Pictorial survey of twenty-seven battles that have influenced world history, from Rocroi in 1643 to the Ardennes in 1944. Includes 485 paintings and photographs.

Illustrations on lining papers.

Rocroi, 1643 --Blenheim, 1704 -- Poltava, 1709 -- Fontenoy, 1745 -- Rossbach, 1757 -- Quebec, 1759 -- Bunker Hill, 1775 -- Saratoga, 1777 -- Yorktown, 1781 -- Jena, 1806 -- Borodino, 1812 -- Waterloo, 1815 -- Balaclava, 1854 -- First Bull Run, 1961 -- Gettysburd, 1863 -- Gravelotte-Saint-Privat, 1870 -- Port Arthur, 1904 -- Tannenberg, 1914 -- The Marne, 1914 -- Suvla Bay, 1915 -- Caporetto, 1917 -- The crossing of the Meuse, 1940 -- Stalingrad, 1942 -- Alamein, 1942 -- Guadalcanal, 1942 -- Saint-Lô-Falaise, 1944 -- The Ardennes, 1944.