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Soldiers and Sailors.—Recruiting sergeant, officer and Jack- tar.—Generals and Admirals.—Which is the braver, the Red-coat or the Blue-jacket?—Cavalry and Infantry.—Engineers, Artillery, and Marines.—Not all sunshine with soldiers and sailors.—The old Soldier.—Different opinio...
Personal courage.—Heroism.—A life-guardsman.—A corporal.—Private in Bland’s dragoons.—Lewis de Crillon.—Wolfe.—Abercrombie.—Colonel Gardiner.—Major André.—General Picton.—Sir Jo...
38. CHAPTER XIV.Motto for a soldier.—Glory.—Reply to a challenge.—The caricature.— Discharges.—A picquet, sentinel, vedette, advanced guard, and flag of truce.—Crossing rivers.—Presentations.—C...
35. 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.—...
39. 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 Algier...
32. CHAPTER VIII.The passionate soldier.—A blue-jacket paying his debts.—A monkey on board.—A ship.—Keel.—Decks.—Masts.—Sails.—Rigging.—Life-boat.— Cables.—Anchors.—Capstan.—Buoys.—Blocks.—Knott...
45. CHAPTER XXI.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.—Dunca...
41. CHAPTER XVII.Buonaparte.—His principal plaything.—Napoleon’s Grotto.—Buonaparte’s gratitude to his mother.—He goes to the Military School at Paris.— Made a lieutenant.—His first military ser...
30. CHAPTER VI.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 o...
28. 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 am...
27. CHAPTER III.British Sailors.—A hearty cheer.—Seamen are sad clumsy fellows at some things.—The pretended sailor.—Jack in the wherry.—A squall.—The chain cable.—The sailor’s marriage.—The ar...
29. CHAPTER V.Alexander the Great.—Frederick the Great.—Charles XII.—Peter the Great.—Buonaparte.—Duke of Marlborough.—Hastings.—Bannockburn.— Cressy.—Poictiers.—Agincourt.—Bosworth Field.—Bl...
31. CHAPTER VII.Weapons of war.—Artillery.—Train of artillery.—Chevaux-de-frise.—Bows and arrows.—The old archer.—The musket.—The bayonet.—Captain Von Selmnitz.—Broad-swords.—Highlanders.—Artil...
36. CHAPTER XII.Pillage.—Military surveying.—Tippoo Saib.—His armour and mantle.— Tippoo’s treachery.—Seringapatam attacked by British and native troops, commanded by Major-General Baird.—Colon...
42. 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.—Lieutenan...
48. CHAPTER XXIV.Sailors must strike their colours, and soldiers surrender when they have death for an enemy.—A court-martial.—Shooting a soldier.—Naval execution.—Soldier’s burial.—Funeral at s...
33. CHAPTER IX.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...
43. CHAPTER XIX.Regimental bands.—Drum.—Trumpet.—Bugle.—Kettle-drum of the life- guards.—Kettle-drum of the royal artillery.—Qualities in British soldiers.—The Rhine! The Rhine!—Love of country...
37. CHAPTER XIII.Tactics and stratagems of war.—Captain Bentley and Captain Baines.—The defiance.—Scaling the rock.—The stratagem of the boat.—Battle of Actium.—Duke of Saxe Weimar.—Breaking the...
46. CHAPTER XXII.French generals.—Desaix.—Ney.—Lasnes.—Soult.—Suchet.—Augereau.— Berthier.—Rapp.—Macdonald.—Beauharnois.—Maret.—Jourdan.—Grouchey.— Vandamme.—Bertrand.—Gourgaud.—Junot.—Massena.—...
40. 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 Ho...
34. CHAPTER X.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...
26. CHAPTER II.A general rule for the conduct of a good Soldier.—The beginning of Sailors.—The origin of the British Army.—The oldest regiment in the service.—Description of the Life Guards.—B...
44. CHAPTER XX.Admiral Nelson.—The loss of his eye and his arm.—Struggle between Nelson’s barge and the armed launch.—Sykes the coxswain.—Nelson’s thanksgiving for his recovery.—His coolness i...
