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CHAPTER IV.
Discipline. Standing in a proper position. Young soldiers for
the East Indies.-The Articles of War in the army and the navy.
-The Sentinel and St. Paul's Cathedral. - Mutilation among foreign
troops. The reckless Irishman. His mad freak. His light-
hearted observation. His sentence. - Discipline on board the At-
alanta. The selfish severity of a sea captain.
CHAPTER V.
Alexander the Great. Frederick the Great.
- Blenheim.
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Charles XII. —
Peter the Great. Buonaparte. - Duke of Marlborough. — Hastings.
-Bannockburn.-Cressy.-Poictiers.-Agincourt.-Bosworth Field.
Culloden. — Prague.-Quebec.-Battles of Marathon,
Thermopylæ, and the siege of Troy. - Preparation for a battle.-
The battle array. - General De Zeithen. Monument of Peter the
Great.-Duke of Marlborough.
CHAPTER VI.
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Uniforms. - Old Admirals in the Naval Gallery at Greenwich.
Admiral Forbes and the Duke of Bedford. - Dress of an admiral of
the fleet. Captains and commanders. — Full dress of the officers
of the life-guards. — Dragoon-guards. — Light dragoons. — Lancers.
-Hussars. - King George the Fourth and the life-guardsman.
Full dress of the officers of the foot-guards. — Infantry of the line.
-Light infantry.-Fusiliers.-Highlanders.-Riflemen.—Sir Samuel
Hood and the new-made boatswain.
Bows and arrows. The old archer.-The musket.-The
bayonet. Captain Von Selmnitz.- Broad-swords.—Highlanders.—
-Brass twenty-four-
George. The brass sixty-
naparte and Colonel Evain. - Wooden cannon.-
pounder from the wreck of the Royal
eight-pounder in the Tower, called the
mortar. The new destructive power.
Great Harry.'-A beautiful
CHAPTER VIII.
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The passionate soldier. —A blue-jacket paying his debts.-A mon-
key on board.—A ship.- Keel.—Decks.-Masts.-Sails.—Rigging.
-Life-boat. Cables. Anchors. - Capstan.-Buoys.-Blocks.—
Knotting. Quadrant. The Indian and his fine clothes. His
return home. His relation of his adventures.-The indignation of
his tribe. His tragical end.
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An engineer.-Mining.-Sappers.-Gunners.-The Surveillante.
-Loss in the British army.-Furlough.-Muster-roll.-Punishment.
-Poor Jack sent aloft.-Captain Hall on naval punishments. - In-
stance of injustice to a seaman. The captain proved to be in the
wrong.-Tribute to the brave.-Letter of a private soldier.-The
Tenth and the Imperial guards.
CHAPTER X.
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Fortification. — Surprise of Bergen-up-Zoom.—Six hundred British
troops lay down their arms from a want of knowledge of fortification.—
Fortified places in England and abroad. · On the origin of fortifica-
tion. The battering-ram. - Parapets-Embrasures-Square towers
- Bastions - Horn-works Curtains.-
- Modern
Old plan of fortifying a place
plan. - Periods of attack. Investment or blockade described.
Parallels.-Circumvallation and countervallation.-What is necessary
- Terraces or ramparts
Maxims in fortification.
to ensure the reduction of a fortress. — Blockade of Pamplona.-A
bombardment, siege, and storming party described.
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CHAPTER XI.
The tale-telling captain. — The heroic and kind-hearted officer.
The standard-bearer.-Flags.-The royal standard.—Flag of the lord
high-admiral.—Flag of the admiral of the fleet.-Colours in the army.
—Day signals. —Night signals.—Fog-signals.—Cipher flags and sub-
stitutes.-Telegraphs.— Alphabet for field signals. — Description of a
sailor on shore.
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Tippoo Saib. His armour and
Seringapatam attacked by British
and native troops, commanded by Major-General Baird. Colonels
Dunlop and Sherbrooke. A shot breaks the chain of the draw-
-Terrible carnage.
Tippoo Saib killed.
bridge.
Seringapatam
taken. The storming of Ghuznee. — The forlorn hope. The gate
of the fortress blown in. - Colonel Dennie leads on the stormers.
The mistake. A retreat sounded. — Brigadier Sale advances.-Des-
perate struggle. The place taken.
