Charles Oman

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WELLINGTON'S ARMY

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY THE OLD PENINSULAR ARMY

CHAPTER II SOURCES OF INFORMATION THE LITERATURE OF THE PENINSULAR WAR

CHAPTER III THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON THE MAN AND THE STRATEGIST

CHAPTER IV WELLINGTON'S INFANTRY TACTICS LINE VERSUS COLUMN

CHAPTER V WELLINGTON'S TACTICS THE CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY

CHAPTER VI WELLINGTON'S LIEUTENANTS HILL, BERESFORD, GRAHAM

CHAPTER VII WELLINGTON'S LIEUTENANTS PICTON, CRAUFURD, AND OTHERS

CHAPTER VIII THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY: HEADQUARTERS

CHAPTER IX THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY: BRIGADES AND DIVISIONS

CHAPTER X THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY: THE REGIMENTS

CHAPTER XI INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT: THE OFFICERS

CHAPTER XII INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT: THE RANK AND FILE

CHAPTER XIII THE AUXILIARIES: THE GERMANS AND THE PORTUGUESE

CHAPTER XIV DISCIPLINE AND COURT-MARTIALS

CHAPTER XV THE ARMY ON THE MARCH

CHAPTER XVI IMPEDIMENTA: THE BAGGAGE LADIES AT THE FRONT

CHAPTER XVII A NOTE ON SIEGES

CHAPTER XVIII UNIFORMS AND WEAPONS

CHAPTER XIX THE COMMISSARIAT

CHAPTER XX A NOTE ON THINGS SPIRITUAL

APPENDIX I.

APPENDIX II DIVISIONAL AND BRIGADE ORGANIZATION AND CHANGES. 1809 - 1814.

APPENDIX III. PENINSULAR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, JOURNALS, LETTERS, ETC.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

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WELLINGTON’S ARMY

WELLINGTON’S
ARMY
1809–1814

BY
C. W. C. OMAN
M.A. OXON., HON. LL.D. EDIN.
CHICHELE PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

SECOND IMPRESSION

LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD
1913
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