The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815

INDEX.

Reading edition

INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Abercromby (Abercrombie), Sir Ralph,

100

102

Adam, Gen. Sir F., commands 3rd British Brigade at Waterloo,

289

290

301

;

High Commissioner of Ionian Isles,

309

Adour R.,

267

269

;

Gen. Hope throws a bridge of boats across the,

268

Agamemnon

, Nelson in command of the, at Toulon,

;

in the attack on Corsica,

;

in naval engagement off Corsica,

Agents, regimental,

Ages of officers,

120

121

;

in Peninsular War,

167

247-253

Agueda R.,

143

149

152

153

156

172

Ajaccio,

Albergueria,

177

Albuhera (Albuera), battle of,

157

188

191

192

193

Alcock, Capt. C., 51st,

;

death of,

Aldea da Ribeira,

177

Alentejo (Alemtejo),

148

149

150

162

Alexandria,

308

Alfayates,

170

182

Almaraz, Hill destroys the bridge at,

197

205

Almeida, fortress of, held by Portuguese,

143

;

captured by French,

144

;

invested by British,

147

148

149

152

153

;

French garrison escapes from,

156

;

Spencer leaves neighbourhood of,

161

Alten, Gen. Baron C., commands Light Division,

268

269

America,

107

108

109

112

Amiens, peace of,

Amotz, bridge of,

259

Amusements of officers and men,

123

180

206

214

302

Andalusia,

196

197

Anglesey, Marquis of (Lord Paget, Lord Uxbridge),

132

176

253

277

Arauda,

129

Argenteuil,

298

Ariaga,

233

Ariñez,

234

Army, British, 1793,

22-25

;

reform of the, 1802-7,

chap. vi

See also

Soldiers, British

Army Discipline Act, and flogging,

203

Artillery, employment of,

128

136

139

140

142

151

152

155

158

159

160

188

206

216

218

235

240

269

279

283

286

287

288

Astorga,

129

130

131

133

134

Ath,

277

Aubervilliers,

298

Austria,

106

276

Aya, Mont (Peña de Haya),

240

241

242

Azava R.,

153

206

Badajoz,

chap. ix

129

143

148

149

150

156

157

158

160

161

163

165

170

188

192

193

194

195

197

198

200

207

209

224

245

248

;

surrender of Spanish garrison of,

151

;

occupied by French and invested by Beresford,

151

;

first siege of,

152

;

description of,

157

;

second siege of,

158

;

third siege of,

184

185

186

;

assault of,

189

;

sacking of,

190

Baird, Gen. Sir David, at Seringapatam and at Cape Town,

;

in Corunna Campaign,

chap. vii

passim

Ball given by Duchess of Richmond at Brussels,

279

Banos, pass of,

178

Barrosa,

110

187

Base, change of,

127

229

232

Bastan R.,

238

256

Bastia,

;

capture of,

;

evacuation of,

Bavarians,

276

Bayonet, use of the,

119

136

191

240

259

260

285

286

287

290

300

Bayonne,

265

266

267

268

Behobia,

241

Belgian troops,

277

286

Belgium,

275

276

277

Belle Alliance, La,

289

290

292

Bellerophon

, H.M.S., conveys Napoleon to England,

301

Bembibre,

135

Benevente,

133

134

Bentinck, Lord William, on flogging,

Beresford, W. Carr, Viscount (Marshal, Portuguese Army), invests Badajoz,

151

152

;

defeats Soult at Albuhera,

157

192

;

fails to capture Badajoz,

158-160

;

age of,

253

;

in the Pyrenees,

256

;

at the battle of the Nivelle,

259

;

at the battle of Orthes,

268

269

;

occupies Bordeaux,

269

270

Berwick

, the,

Betanzos,

137

138

Bidassoa R.,

239

240

241

242

245

254

256

Bidouse R.,

267

268

Blake, Gen. (Spanish Army), taken prisoner,

184

Blücher, Field-Marshal (Prince Blücher von Wahlstadt),

275

276

277

278

279

296

297

298

;

defeated by Napoleon at Ligny,

280

;

comes to Wellington's aid at Waterloo,

291

;

meets Wellington at Genappe,

291

Boers, typical mounted infantry,

109

Boggis, Ensign T., 51st, killed at Calvi,

Bois de Boulogne, Allies encamp in the,

300

302

Bonaparte, Napoleon,

100

105

107

122

124

128

129

130

131

132

134

140

179

196

218

228

229

247

255

258

259

267

269

273

275

283

296

302

;

new fighting formations of,

112

;

abdication of,

270

;

breaks faith and quits Elba,

274

;

prepares to invade Belgium,

276

278

;

attacks and defeats Blücher at Ligny,

279

;

at Waterloo,

285

286

288

290

291

;

reaches Paris after Waterloo, abdicates, and retires to Malmaison,

298

;

surrenders to Capt. Maitland at Rochefort, conveyed to England, and deported to St Helena,

301

Bonaparte, Prince Jerome, commands a French Division at Waterloo,

283

Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Naples and afterwards of Spain,

124

;

holds the line of the Ebro R.,

128

;

in command of French Army in Peninsula,

196

;

his weak character,

205

229

235

;

evacuates Madrid,

212

;

marches on Madrid,

222

223

;

routed by Wellington at Vittoria,

235

236

;

superseded by Soult,

239

Bonet, Gen. (Fr.),

211

Bordeaux, occupied by Beresford,

269

;

held by 7th Division,

270

Bourbons,

269

274

284

Braine la Leud,

281

284

Braine le Comte,

279

280

Brenier, Gen. (Fr.), breaks out of Almeida,

156

Bridges, destruction of,

138

193

194

197

198

205

216

241

266

269

Bruges,

275

Brussels,

275

277

278

279

280

281

282

283

285

;

arrangements for defence of,

276

277

Buonaparte.

