With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula

With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula

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CHAPTER I Septimus John Clifford and Son

CHAPTER II Underhand Conduct

CHAPTER III Aboard a British Frigate

CHAPTER IV A Naval Encounter

CHAPTER V Prisoners

CHAPTER VI Napoleon the Ambitious

CHAPTER VII A Tight Corner

CHAPTER VIII Tom changes Quarters

CHAPTER IX Hard Pressed

CHAPTER X The Great General

CHAPTER XI On Active Service

CHAPTER XII Guarding the By-ways

CHAPTER XIII Ciudad Rodrigo

CHAPTER XIV One of the Forlorn Hope

CHAPTER XV Round about Badajoz

CHAPTER XVI The Battle of Salamanca

CHAPTER XVII A Clue at Last

CHAPTER XVIII The Conspirators' Den

CHAPTER XIX Tom Thinks Furiously

CHAPTER XX A Brilliant Capture

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

Illustrations

		Page
Tom is Summoned by Wellington	Frontispiece	300
"Crash! went the Broadside"		72
The Peasants Break in the Church Doors		112
"Gripping one of the ladders dragged it aside with all his force"		169
"To his amazement the man clutched him by the hand"		225
Tom Escapes from Ciudad Rodrigo		258
A Clever Disguise		324
The Fat Man Threatens Tom		345

WITH WELLINGTON IN SPAIN

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