Battles of the nineteenth century / described by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty, Arthur Griffiths, and other well-known writers ; with a chronological list of the more important battles of the century. Complete in 2 volumes
1906, 1st edition. London : Cassell. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age with some tears to the material. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #425005
Physical description; 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 26 cm. Contents; Volume 1. Saarbrück: the baptism of fire Aug. 1870 / Archibald Forbes ; The storming of the Taku forts June 25, 1859-Aug. 21, 1860 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Palermo: the coming of Garibaldi May-June, 1860 / Stoddard Dewey ; The red man's last victory: the fight of the Little Big Horn June 10-27, 1876 / Angus Evan Abbott ; Waterloo June 18, 1815 / D.H. Parry ; Königgratz (or Sadowa) July 3, 1866 / Charles Lowe ; Ayacucho Dec. 9, 1824 / W.B Robertson ; The First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861 / Angus Evan Abbott ; The July battles before Plevna July 20-July 30, 1877 / Archibald Forbes ; The Shanghai patrol Dec. 3-4, 1893 / E.F Knight ; The siege and storming of Delhi May-Sept., 1857 / Charles Lowe ; Gislikon Nov. 23, 1847 / A.J. Butler ; Insandhlwana Jan. 22, 1879 / C. Stein ; Lissa July 20, 1866 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; MacMahon at Magenta June 4, 1859 / Stoddard Dewey ; The Battle of Alma Sept. 20, 1854 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Austerlitz Dec. 2, 1805 / C. Stein ; Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir Sept. 9 and Sept. 13, 1882 / Charles Lowe ; Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 / Angus Evan Abbott ; Amoaful Jan. 31, 1874 / G.A. Henty ; The redoubts of Düppel April 18, 1864 / Charles Lowe ; Roberts' battles about Cabul Sept.-Dec., 1879 / Archibald Forbes ; Custozza June 24, 1866 / A Hilliard Atteridge ; The taking of Badajoz April 6, 1812 / D.H. Parry ; The blockade of Callao Nov., 1820 / W.B. Robertson ; The taking of the Gate Pah April 27, 1864 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Warsaw Sept. 6-7, 1831 / A.S. Krausse ; The storming of the Nilt Forts Dec. 1891 / E.F. Knight ; Aspromonte Aug. 29, 1862 / Charles Lowe ; Napoleon's Moscow campaign June-Dec., 1812 / D.H. Parry ; Rorke's drift Jan. 22, 1879 / C. Stein ; Mars-La-Tour (Vionville or Rezonville) Aug. 16, 1870 / Charles Lowe ; The retreat of Corunna Nov. 1808-Jan. 1809 / D.H. Parry ; Navarino Oct. 20, 1827 / Herbert Russell ; Laswaree and Assaye Sept. 23 and Nov. 1, 1803 / Herbert Compton ; The fall of Vicksburg July 14, 1863 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The capture of Son-Tai Dec. 11-17, 1883 / E.L. Goodman ; Talavera July 27-28, 1809 / D.H. Parry ; Castelfidardo Sept. 18, 1860 / John Augustus O'Shea ; Aroghee April 10, 1868 / G.A. Henty ; Skobeleff's seizure of Geok Tepe Jan. 24, 1881 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Battles of the Boer War Jan.-Feb., 1881 / Archibald Forbes ; The fall of Constantine Oct., 1837 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The Campaign of New Orleans Jan. 8-15, 1815 / C. Stein ; The great sortie from Paris: Champigny Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1870 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Copenhagen April 2, 1801 / Herbert Russell ; The storming ofKars Nov. 17-18, 1877 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Puente de La Reyna Oct. 6, 1873 / John Augustus O'Shea ; The desert fights: Abu-Klea and Abu-Kru Jan. 17-19, Charles Lowe ; Queenston Heights Oct. 13, 1812 / Angus Evan Abbott ; Balaclava Oct. 25, 1854 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The Spaniards' last stand in Chili: Maipo April 5, 1818 / W.B. Robertson ; Eylau and Friedland Feb. 7-8 and Jan. 14, 1807 / H. Sutherland Edwards ; The liberation of Tyrol and three captures of Innsbruck April-Aug., 1809 / A.J. Butler ; The utter destruction of a British Army: Afghanistan Jan., 1842 / Archibald Forbes ; The Volturno Oct. 1, 1860 / Jessie White Mario ; Vittoria June 21, 1813 / Charles Lowe ; Buena Vista Feb. 22, 1846 / R. Maynard Leonard ; The expedition to Egypt in 1801 / Colonel W.W. Knollys ; The end of the Zulu War 1879 / C. Stein ; Solferino June 24, 1859 / Major G. Le M. Gretton ; Múdkí and Firozshah Dec. 18 and Dec. 21-22, 1845 / Herbert Compton ; The forest-fighting in Dahomey 1892 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Walcheren July-Aug., 1809 / Captain Owen Wheeler ; Riel's second revolt Canada, 1885 Part I / Major-General T. Bland Strange ; The capture of Ciudad Rodrigo Jan. 19, 1812 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The third Battle of Plevna Sept. 11-12, 1877 / William V. Herbert ; Sherman's Atlanta Capaign 1864 / Archibald Forbes ; The Siege of Carthagena 1873-74 / John Augustus O'Shea ; Aliwal and Sobraon Jan. 28-Feb. 10, 1846 / Herbert Compton ; Riel's second revolt Canada, 1885 Part II / Major-General T. Bland Strange ; The storming of Brescia March 31-April, 1849 / A.J. Butler ; The fall of Plevna, the fourth battle Dec. 10, 1877 / W.V. Herbert ; General chronological list of all the more important battles of the nineteenth century / compiled by A. Hilliard Atteridge. Volume II. Sherman's march to the sea, and his campaign of the Carolinas 1864-5 / Archibald