See

Bonaparte

Burgos,

127

129

214

215

218

219

220

223

224

225

226

227

231

Busaco, battle of,

144

Bylandt, Gen. Count de, commands a Dutch-Belgian brigade at Waterloo,

285

Byng, Gen. Sir J., commands a brigade of Guards at Waterloo,

284

Cabezon,

216

Cadiz,

130

150

"Ça ira,"

Calais, 51st marches from Paris to,

303

Calvi,

;

capture of,

49-53

Cambo, bridge of,

266

Cambray, storming of,

253

297

Camp-kettles,

258

Campo Mayor,

151

162

170

Cape of Good Hope, situation at the, 1799,

Cape Town,

Carnatic, India,

Carrion R.,

128

131

132

Carripinar,

146

Castaños, Gen. (Sp.),

230

Castello Branco,

163

193

196

197

Castro Gonzalo, bridge of,

133

Casualties,

140

141

142

143

155

157

159

160

161

179

189

208

212

216

223

224

225

231

237

253

254

261

270

271

287

Catalonia,

182

246

255

257

Cateau Cambresis,

296

297

Catillon,

296

Cavalry, employment of,

128

132

133

149

151

154

166

185

187

230

236

270

277

281

285

286

287

288

294

Caya R.,

161

Cazal Novo,

146

Celorico,

146

177

Cephalonia,

308

309

Ceylon,

121

Champs Elysées occupied by British troops,

301

Chandernagore,

Charleroi,

277

278

282

Chatham, Earl of, in Walcheren Expedition,

142

Chelsea Hospital,

213

Ciney,

277

Cintra, Convention of,

125

Ciudad Rodrigo,

128

143

144

148

153

170

172

176

182

193

198

223

224

228

;

chap. ix

passim

;

British siege of,

178

179

;

storming of,

183

184

Clausel, Gen. (Fr.),

212

215

242

245

Climate, of Corsica,

;

of India,

;

of Ceylon,

;

of the Peninsula,

133

134

137

138

150

160

162

183

207

223

257

Clive, Lord, Gov.-Gen. Madras, 1800,

Coa R.,

147

152

153

170

171

172

178

194

;

combat at the,

144

Colborne, Sir John (Lord Seaton),

164

165

248

249

;

at Waterloo,

290

Cole, Gen. Sir J. L., commands 6th Division at Waterloo,

276

Colombo,

Colours, regimental,

164

167

168

169

213

281

Colville, Gen. Sir C., commands 4th Division at Waterloo,

277

292

297

Commerce, Napoleon's efforts to destroy British,

Commissions, how obtained, 1793,

;

1813,

253

;

prices of,

;

limits of age for,

120

Congress at Vienna,

274

Convention of Cintra,

125

;

of Paris,

300

Convoy Act,

Convoy duty,

Cooke, Capt. J. H., 43rd,

272

Copenhagen, expedition to,

122

Corfu,

308

309

Corporal Punishment.

See

Flogging

Corsica,

chaps. iii

and iv

passim

Corsican troops,

;

Moore's opinion of,

111

Corte,

Corunna (Coruña),

125

129

130

132

138

140

142

205

215

262

;

campaign,

chap. vii

battle of,

139

Courageux

, the,

Courts-martial,

198

199

Craig, Gen., occupies Cape Town, 1795,

Craufurd, Gen. R.,

133

184

Craufurd's Flank Brigade,

133

;

Light Division,

184

Cuirassiers, French, at Waterloo,

287

288

294

"Daddy Hill,"

201

Dalbiac, Mrs, at Salamanca,

222

Dalhousie, Gen. Lord,

230

270

Danemark

, the,

145

Danish Fleet destroyed at Copenhagen,

122

Darling, Sir Ralph, 51st,

122

D'Aubant, Brig.-Gen., in Corsica,

Davie, Major, imprisoned at Kandy,

Dax,

269

Decorations,

261-265

;

for Waterloo,

264

292

293

Discipline,

113

114

115

121

134

135

141

194

198

199

200

203

204

220

223

224

252

Divisions.

See

Peninsular Army

Dona Maria, pass of,

238

239

Donzelot, Gen. (Fr.), at Waterloo,

288

289

Dorsenne, Gen. (Fr.),

178

Douro, Baron.

