Each chapter of Creasy's strategy book dissects a different battle. The fifteen chapters are: I - THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
II - DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413
III - THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331
IV - THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207
V - VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9
VI - THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451
VII - THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732
VIII - THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066
IX - JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429
X - THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588
XI - THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704
XII - THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709
XIII - VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777
XIV - THE BATTLE OF VALMY
XV - THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815
