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I. Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, 1806-7 1

II. With Sir John Moore—Battle of Coruña, 1808-9 14

III. Back to the Peninsula under Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1809 18

IV. Campaign of 1810—The 1st German Hussars 24

V. Campaign of 1810—Battle of the Coa 28

VI. Campaign of 1811 41

VII. Campaign of 1812: Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo 55

VIII. Campaign of 1812: the Storming of Badajos—Harry Smith’s Marriage 61

IX. Campaign of 1812: Battle of Salamanca—Occupation of Madrid—Retreat to Salamanca 75

X. Campaign of 1812: Retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras—Winter of 1812-13 84

XI. Campaign of 1813: Battle of Vittoria 93

XII. Campaign of 1813: Advance to Vera 104

XIII. Campaign of 1813: In the Pyrenees—General Skerrett—Combat of Vera—Fight at the Bridge, and Death of Cadoux 113

XIV. Campaign of 1813: Colonel Colborne—Second Combat of Vera 129

XV. Campaign of 1813: Battle of the Nivelle 140

XVI. Combat of the 10th December—Harry Smith’s Dream and the Death of his Mother 152

XVII. Campaign of 1814: Battle of Orthez—Anecdote of Juana Smith 162

XVIII. Campaign of 1814: at Gée, near Aire—Battle of Tarbes—Battle of Toulouse—end of the War 170

XIX. Harry Smith parts from his Wife before starting for the War in America 182

XX. Voyage to Bermuda—Rendezvous in the Chesapeake—Battle of Bladensburg and Capture of Washington—Harry Smith sent Home with Dispatches 191

XXI. Harry Smith once more in England—Reunion with his Wife in London—Interview with the Prince Regent—Dinner at Lord Bathurst’s—A Journey to Bath—Harry Smith introduces his Wife to his Father—Visit to Whittlesey—He receives Orders To return to America under Sir Edward Pakenham 209

XXII. Sails with Sir Edward Pakenham on the Expedition against New Orleans—Reverse of 8th January, 1815, and Death of Pakenham—Sir John Lambert succeeds to the Command, appoints Harry Smith his Military Secretary, and withdraws the Force 226

XXIII. Capture of Fort Bowyer—Disembarcation on Ile Dauphine—End of the American War—Visit to Havana and Return-Voyage to England—News of Napoleon’s Return to Power—Harry Smith at his Home at Whittlesey 248

XXIV. Harry Smith and his Wife start together for the Waterloo Campaign—Ghent—Battle of Waterloo 263

XXV. Juana’s Story 281

XXVI. March to Paris—Harry Smith Quartermaster-General of the Reserve—He becomes Lieut.-Colonel and C.B.—The 6th Division moved from Neuilly to St. Germain—the Duc de Berri as a Sportsman—On the Reduction of the 6th Division Harry Smith rejoins his Regiment as Captain—March to Cambray—He is made Major de Place of that Town 290

XXVII. Cambray, 1816-1818—Sport and Gaiety—The Duke of Wellington—Harry Smith receives a Visit from his Father 301

XXVIII. Return to England (1818)—Harry Smith rejoins his Regiment—Shorncliffe—Gosport—Discharge of the Peninsular Veterans 317

XXIX. Glasgow (1819-1825)—Radical Disturbances—Harry Smith once more on the Staff as Major of Brigade—George IV.’s Visit to Edinburgh—Harry Smith revisits Paris—He rejoins his Regiment in Ireland 324

XXX. 1825-1828: Harry Smith accompanies his Regiment to Nova Scotia—Sir James Kempt—Harry Smith parts with his old Regiment On Being Appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in Jamaica—He has to deal with an Epidemic of Yellow Fever among the Troops—Appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General at the Cape of Good Hope 338

XXXI. After staying Three Weeks at Nassau, Harry Smith and his Wife sail for England, and after a Miserable Voyage land at Liverpool—He visits London and Whittlesey, and leaves England (1829), not to return till 1847 351

XXXII. Voyage to the Cape—Military Duties and Sport, 1829-1834—Sir Benjamin D’Urban succeeds Sir Lowry Cole as Governor of the Colony 359

XXXIII. Outbreak of a Kafir War—Harry Smith’s Historic Ride to Grahamstown—On his Arrival he proclaims Martial Law—Provides for the Defence of the Town—Attacks the Kafirs and rescues Seven Missionaries 369

