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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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