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No Surrender!
A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
by G. A. Henty.
Contents
* Preface.
* Chapter 1: A French Lugger.
* Chapter 2: The Beginning Of Troubles.
* Chapter 3: The First Successes.
* Chapter 4: Cathelineau's Scouts.
* Chapter 5: Checking The Enemy.
* Chapter 6: The Assault Of Chemille.
* Chapter 7: A Short Rest.
* Chapter 8: The Capture Of Saumur.
* Chapter 9: Bad News.
* Chapter 10: Preparations For A Rescue.
* Chapter 11: The Attack On Nantes.
* Chapter 12: A Series Of Victories.
* Chapter 13: Across The Loire.
* Chapter 14: Le Mans.
* Chapter 15: In Disguise.
* Chapter 16: A Friend At Last:
* Chapter 17: A Grave Risk.
* Chapter 18: Home.
Preface.
In the world's history, there is no more striking example of heroic bravery and firmness than that afforded by the people of the province of Poitou, and more especially of that portion of it known as La Vendee, in the defence of their religion and their rights as free men. At the commencement of the struggle they were almost unarmed, and the subsequent battles were fought by the aid of muskets and cannon wrested from the enemy. With the exception of its forests, La Vendee offered no natural advantages for defence. It had no mountains, such as those which enabled the Swiss to maintain their independence; no rivers which would bar the advance of an enemy; and although the woods and thickets of the Bocage, as it was called, favoured the action of the irregular troops, these do not seem to have been utilized as they might have been, the principal engagements of the war being fought