With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula

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  With Wellington in Spain

  BY CAPTAIN BRERETON

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

  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

  X. THE GREAT GENERAL 185

  XI. ON ACTIVE SERVICE 202

  XII. GUARDING THE BY-WAYS 222

  XIII. CIUDAD RODRIGO 240

  XIV. ONE OF THE FORLORN HOPE 263

  XV. ROUND ABOUT BADAJOZ 281

  XVI. THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA 302

  XVII. A CLUE AT LAST 321

  XVIII. THE CONSPIRATORS' DEN 337

  XIX. TOM THINKS FURIOUSLY 354

  XX. A BRILLIANT CAPTURE 371