Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The History of the Greatest British Battles: Blenheim, Tourcoing, Crécy, Waterloo, Malplaquet, Poitiers
The History of the Greatest British Battles: Blenheim, Tourcoing, Crécy, Waterloo, Malplaquet, Poitiers
The History of the Greatest British Battles: Blenheim, Tourcoing, Crécy, Waterloo, Malplaquet, Poitiers
Ebook551 pages8 hours

The History of the Greatest British Battles: Blenheim, Tourcoing, Crécy, Waterloo, Malplaquet, Poitiers

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Six Great British Battles represents Hilaire Belloc's choose of six most important British battles until 19th Century. The author brings the precise description of a course of these battles as well as their impact on British history.
Contents:
Blenheim
Tourcoing
Crécy
Waterloo
Malplaquet
Poitiers
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 4, 2022
ISBN4066338116307
The History of the Greatest British Battles: Blenheim, Tourcoing, Crécy, Waterloo, Malplaquet, Poitiers
Author

Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years. A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in in Surrey, England, in 1953.

Read more from Hilaire Belloc

Related to The History of the Greatest British Battles

Related ebooks

European History For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for The History of the Greatest British Battles

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The History of the Greatest British Battles - Hilaire Belloc

    cbook_preview_excerpt.html}[GVKȊhvF ZI覤G15ـz2ӯz'9Utf4DݪxxqΟ6NC?U7b"6M>}ٯ;kNzUS?\PM? 1LqC=z3=^zNe}Tof3yCSO*WX}Oly;oY._{Rw^_?ow+Ͽ~~'>}O>}^m"V⋾b7]Z)mN]?^V~.5_}&4&4izٌ8'7^~#ʿl7fugM0~oT~RA\elnz}eKCnɾ& S5/C7oo?>v1ލ/Oޝ(c;1~i?|-߿^{ۯ_{o_^?gПP^l R!ՖZ~zゎrfzN܏c].A C^"^qaEuN)ȒYC>^Cc_ԕyxt}?TP7 &tbm*kٶ]3A%"R½h[_6\C/jJ|5LT܅yUYO.3 ĄTNqQcl.]QQblc>c Cb!xqhN1_@.&"hX Eɇx=yl|o׷Z=]r~aQ3sZ6B{Y[J)$HTQ(bW݄Pc2,^7.| #OաI8&-ža|4pt iʑ~ PM02&m9 WxE3qQɬMt8Y8ӷzKEt1iՐYib,~Gaq7ywEl~5ȰUJhԇoa¾]h @|ޞC WYH7;hUwoZv[~kE-~8دG j &@ț۾FwXaGQlcH~:8c@/1R04jvC?.nPC<;TVU4M;G/3b9pA4%Pȡx+|':e>⌵V(t!IǞk[hf-Z N)@ypL,.a=15~EdMyț\dqܤ}<3IS7 ҡ?aN{n| Bu/ųߙ#XNʈc5ra|5hz@};pS3q.ՂH87&>"ߗyyUiީ&Yλ~59]ݘR>o%u -_eJn$\!JP*C3W==5)Ys9um-N1/1t! 9{'Q4Ј4l>8, My DI;+ud8EDR-t6=["ϙ:OɮmšdCTL<[e0s=d`O2|DžP@;M>gy|FrjTMoʟL\y&6dTt:|srEO6- mOw@YT츌Koh)}gd\>h(+Sy}=I~(?^dҌ!%!m- f,#{tY t'0|6ijy f̓X챾C\r@]N󵐶pv 6)be~V' 3lƋGyNsr#p4R?{RtFPvUS:v~8G9 \T̃ܝtdOk0ap}} o ipVنl2:gwٮ,a ͚D"ޜ"Qm]V6(X?VT^f÷ |Lmp͚X<ݧn5h{`dv 3œ973{b|P`y l,lMc0i}W8bS~XɇM?}!aoLJXQ~?Ԍ,} [< 8w6hyb!\p4[|ЏJJsĄE&Djvaog)JI6,m"̐h mñ5~ʍL::jx{w}{` emxew˰N<weY\2}: φzq9+SvtU_29$󧸻+JDW Mvp3ȆtX]Oz)i?o3;wgA2~KDB.6[, $[eqT {xScOt]pI!8oě,6nvΩ+`d8tL7̺iⰅ[Tg8S?6X f9 v{{!*ޢ.WJuAb5ߐPSiyyWGlXa{d)[IוoUQcm5{)} oG4C{5TcwSv깹*$w6?ytxGV^{ R0ah3& W@Z4%H ]/~ad0<:s0q!˹ Q`E,LjR]d moa *62[~T  )D>Јq?0_6K՛md4ALQz釦H$nHLl<m TȖ2}>V~2bSCwbv ʨ IIL(!Y lB2L"y *f0>n"l,\ 927@~|Uα?Kc٩`A!8hv+ȍ~8d^Fl_llXy_3\FSC†`_ϓ'q$ɣYY:-*);xLMSsHFr^B >K\aXͶLY/ |22f{xIiy&F*B!Gz ^9<1Q CjܟꋓړԦrMzFus4D*r).<1bs@*r>6^AX ^wz*Kܢ9J]ڟG7jGDX(qA(ћyre{K/ͳ CnU.U|2E|߂blIS˛MsFpWF 0'[d-2)}i"ژ6v|d3dけN&WMz<= BS5}c m@{jndh0!T?P^+ɶ3-^Fmh[Je8Ms RuaTz8!{3sT 'kO fR3ña VhY7"|0]ubmHAȯۥZ.[H jj^7qD6S_pTT禗7TAZtVD[eaW3,c5"xWah qr_ ? l{9aSA_Ǫbv=XjDTzmkGXǵ;+C3\"?:91s,!Lp[ͩ=Iitg NLE]L#Hc-,ٸjp&e(GECgE9Khhoq6p~8 `@$\OXAxԅ NőZ]6aKwY:ׯ5݋r;Q3w.*rWp}oJ+LJf6F;uO#/G9njC\Vq'KNP 9wrD_DDdI0&Mպ]e-׆؝4H88` AcbȔ#܉7#C0j Af`d1f1)6W ]2Η)cɪX5"ar Np0lmߐWq\QK\OF3PKl/#Z2yzx=]e.$.RCԢx#;" ~0@. 