BY
CAPTAIN F. S. BRERETON
Author of "The Great Airship," "Kidnapped by Moors," "A Boy of the Dominion," "The Hero of Panama," &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY W. RAINEY, R.I.

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
1914

Contents

Chap. Page
I.[Septimus John Clifford & Son]9
II.[Underhand Conduct]25
III.[Aboard a British Frigate]46
IV.[A Naval Encounter]67
V.[Prisoners]87
VI.[Napoleon the Ambitious]105
VII.[A Tight Corner]124
VIII.[Tom Changes Quarters]143
IX.[Hard Pressed]162
X.[The Great General]185
XI.[On Active Service]202
XII.[Guarding the By-ways]222
XIII.[Ciudad Rodrigo]240
XIV.[One of the Forlorn Hope]263
XV.[Round about Badajoz]281
XVI.[The Battle of Salamanca]302
XVII.[A Clue at Last]321
XVIII.[The Conspirators' Den]337
XIX.[Tom Thinks Furiously]354
XX.[A Brilliant Capture]371

Illustrations

Page
[Tom is Summoned by Wellington]Frontispiece300
["Crash! went the Broadside"] 72
[The Peasants Break in the Church Doors] 112
["Gripping one of the ladders dragged it aside with all his force"] 169
["To his amazement the man clutched him by the hand"] 225
[Tom Escapes from Ciudad Rodrigo] 258
[A Clever Disguise] 324
[The Fat Man Threatens Tom] 345