1600 PORTRAIT of Wellington, coloured aquatint, full length, 10 in. by 13 in. (C. Turner). London, 1817 1601 1602 1603 £3 Portrait of Wellington, “Hispaniam et Lusitaniam Restituit,” copperplate, 4 in. by 6 in. [1811] 2s 6d Field-Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, Mezzotint by Ryall, Portrait from the Painting by BRIGGS, R.A., full length, 17 in. by 26 in. 1842 £1 48 Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington and Staff: Large Coloured Picture, containing over 30 mounted and other figures, being portraits, with their significations in ink, 13 in. by 17 in. 1848 10s 1604 WELLINGTONIANA: Anecdotes, Maxims, and Characteristics of the Duke of Wellington, selected by John Timbs, with 7 illustrations, 12mo, sewed. 1852 6d Anecdotes of the Duke in Early Life, on the Battle Field, in the Cabinet, at Home, &c., with numerous laconic sayings and remarks-his favourite aphoristic rule being that "He who wishes to have anything done well must do it himself." See also Alison, History, and Essays (Vol. III.). Cole, British Generals in the Peninsula, 1856. Butler, Wellington's Operations in the Peninsula, 1904. Forrest (G. W.) Sepoy Generals, 1901. 1605 WELSH. Military Reminiscences; Extracted from a Journal of nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies, by Col. JAMES WELSH, Madras Establishment, with 91 illustrations, including tinted plates, plans, and wood-engravings, 2 vols. 8vo, boards. 1830 10s 6d Three editions of this work were issued in one year. It contains an account of E. Indian affairs in 1790; recollections of the Poligar (Mysore) and Mahratta wars; the Rebel Chiefs of Coorg; descriptions of Madras, Vellore, Bangalore, Travancore, Bejapore, and other towns. and is illustrated with plans and views of Point de Galle (Ceylon), Comery, Seringa patam, Argaum, several hill forts, Bhurtpore, Belgaum, Kolapoor, Ahmednuggur, Fort Cornwallis (Prince of Wales Island), Punalla and Powenghur, Hindoo Temples, Pagodas, Mausoleums, &c. 1606 MANUSCRIPT. Official Letter-Book of Lieut.-General JAMES WELSH, author of 'Military Reminiscences' (1830), during a third and a fourth period of Service in the Madras Army, 1837 to 1839 and 1845 to 1847, when he finally returned to England after nearly Sixty Years' Service, over 200 pages, folio, half-calf (with a few inserted letters) £2 10s Lt. Gen. Welsh, born 1775, died 1861; went to India in 1790 and returned in 1828, publishing 2 vols. of Reminiscences' in 1830. He went out again Sept., 1836, remaining two years, 1837-39, when he revisited England and remained four years. His last period of service in India was from March, 1845, to the end of 1847. This volume contains orders, confidential letters, and correspondence on matters of discipline, &c., with map showing positions and distances of the military stations, dated chiefly from Waltair, Madras, relating to the native army and regimental business in the Northern Division of the Madras Presidency. The last letter is in relation to claims from the Military Fund, and is dated Ootacamund, July 22, 1847. 1607 WHITE. Life of General Sir GEORGE WHITE, V.C., the Hero of Ladysmith, by Thomas F. G. Coates, portraits and illustrations, 12mo, cloth. 1900 2s 6d Sir George White served through the Indian Mutiny, on the N. W. Frontier of India, the Second Afghan War, in Egypt, Burmah, with the Zhob Field Force, as Commander-in Chief in India, in the Tirah Expedition, in South Africadefence of Ladysmith. 1608 WHITTINGHAM. A Memoir of the Services of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham, Col. 71st Highland Light Infantry, edited by Major-Gen. FERDINAND WHITTINGHAM, portrait, 8vo, cloth. 1868 9s Record of services at Buenos Ayres, 1806-7; on the Staff in Sicily; at Gibraltar; Battle of Baylen, 1808; Talavera, 1809; Barossa, 1811; Majorca, 1811-12; Battle of Castalla, 1813; Lieut.-General in the Spanish Army, 1815-19; Governor of Dominica, 1820-22; India (Barrackpore, Bhurtpore, Meerut, Simla, Madras, Neilgherries), 1823-35; West Indies (Barbados, Trinidad, Dominica, &c.), 1837-39; and in India (Madras, &c.), 1840-41. With Sir "Samford's" Vindication from unjust but unintentional wrong of Sir Wm. Napier in his 'History.' See also The Last Year in China, 1841-42, by a Field Officer, 1843. 1609 WILHELM, Koenig von Württemberg, Portrait by Adam engraved by Küstner, lithograph, 15 in. by 17 in. Stuttgart [1820?] 48 1610 WILKINSON. The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals: Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers, by Major-Generals OSBORN and JOHNSON WILKINSON, 8vo, cloth. 