The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo
Edward Shepherd CreasyTable of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
CHAPTER II. DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C.413
CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331
CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207
CHAPTER V. VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9
CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451
CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732
CHAPTER VIII. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066
CHAPTER IX. JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429
CHAPTER X. THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588
CHAPTER XI. THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704
CHAPTER XII. THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709
CHAPTER XIII. VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777
CHAPTER XIV. THE BATTLE OF VALMY
CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815