The Story of WellingtonFront matterReading editionChapter navigation25 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterUniform with this VolumeForewordIllustrationsChapter I · The Fool of the Family (1769–93)Chapter II · Wellington’s Baptism of Fire (1794–97)Chapter III · The Campaign of Seringapatam (1797–1800)Chapter IV · War with the Marhattás (1801–3)Chapter V · Last Years in India (1803–5)Chapter VI · Service in England, Ireland, and Denmark (1805–7)Chapter VII · The First Battles of the Peninsular War (1808)Chapter VIII · Victory Abroad, and Displeasure at Home (1808–9)Chapter IX · Sir Arthur’s Return to Portugal (1809)Chapter X · Talavera (1809)Chapter XI · Wellesley’s Defence of Portugal (1809–10)Chapter XII · The Lines of Torres Vedras (1810)Chapter XIII · Masséna beats a Retreat (1810–11)Chapter XIV · The Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1811–12)Chapter XV · Badajoz and Salamanca (1812)Chapter XVI · The Closing Battles of the Peninsular War (1812–14)Chapter XVII · The Prelude to the Waterloo Campaign (1814–15)Chapter XVIII · Ligny and Quatre Bras (1815)Chapter XIX · Waterloo (1815)Chapter XX · Wellington the Statesman (1815–52)Index of Proper NamesBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Uniform with this VolumeAll chapters and sections (25)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsUniform with this VolumeForewordIllustrationsChapters1234567891011121314151617181920Other sectionsIndex of Proper Namesfront coverTHE STORY OF WELLINGTONUniform with this Volume →