Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World
Edward Gilliat
Play
Length 10 h 47 min
Chapters 26
First published 1908
Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contain language which was common in 19th and early twentieth century usage but which listeners today may find offensive. Summary by david wales
Chapters
1
Preface Read by David Wales 2:33
2
Chapter 2: Defence Of Acre (1799) Read by David Wales 17:05
3
Chapter 3: The Wounded Captain In Talavera (1809) Read by David Wales 29:16
4
Chapter 4: The Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) Read by David Wales 17:48
5
Chapter 5: The Storming Of Badajos 1812) Read by David Wales 26:58
6
Chapter 6: A Prisoner In St. Sebastian (1813) Read by David Wales 24:57
7
Chapter 7: Jellalabad (1842) Read by David Wales 40:02
8
Chapter 8: Siege Of Sebastopol (1854-1856) Read by David Wales 30:40
9
Chapter 9: After Inkermann (1854) Read by David Wales 21:26
10
Chapter 10: The Indian Mutiny - Delhi (1857-1858) Read by David Wales 42:05
11
Chapter 11: The Defence Of Lucknow (31st of May to 25th of September 1857) Read by David Wales 32:24
12
Chapter 12: The Relief Of Lucknow (1857) Read by David Wales 31:13
13
Chapter 13: Running The Blockade (1861) Read by David Wales 21:37
14
Chapter 14: The First Ironclads (1862) Read by David Wales 21:05
15
Chapter 15: Capture Of New Orleans (1862) Read by David Wales 12:45
16
Chapter 16: The Siege Of Richmond (1862 and 1865) Read by David Wales 20:18
17
Chapter 17: The Siege Of Paris (1870-1871) With The Germans Outside Read by David Wales 18:43
18
Chapter 18: The Siege Of Paris - continued - With The Besieged (1870-1871) Read by David Wales 18:24
19
Chapter 19: Metz (1870) Read by David Wales 25:28
20
Chapter 20: Plevna (1877) Read by David Wales 32:24
21
Chapter 21: Siege Of Khartoum (1884) Read by David Wales 17:22
22
Chapter 22: Kumassi (1900) Read by David Wales 27:00
23
Chapter 23: Mafeking (1899-1900) Read by David Wales 28:50
24
Chapter 24: The Siege Of Kimberley (1899-1900) Read by David Wales 14:31
25
Chapter 25: The Siege Of Ladysmith (1899-1900) Read by David Wales 27:56
26
Chapter 26: Siege Of Port Arthur (1904) Read by David Wales 21:39
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
