Decisive Battles Since Waterloo
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| Originally published 1887, this is the third revised, illustrated edition, printed 1902. Page scans. |
SINCE
WATERLOOTHE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY EVENTS FROM
1815 TO 1887
BY
THOMAS W. KNOX
AUTHOR OF
“Marco Polo for Boys and Girls,” “Life of Robert Fulton and a History of Steam
Navigation,” “The Boy Travellers in the Far East,” five vols. ; “The Boy
Travellers in South America,” “The Boy Travellers in the Russian
Empire,” “The Young Nimrods,” two vols. ; “The Voyage of
the Vivian,” “Overland through Asia,” “Backsheesh,”
“Underground,” “John,” “Camp-Fire and Cotton
Field,” “How to Travel,” “The Pocket
Guide around the World,” etc., etc.
illustrated
THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND WITH INDEX
NINTH IMPRESSION
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Presss
1902
COPYRIGHT BY
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
1887
The Knickerbocker Press, New Rochelle, N. Y.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER. PAGE
I. Battle of Ayacucho—1824 1
II. Battle of Prome—1825 17
III. Battle of Navarino—1827 29
IV. Siege of Silistria—1829 47
V. Battle of Staoueli and Fall of Algiers—1830 64
VI. Capture of Antwerp and Liberation of Belgium—1832 77
VII. Capture of the City of Mexico—1847 91
VIII. Battle of Gujerat—1849 117
IX. Capture of the Malakoff and the Redan,
and Fall of Sebastopol—1855 133
X. Lucknow and Cawnpore—1857-8 154
XI. Capture of the Peiho Forts and Pekin—1858-60 177
XII. Battle of Solferino—1859 197
XIII. Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac—1862 210
XIV. Battle of Gettysburg—1863 230
XV. Siege and Fall of Vicksburg—1863 260
XVI. Battle of Five Forks and Lee's Surrender—1865 289
XVII. Battle of Koeniggratz (Sadowa)—1866 308
XVIII. Battle of Gravelotte—1870 325
XIX. Battle and Fall of Sedan—1870 344
XX. Fall of Khiva—1873 365
XXI. Fall of Plevna—1877 382
XXII. Capture of Geok Tepe—1881 415
XXIII. Battle of Miraflores—1881 431
XXIV. El Obeid—Annihilation of Hicks Pasha's Army—1883 450
XXV. Fall of Khartoum—1885 465
MAPS AND PLANS.
Page
Outline Map of Spanish America Frontispiece
Battle of Ayacucho 11
Outline Map of British Burmah 17
Turkey in Europe 29
Navarino, Battle Plan 41
Silistria, Siege Plan 51
Outline Map of Algeria 65
Plan of the Fortifications of the City of Algiers 67
Plan of Fortifications of Antwerp and Vicinity 79
Plan of the Gates (Vera Cruz) 93
Siege of Vera Cruz 95
Valley of Mexico 97
Battle of Churubusco 103
Battle of Moling del Rey 105
Storming of Chapultepec 111
Outline Map of the Punjaub 119
Battle of Gujerat 127
Plan of Sebastopol 133
Attack on the Malakoff 135
Lines of Attack on the Malakoff and the Redan 141
Sketch Plan of the Redan 147
Position at Cawnpore 157
Siege of Lucknow 171
River Pei-Ho 179
Forts on River Pei-Ho 183
Engaging the Takoo Forts 189
Sketch Map of Northern Italy 199
Battle of Solferino 205
Plans of the Monitor and the Merrimac 213
Scene of the Battle between the Monitor the Merrimac 221
Monitor and Merrimac in Action 223
Gettysburg, Campaign Map 237
Positions at Gettysburg, Second of July 245
Positions at Gettysburg, Third of July 255
Vicksburg, Campaign Map No. 1 265
Vicksburg, Campaign Map No. 2 273
Vicksburg, Siege Lines 283
Siege of Petersburg 293
Battle of Five Forks 303
Routes of March on Koeniggratz 311
Battle of Koeniggratz 321
Sketch Map of Region (Gravelotte) 325
Battle op Gravelotte, Positions, Morning 335
Battle of Gravelotte, Positions, Evening 339
Region about Sedan 347
Battle of Sedan, Positions Morning 353
Battle of Sedan, Positions Afternoon 361
Map of Territory around Khiva 365
First Battle of Plevna 391
Defence and Blockade of Plevna 403
Last Sortie from Plevna 407
Outline Map of Changes in Europe 409
Outline Map of Changes in Asia 413
Expedition on Geok-Tepe 419
Battle of Miraflores 433
Campaign of El Obeid. Sketch of Territory 451
Country from Korti to Khartoum 467
