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Abercromby, Sir Ralph, in the W. Indies, 126-7 Acre, mentioned, 43 Adams, Major Thos., in India, 164 Addington, Henry, mentioned, 86-8, 127 Afghanistan, mentioned, 163; campaigns in, 187-90, 197 Africa, South, early wars in, 131-5; Zulus in, 41; last war, 27, 45, 98, 112 Africa, West, fighting in, 143-4 Agra, capture of, 175 Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 76, 155 Akbar, the Emperor, 152 Albemarle, Lord, in the W. Indies, 123 Albuera, battle of, 39 Alexander the Great, mentioned, 40 Aligarh, capture of, 175 Aliwal, battle of, 193 Allahabad, capture of, 164 Alsace, mentioned, 43 America, War of Independence, 28, 80-2, 110-12, 135; the British in N., 55, 59, 76, 80, 102-5; character of settlers, 104-5, 107, 109-12; war of 1812, 113; and see under Canada Amherst, Gen. Jeffery, in Canada, 109 Amherst, Lord, in India, 183, 185 Amir Khan, mentioned, 179 Anne, Queen, mentioned, 109 Aracan, capture of, 184 Arcot, 156 Argaum, battle of, 175 Army, the British, foreign nomenclature in, 52; reductions in, 58, 61-2, 72, 96, 134; under Ch. II, 56-7; under Will. III, 59-63; under Anne, 65; under Geo. I, 72; under Geo. II, 74-9; under Geo. III, 80, 82-3; in the 19th cent., 97-8; confused organisation of, 61; ill-treatment of, 73, 83; introduction of short service, 134-5; weapons of, 48-50, 60; appreciation of officers, 144-9; early organisation of, 47-9, 54; the New Model, 54 Assam, capture of, 184 Assaye, battle of, 175 Assiento, Treaty, 117 Auckland, Lord, in India, 187 Aurungzib, the Emperor, 153-4 Austrian Succession, War of, 74, 106, 155 Ava, British at, 183-4 Badajoz, capture of, 25 Bahama Is., 80 Barbados, 116, 124 Barlow, Sir George, in India, 176, 178-9 Barrington, General, in W. Indies, 123 Bentinck, Lord Wm., in India, 186-7 Bermuda, 80, 130 Bhurtpore, assaults on, 175, 185 Birkenhead, the, mentioned, 36, 46 Bismarck, 43 Blenheim, battle of, 68 Blues, Regt. of, their origin, 56 Bombay, mentioned, 56, 153, 166, 168 Bonsla, mentioned, 181 Braddock, General, in N. America, 107-9 Burgoyne, General, in N. America, 110-11 Burke, Edmund, 80 Burma, campaigns in, 182-5, 194-5, 197; annexed, 197 Bussy, de, in India, 161 Buxar, battle of, 164 Caesar, Julius, 40 Calais, 47 Calcutta, 154, 160 Canada, French in, 102; fighting in, 104-5, 109; American invasion of, 110, 113, 137; and see America Capetown, capture of, 131 Caribs, the, fighting with, 117-8 Carnot, mentioned, 40 Carthagena, expedition to, 121-2 Castlereagh, Lord, at the War Office, 88 Chaka, king of Zulus, 41 Chandernagore, 154 Charles II, mentioned, 56, 117 Charles of Bourbon, 24 Charles Ed. Stuart, in Scotland, 74-6 Chillianwalla, action at, 194 Chitu, 182 Clive, Robert, in India, 156, 159, 160-4 Coldstream Guards, origin of, 56 Colonies, character of campaigns in, 99-102 Commerce, in war, 1-3; its cruelty, 16-18 Condé, Prince of, 65 Continental System, the, 2 Coomassie, British at, 143 Coote, Sir Eyre, in India, 159, 162, 167-8 Cornwallis, Lord, in India, 169-172, 176 Cotton, Sir Stapleton, in India, 185 Crimea, war of, 97 Cromwell, O., mentioned, 3, 22, 58; reforms of, 53-4; expedition to the W. Indies, 119-20 Cuba, mentioned, 115-6, 123, 130 Cuddalore, action at, 168 Culloden, battle of, 75 Dalhousie, Lord, in India, 194-5 Danube R., campaign on, 67 David, king of Israel, 44 Deig, battle of, 175 Delhi, mentioned, 43, 151-2, 171, 175, 199 Dettingen, battle of, 74 Dost Mohammed, 187-8 Dubba, action at, 191 Dupleix, Joseph, in India, 155-7 East India Co., its troops, 57, 83, 154, 178, 186, 198; mentioned, 153, 171, 176, 196 Edward III, 48 Egypt, mentioned, 51, 86 Elizabeth, Queen, mentioned, 47, 52 Ellenborough, Lord, in India, 189-92 England, military backwardness, 48; growth of empire, 55-6, 58, 77; position in 1660, 55; projected invasion of, 86 Ferdinand of Brunswick, 77 Ferozeshah, battle of, 193 Flanders, wars