I am Soldier: War stories, from the Ancient World to the 20th Century Book

Introduction Richard Holmes Holmes, Richard 8

Pt. 1 The Ancient World

Pekah, son of Remaliah 12

Aristodemos the Spartan 15

Two generals and a satrap 19

P. Sextus Baculus, Roman centurion 23

Abbinaeus, Alaric, Theoderic and Narses 25

Pt. 2 War In The East

Theodore, cavalry trooper 30

Subadai Ba'adur, Mongol general 34

Konstantin Mihailovic, Serbian janissary 37

Kato Kiyomasa, one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake 42

Pt. 3 The Medieval World

Two crusaders and two Fursan 48

Viking legend, English patriot, and two Norman earls 50

Bertrand du Guesclin, Andrew Trollope and Osbern Mundeford, Companions at arms 53

Nicholas Harpsfield, Yorkist 57

Pt. 4 16th And 17th Centuries

Two soldier-writers and a Huguenot captain 62

Colonel Robert Monro, Scots mercenary 65

Nehemiah Wharton, Parliamentarian and Richard Atkyns, Royalist 67

Marie Magdelaine Mouron, deserter 70

Pt. 5 18th Century

A soldier of the British 68th Foot Regiment 76

Benjamin Gould, Massachusetts professional 78

Thomas Brown, Rogers' Ranger 80

Midshipman William Henry Dillon, RN 83

Pt. 6 War in the Americas

Juan Almonte, soldier and diplomat 90

Ulysses S. Grant, soldier and US President 93

Black Hawk, Sauk war chief 96

John Beatty, Union soldier 100

McHenry Howard, Confederate soldier 104

Survivors of the battle of Little Bighorn 107

Pt. 7 Wars of Empire

Private Edward Costello, 95th Rifles 114

Barclay de Tolly, Russian commander and Jacob Walter, Napoleonic soldier 117

Captain Cavalie Mercer, Royal Horse Artillery 123

Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, cavalry officer 128

Captain Leonce Patry, 6th Infantry Regiment of the Line 131

Pt. 8 Piracy, Risings andMutiny

Commodore Stephen Decatur, US Navy 136

Brevet-Major O. H. S. G. Anson, 9th Lancers 138

Captain William Cochrane, 32nd (Duke of Cornwall's) Light Infantry 142

Deneys Reitz, Boer commando 146

Pt. 9 Civil War in the 20th Century

David Neligan, Irish revolutionary 152

Major-General James Emmet Dalton MC 155

Jose Duran, Antonio Izu, Saturnino Carod and Jason Gurney 158

Pt. 10 The World Wars

Private Frederick 'Fen' Noakes, 3rd Coldstream Guards 164

Cecil, Harold and Noel Wright, Brothers in arms 166

A Trooper, an Ensign and a Sergeant 171

Private Donald Edgar, East Surrey Regiment and prisoner of war 175

Soldiers of the German and Russian Eastern Fronts 179

Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick VC, Australian soldier 182

Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar, New Zealand soldier 185

Donald Burgett, 506th PIR 190

Pt. 11 Modern Warfare

Corporal Martin Russ, US Marines 196

John Young, Infantry Squad Leader, 9th Infantry 199

Ahmed and Samir, Iranian boy soldiers 202

Comrades and conscripts 205

Lieutenant Alex Vernon, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) 208

Lieutenant-Colonel Bob Stewart, UN warrior 212

Index 217