See

Wellington, Duke of

Douro R.,

131

133

205

209

210

212

214

215

216

217

230

;

passage of the,

143

Drill,

;

Mesnil Durand's system of,

106

107

;

Dundas's book on,

110

116

;

of riflemen and light infantry,

112

;

Moore's system of,

115

116

Drouet, Gen. (Fr.),

205

Drummers, French, in action,

289

Drunkenness,

134

189

191

199

220

221

238

252

Duas Casas R.,

153

155

Duelling,

Duenas, village of,

220

Dundas, Gen. Sir David, commanding in Corsica,

;

quarrels with Sir G. Elliott,

;

his services,

104

;

book on drill,

110

116

Dunkirk,

Durand.

See

Mesnil Durand

Dutch East India Company and South Africa,

;

in Ceylon,

;

troops at Waterloo,

279

283

285

286

Duties, of officers,

114

122

214

250

;

of light troops,

112

Dyas, Ens. Joseph, 51st,

159

160

Eagles, capture of French,

213

East India Company, Hon. (H. E. I. C.),

262

;

Dutch,

East Indies.

See

India

Ebro R.,

128

232

Echallar,

238

254

256

259

260

261

Egypt,

100

102

105

Ehwald.

See

Von Ehwald

Elba, Island of,

308

;

Napoleon at, and escape from,

274

Elliott, Sir Gilbert, and Corsica,

Elvaz,

184

Elvina,

140

Enghien,

277

Escalade, employment of,

159

260

Escorial (Escurial),

129

214

Esla R.,

133

229

230

Estramadura,

191

Flank Brigade.

See

Craufurd's Flank Brigade

Flank companies.

See

Grenadier company

;

Light company.

Flogging,

21-24

201

203

204

Flushing,

142

Food, scarcity of,

149

150

171

211

223

257

Formations, fighting, of British in Corsica,

;

of foreign armies before 1800,

106

;

Mesnil Durand on,

106

107

;

of British in America,

108

109

;

Moore and Von Ehwald on,

113

;

Dundas on,

116

;

of British in the Peninsular War,

118

119

154

208

;

of British at Waterloo,

284

286

290

295

;

of French at Waterloo,

107

284

285

286

288

289

Fortescue, Hon. J. W., 'History of the British Army,' 108

116

Fort St George, Madras,

Fox

, the,

Foz d'Aronce,

146

France, state of, in 1792,

chap. i

declares war against England and Holland,

;

leagued with Austria,

;

joined by Spain,

;

joined by the Netherlands,

;

makes war on Portugal and Spain,

124

;

invaded by Wellington,

258

;

throws over Napoleon and makes peace,

270

;

receives back Napoleon,

274

;

at war with all Europe,

275

;

crushed at Waterloo,

291

;

restores Louis XVIII. to the throne,

301

;

pays a war indemnity,

302

See also

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Frederic of Orange, Prince,

280

Freer, Lieut. E., 43rd,

249

French and English in the Peninsula, relations of,

155

242-244

298

299

French possessions in India,

Fuente Guinaldo,

177

182

183

198

Fuentes d'Onor (Fuentes de Oñoro),

156

164

167

169

213

249

;

battle of,

153-156

Galicia,

131

230

231

Gamara Mayor,

233

Gambling,

181

302

Games and recreations of officers and men.

See

Amusements

Garonne R.,

270

Gata (Gaeta), Sierra de,

183

Gave de Pau,

268

269

Genappe, Wellington meets Blücher at,

291

Generals, Wellington's,

201

202

Germany and Germans,

186

255

258

267

Ghent,

275

Gibraltar,

308

Girondists,

Gonesse,

298

Graham, Gen. Sir T. (Lord Lynedoch),

184

185

186

187

188

195

201

206

229

230

233

235

236

253

with Lord Hood's fleet,

110

;

raises the 90th Regt.,

110

;

commands in the Netherlands,

275

Grammont,

275

277

279

Greece,

309

Grenada, Fort,

259

260

Grenadier Company,

Grouchy, Marshal Count de (Fr.),

296

297

Guadarama,

223

Guadiana R.,

157

158

163

185

191

Guard, Napoleon's Old, Imperial,

289

;

defeated at Waterloo,

290

Guarda,

147

150

Guards, British, at Waterloo,

284

289

290

Guinaldo.

See

Fuente Guinaldo

Haie Sainte, La,

285

287

288

289

Hair, fashions in soldiers',

123

127

Hal,

278

280

283

Half pay, officers on,

103

165

304

311

Ham,

297

Hawkins, Lt.-Col., 68th,

261

Heligoland,

305

Henderson, Col. G. F. R., 'Science of War' quoted, viii.,

113

Hermandad,

233

234

High Wycombe, Military College at,

251

253

Hill, Gen. Sir R. (Viscount Hill),

201

214

222

223

233

234

253

256

259

266

268

269

277

292

293

294

;

at Almaraz,

197

;

commands 2nd Corps at Waterloo,

277

Holland,

105

142

275

See also

Dutch

Honourable East India Company,

;

and medals,

262

Hood, Admiral Lord,

Hope, Gen. Sir J. (4th Earl of Hopetoun),

128

129

130

253

256

268

;

assumes command at Corunna,

139

Hospitals,

178

200

Hotham, Admiral,

Hougoumont,

283

284

287

289

290

292

294

Hounds, Wellington's pack of,

180

Houston, Gen.,

146

Howe, Gen. Lord (3rd Viscount),

109

111

killed in America,

108

Howe, Adm. Lord (4th Viscount),

111

Howe, Gen. Sir W. (afterwards 5th Viscount Howe),

109

111

Huebra R.,

224

Huerta,

212

Hunting on active service,

180

Hyères Bay,

Illustrious

, the,

Imperial Guard, Napoleon's,

289

290

Income Tax, introduction of,

Inconstant

, the,

Indemnity paid by France,

302

India, 51st proceeds to,

;

climate of,

;

condition of,

103

India, French possessions in,

262

Infantry, training of,

105-120

See also

Light Infantry

;

