Table Of Contentt'A^
Battles
OF THE
Nineteenth Century
Vol. V.
CAMPAIGNS OF THE 'NINETIES
BV
MILLIARD ATTERIDGE
A.
SPECIAL EDITION
WITH COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
CASSELL COMPANY,
AND Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK &- MELBOURNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS.
THE RECONOUE3T OF THE SOUDAN.
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The Battle of the Atbaka
I. i
H. Thp: Summer in the Soudan . , 25
HI. The Progress of other Expeditions in the Soudan 31
IV. The Advance on Omdurman 39
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
I. The Opposing Forces 91
H. The Blockade of Cuba T03
HI. The Bombardment of Matanzas no
IV, The Insurrection in the Philippines 114
V. Ccmmodore Dewev and the Battle of Manila 118
VI, Fights off the Cuban Coast 128
VII. The Bombardment of San J.uan.. . 134
VIII. First \ttacics on Santiago 139
IX. HoBSON and the "Merrim.\c" 145
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X. The Bombardment of Santiago The First Landing in Eastern Cuba .153
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XI. Preparations f6r the Invasion of Eastern Cuba 166
XII. The Landing and the First Figiii' 175
XIII. The Fight at Las Guasimas . . • 180
XIV. The Fight for El Caney 1S4
XV. The Fight for the Hill of San Juan 190
XVI. The American Advance Checked 195
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XVII. The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet 199
.'CVIII. The Fall of Santiago . . .- ' 210
XIX The Siege and Capture of Manila .219
THE N.W. FRONTIER CAMPAIGN.
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I. The Gkneral Rising of 1897 2:7
II. The Rising at the Malakand 234
HI, How Chakdara v/as Saved 240
IV. The March into Swat 244
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V. The Extension of the Rising 247
V'l. The Mohmund Campaign 253
VII. The Tirah Expedition 257
VIII. The Two Fights at Dargai 259
IX. The Battle of the Sampagha Pass 265
X, The Taking of the Arhanga Pass and the Occupation of Tirah 268
XI, Guerilla Warfare in Tirah ... 274
XII. The Closing Operations of the Campaign 2S0
THE CHINO-JAPANESE WAR.
The Battle of Pixg-Yang 2S5
I.
II. The Attack on Port Arthur 292
III. The Capture of the Town and what followe:> . 301
IV. The Naval Attack on Wei-Hai-Wei 305
V. The Surrender of Wei-Hai-Wei . . . . 315
THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR.
I. The Outbreak of the War and the Opposing Forces 3'9
II. The Raid of Karya and the Fight for the Frontier 325
III. The Fighting at Velestixo . . . . . . 339
IV. The Battle of Phars.ala 346
V. The Battle of A'elestino an.d t.he S.urr.end.er .of V.olo >..• 350
VI. The B.A.TTLE of Domokos 4 • 353
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Campaignof theAtbara: Sketch Map 2 HolesIn theDomeof theMahdi'sTom!:) . . . .
AThBeirBda'tst-leeyoefVtiheewAotfbatrhae:AdKvraunpcpeGunsinAction . . 45 GTohredoMne'msorPiaallacSeerinviKceh.awrittho.iunmth.ienR1u8.i8n4so.fG.or.do.n'.s P.a.lace. 84
The Battle of the Atbara: Maxim Nordenfelts Shelling at Khartoum
Mahnioud's Zereba -76 Thelate Captain GuyCaldecott, First RoyalWarwickshire
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APfltaenrctfhethBeatBtaltetl:eIonfsiAdetbtahreaZereb.i ... 8 NeigRhebgoiumrehnotod of Omdurman .
AftertheBattle: theScene.insi.de th.e Ze.reba... 9 Hoistingthe Britishand EgyptianFlagsat Khartoum
Colonel Murray, C.B. ...... 10
Captain R. C. Urquhart 11 RecruitsforU.S. NavygoingonboardaRecruitingShip
Bringingbackthe Wounded 12 TheAirGunsof the "Vesuvius" . . ,
MahmoudunderGuard ....... 13 "Fighting Bob" : Cap.tain.Rob.ley.Evan.s..
The British C.impontheAtbara...... 14 CommodoreSchley
AnOperation inCamp 15 AdmiralCervera.......
MajorC. V. F. Townshend 16 General NelsonA. Miles
After the Battle: the Burial Service over the Graves of General Blanco
BritishSoldiers ...... 17 Lieutenant-General.-^ugust.in .. ., .,..
