Deeds that Won the Empire. W. H. Fitchett

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       PREFACE

       LIST OF PLANS

       THE FIGHT OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT

       [Illustration: THE BATTLE OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT. Cutting the Spanish Line. From Allen's "Battles of the British Navy."]

       THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM

       [Illustration: Siege of Quebec, 1759. From Parkman's "Montcalm & Wolfe."]

       THE GREAT LORD HAWKE

       THE NIGHT ATTACK ON BADAJOS

       [Illustration: Siege of Badajos, 1812. From Napier's "Peninsular War."]

       THE FIRE-SHIPS IN THE BASQUE ROADS

       THE MAN WHO SPOILED NAPOLEON'S "DESTINY"!

       GREAT SEA-DUELS

       THE BLOOD-STAINED HILL OF BUSACO

       OF NELSON AND THE NILE

       [Illustration: THE BATTLE OF THE NILE. Doubling on the French Line. From Allen's "Battles of the British Navy."]

       THE FUSILEERS AT ALBUERA

       [Illustration: Battle of Albuera, 16th May, 1811. From Napier's "Peninsular War."]

       THE "SHANNON" AND THE "CHESAPEAKE"

       THE GREAT BREACH OF CIUDAD RODRIGO

       [Illustration: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812. From Napier's "Peninsular War."]

       HOW THE "HERMIONE" WAS RECAPTURED

       FRENCH AND ENGLISH IN THE PASSES

       [Illustration: Combat of Roncesvalles, July 25, 1813. From Napier's "Peninsular War."]

       FAMOUS CUTTING-OUT EXPEDITIONS

       MOUNTAIN COMBATS

       THE BLOODIEST FIGHT IN THE PENINSULA

       [Illustration: Battle of St. Pierre, December 9th & 13th, 1813. From Napier's "Peninsular War."]

       THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC

       [Illustration: The Battle of the Baltic, April 2nd, 1801. From Brenton's Naval History.]

       KING-MAKING WATERLOO

       [Illustration: Battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815.]

       I. THE RIVAL HOSTS

       II. HOUGOUMONT

       III. PICTON AND D'ERLON

       IV. "SCOTLAND FOR EVER!"

       V. HORSEMEN AND SQUARES

       VI. THE FIGHT OF THE GUNNERS

       VII. THE OLD GUARD

       VIII. THE GREAT DEFEAT.

       THE NIGHT ATTACK OFF CADIZ

       TRAFALGAR

       I. THE STRATEGY

       II. HOW THE FLEETS MET

       [Illustration: The Attack at Trafalgar, October 21st, 1805. Five minutes past noon. From Mahan's "Life of Nelson."]

       III. HOW THE VICTORY WAS WON

       THE END

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      The tales here told are written, not to glorify war, but to nourish patriotism. They represent