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THE FIFTEEN
DECISIVE
BATTLES OF THE WORLD;
FROM
MARATHON TO WATERLOO.
BY E. S. CREASY, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON,
LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
Those few battles, of which a contrary event would have essentially varied the drama
of the world in all its subsequent scenes.—Hallam.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
82 CLIFF STREET.
1851.