The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington: During his Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France ... Collection - Naval and Military History)
Cambridge University Press, 11/18/2010
EAN 9781108025164, ISBN10: 1108025161
Paperback, 828 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), the first Duke of Wellington, was one of the most successful military figures of the early nineteenth century. After fighting in the fourth Anglo-Mysore war in India, his successes during the Peninsular War (1809–1814) and his victory at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) established his reputation as a brilliant military tactician. These volumes, first published between 1834 and 1839, contain the letters, dispatches, instructions and general military orders Wellington wrote throughout his military career. Edited by his private secretary, Colonel John Gurwood (1790–1845), they offer a wealth of fascinating details concerning Wellington's campaigns in India and Europe, from mundane administrative tasks to discussions of tactics, personnel and intelligence-gathering. These volumes are reissued from the 1844 revised edition, and provide invaluable information for the study of warfare during this period. Volume 2 covers his campaigns in India between 1803 and 1805.
6. Continuation of the official and other dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
India
Addenda
7. Memorandum on dearth in India
8. Memorandum on the plan proposed of an interchange of native troops of India and the Negro corps of the West Indies
9. Memorandum on Marquis Wellesley's government of India
Index to first and second volumes
India
Index to appendix
Appendix containing the drafts of letters found too late for insertion in the order of their dates.