THE
VICTORIES
OF
WELLINGTON
AND
THE BRITISH ARMIES

BY THE AUTHOR OF
“STORIES OF WATERLOO,” “THE BIVOUAC,” “THE LIFE
OF WELLINGTON,” ETC., ETC.

New Edition.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1891.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS.

Introduction—SeringapatamPage [1]
Assaye[20]
Egyptian Expedition[29]
Battle of Alexandria[38]
Cape of Good Hope[47]
Maida[55]
Opening of Peninsular War—Battle of Rolica[64]
Vimiero[73]
Campaign of Sir John Moore[79]
Connecting Chapter.—Memoir of the Guerillas[100]
Operations from the Death of Sir John Moore to the Arrival of Sir Arthur Wellesley[111]
Passage of the Douro[120]
Talavera[131]
Operations subsequent to the Battle of Talavera[146]
Battle of the Coa—Fall of Almeida[156]
Busaco[163]
Retreat to Torres Vedras[171]
Retreat of Massena[178]
Fall of Badajoz—Battle of Barosa[186]
Battle of Fuentes D’Onoro[194]
Brennier’s Escape[200]
Battle of Albuera[208]
Siege of Badajoz—Battle of El Bodon[218]
Arroyo de Molinos, and Siege of Tarifa[228]
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo[236]
Siege of Badajoz[248]
Retreat of the French[261]
Advance from the Agueda to the Battle of Salamanca[267]
Battle of Salamanca[280]
Salamanca[291]
Capture of Madrid[301]
Retreat from Burgos[309]
Advance from the Douro to the Zadorra[322]
Vitoria[330]
Battles of the Pyrenees[340]
Siege of San Sebastian[351]
Passage of the Bidassao[362]
Passage of the Adour[370]
Battle of Orthez[380]
Toulouse[390]
Sortie of Bayonne[396]
Napoleon’s Return—Battle of Quatre Bras[409]
Movements of the 17th June[427]
Battle of Waterloo[431]
Indian Campaigns, 1838–1846:—
Preliminary Remarks[455]
Affghans[461]
Biluchis[467]
Sikhs[472]
APPENDIX, No. I.—Storming of San Sebastian[493]
————— II.—Napoleon’s Adventures in his escape from Elba[503]
————— III.—General Foy on the French, British, and Spanish Armies[511]
INDEX[525]