3eK@֝=Q-M)M  e5Tf t1b`V62F9m[ _AYSghSiw~UaV˘5bu<.NMl܋ iYB~p n:=0Qg1P>$N߷{y\i3͙"[\MpPqHyz_ 5Tk)bHcjD0G R+#p\7zҖ3%kNQ4tX`:d@~#?:rl5)Ճ|^y)r2u( OpKo^( | KAڴ̾r4;zRMb eªH|@NԼYǥKO,j $Lw1#l`ۂQ"Rb !Fa"vd\-ł!K ֳ|)A=aK^+ϼ,w<{n lo>|ǚV obxjڢP7U}7]3mjh8oaJף)O,NC (E`^ N)8촑iyKC\_J7=sZKjϙIƮz+Tx12 g:@If)CG5QTUNU'̣4̍+>,m=BO,U'zb%)uK=vy!LrI%Q+xєCZ#,>TbwA}AqeKy~DfG(Q{j^?G% -1is jY"1k嫋+o^v"QfA!H 팜4wط# )-t4^h~ÙKjR`*=-YE_U#~]\cs2<(j$<2_{D:Pl«NbgJv 7N,Ѵܥ Z,KT"bK9V?˦N'WƁf⭆_cB% `_D"/.`$T2hvD@cUA')|}%Ju?A B18N1#Q 2b\0[8Gګg:{pиrH]u Y$0fV3D8oUgj/YM6`$_1|c33 Pzϵ;::_H " v p~ ԦLy% 'q#T E%}, ʳDG" 1$-}7cT;J nƇl!A\@&< ečh}0T‡.XX=J#Z4<ǫ1ڸ|lt3-:ꐐ-RRAS EHxQ9 m?tO?jfv<a'IpHk/':x%n膞2 w$iu&= Y8J=R*IZ(2L лՃ[,Ձ? +)DGްyH̘R&aP]IǺf'4JwѱM`8Q0 -~yV(a3'$7WWTYE|2=B5yȟq7OjP׷*]CsN0X?@V !4r'ok\aebӟU63_by&gߤhuq(!l#I2VvܠCձÿ3Xfn$: I:eAB)P#q;u}ZugPjV5ZDm7%xȪjV;2iΊöY\xE1uԨeAe㪜2ޠo9ǰ ÿN">%[, Fq#&s8窤ho7gu$PTX0X{VIb`谿lu/&^}iꆄG4ZiEBqmd+,ȧnca` Oٕ߰La sX̢9svzYf&G c[`8yw|;Nd{0`9%j4oM[lrS9j߰2"ɡ&1L<8lbO|M?""|IH7wHN(p S?ɤ1vx&3$5eoB[OSfPLAJȋX䩑5cڜR.:&|D`0A9/ \ȧYN(i^9x$y*_m2/&{p+ W Fy6o 5բi8cZ~` vMS$G`U>*Qh /MNֱBDnWrIڋ 4~iV(չ)z5VmWZ6w{8eu9',D3j}W bM<-ilTٍDUG8LT KL Yd"q)3Ωy%i=3P *6ąZFL]KQ&d Ac>,KHaj"d4klq.3B]B6RXكB%_Ug5̼d;t|(twhCVAOJ ݫ0U撢ZY*' Ӓx}͏"]𣼐>dK~bB!l&s]QR8ek ws!v ;[NVg$rd%8Q:'HŠ+gUb#J|9IAƊ(낆7L|tvun;i0Udc`~kMo^'sL)P&;o<J%έ\ 4yU:*:;uåX;e|m~ c/MW4ZW9hg؇B44_L7t^3(6 .!|7AŒ0t Ί eMćMq,ͽ+ ,a~j:aQ5д?T_Nsˁ  -/9@'!/sudl }SK)v0`!J֦s/h1FI! {?v< kC%ԁi,,(aeX4T;aՊڶRӢt% uϱqaI~4!&]XvФC.QkO/E$:kw#v) [,lx,05$Nn4݊p}JK]`:]bAE[,_T{zaj$yt*Y,$WL-LH'I毊>G+|ٯ~2(&jZbI1U~"x9L![~^bX+Yͤ=ŨE9`z4O <IS MJoYCnGexXŰ"{#5"PŒ$_|1>)O*Vo iF#m#e[gj^ #%>.m7(ċt^ ׀g:C#xL'oߦiV{2fA7RmGf;*ٺVXcZjO_xX=vUl@@*W~E_4UY_qHD|=Qt{.I[UjJqPR7mb Z$;S %F<`%m0Kfrjtэ:U<ʤ(W!V9Ɠ߮h=zF8 y9>4{b 8)jpADv9v.Q^Zpኽ [0niE uդ* iv0]D {=\R5y`c:])x_ŝ |l91*q_'6#XzзPZ/^AhNjj +eT ZRwhneֱbysisDŽPicS퉏G.8ՑwoبYTۍ `֙ojIPIg9ߑ<[\I.Dɫ^jv̨{"?MVdDJTl 98%sR':v4]ḇnY/rϊs>T߈ľ+N?QK_OTpGfri) #14^Z/2ܙՋ!;XsaI-(d|.'