Transcriber’s Note

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BOHN’S ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY.


THE VICTORIES OF WELLINGTON.

Painted by A. Cooper, R.d.

Engraved by Jno. H. Engleheart

Colonel Maxwell’s last charge at Afsye.


THE
VICTORIES
OF
WELLINGTON
AND
THE BRITISH ARMIES

BY THE AUTHOR OF
“STORIES OF WATERLOO,” “THE BIVOUAC,” “THE LIFE
OF WELLINGTON,” ETC., ETC.

New Edition.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.

1891.


LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.


v

CONTENTS.

Introduction—SeringapatamPage 1
Assaye20
Egyptian Expedition29
Battle of Alexandria38
Cape of Good Hope47
Maida55
Opening of Peninsular War—Battle of Rolica64
Vimiero73
Campaign of Sir John Moore79
Connecting Chapter.—Memoir of the Guerillas100
Operations from the Death of Sir John Moore to the Arrival of Sir Arthur Wellesley111
Passage of the Douro120
Talavera131
Operations subsequent to the Battle of Talavera146
Battle of the Coa—Fall of Almeida156
Busaco...

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