in, 60, 63, 65, 75; and see Netherlands Fontenoy, battle of, 74 Forde, Col., 162 France, the Revolutionary War, 23-4, 27, 38, 41-2, 83-4; her colonies, 56, 58, 76-7, 102-4, 107, 123-4, 128; French in India, 154-62; our connection with, 47, 55; as ally of America, 112-3; aids the Stuarts, 75 Franklin, Benjamin, 109 Frederick the Great, mentioned, 41-2, 77 Frederick, Duke of York, 85 Gawilghur, capture of, 175 Geete R., 68 George I, 72 Germany, mercenaries in British pay, 75-7, 81-2; mentioned, 25, 32, 74, 77 Ghurkha war, 180 Ghazni, 188-9 Gibraltar, mentioned, 65, 72-3, 80-1 Gideon, his tactics, 44-5 Gillespie, Col. Rollo, in India, 177, 180 Goliath, 44 Goree, 82 Gough, Sir Hugh, in India 192-4, 198 Grenada, 126 Grey, General W., in the W. Indies, 125-6; General H., in India, 192 Guadeloupe, mentioned, 123, 126, 128 Guiana, Dutch, capture of, 127 Gujerat, action at, 194 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, his military reforms, 53 Haiti, mentioned, 120, 124, 126 Halifax, British at, 107 Hannibal, 38 Hardinge, Sir Henry, in India, 192-3 Harris, General, in India, 173 Hastings, Warren, in India, 161, 165-9 Hastings, Marquis of, in India, 180-1 Havana, siege of, 123; mentioned, 77 Henry V, mentioned, 48, 54 History, Military, definition of, 1-14, 45; use of, 19-22, 29, 39, 43 Holkar, mentioned, 174-5, 181 Holland, soldiers of, 52, 60; commerce of, 18, 55; wars in, 64, 67, 84, 86; colonies of, 102-3, 162 Howe, General, 111 Hyder Ali, mentioned, 164-5, 167-8 India, mentioned, 43, 57, 77; military history of, 150-200; adventurers in, 154, 171, 179, 196; campaigning in, 157-8; the presidencies, 160; administrative reforms in, 165, 169, 176, 196; the Mutiny, 195-6, 199 Indies, the West, British in, 55, 72, 77, 80, 84-5; character of country, 114-6, 118; ruin of, 128-9; Cromwell's expedition to, 119-20; later expeditions, 120-2, 124-8; the French in, 116, 123, 128 Inkermann, 51 Ireland, mentioned, 54, 59, 61, 64-5, 72 Italy, the French in, 86 Jamaica, mentioned, 115-6; capture of, 120 James II, mentioned, 57-59, 64-5 Japan, mentioned, 28, 52 Jelalabad, mentioned, 189 Jesuits, the, as colonists, 35, 103 Kabul, British at, 188-9, 197 Kaffir wars, 133-4 Kandahar, British at, 188-9, 197 Karachi, 190 Katharine of Bragança, mentioned, 56, 154 Katwa, battle of, 164 Kirkee, battle of, 181 Korigaon, battle of, 182 La Bassée, 68 Lake, General Gerard, in India, 174-5, 185, 198 Lally Tollendal, count, in India, 161-2 Laswari, battle of, 175 Latimer, Hugh, 48 Lawrence, Major Stringer, in India, 155-6, 162 Lee, Robert, 4 Lisbon, Wellesley at, 90-1 Lorraine, mentioned, 43 Louis XIV, mentioned, 63-5, 71, 104 Louisburg, French at, 106-7; capture of, 109, 155 Lucknow, 164, 199 Luther, Martin, 40 Luxemburg, Francis Henry, Duke of, 65 Lycurgus, 41 Madras, French at, 155; mutiny in, 176-8; bad administration, 164-5, 167-8; mentioned, 107, 130, 153 Maharajpore, battle of, 192 Mahidpur, battle of, 181 Mandalay, British at, 197 Manila, 77 Maoris, the, wars with, 101, 138-43 Marathas, the, their origin, 153; their growth, 163, 171; British wars with, 166, 174-5, 181, 191-2; mentioned, 195 Marengo, battle of, 86 Maria Theresa, the Empress, 74 Marlborough, John, Duke of, appreciation of, 65-71; mentioned, 94-5 Martinique, mentioned, 116, 123-5, 128 Miani, battle of, 190-1 Militia, the, Pitt's Bill, 78; as recruiting-ground, 85, 88; under Addington, 87; the Local, 89; mentioned, 72, 83, 85, 89 Minden, battle of, 77 Minorca, mentioned, 72, 76, 80-2 Minto, Gilbert, 1st Earl of, in India, 178-81 Mir Jaffier, 160-1 Mogul Empire, 152-4 Moltke, General, 43 Monk, George, 56, 100 Monmouth, James, Duke of, 57 Monson, Colonel, in India, 175 Montecuculi, Raimondo, Conte de, 65 Moodkee, battle of, 193 Mornington, Lord, see under Wellesley, Marquis of Moses, mentioned, 40 Munro, Major Hector, in India, 164, 167 Mutiny Act, 60 Mysore, fighting in, 165, 167, 169, 173 