Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World
Edward Gilliat
27 chapters · 10 h 47 min · English
Read by David Wales
War & Military · Miscellaneous
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Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contain language which was common in 19th and early twentieth century usage but which listeners today may find offensive. Summary by david wales
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 Chapter 1: Siege Of Gibraltar (1779-1782) 23 min 3 Chapter 2: Defence Of Acre (1799) 17 min 4 Chapter 3: The Wounded Captain In Talavera (1809) 29 min 5 Chapter 4: The Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) 18 min 6 Chapter 5: The Storming Of Badajos 1812) 27 min 7 Chapter 6: A Prisoner In St. Sebastian (1813) 25 min 8 Chapter 7: Jellalabad (1842) 40 min 9 Chapter 8: Siege Of Sebastopol (1854-1856) 31 min 10 Chapter 9: After Inkermann (1854) 21 min 11 Chapter 10: The Indian Mutiny - Delhi (1857-1858) 42 min 12 Chapter 11: The Defence Of Lucknow (31st of May to 25th of September 1857) 32 min 13 Chapter 12: The Relief Of Lucknow (1857) 31 min 14 Chapter 13: Running The Blockade (1861) 22 min 15 Chapter 14: The First Ironclads (1862) 21 min 16 Chapter 15: Capture Of New Orleans (1862) 13 min 17 Chapter 16: The Siege Of Richmond (1862 and 1865) 20 min 18 Chapter 17: The Siege Of Paris (1870-1871) With The Germans Outside 19 min 19 Chapter 18: The Siege Of Paris - continued - With The Besieged (1870-1871) 18 min 20 Chapter 19: Metz (1870) 25 min 21 Chapter 20: Plevna (1877) 32 min 22 Chapter 21: Siege Of Khartoum (1884) 17 min 23 Chapter 22: Kumassi (1900) 27 min 24 Chapter 23: Mafeking (1899-1900) 29 min 25 Chapter 24: The Siege Of Kimberley (1899-1900) 15 min 26 Chapter 25: The Siege Of Ladysmith (1899-1900) 28 min 27 Chapter 26: Siege Of Port Arthur (1904) 22 min
