Deeds that Won the Empire

Deeds that Won the Empire

William Henry Fitchett, australian journalist, minister, newspaper editor (1841-1928)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE FIGHT OFF CAPE ST VINCENT

-04- THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM

-05- THE GREAT LORD HAWKE

-06- THE NIGHT ATTACK ON BADAJOS

-07- THE FIRE-SHIPS IN THE BASQUE ROADS

-08- THE MAN WHO SPOILED NAPOLEON'S DESTINY

-09- GREAT SEA DUELS

-10- THE BLOOD STAINED HILL OF BUSACO

-11- OF NELSON AND THE NIL E

-12- THE FUSILEERS AT ALBUERA

-13- THESHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE

-14- THE GREAT BREACH OF CIUDAD RODRIGO

-15- HOW THEHERMIONE WAS RECAPTURED

-16- FRENCH AND ENGLISH IN THE PASSES

-17- FAMOUS CUTTING OUT EXPEDITIONS

-18- MOUNTAIN COMBATS

-19- THE BLOODIEST FIGHT IN THE PENINSULA

-20- THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC

-21- KING MAKING WATERLOO

-22- CHAPTER I. THE RIVAL HOSTS

-23- HAPTER II. HOUGOUMONT

-24- CHAPTER III. PICTON AND D'ERLON

-25- CHAPTER IV. SCOTLAND FOR EVER

-26- CHAPTER V. HORSEMEN AND SQUARES

-27- CHAPTER VI. THE FIGHT OF THE GUNNERS

-28- CHAPTER VII. THE OLD GUARD

-29- CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT DEFEAT

-30- THE NIGHT ATTACK OFF CADIZ

-31- TRAFALGAR

-32- CHAPTER I. THE STRATEGY

-33- CHAPTER II. HOW THE FLEETS MET

-34- CHAPTER III. HOW THE VICTORY WAS WON