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The Story of Wellington

by Harold F. B. Wheeler

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  1. 1Dedication — Foreword
  2. 2Chapter I — The Fool of the Family (1769–93)
  3. 3Chapter II — Wellington’s Baptism of Fire (1794–97)
  4. 4Chapter III — The Campaign of Seringapatam (1797–1800)
  5. 5Chapter IV — War With the Marhattás (1801–3)
  6. 6Chapter V — Last Years in India (1803–5)
  7. 7Chapter VI — Service in England, Ireland, and Denmark (1805–7)
  8. 8Chapter VII — The First Battles of the Peninsular War (1808)
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Victory Abroad, and Displeasure at Home (1808–9)
  10. 10Chapter IX — Sir Arthur’s Return to Portugal (1809)
  11. 11Chapter X — Talavera (1809)
  12. 12Chapter XI — Wellesley’s Defence of Portugal (1809–10)
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Lines of Torres Vedras (1810)
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Masséna Beats a Retreat (1810–11)
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1811–12)
  16. 16Chapter XV — Badajoz and Salamanca (1812)
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Closing Battles of the Peninsular War (1812–14)
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Prelude to the Waterloo Campaign (1814–15)
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Ligny and Quatre Bras (1815)
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Waterloo (1815)
  21. 21Chapter XX — Wellington the Statesman (1815–52)

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