15 decisive battles of the world Vol 2 (London)

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15 decisive battles of the world Vol 2 (London) (1851)
by Edward Shepherd Creasy
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THE


FIFTEEN DECISIVE


BATTLES OF THE WORLD;


FROM MARATHON TO WATERLOO.



By E. S. CREASY, M.A.,

PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON;
LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.


Those few battles, of which a contrary event would have essentially varied
the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes.—Hallam.


IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.


LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty
1851.


LONDON:

Printed by Samuel Bentley and Co.,

Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

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CHAPTER VIII.

PAGE

The Battle of Hastings, 1066 ...

1

Synopsis of Events between the Battle of Hastings, A.D.

1066, and Joan of Arc's Victory at Orleans, 1429 .

61

Joan of Arc's Victory over the English at Orleans,

A.D. 1429 . . . . . .

67


Synopsis of Events between Joan of Arc's Victory at Orleans, A.D. 1429, and the Defeat of the Spanish

Armada, A.D. 1588 . . . . .

102

The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, A.D. 1588 .

104

Synopsis of Events between the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, A.D. 1588, and the Battle of Blenheim,

1704 . . . . . .

149

CHAPTER XI.

PAGE

The Battle of Blenheim, 1704 ...

152

Synopsis of Events between the Battle of Blenheim,

1704, and the Battle of Pultowa, 1709 ...

195

CHAPTER XII.

The Battle of Pultowa, 1709 . . .

196

Synopsis of Events between the Battle of Pultowa, 1709,

and the Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga, 1777 .

222

CHAPTER XIII.

Victory of the Americans over Burgoyne at Saratoga,

A.D. 1777 . . . .

226

Synopsis of Events between the Defeat of Burgoyne at

Saratoga, 1777, and the Battle of Valmy, 1792 .

267

CHAPTER XIV.

The Battle of Valmy ....

268

Synopsis of Events between the Battle of Valmy, 1792,

and the Battle of Waterloo 1815 . . .

296

CHAPTER XV.

The Battle of Waterloo, 1815 . . .

300

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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