The Story of Wellington
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1. Front matter2. Uniform with this Volume3. Foreword4. Illustrations5. CHAPTER I The Fool of the Family (1769–93)6. CHAPTER II Wellington’s Baptism of Fire (1794–97)7. CHAPTER III The Campaign of Seringapatam (1797–1800)8. CHAPTER IV War with the Marhattás (1801–3)9. CHAPTER V Last Years in India (1803–5)10. CHAPTER VI Service in England, Ireland, and Denmark (1805–7)11. CHAPTER VII The First Battles of the Peninsular War (1808)12. CHAPTER VIII Victory Abroad, and Displeasure at Home (1808–9)13. CHAPTER IX Sir Arthur’s Return to Portugal (1809)14. CHAPTER X Talavera (1809)15. CHAPTER XI Wellesley’s Defence of Portugal (1809–10)16. CHAPTER XII The Lines of Torres Vedras (1810)17. CHAPTER XIII Masséna beats a Retreat (1810–11)18. CHAPTER XIV The Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1811–12)19. CHAPTER XV Badajoz and Salamanca (1812)20. CHAPTER XVI The Closing Battles of the Peninsular War (1812–14)21. CHAPTER XVII The Prelude to the Waterloo Campaign (1814–15)22. CHAPTER XVIII Ligny and Quatre Bras (1815)23. CHAPTER XIX Waterloo (1815)24. CHAPTER XX Wellington the Statesman (1815–52)25. Index of Proper Names