Mounted Infantry

Inglis, Gen.,

240

242

254

259

260

Ionian Isles,

308

309

Issy,

298

Italy,

Jacobins,

Jägers, Hessian, in British pay, 1774,

112

Jervis, Adm. Sir J. (Lord St Vincent), defeats the Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent,

Johnstone, Major-Gen., commands 6th British Brigade at the storming of Cambray,

297

Joseph Bonaparte.

See

Bonaparte, Joseph

Kandy, King of,

; capture of,

;

massacre of British garrison of,

Kellermann, Marshal, Duc de Valmy,

;

commands 3rd French Cavalry Corps at Waterloo,

285

Kempt, General Sir J.,

234

King Joseph.

See

Bonaparte, Joseph

Koehler, Major, R. A., in Corsica,

La Baneza,

134

La Belle Alliance,

289

290

292

La Haie Sainte,

285

287

288

289

La Lippe, Fort,

184

Laon,

296

297

Lefebre, Gen. (Fr.),

129

131

Leith, Gen. Sir J.,

131

135

136

Lesaca,

238

240

241

242

Leyria,

146

148

Liège,

277

Light Division.

See

Peninsular Army

Light Infantry,

106

107

110

112

116

119

;

Corsican troops as,

111

;

first formation of regiments of,

108

141

;

duties of,

141

142

See also

Skirmishers

Light (or Light Infantry) companies,

127

141

;

uniform of,

;

introduction of,

108

;

abolition of,

109

;

reintroduction of,

109

Ligny,

278

279

296

;

Prussians defeated at,

280

Lisbon,

100

128

130

131

140

144

145

146

148

152

165

232

;

garrisoned by 51st (1797),

85-89

;

occupied by the French,

122

;

British advance on (1808),

124

;

occupied by the British,

125

Liverpool, Lord,

200

Llerena,

186

187

188

Lloyd, Col. T., 94th,

248

Loire R.,

300

Londonderry, 3rd Marquis of (Gen. Hon. Sir C. Stewart),

121

Louis XIV. Redoubt,

260

Louis XVIII. restored to the throne of France,

301

Lowestoffe

, the,

Lugo,

134

135

Lynedoch, Lord.

See

Graham, Gen. Sir T

M'Cabe, Capt. J., 51st,

224

M'Cleish, Surgeon D., 51st,

Macdowall, Gen., commanding in Ceylon,

M'Geechy, Maj. A., 11th,

159

Macintosh, Maj. Æneas, 85th,

159

Macleod, Col. C., 43rd,

248

Madras,

Madrid,

128

129

130

132

183

196

214

222

223

224

243

;

captured by Napoleon,

131

;

British occupation of,

chap. x

British entry into,

212

213

;

British evacuation of,

223

Mahratta War,

Mainwaring, Col. J. M., 51st,

145

161

163

164

165

167

168

169

Mainwaring, Major F., 51st,

167

181

201

202

214

220

249

299

300

303

304

Maitland, Major-Gen. Sir P., commands a brigade of Guards at Waterloo,

289

290

Maitland, Capt., R.N., conveys Napoleon to England on H.M.S.

Bellerophon

301

Malingering,

200

Malmaison, Napoleon at,

298

Malta,

100

308

Mandale,

256

Maransin, Gen. (Fr.),

233

260

261

Marauding.

See

Plunder

Margarita,

234

Marmont, Marshal, Duc de Ragusa,

156

161

162

178

182

184

193

194

195

196

197

205

206

207

209

210

211

212

Marsan, Mont de,

269

Martello towers, origin of,

;

on the Kentish coast,

117

Massena, Marshal, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d'Essling,

143

144

145

147

150

152

153

154

155

156

157

166

Maurice, Sir J. F., and 'Sir J. Moore's Diary,' 44

104

115

Mayorga,

131

Medals,

261-265

271

281

292

293

Medina del Campo,

210

Mediterranean,

100

308

Mendoza,

234

Merida,

185

Mesnil Durand, system of drill (1774),

106

107

109

Metauco,

237

Militia,

142

253

Minorca,

308

Minto, Lord.

See

Elliott, Sir Gilbert

Miranda de Douro,

230

Mitchell, Col. H. H., 51st,

164

165

227

242

259

261

275

279

280

281

283

284

290

292

293

297

;

commands 4th British Brigade at Waterloo,

277

;

death of,

304

Moita,

146

Monasterio,

215

218

Mondego R.,

277

;

first expeditionary force to the Peninsula lands near the mouth of the,

124

Mons,

277

278

Mont Aya.

