Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Note: Superscripts are indicated by a caret symbol S^r; multi-character superscripts are indicated by a caret symbol followed by braces: Ex^{mo}. BOHN’S ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY. THE VICTORIES OF WELLINGTON. [Illustration: _Painted by A. Cooper, R.d._ _Engraved by Jno. H. Engleheart_ _Colonel Maxwell’s last charge at Afsye._] 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--Seringapatam _Page_ 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