England and Napoleon (1801-1815)

by Unknown

It will be obvious from the Table of Contents that, though there is a great wealth of illustrative matter for this period, I have preferred to draw largely upon the Diary and Correspondence of Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, published in three volumes in 1861, and the Despatches of the Duke of Wellington, by Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood. The latter is a very convenient selection. The title of the volume is justified by the fact that some eighteen out of the forty-eight pieces have more or less direct reference to England’s struggle with Napoleon.

S. E. W.

Christ’s Hospital,
October, 1912.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DATE	TITLE	PAGE
Introduction		[v]
1801. Battle of the Baltic	Campbell	[1]
1801. State of Ireland	“Diary of Lord Colchester”	[3]
1801. Golf and Football	Strutt	[8]
1802. Party Speeches of Sheridan and Canning	Stanhope	[9]
1803-1815. Typical Vessels of the Royal Navy	Clowes	[13]
1803. Desire for Pitt’s Return to Office	Stanhope	[15]
1803. Canning on Addington	Stanhope	[17]
1803. Notes by Pitt on the War, Germany, and Napoleon	Stanhope	[18]
1803. Gun-boats for Defence	“Diaries of George Rose”	[20]
1804. The Poor in Manufacturing Towns	“Gentleman’s Magazine”	[21]
1804. Wheat, Flour, and Bread	“Gentleman’s Magazine”	[24]
1805. England and the Mediterranean (I.)	Pitt	[25]
England and the Mediterranean (II.)	Nelson	[26]
1805. The Blow that Killed Pitt (I.)	Pitt	[27]
The Blow that Killed Pitt (II.)	Canning	[28]
1805. Routine on a British Man-of-War	Clowes	[29]
1805. Nelson’s Plan for Trafalgar	Clowes	[32]
1805. Trafalgar	Southey	[34]
1806. The Younger Pitt	Scott	[43]
1806. Ministry of All the Talents	Earl of Malmesbury	[44]
1806. Military Plans	Lord Colchester	[46]
1807. Catholic Emancipation (I.)	Lord Colchester	[47]
Catholic Emancipation (II.)	Malmesbury	[50]
1807. Party Politics	Leigh Hunt	[52]
1807. Berlin Decrees	Colchester	[53]
1809. Corunna (I.)	Colchester	[55]
Corunna (II.)	Charles Wolfe	[55]
1809. Public Economy	“Diaries of George Rose”	[57]
1809. Resignation of Portland	Colchester	[58]
1809. Duel of Canning and Castlereagh	Colchester	[59]
1806-1809. Military Expenses	Colchester	[60]
1809. Talavera: Protest by Lords	Protests of the Lords	[61]
1810. Walcheren Expedition	Colchester	[62]
1810. Wellington’s Difficulties in Spain	Wellington’s Despatches	[65]
1811. The Regency	Colchester	[71]
1811. Fête at Carlton House	Colchester	[73]
1812. Weaving Machines	Byron’s Letters	[76]
1812. Badajoz	Wellington’s Despatches	[79]
1812. Murder of Perceval	Colchester	[84]
1812. Sheridan’s Last Utterances in the House	Moore	[85]
1813. Sir Stapleton Cotton’s Military Services	Colchester	[86]
1813. Vittoria	Wellington’s Despatches	[87]
1814. Deposition of Napoleon	Byron’s Letters	[95]
1814. Capture of Toulouse	Wellington’s Despatches	[96]
1814. Duke of Wellington’s Thanks	Colchester	[102]
1814. Negotiations with Buonaparte	Southey	[105]
1815. Interview with Napoleon in Elba	Vivian	[109]
1815. Waterloo	Wellington’s Despatches	[112]

ENGLAND AND NAPOLEON
1801-1815

THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC (1801).
Source.—Thomas Campbell: Historical Lyrics and Ballads. P. 93.

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