| CHAP. I. | |
| What a British Army was, is still, and the commencement of certain introductory matter, intended to show in part what it ought to be | 1 |
| CHAP. II. | |
| Continuation of the subject, and pointing out what is required to render the army more suitable to the times | 31 |
| CHAP. III. | |
| Continuation of the subject, and showing how essential it is that corps for East India service, and for our colonies, should be formed, with a view to rendering the regular army perfectly efficient.—Various changes recommended and reasons assigned for them being necessary.—Some observations | 60 |
| CHAP. IV. | |
| Continuation of the subject, with observations upon various matters connected with the efficiency and discipline of the army.—Veterans unfit for service in North America.—Remarks upon proposed changes in our militia.—Attention called to various subjects.—Improvements in system, &c. suggested.—Numbers of men taken away upon service from corps as bat-men, &c., its evil effects, and a remedy proposed.—Baggage and followers of an army in the field, &c. | 88 |
| CHAP. V. | |
| Introductory observations upon the staff of an army.—Remarks upon the état-major of the French army.—The staff wanted for a British army.—Remarks upon the battle of Talavera.—Staff of an army continued.—An efficient and highly respectable police for an army in the field recommended.—Some of its duties alluded to.—Important remarks upon military police and courts-martial.—Staff duties continued.—Medical department and its establishments in the field.—The commissariat department in the field.—Observations | 126 |
| CHAP. VI. | |
| Farther observations.—Insufficiency of allowance of practice ammunition for corps.—Hints for the maintenance of discipline in quarters and in the field.—Attention to the religious and general education of regiments strongly urged.—A plan for this purpose proposed.—Various necessary observations, &c.—Lord Wellington's letter to generals commanding divisions and brigades, with remarks.—Useful observations upon the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo.—Remarks and general order relating to the 3rd division in the retreat from Elbodon to Guinaldo.—Storming of the castle of Badajoz.—Conduct of our troops there given to show the 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 to future commanders of such enterprises.—The part performed by the 3rd division under Sir Edward Pakenham at Salamanca, with remarks, &c.—The French generals and état-major before the lines of Torres Vedras, &c.—Marshal Soult and his état-major before the battle of Toulouse, &c.—The 3rd division at Toulouse, &c.—Part performed by the 3rd division at Vittoria, with remarks.—Some occurrences at the Nivelle, with useful observations.—A few necessary remarks upon the battle of the Pyrenees. The 3rd division at Orthes, and shewing its style of fighting there, and upon other occasions.—This farther illustrated at the Vic Bigore, with other matters | 219 |
| CHAP. VIII. | |
| Observations upon the United States of America.—Their present position as regards Great Britain, the Canadas, &c.—Attention particularly called to that country, with observations upon naval and military matters.—Expedition to Plattsburg, with other matters of importance; such as the question of the Boundary line, &c. and some official documents respecting our North American territories.—Instructions of a military nature, respecting Lower Canada in 1814, with useful hints and matters of consequence to be attended to by Great Britain.—Future combined naval and military enterprises, with necessary and useful observations.—Concluding general remarks | 264 |