EgyptianCavalryHorsesinCamp 18 The U.S. Battleship "Indiana "
Brigadier-GeneralWauchope 19 Rear-.AdmiralSampson
Mahmoudexamininghisown Ph.oto..... 20 Mapof Cuba, showing Extentof Blockade
TBrhiegaSdiiredra-rGeannedrahlisLSyttatfefltwoenlcom..edi..nto B..erbe..r. ...... 22t3 TThheeFfiorrsttsShaontdoHfart'hoeoWurarof Mita.nzas.: M.ap.
GeneralSirFrancisGrenfell 2| The U.S. Monitor "P.urit.an"....
TheHon. Hubert Howard ......... 25 EntrancetoaTobacco Plantation nearSantiago
Oneof thenewS.crew.Gun.boat.sfor.Kha.rtou.m .. 28 CommodoreDewey
MakingtheDesert Railway 29 Admiral Montojo
AlongDrink ... 30 The Philippine Islands: Map .
TThheeGCraamveersonofsOmfafriccehrisnwghtootfehlela.Ftrotnh.te Bat.t.le.of At.bara.. 3323 TBahtetleU.oSf.MGaunnibloaaBta"yConcord".. ...
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MajorStuart-Wortley 41 TheFightinCardefias Bay
AWfotoerdethneTBaabtlteleto:fiAnstcbrairbaedwithaVersefromthe Koran . 4424 UH.aSr.boBuarttalnesdhiFpor"tsIoofwaS"anJuan, Puerto Rico: Map
The Nilefrom Shendyto Khartoum 48 Harbourof SanJuan, Puerto Rico .
ASickConvoy 49 TheSpanishArmouredCruiser "InfantaMariaTeresa
TheNilenear Khartoum ... 51 The U.S. Battleship ".Te.x.as".. ...
SketchMapshowing Extentof Omdurman 52 The Spanish ArmouredCruiser "Vi/caya"
Bird'seyeViewof Omdurman and itsEnvirons . . 53 Lieutenant Hobson
GeneralViewof Khartoum in 1884 56 The Harbourof Santiagode Cuba: Map.
TThheeASdirvdaanrcdeiorfectthiengAntgheloB-aEtgtyleptianForceuponOmdurman,6507 TThhee "SiMnekrirnigmaocf"the "Merrimac" at the Entrance of
TheDervish Onset , . 6r Santiago Harbour ....
OpeningFireupontheDervishes 64 TheU.S. Gunboat "Castinc"
An Incidentinthe Battle: the "Melik" savingtheCamel GeneralShafter'sArmylandingat Daiquiri
Corpsfrom utterDestruction ... 65 Sketch Mapof theCountry nearSantiago.
OfficersandattachedOfficersof zist Eancers 68 GettingtheMulesashoreat Daiquiri
Lieutenant R. Grenfell (killed in the Charge of the 21st Inthe U.S. Camp: FieldTelephoning
TheCLhaanrcgeerso)f the21st Lancers 5702 IBinrdC'as-mepye:VTioeswsionfgtJheerrUy.,S.theArtPieltleorfytEhnecRaemgpimmeenntt
TATTMhhhoCeveeoerLABmnatoeentmnrcabtecoraskfsr'ootdfnhmCeethMBhnaaaertctgtdIloeonefnff:aaiOnelatlmdndrd'y:seuxaBrcBriSmrittiagiagannnadgddeaeMsrod.a-mtbeeO.namrtderu.'rsm•Daenat:h•-Mgaripp. 777^834^60 SFTCUophu.raSbetn.iaifMnsiSaheurGdrieFgHnnoeeeororstunasahleoansldnoaddninWndAatgithSdecCtehaaTf-rmftopoc.whMaec,rC.anCleulaba.ra,MaGr.uiaannt.asa,naCmuoba
TheMarch throughOmdurman .81 Expert RidingbyaMemberof the New York Volunteers,
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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ColonelTheodore Roosevelt 176 Captureof the.Arhanga Pass 269
RushingtheSpanishBarbed-wireDefencesbeforeSantiago 177 TheNorthamptonsretiring 271
GeneralBlack: aSnapshot 180 LieutenantA. H. Macintyre 272
TheActionat LasGuasimas: Map i?i NegotiatingwiththeChiefs 274
General Lawton ^^7 Road-makinginChitral .