1896 6s Records services of Osborn Wilkinson in the Sikh Campaign, 1848-49, and in the Mutiny, 1857-58; and of Johnson in the Ceylon Rebellion, 1848. Among the officers sketched are Sir Charles Napier, Outram, Lords Clyde, Napier of Magdala, Sandhurst, Strathnairn, Chelmsford, Roberts, the Lawrences, Wolseley, H. Norman, H. Tombs, Dighton-Probyn, Major Hodson, Neville Chamberlain, Durand, Lumsden, Olpherts, Herbert Stewart, and Gordon. 1611 WILLIAM the conQUEROR, by Edward A. Freeman, 12mo, cloth. (English Statesmen.) 1888 2s See also CAMPAIGNS-MIDDLE AGES; and FREEMAN'S Norman Conquest.' 1612 WILLIAM the silenT: Prince of Orange, the Moderate Man of the 16th Century; Story of his Life in his Letters, in those of his Friends and Enemies, &c., by RUTH PUTNAM, with numerous illustrations, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1895 158 "At every step a subsequent writer has to admire Miss Putnam's immense industry and accurate learning."-FREDERIC HARRISON. 1613 William the Silent, by FREDERIC HARRISON, 12mo, cloth. (Foreign Statesmen Series.) 1897 28 2s 1614 WILLIAM THE THIRD. By H. D. Traill (English Statesmen Series), 12mo, cloth. 1888 1615 WILLCOCKS. From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-Four Years of Soldiering and Sport, by Brigadier-General Sir JAMES WILLCOCKS, with illustrations by Lady Helen Graham, portrait, photographs, and maps, 8vo, cloth. 1904 78 The Afghan Campaign, 1879-80; Waziri Expedition, 1881; services in Oude, Assam, Lahore; Soudan, 1885 Burmah, 1885-87; Chin-Lushai Expedition, 1889-90; Munipore, 1891; with the Tochi Field Force, 1897; Nigeria, 1898; Kumassi Relief Expedition, 1899-1900. 1616 WILSON. Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Retreat of the French Army, 1812, by Gen. Sir ROBERT WILSON, edited by his Nephew, Rev. Herbert Randolph, map, 8vo, cloth. 1860 1617 1618 88 6d Private Diary of Travels, Personal Services, and Public Events during Mission and Employment with the European Armies in the Campaigns of 1812, 1813, 1814, by Gen. Sir ROBERT WILSON, edited by his Nephew, map, 8vo, cloth. 1861 10s 6d Journal of missions in Spain, Sicily, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Germany, &c. Life of General Sir ROBERT WILSON, from Autobiographical Memoirs, Journals, Narratives, Correspondence, &c., edited by Rev. R. Randolph, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, 1862 7s 6d Brings Sir R. Wilson's personal history down to the Peace of Tilsit. Sir Robert was present with the 15th Dragoons in all the engagements in Flanders and Holland, 1794-95, again in 1799; in Egypt, 1801; Cape of Good Hope, 1805-6; he accompanied Lord Hutchinson to Berlin, Memel, Konigsberg, &c., 1806-7; commanded the Lusitanian Legion in the Peninsular War, 1808-9; was British Commissioner with the Russian and Allied Armies, 1812, 1813, 1814; he assisted Lavalette to escape, and would have pardoned Ney after Waterloo; was a volunteer in the service of Spain, 1823, and Governor of Gibraltar, 1845-47. He also published an Inquiry into the State of the British Army,' 1804, and other works. See CAMPAIGNS; Egypt, 1801; Russia, 1806-7, &c. See also Burke, Celebrated Naval and Military Trials, 1876. Plan for Re-Organizing the British Military Forces, 1804. 1619 WINDHAM. The Crimean Diary and Letters of Lt.-Gen. Sir 1621 WOLFE. The Life of Major-General James Wolfe, Illustrated by his Correspondence, by Robert Wright, portrait, Svo, cloth. 1864 10s Wolfe served in the campaigns in Germany, at Dettingen and Fontenoy, 1743-45; in the Highlands, at Culloden, 1745; on the Continent, Laffelett, and Maestricht, 1746-47; captured Louisbourg and conquered Cape Breton, 1758; commanded the Expedition to the St. Lawrence, and died at the Capture of Quebec, 1759. 1622 1623 1624 1625 Wolfe, by A. G. Bradley, portrait, 12mo, cloth. 1895 28 Mezzotint Portrait of Major-General James Wolfe from an Original Picture, engraved by Corbut, fine impression, 10 in. by 14 in. (Sayer), [1759], rare £12 12s Portrait of Major-General James Wolfe, Mezzotint from the Painting by Schaak, engraved by R. Houston, 10 in. by 131 in. 1759 £2 Portrait of General James Wolfe, from Houston, engraved by See also Instructions to Young Officers, 1768, p. 8. 18 1627 WOLSELEY. The Story of a Soldier's Life, by Field-Marshal VISCOUNT WOLSELEY, with photo-portrait and plans, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1903 8s 6d Lord Wolseley was on active service in the second Burmese War, 1852-53; in the Crimea, 1854-55; Indian Mutiny, 1857-59; in the Second China War, 1860; the Taiping Rebellion, 1861; Canada, 1861-66; commanded the Red River Expedition, 1870, and in the Ashantee War, 1873-74; lived to assist in Army reform and to take the command in chief. In these volumes he has recorded noble actions he has witnessed, and his last chapter is entitled 'Our Habitual Unpreparedness for War.' See also Butler's, Huyshe's, and other Works on the Red River Expedition. 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