Printed in Great Britain. A reissue of the edition published 1887 in London by W.H. Allen and Co.

The armies of the present.--Of the command of the armies.--The conditions of success in war.--Evolutions and battle.--Resolve, firmness, initiative, independence, and arbitrariness.--Special influences upon evolutions and battle.--The influence of fortresses.--Landings.--Commissariat and supplies in war.--The attainment of the ends of the war.--Conclusion.