See

Peña de Haya

Mont de Marsan,

269

Mont St Jean,

282

285

Moore, Gen. Sir John, Lt.-Col. commanding 51st Regt.,

141

309

;

character of,

;

his treatment of young officers,

;

interviews Adm. Ld. Hood,

;

his special mission to Corsica,

;

in attack on St Fiorenzo,

44-46

;

at siege of Bastia,

;

at capture of Calvi,

50-52

;

wounded,

;

his care of sick,

;

on staff work in Corsica,

;

opinion of Corsican troops,

111

;

rupture with Sir G. Elliott,

;

ordered home,

;

influence over officers,

;

military reform,

101

chap. vi

passim

;

commanding at Canterbury,

103

;

selection of officers,

103

104

;

trains a brigade for war,

105-120

;

his camp at Shorncliffe,

114-119

250

;

views on tactics and discipline,

105

106

113-120

200

;

in command of British forces in Portugal,

126

;

marches to meet Baird,

128-130

;

his plans for harassing Napoleon,

130

;

decides to attack Soult,

131

;

retreat to Corunna,

132-138

;

death of,

139

;

general order relating to death of,

;

his decorations,

262

Morillas Mountains,

232

233

Mortier, Gen. (Fr.),

151

Moscow, Napoleon's retreat from,

228

Moselle

, the,

Mounted Infantry compared with Light Infantry,

109

Moustaches, introduction of,

;

worn by French at Waterloo,

300

Mules as baggage animals,

258

Musket, flintlock (the "Brown Bess" in use throughout the War, 1793-1815),

112

136

208

235

284

285

287

288

294

300

Mysore, conquest of,

Namur,

277

296

Nanclares,

233

234

Napier, Sir C., his opinion on flogging,

;

in Ionian Isles,

309

Napier, Sir G. T.,

248

Napier, Sir W. F. P., the historian,

151

153

154

192

217

220

228

243

248

249

255

261

271

;

his advocacy of flogging,

203

204

Naples, Joseph Bonaparte King of,

124

Napoleon.

See

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Nava de Avel (Nava d'Aver),

154

Navy, British,

100

262

Nelson, Adm. Lord,

100

Netherlands,

275

285

286

Ney, Marshal, Duc d'Elchingen, Prince de la Moskowa,

145

146

270

285

286

;

attacks Wellington at Quatre Bras,

279

280

;

at Waterloo,

289

Nile, battle of the,

Nive R.,

258

;

battles of the,

265-267

Nivelle R.,

258

259

260

;

battle of the,

248

259-261

265

292

299

Nivelles,

277

278

280

281

287

292

293

294

297

Niza,

163

170

193

Numbers, regimental,

213

242-244

Obidos,

125

Officers, 1793,

;

Moore's treatment of,

103

104

114

115

;

letters and journals of,

174

;

amusements of,

123

180

206

214

302

;

duties of,

114

122

214

250

;

pay of,

250

;

ages of,

247-253

;

characteristics of,

247-253

271

O'Hara, Gen. C.,

"Old Douro,"

201

Old Guard, Napoleon's, at Waterloo,

289

290

"Old Pivot,"

116

"Old Trousers,"

289

Oporto,

143

172

Orange, Gen. H.R.H. the Prince of,

275

279

;

commands 1st Corps at Waterloo,

277

Orange, Prince Frederic of,

280

Orthes, battle of,

268

269

Ostiz (Ostitz),

238

239

Oyarzun,

241

Paget, Lord.

See

Anglesey

Pajo,

183

Pampeluna (Pamplona),

237

238

239

246

Pancorbo,

231

Paoli, Pascal, the Corsican patriot,

Pardeleras,

158

Paris,

134

270

274

296

297

298

;

treaty of (1814),

274

;

Allies advance on,

296-300

;

Convention of,

300

;

evacuated by French troops,

300

;

Allies occupy,

301

302

Pay, officers',

250

Peña de Haya,

240

241

242

Pena Macor (Penamacor),

170

178

179

181

184

Peninsular Army—

2nd Division,

268

3rd Division,

178

189

234

235

260

268

4th Division,

236

242

259

260

268

6th Division,

231

268

7th Division,

146

154

155

166

170

182

183

184

198

208

215

230

231

234

238

254

256

259

260

268

270

Light Division,

118

144

145

154

184

212

224

234

242

256

259

268

Craufurd's Flank Brigade,

133

Leith's Brigade,

131

135

136

Peninsular War,

chaps. vii.-xii

passim

Peronne,

297

Phelps, Capt. J. H., 51st,

261

299

300

Phillipon, Gen. (Fr.),

207

Picton, Gen. Sir T.,

234

253

268

269

;

commands 5th Div. at Waterloo,

279

;

death of,

286

Picurina,

158

188

Piombino (Italy) occupied by Brit. troops,

Pirch, Gen. von (Prus.), defeated by Grouchy at Namur,

296

Pisuerga R.,

216

Plasencia,

162

172

Plunder and marauding,

191

193

198

199

200

223

224

238

265

Police, military, want of in Pen. War,

199

Pombal, combat at,

145

Pondicherry,

Popham, Adm. Sir H., captures Cape Town (1806),

Porto Ferrajo, Elba,

Portugal,

126

128

130

142

143

144

150

195

211

271

;