Forbes ; The battles round Leipzig October, 1813 / D.H. Parry ; The Indian mutiny: Lucknow Part I May-September, 1857 / G.A. Henry ; The Eureka stockade: Australia's only battle December 3, 1854 / Justin Charles MacCartie ; The Italians in the Soudan: Agordat December 21, 1893 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Trafalgar October 21, 1805 / C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne ; The Battle of Brody: the Polish insurrection of 1863 / H. Sutherland Edwards ; The Battle of the Yalu River September 17, 1894 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Sedan September 1, 1870 / Charles Lowe ; Spanish battles in Morocco, 1859-60: Castillejos, Tetuan, Guad el Ras / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Buenos Ayres July 5, 1807 / C. Stein ; The Second Sikh War 1848-9 / Archibald Forbes ; Moltke's first battle: Nisib June 23, 1839 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Fight between the Chesapeake and the Shannon June 1, 1813 / Herbert Russell ; Salamanca Jult 22, 1812 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Garibaldi's defeat at Mentana November 3, 1867 / Donat Sampson ; The Chitral Campaign of 1895 / Major-General T. Bland Strange ; Lutzen May 2, 1813 / C. Stein ; The Turks before Alexinatz August-October, 1876 / G.A. Henty ; The Gurkha War 1814-16 / Lieut.-Col. Newnham-Davis ; Baylen July 20, 1808 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Villersexel January 9-10, 1871 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Canadians in the field: three features of the War of 1812 / Angus Evan Abbott ; The fight for Valparaiso 1891 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; Inkerman November 5, 1854 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Te Kooti's raids: New Zealand 1868 / Justin Charles MacCartie ; Albuera May 16, 1811 / Colonel W.W. Knollys ; The fight of the Arickaree Fork September 16-26, 1868 / Angus Evan Abbott ; The tragedy of Khartoum January 19-February 6, 1885 / Charles Lowe ; Dresden August 26-27, 1813 / C. Stein ; The collapse of the Confederacy April, 1865 / Archibald Forbes ; Bhurtpore January 18, 1826 / C. Stein ; The defeat of Abd-El-Kadr by the French: Isly August 14, 1844 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Lundy's Lane July 25, 1814 / Angus Evan Abbott ; The Siege of Sebastopol Part I October, 1854-March, 1855 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The Servo-Bulgarian War of 1885: Slivnitza November 17-19 ; Pirot November 27 / William V. Herbert Gravelotte (St. Privat) August 18, 1879 . A. Hilliard Atteridge ; The First Burmese War 1824 / G.A. Henty ; The end of the Nile Campaign January-February, 1885 / Charles Lowe ; The Belgian War of Independence: Brussels August-September, 1830 / John Augustus O'Shes ; The Janissary Rebellion at Widdin March, 1801 / William V. Herbert ; Bergen-Op-Zoom March 8-9, 1814 / Colonel Percy Groves ; The bombardment of Alexandria July 11, 1882 / Max Pemberton ; The Siege of La Puebla May, 1863 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; The Siege of Sebastopol Part II April-September, 1855 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The liberation of New Grenada: Boyaca August 17, 1819 / W.B. Robertson ; The Battle of Vimiera August 21, 1808 / Major-General Sir E.F. Du Cane ; The winter campaign in Finland 1808 / A. Hilliard Atteridge ; The Red River expedition 1870 / Angus Evan Abbott ; The conquest of Scinde September, 1842-March, 1843 / Archibald Forbes ; "Remember the Alamo!": the Texan insurrection of 1836 / Stoddard Dewey ; The battles in the Pyrenees July, 1813-February, 1814 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; The Battle of Maida July 14, 1806 / A.J. Butler ; The Battle of Kirkee November 5, 1817 / C. Stein ; The passage of the Douro May 10-12, 1809 / Liet. Col. Newnham-Davis ; The Battle of Novara March 23, 1849 / Major G. Le M. Gretton ; The Battle of Aspern-Essling June 21-22, 1809 / D.H. Parry ; The Siege of San Sebastian August, 1813 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Wörth August 6, 1870 / Archibald Forbes ; The battles around Suakim I: El-Teb February 29 ; and Tamai March 13, 1884 / Charles Lowe ; Omar Pasha at Chetaté and Calafat 1854 / William V. Herbert ; The Indian Mutiny: Lucknow Part II September, 1857-March, 1858 / G.A. Henty ; The Battle of Barrosa March 5, 1811 / Archibald Forbes ; The battles around Suakim II: Hasheen, Tofrik March 20-22, 1885 / Charles Lowe ; Chrystler's Farm November 11, 1813 / C. Stein ; The last sortie from Paris: Buzenval January 19, 1871 / John Augustus O'Shea ; A One Day's War: Maharajpore and Punniar December 29, 1843 / Herbert Compton ; The Battle of Ligny June 16, 1815 / Archibald Forbes ; The Waitara War: Koheroa July 12 ; Rangariri November 30, 1863 / Major-General T. Bland Strange ; Toulouse April 10, 1814 / D.H. Parry ; The final stages of the Second Afghan War August-September, 1880 / Archibald Forbes ; The action off Pulo Aor February 15, 1804 / A.J. Butler ; Morgan's raid July 2-26, 1863 / Angus Evan Abbott ; Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 / Major Arthur Griffiths ; Iéna October 14, 1806 / D.H. Parry ; The Battle of Ferkeh June 7, 1896 / A. Hilliard Atteridge. Subjects; 1800-1899. Battles. Military history, Modern 19th century. War History. Military history.
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