The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo, by Sir Edward Creasy, M.A
by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
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About this eBook
- Author
- Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir, 1812-1878
- Title
- The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo
- Credits
- Produced by John Hill and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
- Subject
- Battles
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 4061
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4061
- Release Date
- May 1, 2003
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD FROM MARATHON TO WATERLOO
- 2.By Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.DETAILED CONTENTS. — THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD.
- 5.CHAPTER I.—THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.
- 6.CHAPTER II. — DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C.413.
- 7.CHAPTER III. — THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207.
- 9.CHAPTER V. — VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS,
- 10.CHAPTER VI — THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732,
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. — JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D.
- 14.CHAPTER X. — THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. — THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. — VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA,
- 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE BATTLE OF VALMY.
- 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815.
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