CONTENTS
| [CHAP. I.] | |
| What a British Army was, is still, and the commencement of certainintroductory matter, intended to show in part what it ought to be | [1] |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
| Continuation of the subject, and pointing out what is required torender the army more suitable to the times | [31] |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
| Continuation of the subject, and showing how essential it is thatcorps for East India service, and for our colonies, should be formed,with a view to rendering the regular army perfectly efficient.—Variouschanges recommended and reasons assigned for thembeing necessary.—Some observations | [60] |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
| Continuation of the subject, with observations upon various mattersconnected with the efficiency and discipline of the army.—Veteransunfit for service in North America.—Remarks uponproposed changes in our militia.—Attention called to varioussubjects.—Improvements in system, &c. suggested.—Numbers ofmen taken away upon service from corps as bat-men, &c., its evileffects, and a remedy proposed.—Baggage and followers of anarmy in the field, &c. | [88] |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
| Introductory observations upon the staff of an army.—Remarks uponthe état-major of the French army.—The staff wanted for aBritish army.—Remarks upon the battle of Talavera.—Staff of anarmy continued.—An efficient and highly respectable police foran army in the field recommended.—Some of its duties alludedto.—Important remarks upon military police and courts-martial.—Staffduties continued.—Medical department and its establishmentsin the field.—The commissariat department in the field.—Observations | [126] |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
| Farther observations.—Insufficiency of allowance of practice ammunitionfor corps.—Hints for the maintenance of discipline inquarters and in the field.—Attention to the religious and generaleducation of regiments strongly urged.—A plan for this purposeproposed.—Various necessary observations, &c.—LordWellington's letter to generals commanding divisions and brigades, withremarks.—Useful observations upon the storming of CiudadRodrigo.—Remarks and general order relating to the 3rd divisionin the retreat from Elbodon to Guinaldo.—Storming of thecastle of Badajoz.—Conduct of our troops there given to showthe composition and conduct of a British army in the field | [171] |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
| The escalade of the castle of Badajoz held up as an example tofuture commanders of such enterprises.—The part performed bythe 3rd division under Sir Edward Pakenham at Salamanca, withremarks, &c.—The French generals and état-major before thelines of Torres Vedras, &c.—Marshal Soult and his état-majorbefore the battle of Toulouse, &c.—The 3rd division at Toulouse,&c.—Part performed by the 3rd division at Vittoria, with remarks.—Someoccurrences at the Nivelle, with useful observations.—Afew necessary remarks upon the battle of the Pyrenees.The 3rd division at Orthes, and shewing its style of fightingthere, and upon other occasions.—This farther illustratedat the Vic Bigore, with other matters | [219] |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
| Observations upon the United States of America.—Their presentposition as regards Great Britain, the Canadas, &c.—Attentionparticularly called to that country, with observations upon navaland military matters.—Expedition to Plattsburg, with other mattersof importance; such as the question of the Boundary line,&c. and some official documents respecting our North Americanterritories.—Instructions of a military nature, respecting LowerCanada in 1814, with useful hints and matters of consequence tobe attended to by Great Britain.—Future combined naval andmilitary enterprises, with necessary and useful observations.—Concludinggeneral remarks | [264] |
ON THE BRITISH ARMY,
&c. &c.