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The battles of the British Army

The battles of the British Army

by Robert Melvin Blackwood

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Author
Blackwood, Robert Melvin
Title
The battles of the British Army : being a popular account of all the principal engagements during the last hundred years
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Great Britain -- History, Military
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 51056
Release Date
January 27, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE BATTLES OF THE BRITISH ARMY
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA. 1801. — 1 EFFECTIVE STRENGTH OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. — RESERVE.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE. 1803.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. CAPTURE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 1806
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF MAIDA. 1806.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF ROLICA. 1808.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE OF VIMIERO. 1808.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA. 1809.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE BATTLE OF TALAVERA. 1809.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF BUSACO. 1810.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF BAROSA. 1811.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE BATTLE OF FUENTES D’ONORO. 1811.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE BATTLE OF ALBUERA. 1811.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE SIEGE OF RODRIGO. 1812.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE SIEGE OF BADAJOZ. 1812.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA. 1812.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE SIEGE OF BURGOS. 1812.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE OF VITORIA. 1813.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES. PART FIRST. 1813.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE SIEGE OF SAN SEBASTIAN. 1813.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES. PART SECOND. 1813.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES. PART THIRD. 1813.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES. PART FOURTH. 1814.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE BATTLE OF TOULOUSE. 1814.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS. 1815.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 1815.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ( continued ). 1815.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ( continued ). 1815.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BATTLE OF KEMMENDINE. 1824.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. THE BATTLE OF MELLOONE. 1825.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. THE BATTLE OF PAGAHM-MEW. 1825.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. THE AFGHANISTAN DISASTERS. 1838-39.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. THE DEFEAT OF THE BILUCHIS. 1842.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BATTLE OF MOODKEE. 1845.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BATTLE OF FEROZEPORE. 1845.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. THE BATTLES OF ALIWAL AND SOBRAON. 1846.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BATTLE OF MARTABAN. 1852.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE BATTLE OF PEGU. 1852.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA. 1854.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. The Battle of Balaclava. 1854.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XL. The Battle of Inkerman. 1854.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLI. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. 1854-55.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLII. THE BATTLES OF BUSHIRE, KOOSHAB, AND MOHAMMERAH. 1856-57.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII. THE BATTLES AT DELHI. 1857.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV. THE BATTLES AT DELHI ( continued ). 1857.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLV. THE BATTLES AT DELHI ( continued ). 1857.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI. THE BATTLES AT CAWNPORE. 1857.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII. THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. 1857.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII. THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW ( continued ). 1857.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLIX. THE FIGHTING AT ALLAHABAD. 1857.
  53. 53.CHAPTER L. THE FIGHTING AT FUTTEHGHUR. 1857.
  54. 54.CHAPTER LI. THE SIEGE OF KOTAH. 1858.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LII. THE FIGHTING AT JHANSI, ROOHEA, AND BAREILLY. 1857-58.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LIII. THE CAPTURE OF CANTON. 1857.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIV. THE BATTLES AT THE TAKU FORTS. 1860.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LV. THE BATTLE OF AROGEE. 1868.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LVI. THE STORMING OF MAGDALA. 1868.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVII. THE BATTLES OF AMOAFUL AND ORDASHU. 1874.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVIII. THE BATTLES WITH THE ZULUS. 1879.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LIX. THE BATTLE OF MAZRA. 1880.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LX. THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR. 1882.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LXI. THE BATTLE OF MINHLA. 1885.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LXII. THE BATTLE OF THE ATBARA. 1898.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LXIII. THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN. 1898.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXIV. THE ADVANCE OF ROBERTS. 1900.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXV. THE BATTLE OF JIDBALLI. 1904.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXVI. THE BATTLE AT HOT SPRINGS. 1904. — THE END. — Transcriber’s Note:

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