1837-9 The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, During his Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, From 1799 to 1818.

Description

Leather Binding, Original Binding

The New Edition.

A thirteen volume complete set, including volume thirteen which features an index. Volumes 1-3 cover India, 4-10 cover the Peninsula, volume 11 covers the South of France and Volume 12 covers the Low Countries and France. 

An important work of military history by Colonel John Gurwood. This renowned work provides a comprehensive history on the miliary career of the Duke of Wellington, the British army officer and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who is notable for leading the British army during the Napoleonic wars. The work covers his military career starting in 1799 with his early campaigns in Holland, his most notable acts as the general officer during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign, and his last military commands in Paris up to 1818. 

The work was compiled from many official documents. 

Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards, and gilt tooling to the spines.