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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION...............pp. 1--3
CHAPTER I.
EUROPE (GIBRALTAR EXCEPTED), 1700-1782.
Golonel Borgard; his life, and services of the Royal Artillery under his command--Establishment of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich--Flanders--Scotland--Battle of Culloden--Colonel Belford--Colonel Mitchelson--Expeditions to the coast of France--Minorca--Germany--Battle of Minden--Invasion of Jersey by the French........pp.4-24
CHAPTER II.
AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES, 1741-1782.
Carthagena, 1741--Fort du Quesne, 1755--Louisbourg, 1758--Quebec--Guadaloupe, 1759--Capture of Canada, 1760--Col. Williamson--West Indies--Newfoundland--Havannah, 1762 --Revolutionary war--Bunker's Hill--Defence of Quebec--Sergeant Haigh--Campaigns of 1776--Attack on Charlestown--Colonel James, 1777--Burgoyne's army--Distinguished conduct of the Artillery at Saratoga--Philadelphia--Captain Downman--Brigadier Cleaveland--1778: Retreat from Philadelphia--Sir Anthony Farrington--Siege of Newport-- Savannah--1779: Georgia--Virginia--Stoney Point--1780: Siege of Charlestown--Camden--General Pattison--1781: Virginia--Death of General Phillips--Battle of Guilford--West Indies--Pensacola--Yorktown--Canada..........pp.24-52
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CHAPTER III.
GIBRALTAR.
Sieges of 1727 and 1780-3--Colonel Tovey--Colonel Lewis--Lieut.--General Cuppage--Lieutenant Koehler, &c.--The mutiny of 1802--Fevers at Gibraltar--Accidents--Sir John Smith--Sir Robert Gardiner.........pp.52-73
CHAPTER IY.
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY IN THE EAST INDIES.
Siege of Pondicherry, 1748--Loss of a company of the Royal Artillery in the Doddington--Surat, 1759--Manilla, 1762--Establishment of the Bengal Artillery--Colonel Pearse--Seringapatam, &c., 1791-5--The Royal Artillery in Ceylon, 1800-38--In Polynesia, 1811-12--The mutiny of 1857--Maude's artillery with Havelock--Relief of Lucknow--Operations at Cawnpore--Siege of Lucknow--Central India-- Conclusion............pp.73-94
CHAPTER V.
WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Holland, 1793--Sir William Congreve--Toulon and Corsica--Holland, 1794--West Indies--Yellow fever--The Binghams--Ostend, 1795--Holland, 1799--Establishment of the Royal Horse Artillery--Mission to Turkey--Death of Brigadier--General Koehler--Colonel Leake--Campaign in Egypt............pp.95-112
CHAPTER VI.
CAMPAIGNS IN AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, ITALY, COPENHAGEN, WALCHEREN, ETC.
Capture of the Cape of Good Hope--Brigadier--General York--South America--Italy--Battle of Maida, &c.--Colonel Lemoine--Egypt (1807)--Copenhagen--Sir T. Blomefield--Walcheren--Sir W. Congreve (second baronet)--Sir John Macleod--Major Griffiths, &c.--The rocket troop--Battle of Leipsic--Death of Major Bogue--Officers who served at Walcheren...........pp.112-128
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CHAPTER VII.
THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE PENINSULA, 1808-9.
Embarkation of artillery at Gibraltar with General Spencer's division--Arrival of Colonel Robe's artillery with Sir Arthur Wellesley's army from England--Battle of Rolica--Shrapnel shells--General Shrapnel--Gunner Henderson--Death of Captain Geary--Battle of Vimiera--Gallantry of Colonel Robe--Lieutenant Robe--Arrival of Colonel Harding's artillery with Sir John Moore's army--Gallant devotion and death of Gunner M'Neil--Arrival of Colonel Cookson's artillery with Sir David Baird--Retreat to Corunna--Attack at Benevente--Battle of Corunna--Death of Colonel Harding and other Artillery officers from over-exertion during the retreat to Corunna...........pp.129-137
CHAPTER VIII.
CAMPAIGNS IN THE PENINSULA (CONTINUED),
1809-10-11-12.
Officers commanding the Royal Artillery in the Peninsula--Sir Edward Howarth--Passage of the Douro--Battle of Talavera--Captain Taylor--Arrival of Ross's troop--Battle of Busaco--Increase of Horse Artillery--Captain Bull--Skirmishes, &c.--Battle of Fuentes d'Onor--Gallant conduct of Norman Ramsay and his troop--Sieges of Olivenca and Badajoz--Battle of Albuera--Second siege of Badajoz--Reinforcements to the Artillery--Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo--Third siege, and capture of Badajoz--Major Dickson--Almarez--Siege of forts, and battle of Salamanca--Ribera--Majalahonda--Entry into Madrid--Siege of Burgos--Changes in the Artillery--Sir Augustus Frazer--Operations on the south-east coast of Spain.............pp.138-151
CHAPTER IX.
CAMPAIGNS IN THE PENINSULA (CONTINUED)--OPERATIONS IN ANDALUSIA.
Defence of Cadiz--Black fever--Battle of Barossa--Defence of Tarifa--Capture of Seville--Death of Colonel Duncan and Lieutenant Brett.........pp.155-162
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CHAPTER X.
CAMPAIGNS IN THE PENINSULA (CONTINUED), 1813-14.
Departure of Colonel Robe for England--Colonel Fisher--Sir Alexander Dickson--March of the army--Battle of Vittoria--Norman Ramsay in trouble--The advance on Pampeluna--Siege of San Sebastian--Battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Nive--Passage of the Adour--Orthes--Toulouse--Conclusion............pp.162-182
CHAPTER XI.
