The Napoleonic Wars  
As Illustrated by J J Jenkins
Author(s): J J Jenkins
Published by Pen and Sword
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Originally published as _Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies From 1799 to 1815 this is one of the most magnificent of all period art books to have been produced. The text is pure British propaganda but is overshadowed by the rarity of the art work. Includes 54 stunning color plates including a great Wellington portrait, his coat of arms and a list of subscribers to the _Martial Achievements._This is one of the finest books of its type ever produced and an absolute must for the collector of British or Napoleonic military art and literature.
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Originally published as _Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies From 1799 to 1815 this is one of the most magnificent of all period art books to have been produced. The text is pure British propaganda but is overshadowed by the rarity of the art work. Includes 54 stunning color plates including a great Wellington portrait, his coat of arms and a list of subscribers to the _Martial Achievements._This is one of the finest books of its type ever produced and an absolute must for the collector of British or Napoleonic military art and literature.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • The Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies
  • Contents
  • The Vignette Title
  • The Arms of his Grace the Duke of Wellington
  • Storming of Seringapatam, 4 May 1799
  • Defence of the Breach of St Jean D’Acre, 8 May 1799
  • The Landing of the British Troops in Egypt, 8 March 1801
  • The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 21 March 1801
  • The Battle of Maida, 4 July 1806
  • Storming of Monte Video, 3 February 1807
  • The Battle of Roleia, 17 August 1808
  • The Battle of Vimiera, 21 August 1808
  • The Battle of Corunna, 17 January 1809
  • The Death of General Sir John Moore, 17 January 1809
  • The Battle of Grigo, 11 May 1809
  • The Battle of Salamonda, 16 May 1809
  • The Battle of Talavera, 28 July 1809
  • The Battle of Busaço, 27 September 1810
  • The Battle of Barrosa, 5 March 1811
  • The Battle of Pombal, 12 March 1811
  • Defeat of a French Division before Badajos, 25 March 1811
  • The Battle of Fuentes d’Onoro, 5 May 1811
  • The Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811
  • Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish Lancer at Albuera, 16 May 1811
  • The Siege of Badajos, June 1811
  • Storming of Ciudad Roderigo, 19 January 1812
  • Storming the Moorish Castle at Badajos, 31 March 1812
  • The Battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812
  • The Battle of Seville, 27 August 1812
  • Burning of Moscow, September 1812
  • Retreat of Buonaparte from Krasnoi, 17 November 1812
  • Buonaparte’s Flight in Disguise from Russia, December 1812
  • The Battle of Castalla, 13 April 1813
  • Lord Wellington’s Entrance into Salamanca, 20 May 1813
  • The Battle of Morales, 2 June 1813
  • Retreat of the French
  • The Battle of Vittoria – Bringing in the Prisoners, 21 June 1813
  • The Siege of St Sebastian, July, 1813
  • The Battle of the Pyrenees, 28 July 1813
  • Storming of St Sebastian, 31 August 1813
  • The Death of General Moreau, 2 September 1813
  • The Crossing of the Bidassoa, 7 October 1813
  • The Battle of Leipsic, 19 October 1813
  • Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic, 19 October 1813
  • Retreat of the French from Leipsic, and Burning the Bridge of Elster, October 1813
  • The Battle of Nivelle, 10 November 1813
  • The Battle of St Jean de Luz, 10 December 1813
  • The Attack on the Road to Bayonne, 13 December 1813
  • The Battle of Orthes, 27 February 1814
  • Entrance of the Allies into Paris, 31 March 1814
  • The Battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814
  • The Sortie from Bayonne, 14 April 1814
  • The Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, 16 and 18 June 1815
  • Names of Subscribers to the Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies
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