “The Chilian cutlasses swept the deck” |
273 |
| The attack on the Gate Pah |
277 |
| Plan of the Gate Pah and surroundings |
279 |
| “The brave fellow brought him out at considerable risk” |
280 |
| The Gate Pah after occupation |
281 |
| A Maori dwelling |
283 |
| Old town, Warsaw |
285 |
| Plan of the Russian operations against Warsaw |
286 |
| Emperor Nicholas |
287 |
| “The Russians closed up in their strength and charged
with their bayonets” |
288 |
| The Jews’ market, Warsaw |
289 |
| Sketch map to illustrate the Hunza Nagar campaign |
292 |
| “Captain Aylmer ignited the fuse” |
293 |
| “He actually succeeded in climbing quite alone” |
296 |
| Nilt forts, from the south |
297 |
| Gilgit Residency |
298 |
| General Garibaldi |
300 |
| “Everywhere this free-lance evoked enthusiasm” |
301 |
| Garibaldi’s movements of 1862: Plan |
302 |
| Catania |
304 |
| “Raising his cap in the air he cried, ‘Viva l’Italia’” |
305 |
| King Victor Emmanuel |
306 |
| Alexander I., Czar of Russia |
308 |
| General view of the city of Moscow |
309 |
| Napoleon’s march from the Niemen to Moscow: Plan |
310 |
| Gardens of the Kremlin |
312 |
| Napoleon’s entry into Moscow |
313 |
| Plan of the Battle of Borodino |
314 |
| General Junot |
316 |
| The retreat from Moscow |
317 |
| “A mutilated spectre crawled towards the startled soldiers” |
320 |
| Smolensk from the banks of the Dnieper in 1812 |
321 |
| Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow: Plan |
324 |
| “The Engineer set fire to their sole means of escape” |
325 |
| “In a towering passion the Marshal drew his sword” |
328 |
| Lieutenant Chard |
332 |
| Lieutenant Bromhead |
332 |
| Rorke’s Drift at the present time |
333 |
| Plan showing the lines of communication in the Zulu campaign |
335 |
| Defence of Rorke’s Drift: Plan |
336 |
| “There was a hand-to-hand struggle” |
337 |
| “The British flag still waved over the storehouse” |
340 |
| Count Von Moltke |
344 |
| “The Prussians pushed into the woods, driving the French
skirmishers from them” |
345 |
| Plan of the Battle of Mars-la-Tour |
346 |
| Map showing scope of operations of the Franco-German
War of 1870–71 |
348 |
| Mitrailleuse |
349 |
| Marshal Bazaine |
351 |
| 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 |
