The Romance Of Modern Sieges

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Author

Gilliat, Edward, 1841-1915

Title

The Romance of Modern Sieges Describing the personal adventures, resource and daring of besiegers and beseiged in all parts of the world

Credits

Produced by Shaun Pinder, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Sieges

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50231

Release Date

October 16, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Note: — The Romance of Modern Sieges
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR (1779-1782) — CHAPTER II DEFENCE OF ACRE (1799) — CHAPTER III THE WOUNDED CAPTAIN IN TALAVERA (1809) — CHAPTER IV THE CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO (1812) — CHAPTER V THE STORMING OF BADAJOS (1812) — CHAPTER VI A PRISONER IN ST. SEBASTIAN (1813) — CHAPTER VII JELLALABAD (1842) — CHAPTER VIII SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL (1854-1856) — CHAPTER IX AFTER INKERMANN (1854) — CHAPTER X THE INDIAN MUTINY—DELHI (1857-1858) — CHAPTER XI THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW ( 31st of May to 25th of September, 1857 ) — CHAPTER XII THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (1857) — CHAPTER XIII RUNNING THE BLOCKADE (1861) — CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST IRONCLADS (1862) — CHAPTER XV CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS (1862) — CHAPTER XVI THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND (1862 AND 1865) — CHAPTER XVII THE SIEGE OF PARIS (1870-1871) WITH THE GERMANS OUTSIDE — CHAPTER XVIII THE SIEGE OF PARIS— Continued WITH THE BESIEGED (1870-1871) — CHAPTER XIX METZ (1870) — CHAPTER XX PLEVNA (1877) — CHAPTER XXI SIEGE OF KHARTOUM (1884) — CHAPTER XXII KUMASSI (1900) — CHAPTER XXIII MAFEKING (1899-1900) — CHAPTER XXIV THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY (1899-1900) — CHAPTER XXV THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH (1899-1900) — CHAPTER XXVI SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR (1904)
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR (1779-1782).
6. 6.CHAPTER II DEFENCE OF ACRE (1799)
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE WOUNDED CAPTAIN IN TALAVERA (1809)
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO (1812)
9. 9.CHAPTER V THE STORMING OF BADAJOS (1812) — Escalade of the Castle. — Another Account.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI A PRISONER IN ST. SEBASTIAN (1813)
11. 11.CHAPTER VII JELLALABAD (1842)
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL (1854-1856)
13. 13.CHAPTER IX AFTER INKERMANN (1854-55)
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE INDIAN MUTINY—DELHI (1857-1858)
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW ( 31st of May to 25th of September, 1857 )
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (1857)
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII RUNNING THE BLOCKADE (1861)
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST IRONCLADS (1862)
19. 19.CHAPTER XV CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS (1862)
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND (1862 AND 1865)
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII THE SIEGE OF PARIS (1870-1871) WITH THE GERMANS OUTSIDE — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE SIEGE OF PARIS— Continued WITH THE BESIEGED (1870-1871)
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX METZ (1870)
24. 24.CHAPTER XX PLEVNA (1877)
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI SIEGE OF KHARTOUM (1884)
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII KUMASSI (1900)
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII MAFEKING (1899-1900)
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY (1899-1900)
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH (1899-1900)
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR (1904)

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