iheCountrybetweenSiboneyandSantiago; Map . .191 DictatingTermsofPeaceto theAfridiChiefs 283
skirmishingnearSantiago ^94
^iviimishingnearSantiago ^95 PrivateHiradascalingtheWallontheNor.thS.ide.ofP.ing
^ommodore Watson in command of the U.S. Squadron Yang 288
whichwastohaveattackedtheSpanishCoast . 198 TheTakingof PingYang. . 289
TThheebNuarvnailngBaWttrleecokffofSatnhteia"gMoa—rIiaTeresa." .. ...20i929 VPliaenwoofftPhoertAtAtratc.hkuron.Pin.gYa.ng ......... 229913
The "Vizcaya" burningon theRocks 203 The.Attackon PortArthur: Sketch Ma;. 294
TheNaval Battleoff Santiago—II 206 SingleCombat 297
The"AlmiranteOquendo,"assheappearedafterrunning The Attack on the Two Dragons.an.d Co.ck's.C.omb
aground 207 Fort ....... 29a
.!tertheSurrender: the"CristobalColon"sinking. . 207 LieutenantGeneralViscount Nodzu 302
Diagramshowing the Penetrating Power of one of the AdmiralCountSaigo. 304
"Oregon's' Shells ..... 209 TheChinese Battleship "Tsi-yuen" 306
The ProvnccofSantiago: Map 210 Wei-hai-WeianditsSurroundings .... 305
GeneralShafter 211 Wei-hai-Wei: theFightintheHarbour 310
Skeich Mapof theInvestmentof Santiago . . . 213 NorthernShan-Tung 313
ieneralPando ....... 214 TheJapaneseArmouredCruiser "Matsushima" . . 314
leneralLinares 215 TheChineseCruiser"Ching-Vuen" 315
U.S.Cruiser "N.ewar.k"........... 220 TheChineseArmouredCruiser "Ping-Yuen" . . 317
U.S. ArmouredCruiser*'Brooklyn" 221
eneralMenitt 224 SomeoftheEnglishHospitalNursesoftheDailyChroniile
A^inaldo .... 225 AmbulancewhoservedwiththeGreekArmy 319
U.S. ProtectedCruiser " Minneapolis" 226 OutlineMapof theTheatreof War. 321
Sketch Map showing the Scene of the Battles on the
'\ Groupof Waziri Prisone.rs ...... 228 ThessalianFrontier 322
~ :etchMapof theTheatre.of .War.ont.he N..W..Fron.tier Edhem Pasha 323
of India, 1897-1898 229 TheCrownPrinceConstantineof Greece 324
TheVillageof Sheranni 230 Prince Nicholasof Greece. 325
.\nIncidentintheTochiValleyExpe.diti.on .. .... 233 Sketch Mapshowingthe Situation at the Beginning and
TheGravesofColonelBunnyandtheOfficerswhodiedof attheEndof theFightfortheFrontier 326
InViWeowunofdsKorhecaetivedatMaizar. .... 225336 CHaaiprtiaiPnasLhaagosa.ndh.isth.ree.Lieutenants . 332287
The FirstAttackon MalakandCamp 237 GeneralSmolensk.! ... 329
AGroupof Dawaris 23?? Hamdi Pasha 330
N.C.O.'sof theFirstSikh Infantry 239 Greek PeasantRecruits 331
AnAfridi N.C.0 240 TheOpeningof the Battleof Mati 332
TheRelief of Chakdara 241 NeshatPasha 334
VTiheewAornmytheonRitvheerMSawracth 22443^ GMeenmedrahluMkakPraissha. 333356
PanoramicViewof theActionat Landaki. . . . 245 Reouf Pasha 337
The Royal West Kent Regiment clearing a Mohmund TheFlightfrom Lari "ASnap-shot' 338
Village 248 Greek Irregulars 342
GGMeeannpeerroaaflltSSihirreWB1i.inrdaLhooncCkaBhmlaporoatdiag..nnd L.ord.M.eth.u.en.... ........ c22';5-82 WTPoahsieiltiTinuognrkofsonretnthhteeerETivunegrkVosfoltPoohcar.osmael.awi:tSh.kient.RchanMgaep 333444.361
TheGordon Highlanderscharging 2^0 PharsalaaftertheTurkishOccupation 348
CGDoaolrrogdnaoe»nJ:MHSaiktgehhtilcaashn,dMeCar.psB.buryingtheirDeadaf.ter.Darg.ai .. 222066034 VTDeholemesoBtkaiontosdeaanfotdferDPhtoahmreosTkauloraskBi•astShtklOeecfticceuhlpdMasta:ipSoknetc.hMap 333554539
DorsetsattackingtheSampagha Pass 266 TheBattleof DomokosfromtheGreek Side 356