allied with England,

;

in French occupation,

122

124

;

evacuated by French,

125

Portuguese troops,

191

209

242

266

Pozzo di Borgo,

Pringle, Major R., 51st,

Prize-money,

281

292

Promotion,

120

163

164

261

271

292

303

304

Prussians,

275

277

278

279

285

288

296

297

;

defeated by French at Ligny,

280

;

at Waterloo,

291

;

at Paris,

298

Puebla,

185

Pueblas, pass of,

232

233

Puente de Douro,

217

Punishment of soldiers,

198

201

203

204

223

Purchase system,

15-18

253

311

Pyrenees,

128

130

228

230

238

239

246

255

256

257

259

;

battles of the,

238-258

Quatre Bras,

278

281

286

;

Ney attacks Wellington at,

279

280

Quebec, Sir W. Howe at,

109

Ramsay, Norman, at Fuentes d'Onor,

155

Rangers, the first regular light troops,

108

Recreations.

See

Amusements

Recruiting, 1793,

Red Indians, methods of fighting of,

107

108

109

Redinha, combat at,

145

Reform, Army, 1802-7,

chap. vi

Regiments, condition of, 1793,

; 90,

103

114

135

141

178

190

191

199

250

252

254

305

Regiments, British, or in British pay:—

12th Light Dragoons,

13th Light Dragoons,

149

151

152

1st Foot (Royals),

11th,

159

13th,

108

14th,

292

293

18th (Royal Irish),

19th,

23rd,

123

292

293

297

25th,

26th,

165

30th,

35th,

281

43rd,

108

114

243

248

272

50th,

51st, 2nd West York,

;

uniform of,

123

305

;

commanded by Lt.-Col. John Moore,

141

309

;

proceeds to Gibraltar,

;

prepares for active service,

;

embarks for Toulon,

;

loses its baggage,

;

joins Lord Hood's fleet,

;

in the attack on Corsica,

chap. iii

at the capture of St Fiorenzo, Bastia, and Calvi,

44-52

;

leaves Corsica for Elba,

;

withdrawn from the Mediterranean,

;

quartered at Lisbon,

;

ordered to India,

;

lands at Cape Town,

;

arrives at Madras,

;

proceeds to Ceylon,

;

at the capture of Kandy,

;

garrisons Colombo,

;

returns to England,

;

proceeds with Baird to Corunna,

127

;

fights at Lugo,

136

;

in the retreat to Corunna,

137

138

;

at the battle of Corunna,

139

140

;

arrives in England,

141

;

made Light Infantry,

141

;

in the Walcheren Expedition,

143

;

joins Wellington's army in the Peninsula,

145

;

at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor,

154

155

;

marches to Badajoz, and twice assaults St Christoval,

159

160

;

with the covering force at Ciudad Rodrigo,

182

183

;

with Graham outside Badajoz,

185

;

at the surprise of Llerena,

187

;

at the battle of Salamanca,

206-212

;

enters Madrid at the head of the army,

213

;

at the capture of the Retiro,

213

;

covers the siege of Burgos,

215

;

in the retreat to Ciudad Rodrigo,

215-224

;

attacked at the Valladolid bridge,

216

;

fights at San Muños,

224

;

fords the Esla R.,

230

;

at the battle of Vittoria,

234-238

;

engaged in the Pyrenees,

238

;

fights at the Peña de Haya,

242

;

at the battle of the Nivelle,

260

261

;

at the battle of Orthes,

268

269

;

accompanies Beresford to Bordeaux,

269

;

returns to England,

270

;

embarks for the Waterloo Campaign,

275

;

at the battle of Waterloo,

282-295

;

at the storming of Cambray,

297

;

enters Paris,

301

;

marches to Calais and returns to England,

303

;

on home service,

304

305

;

entitled King's Own Light Infantry,

308

;

commanded by Col. Samuel Rice in the Ionian Isles for ten years,

308

309

52nd,

108

114

234

290

54th,

281

55th,

108

59th,

281

66th,

248

67th,

169

68th,

108

208

209

213

222

254

260

261

69th,

71st,

108

141

76th,

136

80th (or Gage's Light Infantry, 1758),

108

85th,

108

159

166

90th (or Morgan's Light Infantry),

108

90th, Perthshire Volunteers, raised by Graham, 108 n.,

110

111

94th,

248

95th (Rifle Brigade),

111

112

114

190

105th,

108

106th,

108

Hessian Jägers,

112

Chasseurs Britanniques,

154

209

Brunswick Oels Corps,

216

217

230

Renaud, Gen. (Fr.), taken prisoner,

179

Retiro, the, Madrid,

213

223

243

Revolution, French,

2-13

Rhune, La, Pyrenees,

258

259

Rice, Col. A. T., 51st,

311

Rice, Lieut. C., R.N.,

Rice, Capt. F., 51st,

253

Rice, Lieut. H., R.N.,

163

Rice, Major P. J., 51st,

311

Rice, Sir Ralph,

311

Rice, Col. Samuel,

passim

Richmond, Duchess of, ball at Brussels,

279

Rifle, earliest use of the, by a whole regiment,

111

Rifle Corps, the, 95th (afterwards Rifle Brigade), first formation of,

111

112

Roads in Ceylon,

;

