1901 Battles of the Nineteenth Century

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Five volumes of a seven volume set. Lacking volumes six and seven. Special edition. A detailed military history of the nineteenth century with commentary important battles across the world. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five plates, two of which are in colour, and many in-text images. With detailed accounts of Waterloo, the first battle of Bull Run, the battle of the Alma, Warsaw, and the retreat of Corunna. Volume two is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five plates, one of which is in colour, and many in-text images. With detailed accounts of the fall of Vicksburg, Castelfidardo, the fall of Constantine, the desert fights, and Buena Vista. Volume three is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five plates, two of which are in colour, and many in-text images. With detailed accounts of the battles around Leipzig, Trafalgar, the battle of the Yalu River, Buenos Ayres, and Canadians in the field. Volume four is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five plates, one of which is in colour, and many in-text images. With detailed accounts of Gravelotte, the first Burmese war, the siege of La Puebla, the siege of San Sebastian, and the Indian Mutiny. Volume five is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five plates, one of which is in colour, and many in-text images. With detailed accounts of the reconquest of the Soudan, the Spanish-American war, the N. W. Frontier campaign, the Chino-Japanese war, and the Greco-Turkish war. Collated complete. Written by Archibald Forbes, a Scottish war correspondent, George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent, and Arthur George Frederick Griffiths, a British military officer, prison administrator and author. With contributions from many others.