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The Rise Well Ngton T H E R I S E W E L L N G T O N V C E N E A O O B E R . G R L L R D R T S . , W I TH POR TR A I TS A N D PL A N S B O S T O N R O B E R T S B R O T H E R S 1 895 L O N D O N : P I NTE B Y W I L L I A M CL OW E S A N D S ON S L I MI T E D R D , , D I N R S T AMFOR D S T R EET A N CH AR G C OS S . I N T R ODU CT I ON . WH E N the proposal for a serie s of republications in book form of some of the more important a rticle s and short stories appearing in the pages of the P a ll Ma ll Ma a z ine . g was first made to us by Mr R B . Marston, a in we accepted it without hesit tion , perceiv g at once that an admirable medium would thus be provided by which much valuable literary matter might be ma de known to an even wider circle of the public than the readers of the periodical of which we have th e ’ - l conduct . Field Marshal Viscount Wolse ey s graphic “ and analytical papers on the Decline and Fall of ” c u Napoleon , which onstit te the first volume of PA L L A L L MA G A Z I N E I BR A RY the M L , achieved, as we are able to say from personal knowledge, a very remarkable success not only in England and America , but on the Continent ; especially in Paris, where they were translated and published in u book form . M ch the same may be said with regard to General Lord Roberts ’ valuable and instructive “ ” articles on the Rise of Wellington , which found 2 1 3 6 5 0 I N x R D UC I N . iii T O T O , especial favou r with military readers in all branches of the Service, and we have reason to think that the collection of these into a single and handy vol ume will meet with the general approval of military men , and might form a valuable text- book for military students . The articles commenced by Viscount Wolseley and continued by Lord Roberts are now being followed in the pages of the Pa ll Ma ll ’ a z in - Ma g e by Lieut . General Sir Evelyn Wood s ” papers on Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign, and we hope from time to time to be able to secure other able military writers as contributors to deal with subjects having an equal historical interest . We conclude by saying that the Publishers have our hearty sympathy and will have our lively co- Operation in the publication of the PA L L MA L L MA G A Z I N E ‘ I BR A R Y fa r L , and so as lies in our power we shall endeavour to assist them in making each successive volume such as to entitle it to a foremost place in the literature of the day. E E A MI L N FR D R I CK H T O . L A S T R A I H T D OU G S G . P a ll Ma ll Ma a z in Editors g e . 1 8 I CR os s R O . , CHAR NG AD L I T OF I L L T R A T I O N S U S S . PAG E G E E S I R A T W E E E K nti r z S . P. r o kce . N RAL R HUR LL L Y, f p T I PPOOS ULT AN PLAN OF T H E ATT ACK UPON T H E N ORTH W E S T ANGLE OF S E RI NGAPAT AM L ORD H ARRI S G E NE RAL L AKE PLAN OF T HE BATT LE OF AS SAYE BATT LE OF AS SAYE Ta ja ce fia ge MAJOR- G E NE RAL BAI RD S 1R H E W DALRYMPL E T T - E E T H E H N N H PE L I E U E NAN G N RAL O . JOH O COLONE L G E ORGE MURRAY S I R JOHN MOORE BATT LE OF T ALAVE RA Tofa ce pa ge MAJOR- G E N E RAL B E RE SFORD L ORD CAST LE RE AGH P N OF M SS E ’S R E T E T B T F B LA A NA R A . COM A O S A UGAL, 1 8 1 1 87 T H E S T ORM I NG OF BADAJOZ Ta fa ce pa ge 96 G E E L O H I G . C. B N RAL RD LL, . 97 L I S T OF I L L US TR A TI ON S . PAG E F T H E E F T H E N I E TT E F PLAN O PASSAG O V . BA L O T PI E E 1 0 S . RR 5 MA P OF S P I PO T 1 1 0 1 1 1 A N AND R UGAL , W E LLI NGT ON 1 26 ’ E S H OPE 1 8 1 Ta a ce a e 1 2 NGLAND , 5 f p g 8 F E E K D K H . R . H . I E OF YO K A B R D R C , U R AND L ANY, F - M E -I N - I E . , COMMAND R CH F FI E LD -MARS HAL VON BLUCH E R PLAN OF T H E FI E LD OF W AT E RLOO T H E MARQUE SS OF ANGLE S E Y FACS I M I LE OF PORT I ON OF DE S PAT CH W R I T T E N FROM W AT E RLOO T O L ORD BAT HURST T H E DAY AFT E R T H E T T E . 1 6 1 6 BA L 7 , 8 ’ N APOLE ON S FLI GHT FROM W AT E RLOO Tofa ce pa ge 1 76 N APOLE ON 1 87 ' C T I ri b. T H E R I S E F W E L L I N G T ON O . T h e fore mos t qua lity in a ge ne ra l is tha t h e s ha ll a ve a coo e a d c e ce ve s us t re s s ons of h l h , whi h r i j imp i t n s c is n e ve confus e d nor a o s ts e to hi g ; whi h r , ll w i lf b e d a z z le d or th rown off its b a l a nce by good or b a d ”— ne s . N PO E w A L ON . CHAPTER I. [T H E military career of Wellington naturally divides — itself into three periods the Indian period, the Peninsular period, and the period during which he commanded the Allied Forces in the N th e rla nds ro os ei terminating in the battle of Waterloo . I p p m l 0 therefore, in three chapters, relating in turn to each these periods briefly to describe the principal inci ’ of s S dents this great soldier life, and to how how the n s experie ce he gained first in the East, and afterward in - E South Western urope, so developed his natural TI I E R I S E OF WEL L I N G TON talents and administrative capacity that he was finally able to meet and overthrow the French u w a Emperor, whose geni s for to that date been regarded as absol utely unrival rth ur u Wellesley, the fo rth son e first Earl of ornin ton 1 6 g , was born in 7 9 , and was educated first at a private school in Chelsea, and subsequently for a short time at Eton, whence he was removed to a n military college at Angers , i France, presided over f ‘ l Pi ne ro . by an engineer o ficer, the Marquis of g Being looked upon as the dunce of the family, and described by his mother as being “food for powder ” and nothing more, it was determined, according to u the c stom of those days , to provide him with a livelihood in the army, and at the age of seventeen he e e ns i ric I s t obtain d an g y in the 4 Foot . His family u interest being powerf l, he was rapidly promoted , becoming a lieutenant after nine months ’ service as ’ - - a - ensign, a captain after three and half years service ’ as lieutenant, a major after less than two years - t service as captain , a lieutenant colonel af er five ’ months service as major, and a colonel at the age of ’ - twenty seven, after less than three years service as - lieutena nt colonel . H e was attached to the cavalry w as ell as the infantry, being transferred from the I s t F 1 2 th 4 oot to the Light Dragoons, thence to the TH E I N D I A N PER I OD .
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