in the Peninsula,

128

132

133

223

236

240

265

Roberts, Major D., 51st,

227

Rochefort, Napoleon flies to, and surrenders,

301

Roliça (Roleia), battle of,

125

Roncesvalles,

256

Ross, Capt. J., 51st, at Waterloo,

288

Rossommes,

291

Russia,

179

228

276

308

Sabugal,

170

182

; combat at,

147

Sahagun,

133

;

cavalry action at,

132

Sailing vessels, transport of troops in,

19-30

126

127

138

145

San Antonio,

242

245

Santa Barbara,

242

254

San Barbe,

259

260

St Boes,

268

269

St Christoval (San Christobal),

158

163

188

St Cloud,

300

St Denis,

298

St Fiorenzo, Corsica,

St Germains,

298

St Helena,

;

Napoleon in exile at,

301

St Helens, Isle of Wight,

St Jean, Mont,

282

285

St Jean de Luz,

258

St Jean Pied de Port,

239

San Marcial,

241

245

256

Santa Martha,

185

193

San Muñoz,

224

St Omer,

2-12

St Pé,

260

261

St Pierre,

266

St Sebastian (San Sebastian),

238

239

240

241

245

246

254

255

;

siege of,

240

;

assault of,

245

St Sever,

269

St Thomas's Mount, Madras,

St Vincent, Lord.

See

Jervis, Adm. Sir J.

San Vincente redoubt,

189

Salamanca,

128

129

130

147

148

149

172

178

205

206

208

210

222

223

224

;

campaign of,

chap. x

battle of,

211

212

Saldanha,

132

Salisbury, troops trained at, 1774,

109

Salvatierra,

236

237

238

Sanchez, Don Julian,

179

Sandhurst,

253

"Sans culottes,"

Santarem,

145

Sarre,

258

260

300

Sault de Navailles,

269

Saxons,

275

Scheldt R.,

142

277

Schweidnitz, Gen.,

276

Seaton, Lord.

See

Colborne, Sir J.

Senlis,

298

"Sepoy General," Napoleon's name for Wellington,

291

Septinsular Republic (Ionian Isles),

308

Seringapatam,

;

capture of,

Seville,

162

195

Shawe, Capt. R., 51st, killed in Corsica,

Shorncliffe,

135

250

;

Sir J. Moore's camp at,

114-120

Siborne, Capt. W., the historian,

288

;

his model of Waterloo,

293

Sicily,

308

;

Sir J. Moore goes to,

117

Sickness of troops, in Corsica,

;

in India,

;

in Ceylon,

;

in Walcheren,

142

145

;

in Peninsula,

177

178

179

194

219

224

258

Sierra de Gata (Gaeta),

183

Simancas,

216

Simonstown, South Africa, occupied by British in 1795,

Skirmishers, Croats as (1757),

106

;

Mesnil Durand advocates use of (1774),

106

107

;

Red Indians as,

107

;

Highlanders as,

107

;

training of British,

112-120

;

at Waterloo,

284

285

289

295

See also

Light Infantry

;

Jägers;

Voltigeurs.

Smellie, Capt. P., 51st,

208

Smith, Gen. Sir Harry,

222

Soldiers, British, amusements of,

123

180

;

characteristics of,

250

252

257

;

conduct of,

134

189

190

191

199

200

223

224

237

238

243

;

punishment of,

22-24

198

201

203

204

223

Soult, Marshal, Duc de Dalmatie, Moore's adversary in Corunna campaign,

131-140

;

defeated by Wellesley at the Douro,

143

;

commands French in South Spain,

150

;

moves towards Badajoz,

152

157

;

defeated at Albuhera,

157

;

joined by Marmont,

161

;

retires to Seville,

162

;

encounters Graham outside Badajoz,

186

;

in Andalusia,

195

196

197

;

cut off by destruction of Almaraz bridge,

205

;

advances on Madrid with King Joseph,

222

;

commands French army in the Pyrenees,

239

;

attempts to relieve Pampeluna and San Sebastian,

239-245

;

holds the line of the Nivelle,

258

;

defeated by Wellington,

260

;

holds Bayonne and the line of the Nive,

265

;

defeated at Orthes,

268

;

retires to the north-east,

269

;

defeated at Toulouse,

270

;

quits Waterloo with Napoleon,

291

;

collects the French army at Laon,

296

;

retreats on Paris,

297

South Africa, British and Dutch in, 1794-1814,

90-92

Spain,

126

127

128

147

150

151

198

228

229

247

255

257

271

299

;

allied with England,

;

allied with France,

;

thrown over by Napoleon and allied with England,

124

;

Joseph Bonaparte King of,

124

126

127

128

147

150

Spanish fleet,

Spanish troops,

133

144

150

151

194

241

242

265

267

Sparks, Major F., 51st, death of,

179

Spencer, Sir Brent,

156

161

Squares, fighting in,

154

178

185

287

Stewart, Gen. Hon. Sir C.

