Includes the following battles, campaigns and sieges: Bloody Marsh, St. Simon's Island; Quebec; Saratoga; Yorktown; Lake Erie; New Orleans, 1815; Alamo; Buena Vista; Vicksburg; Gettysburg; Manila Bay; Aisne and the Marne, 1918, in European War; and, Midway and the Coral Sea and finally D-Day in World War II.

Reproduction of the book published : New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 1961.

Oglethorpe defends his colony -- Wolfe vanquishes the French at Quebec -- Canada remains British -- Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga -- Washington leads to victory at Yorktown -- Perry meets the enemy on Lake Erie -- Jackson defeats the British at New Orleans -- Houston wins independence for Texas -- Taylor stands fast near Buena Vista -- Grant besieges Vicksburg -- Lee meets defeat at Gettysburg -- Dewey conqures the Spanish fleet -- The Americans turn the tide -- The Navy triumphs in the Pacific -- Air power spearheads defeat of Germany.