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The Victories of Wellington and the British Armies

The Victories of Wellington and the British Armies

by W. H. Maxwell

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Author
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, 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
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56689
Release Date
March 7, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE VICTORIES OF WELLINGTON AND THE BRITISH ARMIES
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.LIST OF PLATES.
  4. 4.THE VICTORIES AND CONQUESTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY .
  5. 5.ASSAYE.
  6. 6.EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION.
  7. 7.BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA.
  8. 8.CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
  9. 9.MAIDA.
  10. 10.OPENING OF PENINSULAR WAR. BATTLE OF ROLICA.
  11. 11.VIMIERO.
  12. 12.CAMPAIGN OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
  13. 13.CONNECTING CHAPTER.
  14. 14.OPERATIONS AND OCCURRENCES FROM THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE TO THE ARRIVAL OF SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY.
  15. 15.PASSAGE OF THE DOURO.
  16. 16.TALAVERA.
  17. 17.OPERATIONS FROM THE BATTLE OF TALAVERA TO THE AFFAIR OF THE COA.
  18. 18.AFFAIR UPON THE COA.—FALL OF ALMEIDA.
  19. 19.BUSACO.
  20. 20.RETREAT TO TORRES VEDRAS.
  21. 21.RETREAT OF MASSENA.
  22. 22.FALL OF BADAJOZ—TO THE BATTLE OF BAROSA.
  23. 23.BATTLE OF FUENTES D’ONORO.
  24. 24.BRENNIER’S ESCAPE—AND SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS.
  25. 25.BATTLE OF ALBUERA.
  26. 26.SIEGE OF BADAJOZ, AND AFFAIR OF EL BODON.
  27. 27.ARROYO DE MOLINOS, AND SIEGE OF TARIFA.
  28. 28.SIEGE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO.
  29. 29.SIEGE OF BADAJOZ.
  30. 30.RETREAT OF THE FRENCH.
  31. 31.ADVANCE FROM THE AGUEDA, TO THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA.
  32. 32.BATTLE OF SALAMANCA.
  33. 33.SALAMANCA.
  34. 34.CAPTURE OF MADRID.
  35. 35.RETREAT FROM BURGOS.
  36. 36.ADVANCE FROM THE DOURO TO THE ZADORRA.
  37. 37.VITORIA.
  38. 38.BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES.
  39. 39.SIEGE OF SAN SEBASTIAN
  40. 40.PASSAGE OF THE BIDASSAO.
  41. 41.PASSAGE OF THE ADOUR.
  42. 42.BATTLE OF ORTHEZ.
  43. 43.TOULOUSE.
  44. 44.SORTIE OF BAYONNE.
  45. 45.NAPOLEON’S RETURN.—BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS.
  46. 46.MOVEMENTS OF THE 17 TH JUNE.
  47. 47.BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — THE LATE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE AFFGHANS, THE BILUCHIS, AND THE SIKHS. 1838 to 1846.
  48. 48.THE LATE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS , &c. — PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 320 Condition of Europe after the battle of Waterloo.—Necessity for peace.
  49. 49.CHAPTER I. THE AFFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGNS. 326
  50. 50.CHAPTER II. BILUCHI CAMPAIGN. 337
  51. 51.CHAPTER III. THE SIKH CAMPAIGNS. 338
  52. 52.APPENDIX. No. I.
  53. 53.APPENDIX No. II.
  54. 54.APPENDIX No. III.
  55. 55.INDEX.
  56. 56.FOOTNOTES
  57. 57.Transcriber’s Notes

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