Ƕ"B[d^RRUkGeEY~Ƹ\u3kvB_̹Ȫ]ZKIZW3ǏTcKkiHW^ujO#:x'uJ*n,YkV8&ZJTߡ|ȝHh̞ibq Hӎ ss~wa~a}J_6نR^vյů ʺv+;ܥ/{Wot -@>+gb>KLX:T!?Yo[=O /W =V͌PrxH._-muq# F!\s!C7r>h G2S 5tDD}sR' E?5zفҔ(,)i̽wn͇*.TLlqȱ7G?7ge!!tȑIlv TaQMrB^&:eN}̭*@TAl嘋\P.NjdI(97u?jAxz \y>+܃k"а <a!e:Yj70d${J1 t̎9zrX޻D+d>]Fu#-4U"Ȯ%:(`XnXW!뜫bSDo]Q @΢]"_aN s58Xgdz5餈ɮ}@ӸB<:Zt3)80cޣ-&E7G ԰ldz!r%Oi־MyEvil>c./LУS&utʈ^jdR1ЩS~F4Cy5#@%s"eivcw}pW?^Heh v.RmRmsyV.aeQop"V`2-BFVDQG4˛`8{%flyCuփ?gAZc$~;ׇzg!qW?Ӿ_B1ā`:~Ld-u^!% LL;IOgj\ZLSt;*q,Ry'.l8 Eniw xIۂDEe&7 wھGG*.Զ/ zՒjsg"ހuk,TؔCpnG4GO~5VseY,HK5mzcPxG;pBLLϪ-Ms?Y#/$rv۱fk {(3 2D~w/ǧb ƘYD^ThCLE8wEhO)ݙ¶ך1܃fU䇊W"dBV-zS ՟z) Jm0جAJ"Q ) SqVB='h Ȭ#Neg٣I$+%C]MɍJ"/g&0Z)M!2 Av2Cui11*R:NP=10gTQ0V4!dV2W _$nl[f1dTt-xENU|=matc@]NLsbW&3{j wDf6RtrGтh],椧 W B;-)5OimiiqjÙ҉M34litՁDѸhz?SWv#1f~HyBALb6ܱW_6 pj|R]wqE/<\UL6%ZxΤT,#I*S<oXUƢg Ѷ(AT$)'vkzg;(N\-u=ԿzkFmkZzj Ƙ(Zr)zͺq s\7\)L#?g:׻ƎkG|3DϏ(hoʠ%xJ7qAɻ7΅C'gehd8l$"TgކÁI[OiX yqL`Eq >m R(ŒR 'kau{`QnP ᬡ x|ofUIjcGQ/ySĸ$="eX4΢IDx1ZquXvT0ִf3j$%t%f)4%zf}[Uͽչ=R3N@Y"qJL;pBiX+٭Ť2qα#>8ݟ+L-w+)C.SYy$ Ǭ4XUtڻ.Z˥^Ta5+AA5sfN==ph)7?$m?kZGT'}0dfA͇s\ZsLͲ-lpފT,ål[& *|v8y@ UEGsWW85Cq6/g{ӷ.{ԋ"OMyl D[go(=F,k4,.w!qN)$j)VpG9vu v6I&17X}pS}Dqn }qKv*YH]yD= U`)r.[Yy5ϕ4zC6Z4 BQb" TYɧKyBtM:zQ/l#-^{o]NW)I+`v B-MA;kGn,lk5u0q+\,L +ӈfWy*XYS? k+y8]JBםWΏrw|_NT '6ܥy`gFЊ'GXDl , 3+{-3M6L"<[Ů+-\ܥ_0pݽc=K^GT ^Ծn3?>4򝞮ѣQ𞊳uQF=&{sdC/"}UV͖1ɚCAˁ4hH}У8mJGgS-;ΚPnCʬ7LCn|rᑼI69~k ̟,AujD9LN> M rW klYhc)d|CK~t|_Pz+*!cFS;^եu\t8^8w%½Ch &xh,4w 4 C̄;u)wQPn+z34oU٫Q]$b*o5.#Mw+lZoU\$Tív~ub{Ю}H
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1