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Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World

Name: Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World
Author: Edward Gilliat

Edward Gilliat

Read by David Wales · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (2:33)
Chapter 1: Siege Of Gibraltar (1779-1782) (22:33)
Chapter 2: Defence Of Acre (1799) (17:05)
Chapter 3: The Wounded Captain In Talavera (1809) (29:16)
Chapter 4: The Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) (17:48)
Chapter 5: The Storming Of Badajos 1812) (26:58)
Chapter 6: A Prisoner In St. Sebastian (1813) (24:57)
Chapter 7: Jellalabad (1842) (40:02)
Chapter 8: Siege Of Sebastopol (1854-1856) (30:40)
Chapter 9: After Inkermann (1854) (21:26)
Chapter 10: The Indian Mutiny - Delhi (1857-1858) (42:05)
Chapter 11: The Defence Of Lucknow (31st of May to 25th of September 1857) (32:24)
Chapter 12: The Relief Of Lucknow (1857) (31:13)
Chapter 13: Running The Blockade (1861) (21:37)
Chapter 14: The First Ironclads (1862) (21:05)
Chapter 15: Capture Of New Orleans (1862) (12:45)
Chapter 16: The Siege Of Richmond (1862 and 1865) (20:18)
Chapter 17: The Siege Of Paris (1870-1871) With The Germans Outside (18:43)
Chapter 18: The Siege Of Paris - continued - With The Besieged (1870-1871) (18:24)
Chapter 19: Metz (1870) (25:28)
Chapter 20: Plevna (1877) (32:24)
Chapter 21: Siege Of Khartoum (1884) (17:22)
Chapter 22: Kumassi (1900) (27:00)
Chapter 23: Mafeking (1899-1900) (28:50)
Chapter 24: The Siege Of Kimberley (1899-1900) (14:31)
Chapter 25: The Siege Of Ladysmith (1899-1900) (27:56)
Chapter 26: Siege Of Port Arthur (1904) (21:39)