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The Victories of Wellington and the British Armies

Chapter 2: LIST OF PLATES.
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This work presents a chronological survey of British campaigns and engagements from operations in South Asia and Egypt through the Iberian Peninsula to the concluding continental battles. It recounts major actions, sieges, retreats and advances, and supplies military observations on tactics, logistics, and leadership. Intervening chapters address irregular warfare, the political and strategic context, and the maneuvers that led to decisive encounters. Appendices offer focused accounts of notable assaults and episodes. The narrative blends campaign chronology with analysis of operational conduct and the broader consequences of successive victories and setbacks.

LIST OF PLATES.

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Colonel Maxwell’s last Charge at Assaye.—Frontispiece.
Portrait of General Baird 18
Portrait of Sir John Moore 98
Portrait of General Picton 258
Portrait of Lord Anglesea 437