XXXIV. Harry Smith Chief of the Staff under Sir Benjamin D’Urban—He makes Two Forays into the Fish River Bush and One into the Umdizini Bush—The Force under Sir B. D’Urban marches from Fort Willshire to the Poorts of the Buffalo, from whence Harry Smith makes another Foray 382

XXXV. Over the Kei into Hintza’s Territory—War declared against Hintza—His Kraal being destroyed the Chief comes in, and agrees to the Terms of Peace—He remains as a Hostage with the British Force, which marches back to the Kei—Harry Smith marches under Hintza’s Guidance into his Territory to recover the Stolen Cattle—Near the Xabecca Hintza tries to escape, and is shot 390

XXXVI. March across the Bashee to the Umtata and back to the Bashee—Death of Major White—Difficult March from the Bashee to rejoin Sir B. D’Urban on the Kei—Annexation of the Territory called the “Province of Queen Adelaide,” and Founding of its Capital, “King William’s Town”—Return of the Governor to Grahamstown 408

XXXVII. Harry Smith left in Command of the New “Province of Queen Adelaide” at King William’s Town—Death of Lieutenant Bailie—Harry Smith joined by his Wife—Forays on the Kafirs—Conclusion of Peace 420

XXXVIII. Harry Smith’s Attempts at civilizing the Kafirs—The Chiefs made British Magistrates—A Census taken—A Police Force established—A Great Meeting of Chiefs—Witchcraft forbidden—A Chief punished for Disobedience—A Rebellious Chief awed into Submission—Agriculture and Commerce introduced—Nakedness discountenanced—Burial of the Dead encouraged—Buying of Wives checked—Hopes of a General Conversion to Christianity 430

XXXIX. Lord Glenelg orders the Abandonment of the Province of Queen Adelaide, and appoints Captain Stockenstrom to succeed Harry Smith on the Frontier—Grief of the Kafirs at the Change—Journey of Harry Smith and his Wife to Cape Town—He is exonerated by Lord Glenelg, and receives Testimonials for his Services to the Colony—Leaves Cape Town June, 1840, on being appointed Adjutant-General of the Queen’s Army in India 452

XL. Voyage from Cape Town to Calcutta—Harry Smith’s Disappointment at not receiving the Command in the Afghan War—His Criticism of the Operations 469

XLI. Sir Hugh Gough succeeds Sir Jasper Nicolls as Commander-in-Chief in India—Affairs in Gwalior—Battle of Maharajpore—Harry Smith made K.C.B. 480

XLII. Affairs in the Punjaub—Sir Henry Hardinge Succeeds Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General—Outbreak of the First Sikh War—Battle of Moodkee 497

XLIII. Battle of Ferozeshah (or Ferozeshuhur) 21st December, 1845, and Resumed Battle of 22nd December—The Army moves into Position at Sobraon 507

XLIV. Sir Harry Smith detached from the Main Army—He reduces the Fortresses of Futteyghur and Dhurmcote—Combines with Colonel Phillips at Jugraon, and after changing his Route To Loodiana encounters the Enemy at Budowal, and loses Some Part of his Baggage—He relieves Loodiana, and, being reinforced and the Enemy having retreated, occupies his Position at Budowal 523

XLV. The Battles of Aliwal and Sobraon—End of Sir Harry Smith’s Autobiography 536

XLVI. (Supplementary.) Honours and Rewards, and Knitting of Old Friendships 554

XLVII. (Supplementary.) In England once more—A Series of Ovations—London, Ely, Whittlesey, Cambridge—Appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope 571

XLVIII. (Supplementary.) South Africa in 1847—Sir Harry’s Reception at Cape Town and on the Frontier—End of the Kafir War—Extension of the Boundaries of the Colony and Establishment of the Province of “British Kaffraria”—Visit to the Country beyond the Orange and to Natal—Proclamation of the “Orange River Sovereignty”—Triumphant Return to Cape Town—Disaffection among the Boers in the Sovereignty—Expedition thither and Battle of Boomplaats—Return to Cape Town 582

XLIX. (Supplementary.) The Question of the Establishment of a Representative Assembly in the Cape Colony—The Convict Question—Kafir War—Recall of Sir Harry Smith—His Departure from the Cape 609

L. (Supplementary.) Again in England—Last Years, 1852-1860 652