The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
During his Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France

A detailed collection of various military documents written by the Duke of Wellington throughout his career.

Arthur Wellesley (Author), John Gurwood (Edited by)

9781108025157, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 November 2010

856 pages, 1 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm, 1.23 kg

Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), the first Duke of Wellington, was one of the most successful military figures of the early nineteenth century. After fighting in the fourth Anglo-Mysore war in India, his successes during the Peninsular War (1809–1814) and his victory at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) established his reputation as a brilliant military tactician. These volumes, first published between 1834 and 1839, contain the letters, dispatches, instructions and general military orders Wellington wrote throughout his military career. Edited by his private secretary, Colonel John Gurwood (1790–1845), they offer a wealth of fascinating details concerning Wellington's campaigns in India and Europe, from mundane administrative tasks to discussions of tactics, personnel and intelligence-gathering. These volumes are reissued from the 1844 revised edition, and provide invaluable information for the study of warfare during this period. Volume 1 covers his campaigns in India between 1798 and 1803.

Preface
1. Precis of the commissions, services, official commands, and public honors of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
2. Explanation of Indian terms, titles, and countries
3. Names, as written in this work, and as they are sometimes written in other books and maps
4. Introduction to the early services of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, in Holland in 1794 and 1795, and in Mysore and in the Deccan, in India, from 1797 to 1805
5. The official and other dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Holland and India.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]