Tde accompanying Plans of the ground on which the

battle of the Alma was fought have been taken from the Official French ' Atlas Historique,' but with slight changes made here and there for the purpose of giving greater dis- tinctness to some of the natural features. I may take this opportunity of saying that the object of all the Plans of battles and other military operations con- tained in this and in the subsequent volumes is — not to assert any facts thereby appearing to be indicated, but — merely to aid the reader in his endeavours to follow the statements he finds in the text; and accordingly they are not to be regarded as either reaffirming or varying the printed words of the narrative.