DECISIVE BATTLES
SINCE
WATERLOO
THE 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.
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
Outline Map of Spanish America
Frontispiece
Outline Map of British Burmah
17
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
Battle of Moling del Rey
105
Storming of Chapultepec
111
Outline Map of the Punjaub
119
Attack on the Malakoff
135
Lines of Attack on the Malakoff and the Redan
141
Sketch Plan of the Redan
147
Forts on River Pei-Ho
183
Engaging the Takoo Forts
189
Sketch Map of Northern Italy
199
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
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
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
Campaign of El Obeid. Sketch of Territory
451
Country from Korti to Khartoum
467
