Contents
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Fool of the Family (1769–93) | [17] |
| II. | Wellington’s Baptism of Fire (1794–97) | [28] |
| III. | The Campaign of Seringapatam (1797–1800) | [35] |
| IV. | War with the Marhattás (1801–3) | [47] |
| V. | Last Years in India (1803–5) | [58] |
| VI. | Service in England, Ireland, and Denmark (1805–7) | [68] |
| VII. | The First Battles of the Peninsular War (1808) | [76] |
| VIII. | Victory Abroad and Displeasure at Home (1808–9) | [90] |
| IX. | Sir Arthur’s Return to Portugal (1809) | [99] |
| X. | Talavera (1809) | [110] |
| XI. | Wellesley’s Defence of Portugal (1809–10) | [119] |
| XII. | The Lines of Torres Vedras (1810) | [128] |
| XIII. | Masséna beats a Retreat (1810–11) | [137] |
| XIV. | The Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1811–12) | [154] |
| XV. | Badajoz and Salamanca (1812) | [165] |
| XVI. | The Closing Battles of the Peninsular War (1812–14) | [181] |
| XVII. | The Prelude to the Waterloo Campaign (1814–15) | [200] |
| XVIII. | Ligny and Quatre Bras (1815) | [210] |
| XIX. | Waterloo (1815) | [218] |
| XX. | Wellington the Statesman (1815–52) | [236] |
| Index | [253] | |
| Maps— | ||
| (1) Wellington’s Campaigns in India | [37] | |
| (2) Wellington’s Peninsular Campaigns | [77] | |
| (3) The Battle of Waterloo | [219] |
Illustrations
| PAGE | ||
| The Duke writing his Waterloo Dispatch | (Lady Burghersh) | [Frontispiece] |
| Arthur and the Marquis de Pignerol | (George W. Joy) | [20] |
| “The Full Force of the Blast” | (Thomas Maybank) | [32] |
| “He was hurled down by the Defenders” | (Thomas Maybank) | [54] |
| Sir Harry Smith and the Spanish Patriot | (Thomas Maybank) | [82] |
| The Gallant Piper at Vimiero | (Thomas Maybank) | [92] |
| “You are too young, Sir, to be killed!” | (Thomas Maybank) | [128] |
| The Retreat from Coimbra | (Thomas Maybank) | [138] |
| Wellington at Badajoz congratulating Colonel Watson | (R. Caton Woodville) | [168] |
| The End of Breakfast | (Thomas Maybank) | [172] |
| Charge of Pakenham’s Third Division at Salamanca | (R. Caton Woodville) | [178] |
| Flight of the French through Vittoria | (Robert Hillingford) | [190] |
| The French Retreat over the Pyrenees | (R. Caton Woodville) | [198] |
| Farm of Mont St Jean | (Photographs by C. A. Hamilton, Hornsey) | [222] |
| Château of Hougoumont | ||
| La Belle Alliance Inn | ||
| Farm of La Haye Sainte | ||
| The Desperate Stand of the Guards at Hougoumont | (R. Caton Woodville) | [226] |
| Charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo | (R. Caton Woodville) | [234] |