Chapter XV

The Cost of War--The Bloody Fields of Eylan and
Friedland--The Great Northern Confederation--Nelson and the
Russian Emperor--Battle of Trafalgar--British Victories in
Spain--Napoleon's disastrous Russian Campaign--Prussia
Powerless and Bankrupt--Good reason for German
Vindictiveness--Battles of Lutzen & Bautzen--England assists
Austria--The terrible Battle of Dresden--German Triumph at
Kutczback--Battles of Gross Beeren, Dennewitz, and
Leipsic--Napoleon beaten and sent to Elba--The Cost of War
in France alone--Flight from Elba--Quatre Bras, Wavre, and
Ligny--Battle of Waterloo--The Total Loss of the Allies in
this short Campaign--The Total French Loss--Concluding
Remarks 536-585

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT _Frontispiece_

FIELD-MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN, K.C.B., _&c._ 17

GENERAL SIR GEORGE BROWN, G.C.B. 21

LIEUT-GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS 22

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR COLIN CAMPBELL (LORD CLYDE) 25

VIEW OF THE HEIGHTS OF ALMA 46

CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALACLAVA 59

PLAN OF THE HEAVY CAVALRY CHARGE 61

THE GUARDS AT INKERMANN 78

THE ATTACK ON THE TRENCHES, 22ND MARCH, 1855 110

THE FRENCH ATTACK ON THE MALAKOFF 159

INTERIOR OF THE REDAN AFTER ITS CAPTURE 167

A STREET IN SEBASTOPOL AFTER THE SIEGE 169

THE SCENE OF THE MASSACRES AT CAWNPORE 281

CAWNPORE WELL 286

BLOWING THE MUTINEERS FROM THE GUNS 295

GENERAL SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, K.C.B. 465

CAPTAIN HEDLEY VICARS, 97TH 487