Lots of trouble for the RN in carrying 50 ton mechanical horses, but they cope. Wellington gets on well with Nelson, both being modest and having very similar attitudes towards man-management. The tactful and mild-spoken Picton is given command of the cavalry. The English and French meet at a place called El Alamein. Riflemen Harris and Brewster are made corporal.
Raglan fights bravely and with great intelligence, but is killed.
Lots of blood-curdling action, with lots of descriptions of mechanical cavalry advancing. Britain beats France and take Egypt. The industrial revolution is well underway in Britain. This is called HMS Flashman. The bats wonder if the English have been spying on them, but decide it is just coincidence.