| I. | OF THE LEGENDARY PAST |
| II. | THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN LITTLE WARFARE |
| III. | THE RULES— The Country The Move Mobility of the Various Arms Hand-to-Hand Fighting and Capturing Varieties of the Battle-Game Composition of Forces Size of the Soldiers |
| IV. | THE BATTLE OF HOOK'S FARM |
| V. | EXTENSIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF LITTLE WAR |
| VI. | ENDING WITH A SORT OF CHALLENGE |
| APPENDIX— LITTLE WARS AND KRIEGSPIEL |
"LITTLE WARS" is the game of kings—for players in an inferior socialposition. It can be played by boys of every age from twelve to onehundred and fifty—and even later if the limbs remain sufficientlysupple—by girls of the better sort, and by a few rare and gifted women.This is to be a full History of Little Wars from its recorded andauthenticated beginning until the present time, an account of how tomake little warfare, and hints of the most priceless sort for therecumbent strategist....
But first let it be noted in passing that there were prehistoric"Little Wars." This is no new thing, no crude novelty; but a thingtested by time, ancient and ripe in its essentials for all its perennialfreshness—like spring. There was a Someone who fought Little Wars inthe days of Queen Anne; a garden Napoleon. His game was inaccuratelyobserved and insufficiently recorded by Laurence Sterne. It is clearthat Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim were playing Little Wars on a scaleand with an elaboration exceeding even the richness and beauty of thecontemporary game. But the curtain is drawn back only to tantalise