The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo

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Each chapter of Creasy’s strategy book dissects a different battle. The fifteen chapters I - THE BATTLE OF MARATHON II - DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413 III - THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331 IV - THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207 V - VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9 VI - THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451 VII - THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732 VIII - THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066 IX - JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429 X - THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588 XI - THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704 XII - THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709 XIII - VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777 XIV - THE BATTLE OF VALMY XV – THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815