Napier, Sir Charles, in Scinde, 190-1 Napoleon, mentioned, 1, 12, 24, 41-2, 86, 89, 94, 187 Navy, the British, mutiny in, 85; in war of 1812, 113-4 Nepal, fighting in, 180-1 Netherlands, the Austrian, fighting in, 66, 74 Newfoundland, 72-3 New York, settlers of, 104-5; mentioned, 57, 102-3, 110 New Zealand, war in, 137-43 Nizam, the, mentioned, 165, 167, 172 Nova Scotia, mentioned, 72-3, 106 Ochterlony, Sir David, in India, 180-1, 185 Omdurman, battle of, 22 Oudenarde, battle of, 68 Oudh, annexation of, 195 Panipat, battle of, 163 Pegu, annexation of, 195 Peninsular War, the, mentioned, 42; summary of, 89-95 Pennsylvania, Quakers in, 11-12 Persia, 187 Peshwa, 181-2 Philadelphia, capture of, 111 Pindaris, the, fighting with, 179-82 Pitt, Earl of Chatham, William, war policy, 76-80; mentioned, 108, 122 Pitt, William, military policy, 83-8; W. Indian policy, 125-8 Plassey, battle of, 160 Police, the, connection with Army, 9, 54, 56, 72 Pompadour, Mme de, 4 Pondicherry, French at, 154-5, 160-1 Porto Novo, battle of, 167 Porto Rico, mentioned, 115-6, 127 Portugal, British in, 90-1; mentioned, 42 Prome, capture of, 184 Punjab, the, annexation of, 194 Punniar, battle of, 192 Quebec, mentioned, 102, 105, 109 Ramillies, battle of, 68 Ramnuggar, action at, 194 Rangoon, British at, 183, 195 Ranjit Singh, mentioned, 182, 192 Reunion, Is. of, 36 Roberts, F.M., Earl, mentioned, 159 Rohilla War, 166 Rome, sack of, 24-5 Russia, mentioned, 28, 51-2, 187 St Domingo, mentioned, 115-6; expedition to, 119-20 St Kitts, 57 St Lawrence R., French colonies on, 102-3; expedition to, 106 St Lucia, mentioned, 82, 123, 126-7 St Thomas, 115 St Vincent, fighting in, 117, 126 St Vincent, John Jervis, Earl, in the W. Indies, 125 Saratoga, defeat at, 112 Saul, King of Israel, 25 Schellenberg, battle of the, 68 Scinde, operations in, 188, 190-1 Scindia, mentioned, 171, 174-5, 191 Scotland, rebellion in, 72, 74-6 Senegal, 82 Seringapatam, sieges of, 26, 169-71, 173 Shah Shuja, 187-8 Shakespeare, William, 52 Shelley, P. B., mentioned, 33 Shore, Sir John, in India, 172 Sikhs, the, their growth, 171, 182, 188; war with, 191-4 Simonstown, 131 Siraj-ud-Daula, 160 Sitabaldi, battle of, 181 Sivaji Bonsla, mentioned, 153-4 Smith, Sir Harry, in S. Africa, 133; in India, 193 Smith, Col. Joseph, in India, 165 Smollett, Tobias, 122 Sobraon, battle of, 193 Spain, her wars, 8, 23, 25, 52, 82; colonies, 116, 120; mentioned, 63, 73, 89, 102 Spanish Succession, War of the, 64-8 Sparta, 41 Stirling, mentioned, 43, 75 Strategy, definition of, 42-3 Stuart, General James, 168 Suffren, Admiral, 168 Suti, battle of, 164 Swiss, the, as soldiers, 50 Tactics, definition of, 43-4; changes in, 47-50, 60 Talents, Ministry of All the, 88 Tangier, mentioned, 56-7, 65 Tennasserim, capture of, 184 Tippoo Sahib, mentioned, 168-73 Tobago, mentioned, 82, 127 Tournay, fighting at, 68 Trafalgar, 199 Trichinopoly, fighting at, 156, 161 Trinidad, 115, 127 Tugela R., fighting on the, 134 Undwa Nala, battle of, 164 Utrecht, Peace of, 71, 106 Vellore, mutiny at, 176-7 Vendôme, Louis Joseph, Duke of, mentioned, 68 Vienna, mentioned, 67 Virginia, 57 Volunteers, the, under Addington, 87-8 Walpole, Sir Robert, 72 Wandewash, battle of, 162 Warburg, battle of, 77 Warren Hastings, the troop-ship, 36-7 Washington, George, 4, 107 Waterloo, battle of, 79, 95 Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, in India, 172, 174, 176, 179 Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, character of, 95-6; in India, 173-5; his scheme for the Peninsular War, 90-5; mentioned, 25, 41-2, 68, 159, 182, 186, 198 William III, the army under, 59; W. Indian expedition, 120 William, Duke of Cumberland, mentioned, 74-5 Wolfe, General James, mentioned, 109 Xavier, François, mentioned, 40 York, Frederick, Duke of, 85 Zizka, John, mentioned, 52 Zulus, the, wars with, 134-5

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