Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . After the painting by Gerard. MARSHAL SOULT ...... After the painting by 2 2 / 5° 66 76 86 9294 114 XV111 Illustrations PLAN OF BUSACO . ANDRE MASSENA, DUKE DE RIVOLIAfter the painting by Maurice. BLUCHER From an old engraving PLAN OF BADAJOZ . PLAN OF SALAMANCA .A. r Thomas Lawrence. VISCOUNT ROWLAND HILL From the painting by H. W. Pickersgill, R LORD LYNEDOCH . After the painting by Si PLAN OF VITORIA . PLAN OF PYRENEES SIR GEORGE MURRAY After the painting by H. W. Pickersgill. PLAN OF LINES
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . After the painting by Gerard. MARSHAL SOULT ...... After the painting by 2 2 / 5° 66 76 86 9294 114 XV111 Illustrations PLAN OF BUSACO . ANDRE MASSENA, DUKE DE RIVOLIAfter the painting by Maurice. BLUCHER From an old engraving PLAN OF BADAJOZ . PLAN OF SALAMANCA .A. r Thomas Lawrence. VISCOUNT ROWLAND HILL From the painting by H. W. Pickersgill, R LORD LYNEDOCH . After the painting by Si PLAN OF VITORIA . PLAN OF PYRENEES SIR GEORGE MURRAY After the painting by H. W. Pickersgill. PLAN OF LINES OF THE NIVELLE PLAN OF BAYONNE PLAN OF BATTLE OF ORTHES PLAN OF TOULOUSE PLAN OF QUATRE BRAS . PLAN OF WATERLOO NAPOLEON BY A DYING CAMP FIRE From a drawing by Charlet. SIR ROBERT PEEL ..... From the painting by John Linnell, in the NationalPortrait Gallery. SIR HENRY HARDING ....After the painting by E. Eddis. 372 Illustrations THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON .From a steel engraving. MAPS MAP OF INDIA IN 1804 . MAP OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL To illustrate the Peninsular War. XIX PAGE380 42254. WELLINGTON CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS Birth and family of Wellington—The Wellesleys or Wesleys inIreland—Arthur Wesley, his boyhood—He is sent to Eton andAngers—He enters the army—His attention to his military du-ties, and his studies—He is placed on the staff of Lord West-moreland, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—He seconds the ad-dress in the Irish Parliament—The Catholic Relief Bill of 1793—He distinguishes himself in the campaign of 1794 in Holland,but seeks to leave the army. THERE is some uncertainty as to the date of thebirth of Wellington, as there is with respectto the date of the birth of Napoleon. Theevidence, however, is nearly conclusive that Napo-leon was born on the 15th of August, 1769, andthat Wellington was born on the 1st of May in thesame year ; Providence, said Louis XVIII., gaveus this counterpoise. The family of the futuresoldier and statesman belonged to the Englis
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