See

Londonderry, 3rd Marquis of

Stonyhurst College, founding of,

Strachan, Adm. Sir R.,

142

Straggling,

134

135

138

223

224

238

Stuart, Sir C., in Corsica,

;

occupies Lisbon,

;

captures Minorca,

100

Subijana de Alava,

233

Suchet, Gen. Count,

152

246

255

258

Surtees, Quartermaster, 95th Rifles,

190

Tactics, changes in,

102

105

106-120

Tagus R.,

163

172

177

184

194

197

219

Tarbes, combat at,

270

Tents,

238

256

257

258

Theatricals on active service,

181

"Thin Red Line," outcome of Sir J. Moore's system of training,

118

Thrale, Mrs, connection with Rice family,

Tippoo of Mysore,

Tordesillas,

133

210

216

217

222

225

231

Tormes R.,

205

206

207

211

212

Toro,

207

208

231

Torres Vedras, lines of,

144

145

Toulon,

Toulouse, final defeat of French at,

270

Tourle, Capt. J., 51st,

Trafalgar, battle of,

100

Training, officers,

;

infantry,

105-120

Transport (land), difficulties of,

129

209

257

258

Transport (sea),

126

127

138

145

Tras os Montes,

229

Treaty of Paris,

274

308

Tres Puentes,

234

Trigge, Gen., commanding in Corsica,

Trincomalee,

Trois Couronnes, Mont des.

See

Peña de Haya

Tubize,

280

292

Tudela,

216

217

Turkey,

308

Turon R.,

153

Turpin de Crissé, Comte Lancelot, on the Art of War,

107

Tuscany,

Uniform, 1793,

;

1794,

;

1808,

123

;

of Light Infantry,

141

;

1809-1821,

305-308

Ustaritz, bridge of,

265

Uxbridge, Lord.

See

Anglesey, Marquis of

Valencia,

184

Valencienne,

297

Valladolid,

127

129

131

210

212

216

218

221

229

Valverde,

185

Vandermaesen, Gen. (Fr.),

245

Vera,

239

240

241

242

245

254

255

256

Verrieres,

302

Versailles,

298

Victor, Marshal (Fr.),

143

Victory

, H.M.S.,

Vienna, Congress at,

274

Vigo,

129

130

131

138

Villafranca,

130

134

135

Villa Mayor,

147

170

171

177

Villa Nova,

230

Villa Velha,

163

184

193

Villodas,

234

Vimiera (Vimeiro), battle of,

125

Vittoria,

128

215

231

232

237

;

battle of,

233-238

Voltigeurs, Napoleon's first skirmishers,

112

"Voluntary Contributions,"

Volunteers, officers serving as,

253

Von Ehwald, Colonel, on the training of light troops,

112

113

114

118

Walcheren Expedition,

142

"War against Commerce,"

War in the Mediterranean,

chaps. iii

in India and Ceylon,

92-99

;

in the Peninsula and S. of France,

chaps, vii.-xii

in Belgium and France,

chaps. xiii

xiv

Waterloo,

134

168

176

202

203

253

296

304

;

campaign,

chap. xiii

Allies concentrate on,

280

;

village of,

282

;

battle of,

282-295

Wavre,

296

;

Blücher retires to, after Ligny,

280

285

;

Prussians march from, to Waterloo,

288

Weather, influence of, on operations,

133

134

137

138

150

160

163

171

183

195

207

223

224

245

257

265

281

282

Wellesley, Sir A.

See

Wellington, Duke of

Wellington, Duke of, at Roliça,

125

;

comes home from Portugal,

126

;

takes command in Portugal,

143

;

defeats Soult at the Douro, and Victor at Talavera,

143

;

defeats Massena at Busaco, and retires to Torres Vedras,

144

;

pursues Massena and defeats him at Sabugal,

146

147

;

invests Badajoz,

151

;

defeats Massena at Fuentes d'Onor,

152-155

;

commences second siege of Badajoz,

157

;

withdraws to the Caya R.,

161

;

captures Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz,

chap. ix

pursues Marmont and defeats him at Salamanca,

205-212

;

enters Madrid,

212

213

;

attempts capture of Burgos,

214

;

retreats to Ciudad Rodrigo,

215-224

;

advances north,

230

;

defeats King Joseph at Vittoria,

232-237

;

drives the French to the Pyrenees and blockades Pampeluna,

238

;

captures St Sebastian,

245

;

invades France,

256

;

defeats Soult at the Nivelle,

260

261

;

wins victories at the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse,

266-270

;

takes command of Anglo-Dutch army in the Netherlands,

275

;

attacked by Ney at Quatre Bras,

280

;

withdraws to Waterloo,

280

;

defeats Napoleon,

282-295

;

meets Blücher at Genappe,

291

;

enters Paris,

300

;

his character,

160

165

166

168

200

201

202

203

218

223

257

265

;

his reticence,

170

175

176

;

keeps a pack of hounds,

180

Wemyss, Colonel, occupies Piombino, Italy,

West Indies,

103

105

Wolfe, Gen. J., and Quebec,

109

Women, regimental,

218

221

222

272

York, H.R.H. the Duke of,

103

111

Zadorra R.,

232

233

234

Zafra,

185

Zagaramurdi,

238

Zante,

309

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