The Romance of Modern Sieges
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- Describing the personal adventures, resource and daring of besiegers and beseiged in all parts of the world
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1. The Romance of Modern Sieges2. PREFACE3. Introductory material4. CHAPTER I SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR (1779-1782).5. CHAPTER II DEFENCE OF ACRE (1799)6. CHAPTER III THE WOUNDED CAPTAIN IN TALAVERA (1809)7. CHAPTER IV THE CAPTURE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO (1812)8. CHAPTER V THE STORMING OF BADAJOS (1812)9. CHAPTER VI A PRISONER IN ST. SEBASTIAN (1813)10. CHAPTER VII JELLALABAD (1842)11. CHAPTER VIII SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL (1854-1856)12. CHAPTER IX AFTER INKERMANN (1854-55)13. CHAPTER X THE INDIAN MUTINY—DELHI (1857-1858)14. CHAPTER XI THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW (31st of May to 25th of September, 1857)15. CHAPTER XII THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (1857)16. CHAPTER XIII RUNNING THE BLOCKADE (1861)17. CHAPTER XIV THE FIRST IRONCLADS (1862)18. CHAPTER XV CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS (1862)19. CHAPTER XVI THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND (1862 AND 1865)20. CHAPTER XVII THE SIEGE OF PARIS (1870-1871) WITH THE GERMANS OUTSIDE21. CHAPTER XVIII THE SIEGE OF PARIS—Continued WITH THE BESIEGED (1870-1871)22. CHAPTER XIX METZ (1870)23. CHAPTER XX PLEVNA (1877)24. CHAPTER XXI SIEGE OF KHARTOUM (1884)25. CHAPTER XXII KUMASSI (1900)26. CHAPTER XXIII MAFEKING (1899-1900)27. CHAPTER XXIV THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY (1899-1900)28. CHAPTER XXV THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH (1899-1900)29. CHAPTER XXVI SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR (1904)