CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER[1]

CHAPTER I.
THE ACTION AT BRIAR CREEK, 1779—THE ACTION AT STONO FERRY, 1779[26]

CHAPTER II.
THE SIEGE OF SAVANNAH, 1779—THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTOWN, 1780—THE BATTLE OF HOBKERK'S HILL, 1781[33]

CHAPTER III.
THE RELIEF OF NINETY-SIX, 1781—THE BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS, 1781—REMOVAL TO THE WEST INDIES[43]

CHAPTER IV.
THE EXPEDITION TO MARTINIQUE, 1793—THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, ST. LUCIA, AND GUADALOUPE, 1794—THE DEFENCE OF FORT MATILDA, 1794[53]

CHAPTER V.
MALCOLM'S ROYAL RANGERS—THE EVACUATION OF ST. LUCIA, 1795[63]

CHAPTER VI.
THE CARIB WAR IN ST. VINCENT, 1795[69]

CHAPTER VII.
MAJOR-GENERAL WHYTE'S REGIMENT OF FOOT, 1795[77]

CHAPTER VIII.
THE CAPTURE OF ST. LUCIA, 1796[85]

CHAPTER IX.
THE RELIEF OF GRENADA, 1796—THE REPULSE AT PORTO RICO, 1797[93]

CHAPTER X.
THE DEFENCE OF DOMINICA, 1805[103]

CHAPTER XI.
THE HURRICANE AT DOMINICA, 1806—THE REDUCTION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX, 1807—THE RELIEF OF MARIE-GALANTE, 1808[117]

CHAPTER XII.
THE CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE, 1809—THE CAPTURE OF GUADALOUPE, 1810[125]

CHAPTER XIII.
THE EXPEDITION TO NEW ORLEANS, 1814-15[141]

CHAPTER XIV.
THE OCCUPATION OF GUADALOUPE, 1815—THE BARBADOS INSURRECTION, 1816—THE HURRICANE OF 1817[160]

CHAPTER XV.
THE DEMERARA REBELLION, 1823[170]

CHAPTER XVI.
THE BARRA WAR, 1831—THE HURRICANE OF 1831—THE COBOLO EXPEDITION, 1832[178]

CHAPTER XVII.
THE MUTINY OF THE RECRUITS AT TRINIDAD, 1837[188]

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PIRARA EXPEDITION, 1842—CHANGES IN THE WEST AFRICAN GARRISONS—THE APPOLLONIA EXPEDITION, 1848[208]

CHAPTER XIX.
INDIAN DISTURBANCES IN HONDURAS, 1848-49—THE ESCORT TO COOMASSIE, 1848—THE SHERBRO EXPEDITION, 1849—THE ESCORT TO RIO NUNEZ, 1850[218]

CHAPTER XX.
THE STORMING OF SABBAJEE, 1853—THE RELIEF OF CHRISTIANSBORG, 1854[228]

CHAPTER XXI.
THE TWO EXPEDITIONS TO MALAGEAH, 1854-55[236]

CHAPTER XXII.
THE BATTLE OF BAKKOW, AND STORMING OF SABBAJEE, 1855[248]

CHAPTER XXIII.
CHANGES IN THE WEST AFRICAN GARRISONS, 1856-57—THE GREAT SCARCIES RIVER EXPEDITION, 1859—FIRE AT NASSAU, 1859[257]

CHAPTER XXIV.
THE BADDIBOO WAR, 1860-61[265]

CHAPTER XXV.
THE ASHANTI EXPEDITION, 1863-64[276]

CHAPTER XXVI.
THE JAMAICA REBELLION, 1865[286]

CHAPTER XXVII.
AFRICAN TOUR, 1866-70[298]

CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE DEFENCE OF ORANGE WALK, 1872[304]

CHAPTER XXIX.
THE ASHANTI WAR, 1873-74[317]

CHAPTER XXX.
AFFAIRS IN HONDURAS, 1874—THE SHERBRO EXPEDITION, 1875—THE ASHANTI EXPEDITION, 1881[333]

APPENDIX		[343]

INDEX		[361]

MAPS.

1. ST. VINCENTfacing page [69]
2. GRENADA[93]
3. DOMINICA[103]
4. MARTINIQUE[125]
5. GUADALOUPE[133]
6. THE GAMBIA SETTLEMENTS[178]
7. THE GOLD COAST[215]
8. BRITISH HONDURAS[219]
9. THE MELLICOURIE RIVER[236]
10. SWARRA CUNDA CREEK[265]
11. THE COUNTY OF SURREY, JAMAICA[287]
12. ORANGE WALK[305]
13. THE ROUTE TO COOMASSIE[319]
14. BRITISH SHERBRO[337]

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

At the present day, when our Continental neighbours are outvying each other in the completeness of their military organisations and the size of their armies, while in the United Kingdom complaints are daily heard that the supply of recruits for the British Army is not equal to the demand, it may not be out of place to draw the attention of the public to a source from which the army may be most economically reinforced.