25. CHAPTER I.Soldiers and Sailors.—Recruiting Sergeant, Officer and Jack-tar.— Generals and Admirals.—Which is the braver, the Red Coat or the Blue Jacket?—Cavalry and Infantry.—Engineers, A...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Buonaparte.—His principal plaything.—Napoleon’s grotto.— Buonaparte’s gratitude to his mother.—He goes to the Military School at Paris.—Made a lieutenant.—His first military ser...
10. CHAPTER X.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 t...
12. CHAPTER XII.Pillage.—Military surveying.—Tippoo Saib.—His armour and mantle.—Tippoo’s treachery.—Seringapatam attacked by British and native troops, commanded by Major-General Baird.—Colone...
15. 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 Algier...
6. CHAPTER VI.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 o...
2. CHAPTER II.A general rule for the conduct of a good soldier.—The beginning of sailors.—The origin of the British army.—The oldest regiment in the service.—Description of the life-guards.—...
7. CHAPTER VII.Weapons of war.—Artillery.—Train of artillery.—Chevaux-de- frise.—Bows and arrows.—The old archer.—The musket.—The bayonet.—Captain Von Selmnitz.—Broad-swords.—Highlanders.— Art...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.Personal courage.—Heroism.—A life-guardsman.—A corporal.—Private in Bland’s dragoons.—Lewis de Crillon.—Wolfe.—Abercrombie.— Colonel Gardiner.—Major André.—General Picton.—Sir J...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Tactics and stratagems of war.—Captain Bentley and Captain Baines.—The defiance.—Scaling the rock.—The stratagem of the boat.—Battle of Actium.—Duke of Saxe Weimar.—Breaking the...
20. CHAPTER XX.Admiral Nelson.—The loss of his eye and his arm.—Struggle between Nelson’s barge and the armed launch.—Sykes the coxswain.—Nelson’s thanksgiving for his recovery.—His coolness i...
21. CHAPTER XXI.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.—Dunca...
24. CHAPTER XXIV.Sailors must strike their colours, and soldiers surrender when they have death for an enemy.—A court-martial.—Shooting a soldier.—Naval execution.—Soldier’s burial.—Funeral at s...
4. 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 am...
16. 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 Ho...
1. CHAPTER I.Soldiers and Sailors.—Recruiting sergeant, officer and Jack- tar.—Generals and Admirals.—Which is the braver, the Red-coat or the Blue-jacket?—Cavalry and Infantry.—Engineers, A...
5. CHAPTER V.Alexander the Great.—Frederick the Great.—Charles XII.—Peter the Great.—Buonaparte.—Duke of Marlborough.—Hastings.— Bannockburn.—Cressy.—Poictiers.—Agincourt.—Bosworth Field.— B...
9. CHAPTER IX.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...
19. CHAPTER XIX.Regimental bands.—Drum.—Trumpet.—Bugle.—Kettle-drum of the life- guards.—Kettle-drum of the royal artillery.—Qualities in British soldiers.—The Rhine! The Rhine!—Love of country...
18. 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.— Lieuten...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The passionate soldier.—A blue-jacket paying his debts.—A monkey on board.—A ship.—Keel.—Decks.—Masts.—Sails.—Rigging.—Life- boat.—Cables.—Anchors.—Capstan.—Buoys.-Blocks.—Knott...
11. 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.—...
3. CHAPTER III.British sailors.—A hearty cheer.—Seamen are sad clumsy fellows in some things.—The pretended sailor.—Jack in the wherry.—A squall.—The chain cable.—The sailor’s marriage.—The ar...
22. CHAPTER XXII.French generals.—Desaix.—Ney.—Lasnes.—Soult.—Suchet.—Augereau.— Berthier.—Rapp.—Macdonald.—Beauharnois.—Maret.—Jourdan.— Grouchey.—Vandamme.—Bertrand.—Gourgaud.—Junot.—Massena.—...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Motto for a soldier.—Glory.—Reply to a challenge.—The caricature.—Discharges.—A picquet, sentinel, vedette, advanced guard, and flag of truce.—Crossing rivers.—Presentations.— C...