Chapter I: Book II: The Prowess of a Young Giant

Prologue 61
I. At the Quinta de Ponce 63
II. The Yeomanry of Buenos Aires 71
III. Arming the Slaves 78
IV. Standing alone 85
V. An Evening in the month of June 93
VI. The Landing of the English 100
VII. The Baptism of Fire 110
VIII. Los Corrales de La Miserere 117
IX. The Night of Sorrow 121
X. The Council of War 131
XI. The Pathways of Death 141
XII. The Afternoon of the 5th July 152
XIII. The Capitulation of the 6th July 158
Epilogue to Books I. and II.: The Monuments and the
Rewards of Victory 162
Appendix: The Court Martial 163

BOOK III

THE UNKNOWN FUTURE

Prologue 167
I. At the Quinta de Don Alfonso 169
II. The Episode of the fair Mauricia 175
III. Watch and Wait 187
IV. The raising of the Veil 193
V. To our Friends the English! 202

BOOK IV

THE DAWN OF FREEDOM

PART I.--THE BRIGHTENING OF THE EASTERN SKY

Prologue 213
I. Magdalen 215
II. How Don Gregorio Lopez a second time sought an Answer
to the Question of the Day 223
III. Several ways of looking at one Question 227
IV. How the Spaniards also proposed to themselves a
Question, and how Don Carlos Evaña prepared an Answer 234
V. How the Viceroy took Counsel with Don Roderigo 242
VI. The Eve of a great Even t 249
VII. The 1st January, 1809 258
VIII. Evaña's Dream 267
IX. The Day after 273
X. America for the Americans 279

BOOK V

THE DAWN OF FREEDOM

PART II.--THE MISTS OF THE EARLY MORN

Prologue 287
I. The two Viceroys 289
II. The Tertulia at the House of my lady Josefina 298
III. La Junta de los Comandantes 307
IV. How Don Carlos Evaña attacked the Wild-duck, and
routed them with great slaughter 313
V. How the Viceroy placed a sword in the hands of the
enemies of Spain 323
VI. ¡Caducó la España! 331