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Tactics and stratagems of war. — - Captain Bentley and Captain
Baines. - The defiance.- Scaling the rock.
The stratagem of the
Battle of Actium. - Duke of Saxe Weimar. - Breaking the
The Prussian General. - Ibrahim Pasha. - The old Der-
Attacks. Attempts.
Actions.
boat.-
line.
vise. - War terms.
Sea-fights. Storms.-Sieges.
- Surprises. — Skirmishes. — Repulses. — Explosions. - Three-fin-
gered Jack.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Motto for a soldier. — Glory. — Reply to a challenge.—The carica-
ture.-Discharges.-A picquet, sentinel, vedette, advanced guard, and
flag of truce.-Crossing rivers.-Presentations.-Camps of instruction.
-Comfort of a cigar.-Tribute to the brave.
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CHAPTER XV.
Algiers. Admiral Keppel and the Dey.-The expedition of Lord
Exmouth against Algiers. The Christian slaves are set free, and
such slavery abolished for ever.—'
-The French at Algiers.-The taking
of Jean D'Acre by Sir Robert Stopford. The explosion of the pow-
der magazine. The mistake made by the garrison. The operations
of a siege.
The siege of Antwerp, by
The daring young soldier.
Marshal Gerard. — Desperate defence of General Chassé
The sur-
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Duke of Wellington. Remarks. The Waterloo banquet at
Apsley House. Salter's celebrated painting. The names of the
generals and officers at the banquet. - Anecdote of Apsley House.
George the Second and the old soldier. — The old apple-woman
and the lord-chancellor. The legacy. - The Duke of Wellington's
generosity. Major-general Macdonnel's noble conduct. — Sergeant-
major Frazer.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Buonaparte. His principal play-thing.-Napoleon's grotto.—Buo-
naparte's gratitude to his mother. He goes to the Military School at
Paris.—Made a lieutenant.— His first military service.—His address
to the men under his command. His conduct to poor tradesmen. -
Reproof to his generals. — The Jaffa massacre.— Murder of the Duke
d'Enghein. - Legion of honour. -Buonaparte threatens to invade
England. — French invincibles.— An instance of generosity.— Napo-
leon's bravery. - Battle of the Pyramids.-The battle of Lodi.-
Napoleon's return from Elba. Campaign in Russia. Allusion to
Waterloo. -Buonaparte dies at St. Helena. The 18th of October a
remarkable day.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Captain-general of the army.-Commander-in-chief.—Lord high-
admiral of the navy. —Field-marshal.-General.-Lieutenant-general.
-Major-general. Brigadier-general.-Colonel.-Lieutenant-colonel.
Sergeant-Major.-Captain. —Lieutenant.—
-Major.- Adjutant.
Ensign and cornet.-Sergeant and corporal.—A round-robbin.—Quar-
ter-master. Military saying.— Officer's daughter. - Officers of the
navy.-Marines.—Catamaran.-Crew of a first-rate.— Royal George.
CHAPTER XIX.
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Regimental bands. Drum.- Trumpet.-Bugle.-Kettle-drum of
the life-guards.-Kettle-drum of the royal artillery.-Qualities in Bri-
tish soldiers.-The Rhine! The Rhine !-Love of country.-Coward-
ice.-Death of Admiral Byng.-Native cavalry in India.-Daring in-
trepidity of a seaman. - Preparations for an engagement.
the Nile. Superstitious seamen.-Saragossa.—Missolonghi.
CHAPTER XX.
Battle of
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Struggle be-
Admiral Nelson. The loss of his eye and his arm.
tween Nelson's barge and the armed launch.--Sykes the coxswain.-
Nelson's thanksgiving for his recovery. His coolness in danger.
Battle of Copenhagen.—Hewson the seaman. — Battle of the Nile. -
Nelson's prayer before the battle of Trafalgar. - His signals on board
the Victory. His wound.-His death.
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De Ruyter.- Van Tromp. - Columbus. — Vasquez da Gama. -
Villeneuve. Tom of Ten Thousand. — Hawkins, Drake, Blake,
Hawke. Rodney. A female soldier. — Vincent, on the 14th of
February. Duncan, off Camperdown. - Admiral Howe, and the
glorious First of June. -Maitland's generosity.-Viscount Exmouth,
his courage and humanity.-Codrington and the battle of Navarino.-
The flag of old England.
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