THE WAR WITH AMERICA.
The campaigns in Canada--Detroit--Queenstown--Fort Erie--Frenchtown--Capitulation of York and Fort George--Stoney Creek--Capture of the Growler and Eagle--Niagara, &c.-- Death of Lieutenant Kesterman--Oswego--Chippewa-- Lundy's Lane--Siege of Fort Erie--Gallant conduct of a sergeant of Artillery at Prairie du Chien--The descent on Washington--Bladensburg--Baltimore--Operations before New Orleans--Death of Alexander Ramsay--Fort Bowyer --Conclusion...........pp.183-194
CHAPTER XII.
THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN.
The Artillery in Belgium in 1815--Festivities in Brussels--Battle of Quatre Bras--Battle of Waterloo--Bull's troop--Rogers' battery--Death of Major Lloyd--Ross and Beane's troops--Whinyates' rocket troop--Lloyd's battery--Death of Norman Ramsay--Bolton's battery--Captain Napier--Reduction of the frontier fortresses--Sir George Wood and the officers of the Royal Artillery who served at Waterloo........pp.195-208
CHAPTER XIII.
SYRIA--KAFFRARIA.
Syria, 1840--General Michell--Kaffraria, 1834-8--Port Natal, 1842--Death of Lieutenant Wyatt--Murder of Captain Sheppard--Campaign of 1846--Gallantry of Lieutenant Russell--1848-1851--Death of Major Wilmot, &c.........pp. 209-219
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CHAPTER XIV.
WAR IN THE CRIMEA--FIELD OPERATIONS.
Invasion of the Crimea--Disposition of the troops and batteries of artillery--Affair at Bulganac--Battle of Alma--Turner's battery--Lieutenant Walsham--Wodehouse's battery--Col. Dacres--Advance of artillery--Maude's troop--Capture of a Russian general--March to Balaklava--Capture of baggage at Mackenzie's Farm--Battle of Balaklava--Gallant conduct of the English gunners in the redoubts--Captain Maude--Attack of the 26th October--Battle of Inkerman--Turner's and Yates's batteries--Wodehouse's battery--Captain Hamley--Anecdotes of non-commissioned officers and men--Sergeant Henry--Townsend's battery--Death of Major Townsend--Lieutenant Miller--Colonel Dickson with the 18-pounders--Death of General Strangways--Defeat of the Russians--Hurricane--Kertch--Battle of the Tchernaya--Moubray's battery........pp.220-234
CHAPTER XV.
WAR IN THE CRIMEA--SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.
Bombardment of Sebastopol--Gallant conduct of Lieutenant Maxwell and Colonel Dickson--The fleet--Sir W. Brereton--Gallant conduct of Sergeant Symons--Effect of the bombardment--Death of Captain Childers--Winter in the trenches--Second bombardment--Captain Dixon--Third bombardment--Capture of the Mamelon and Quarries--Sergeant Fitzsimons--Assault of the 18th June--Bombardment--Death of Captain Oldfield--Final bombardment, assault, and capture--Major Strange, Captain Fitzroy--Mr. Hayter--The spiking party and Captain Davis--Explosion of magazines--Conclusion............pp.235-250
CHAPTER XVI.
DEFENCE OF KARS.
Siege of Kars--Colonel Williams--Battle of September 29th--Major Teesdale--The blockade--The capitulation............pp.251-256
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CHAPTER XVII.
THE ROYAL ARTILLEEY IN CHINA.
Lord Macartney's embassy, 1792--War of 1842--Col. Knowles--Colonel Chesney--Operations in the Bocca Tigris, 1847--Death of Colonel Tomkyns, 1851--War of 1857--Capture of Canton--Campaign of 1860--The Armstrong gun--Capture of the Takoo forts--Captain Brabazon--Mr. Boulby--Capture of Pekin--Conclusion........pp.257-270
CHAPTER XVIII.
NEW ZEALAND.
New Zealand, 1845-6--Maori war, 1860, &c.--Death of Lieutenant Macnaughton--Mercer's Armstrong battery--Death of Captain Mercer.........pp.271-280
CHAPTER XIX.
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS--MEN OF SCIENCB.
Captain Sabine with Parry in the Arctic regions, 1818-20--Captain Chesney and the survey of the Euphrates and Tigris--Magnetic observations in different parts of the world, carried on by officers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery--Major-General Mudge--William Sturgeon...........pp.281-292
CHAPTER XX.
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES.
Wreck of the Phillis transport, 1795--Sir Howard Douglas--Ascent of the Peter Botte, Mauritius, 1832--Arctic regions with Captain Back, 1833--Burning of the Polar Star, 1854--Expedition up the Yang-tse-kiang, 1861..........pp.293-305
CHAPTER XXI.
MUSIC IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Music in the British army--History of the Royal Artillery Band--Colonel Quist--Mr. M'Kenzie--Lord Bloomfield--Sims Reeves, &c............pp.306-321
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CHAPTER XXII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bell, the inventor--Sergeant Drew--The stage--Benson Hill and Prescott--St. Helena--Works on artillery--Miscellaneous writings--Major Warburton, &c.........pp.321-330
ENGRAVINGS.
Death of General Strangways at Inkerman . . . Frontispiece.
Portrait of Colonel Bingham...... Vignette Title.
" " Sir Alex. Dickson......To face p. 128
" " Sir Hew Boss....... " " 208
" " Sir Richard Dacres...... " " 232
" " Sir W. F. Williams...... " " 256
" " General Sabine....... " " 288
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