Chapter I: Front Matter

With Wellington in Spain

BY CAPTAIN BRERETON

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LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

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