Originally published: London : Arms and Armour Press, 1974. Includes maps of: Battle of Turnhoult; Battle of Nieuport, 1600; Battle of Lutzen; Battle of Breitenfeld, 7 September 1631; Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745; Battle of Dettingen, 16 June 1743; Battle of Leuthen, 5 December 1757; Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759; Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811 (3); Battle of Talavera, 27 June 1809 (6); Battle of Bussaco, 27 September 1810; Battle of Ferozeshah, 21-22 December 1845 (4); Battle of Gujerat, 21 February 1849. Includes index.

The weapons -- Theoretical performance -- Inefficiencies of the battlefield -- The seventeenth and early eighteenth century -- Frederick the Great to Napoleon -- Albuera -- Talavera -- Bassaco -- Ferozeshah and the Sikh Wars.