From the same author as Naval Enterprise [no. 1.2.11]
Preface [n. pag.]
This little volume has been compiled chiefly from old works on the subject, some of which are now little known. To modern authors we are indebted for some few anecdotes of more recent Military Enterprise: of these, we beg to acknowledge our obligation to Sir William Napier’s “Battles of the Peninsula;” to Kinglake’s magnificent “Invasion of the Crimea,” and to the Rev. Wm. Brock’s interesting “Biographical Sketch of Sir Henry Havelock.” The passage to which we refer will be found indicated in the Table of Contents.
Contents
The Story of Aristomenes – (Historical Parallels) 1Hereward le Wake 7
Heroes of Thermopylæ 8
Wallace – (Tales of a Grandfather) 10
Wallace at Falkirk 12
Feats of Arms recorded by Froissart 14
Norwegian Soldier defending Stamford Bridge 16
Bruce at Bannockburn – (Tales of a Grandfather) 16
Sir Eustace de Ribeaumont – (Froissart) 19
Death of Sir John Chandos 20
Tribute to a Conqueror 23
Surprise of Dumbarton 24
Cædicius 27
An Enemy’s Courtesy – (Percy Anecdotes) 27
Cromwell 28
Sir Richard Graham 30
Major André 31
Drummer Boys 32
Siege of Gibraltar 32
Forty-second Highlanders 35
An Irish Corporal 36
Sir John Moore – (Percy Anecdotes) 37
Waking Sentinel 37
Military Devotion 39
A Ragged Regiment 39
Humane as Brave 39
Expiation 40
An Incident at Barossa 40
A Bold Enterprise – (Military Cabinet) 41
A Gallant Old Soldier 44
A Douglas – (Froissart) 44
Taking the Castle of Cracow – (Wraxall) 45
Tom Brown (Percy Anecdotes) 48
Battle of Lutzen – (Coxe’s House of Austria) 49
Crillon – (Seward’s Anecdotes) 52
Relief of Turin – (Coxe’s House of Austria) 52
Battle of Morgarten – (Historical Parallels) 56
Battle of Bunker’s Hill – (Jesse’s Reign of George III) 59
A Daring Enterprise 63
B’hore Pass Forced – (Calendar of Victory) 64
The Battle of St. Jaques – (Historical Parallels) 64
Battle of Saratoga – (Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. – Sir E. Creasy) 67
Seamen in the Ranks 71
Gallantry of Marines in 1802 – (Naval Chronicle) 72
Anecdote of Junot 74
Anecdote of Napoleon – (Scott) 74
Defence of Prague – (Coxe’s House of Austria) 75
Invasion of Russia by Charles XII – (Menzel’s History of Germany) 78
Saving the Colours at Quatre Bras – (Siborne’s Waterloo Campaign) 79
Anecdotes of Soldiers – (Napier’s Battles of the Peninsula) 80
Passage of the Alps in 1800 – (Sir Walter Scott’s Napoleon) 81
Defence of the Tyrol 84
Turning the Flank of the Alps – (Scott’s Napoleon) 86
Bridge of Lodi – (Scott’s Napoleon) 91
The Little Corporal 94
Anecdotes of Waterloo 94
Passage of the Gave – (Napier’s Battles of the Peninsula) 96
Anecdotes of Wounded Soldiers after Alma 97
Gallantry of Lieutenant Riddock at Quatre Bras – (Siborne’s History of Waterloo Campaign) 97
Captain Clarke takes an Eagle 98
Anecdote of Dr. Thompson – (Heroism and Adventure) 99
A Trifling Exception 99
The Brave Soldier Servant – (Our Veterans of 1854) 100
A Veteran Highlander 101
Storming the Great Redoubt – (Land Battles) 101
At Balaclava 104
Rising from the Ranks – (Percy Anecdotes) 105
Seringapatam 106
Major-General Gillespie 108
General Wolfe 108
Battle of Albuera – (Calendar of Victory) 110
Escape of Waters – (Napier’s Battles of the Peninsula) 112
The Highlanders – (Kinglake’s Invasion of the Crimea) 113
De Montmorenci – (Seward’s Anecdotes) 115
Anecdotes of Rhodolph of Hapsburgh – (Coxe’s House of Austria) 116
Captain Carew 118
A Douglas! a Douglas! 119
Horatius Cocles – (Percy Anecdotes) 119
Marshal de Navailles – (Seward’s Anecdotes) 120
Picton’s Division at Waterloo – (Calendar of Victory) 120
Captain John Smith 126
Anecdote of the Duke of Wellington – (Napier’s Battles of the Pensinsula) 128
Escape from Platæa 129
An Escape by means of a Brave Young Soldier – (Percy Anecdotes) 137
Marshal Turenne – (Memoirs of M. de St. Hilaire) 142
Colours Saved 144
Relief of Vienna – (Partly Foreign Quarterly, partly Historical Parallels) 144
Relief of Leyden – (Strada) 150
Camillus delivers Rome from the Gauls – (Plutarch) 155
Act of Bravery at Sebastopol, 1854 160
Montrose’s Campaign in Scotland, 1644-5 – (Scott) 160
Siege of Aleppo 172
Hannibal’s Passage over the Alps 173
An Invincible 175
Bold Coup de Main 175
A Generous Officer 176
Defence of Syracuse – (Plutarch) 177
Passage of the Granicus 183
Bridge of Inspruck 184
Speckbacker, Tyrolean Leader 185
Pompey the Great – (Plutarch) 186
Prince of Orange 190
The Great Condé 191
Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo 191
Equality in Danger 192
Adjutant Miller rallying the Greys 192
A Great Captain – (Plutarch) 193
Bonnie Dundee – (Scott) 197
General Meadows 207
The Recovery of a Gun at Inkerman 208
General Putnam 209
A Desperate Defence – (Military Cabinet) 211
Charles XII 213
Irish Soldier 213
Pharsalia – (Plutarch) 214
Battle of Agincourt – (Calendar of Victory) 221
Anecdote of Maximilian, Emperor of Germany – (Coxe’s House of Austria) 223
Prince Maurice 223
A Gallant Surgeon – (Memoir of Sir Henry Havelock) 224
Descent on Cape Breton 228
Fabius and Minutius – (Plutarch) 228
A Man’s a Man for a’ that – (Military Cabinet) 237
A Singular Enterprise – (Military Cabinet) 238
Three Heroes – (Memoir of Sir Henry Havelock) 240
A Wise Leader 241
A Brave Unknown 241
Coolness of Wellington – (Calendar of Victory) 242
A Gallant Old Soldier – (Military Cabinet) 242
M. de Chazot 243
Anecdotes of Frederick the Great – (Military Cabinet) 244
Anecdotes of the Earl of Peterborough 246
Brave Artillerymen – (Scott) 248