| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Introductory—The Old Peninsular Army | 1 |
| II. | Sources of Information—The Literature of the Peninsular War | 9 |
| III. | The Duke of Wellington—The Man and the Strategist | 39 |
| IV. | Wellington’s Infantry Tactics—Line versus Column | 61 |
| V. | Wellington’s Tactics—The Cavalry and Artillery | 94 |
| VI. | Wellington’s Lieutenants—Hill, Beresford, Graham | 115 |
| VII. | Wellington’s Lieutenants—Picton, Craufurd, and Others | 129 |
| VIII. | The Organization of the Army: Headquarters | 153 |
| IX. | The Organization of the Army: Brigades and Divisions | 163 |
| X. | The Organization of the Army: The Regiments | 178 |
| XI. | Internal Organization of the Regiment: The Officers | 195 |
| XII. | Internal Organization of the Regiment: The Rank and File | 208 |
| XIII. | The Auxiliaries: The Germans and the Portuguese | 220 |
| XIV. | Discipline and Court-Martials | 237 |
| XV. | The Army on the March | 255 |
| XVI. | Impedimenta: The Baggage: Ladies at the Front | 268 |
| XVII. | A Note on Sieges | 279 |
| XVIII. | Uniforms and Weapons | 292 |
| XIX. | The Commissariat | 307 |
| XX. | A Note on the Spiritual Life | 320 |
| Appendix I. | Establishment and Stations of the British Army in 1809 | 333 |
| Appendix II. | The Divisions and Brigades of the Peninsular Army, 1809–1814, by C. T. Atkinson, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford | 343 |
| Appendix III. | Bibliography of English Diaries, Journals and Memoirs of the Peninsular War | 375 |
| Index | 385 |