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With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the PeninsulaBrereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

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With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula

Name: With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula
Author: Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Juvenile fiction

With Wellington in Spain




BY CAPTAIN BRERETON


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LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.


[Illustration: TOM IS SUMMONED BY WELLINGTON]




                     With Wellington
                        in Spain

                A Story of the Peninsula


                           BY
                 CAPTAIN F. S. BRERETON

    Author of "The Great Airship," "Kidnapped by Moors,"
    "A Boy of the Dominion," "The Hero of Panama," &c.


             _ILLUSTRATED BY W. RAINEY, R.I._


                 BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
                LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
                          1914




Contents


     CHAP.                                   Page

        I. SEPTIMUS JOHN CLIFFORD & SON         9

       II. UNDERHAND CONDUCT                   25

      III. ABOARD A BRITISH FRIGATE            46

       IV. A NAVAL ENCOUNTER                   67

        V. PRISONERS                           87

       VI. NAPOLEON THE AMBITIOUS             105

      VII. A TIGHT CORNER                     124

     VIII. TOM CHANGES QUARTERS               143

       IX. HARD PRESSED                       162

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With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula

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