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I. | Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, 1806-7 | 1 |
II. | With Sir John Moore—Battle of CoruÑa, 1808-9 | 14 |
III. | Back to the Peninsula under Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1809 | 18 |
IV. | Campaign of 1810—The 1st German Hussars | 24 |
V. | Campaign of 1810—Battle of the Coa | 28 |
VI. | Campaign of 1811 | 41 |
VII. | Campaign of 1812: Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo | 55 |
VIII. | Campaign of 1812: the Storming of Badajos—Harry Smith’s Marriage | 61 |
IX. | Campaign of 1812: Battle of Salamanca—Occupation of Madrid—Retreat to Salamanca | 75 |
X. | Campaign of 1812: Retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras—Winter of 1812-13 | 84 |
XI. | Campaign of 1813: Battle of Vittoria | 93 |
XII. | Campaign of 1813: Advance to Vera | 104 |
XIII. | Campaign of 1813: In the Pyrenees—General Skerrett—Combat of Vera—Fight at the Bridge, and Death of Cadoux | 113 |
XIV. | Campaign of 1813: Colonel Colborne—Second Combat of Vera | 129 |
XV. | Campaign of 1813: Battle of the Nivelle | 140 |
XVI. | Combat of the 10th December—Harry Smith’s Dream and the Death of his Mother | 152 |
XVII. | Campaign of 1814: Battle of Orthez—Anecdote of Juana Smith | 162 |
XVIII. | Campaign of 1814: at GÉe, near Aire—Battle of Tarbes—Battle of Toulouse—end of the War | 170 |
XIX. | Harry Smith parts from his Wife before starting for the War in America | 182 |
XX. | Voyage to Bermuda—Rendezvous in the Chesapeake—Battle of Bladensburg and Capture of Washington—Harry Smith sent Home with Dispatches | 191 |
XXI. | Harry Smith once more in England—Reunion with his Wife in London—Interview with the Prince Regent—Dinner at Lord Bathurst’s—A Journey to Bath—Harry Smith introduces his Wife to his Father—Visit to Whittlesey—He receives Orders To return to America under Sir Edward Pakenham | 209 |
XXII. | Sails with Sir Edward Pakenham on the Expedition against New Orleans—Reverse of 8th January, 1815, and Death of Pakenham—Sir John Lambert succeeds to the Command, appoints Harry Smith his Military Secretary, and withdraws the Force | 226 |
XXIII. | Capture of Fort Bowyer—Disembarcation on Ile Dauphine—End of the American War—Visit to Havana and Return-Voyage to England—News of Napoleon’s Return to Power—Harry Smith at his Home at Whittlesey | 248 |
XXIV. | Harry Smith and his Wife start together for the Waterloo Campaign—Ghent—Battle of Waterloo | 263 |
XXV. | Juana’s Story | 281 |
XXVI. | March to Paris—Harry Smith Quartermaster-General of the Reserve—He becomes Lieut.-Colonel and C.B.—The 6th Division moved from Neuilly to St. Germain—the Duc de Berri as a Sportsman—On the Reduction of the 6th Division Harry Smith rejoins his Regiment as Captain—March to Cambray—He is made Major de Place of that Town | 290 |
XXVII. | Cambray, 1816-1818—Sport and Gaiety—The Duke of Wellington—Harry Smith receives a Visit from his Father | 301 |
XXVIII. | Return to England (1818)—Harry Smith rejoins his Regiment—Shorncliffe—Gosport—Discharge of the Peninsular Veterans | 317
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