INDEX.
Reading edition
A Battery, R.F.A., 314
A Squadron (Thirteenth Hussars)—in France, 87;
Kut, 167;
Lajj, 174, 175, 181, 190, 192, 196;
Baghdad, 206, 212, 214;
Tekrit, 254;
Kulawand, 275, 276;
Tuz, 284-86;
Guk-Tappah, 288;
Hadraniyah, 297, 303, 305;
mentioned, 111, 271
Abbeville, 92
Abraham, 105, 129
Abu-Ghuraib, 267
Abu-Haiar, 282
Abu-Jisrah, 281
Accrington, 308, 309
Adam, 124
Aden, 60
Adhaim, river, 289
Aeroplanes, 1, 174, 175, 187, 196, 225, 254, 260, 283;
German, 62;
Turkish, 211, 242
Afghan War, second, 40
Afghanistan, 104, 134;
condition of (1914), 102;
religion of, 102, 320
Africa, South, 40, 41, 56, 100, 277;
war in (1899-1900), 16, 91, 100, 317
Agincourt, battle of, 7
Agra, 46
Akab, 268, 269, 289
Ain-Lailah, 282
Ain-Nakhailah, 289
Aire, 80
Alalou, Doctor, 185
Albert, King of the Belgians, 81
Albuera, battle of, 30
Aldershot—
Cavalry Barracks at, 326
Dedication Service at, 372-75
Otherwise mentioned, 144, 191
Aleppo Road, the, 271
Alexander the Great, armies of, 104;
cavalry, 4, 5, 8
Allan, Squadron-Sergt.-Maj. W. J., 331, 365
Allenby, Gen. Lord, 205, 217, 263, 268, 291, 321;
quoted on operations in Palestine, 327, and note
Allston, Pte. J., 331, 364, 365
Alma, battle of, 37
Alps, 5
Altum Kupri, 280, 287
Alva de Tormes, 30
Amadia, 352
Amara, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 130;
hospital at, 190
America—
Civil War in (1861-65), 14, 325
War of Independence in (1775-82), 16, 27
American Cavalry, 14, 15
American Medal, 362
Amiens, Peace of, 25
Ancre, 170
Anderson, Lieut. E. W., 368
Anderson, Rev. F. L., 374
Anderson, Sergt. G., 331, 354
Andrews, Pte. F., 249, 331, 359
Annett, Capt. A. E., 87, 269, 329, 366
Anson, Lieut. R. R., 329, 370
Appomattox, battle of, 15
Aqsu, 284
Arab village, 131, 132, 141 note, 143, 150
Arabia, 99
Arabian Sea, 61
Arabs—
Auxiliaries to the Turks, 106
Baghdad looted by, 203, 207, 210, 211
Barbarity of, 171, 207, 208
British survey party murdered by, 223
Bullets of, 143
Cavalry of, 142
Expeditions against, 220, 230, 233 note
Mahomedan rising of, 35
Pacification of, 216, 232
Treachery of, 208
Arme blanche, the, 8, 14, 18
Armenia, 103
Armenians, 309
Armentières, 75
Armistice (1918)—with Turkey, 295-96, 301;
with Germany, 302, 305, 325, 328
“Army Pattern” (horse), 269
Artillery—
German, 62
Horse, V Battery, 50, 195, 196, 198, 297, 303, 305, 306, 314, 315
Invention of, 5
Ashar, hospital at, 115
Ashworth, Capt. and Q.-M. R. W. F., 348, 349, 352, 364, 365, 368
Asia—
British power in, 98;
prestige, 107, 204, 205;
reverses, 133;
position (1917), 262, 320-21
Christians and Mahomedans in (1914), 102
Turkey’s military power in, 132, 262, 320;
defeat of Turks, 204, 264
War in (1916), 91
Asia Minor—
Germany’s line of communication in, 99
Turkish base in, 217, 235, 263;
Turkish recruiting ground, 103
Assaye, battle of (1803), 35
Associations, Regimental, 376, 377
Assyrian carvings, 3
Atab, 140, 356
Athens, 4
Attila, 6
Auction Bridge, 282
Augier, Doctor, 83
Aujah, 254
Aujah-Nullah, 247
Aujah-Tekrit, 245
Aukett, Sergt. H. H. L., 306, 331, 363
Austerlitz, battle of (1805), 11
Australia, contingent from, 66
Austria—
Ally of Germany, 98, 132, 291
War of, with Prussia (1866), 12
Authuille, 353
Awah, 271
Azizieh, 158, 160, 161, 174, 190
B Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 284
B Squadron, Thirteenth Hussars—at Kut, 167;
Lajj, 174, 175, 190, 192, 196;
Baghdad, 206, 212, 214;
Tekrit, 238, 243, 246, 247, 251, 254;
Kulawand, 275, 276;
Tuz, 284, 285;
Guk-Tappah, 288;
Hadraniyah, 303-5;
mentioned, 269, 27
“B 3” (horse), 271
Babylon, 105
Badajos, battle of (1810), 28, 30
Baden-Powell, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert, visits the regiment in France, 78;
letters to, 277, 300, 302, 305;
letter from, 290;
otherwise mentioned, 44, 250, 280, 376
Bagh, 206 and note
Baghdad—
Advance on (map), 159
Arab looting of, 203, 207, 210, 211
Black Watch entry of, 208, 215
Capital of Mesopotamia, 104, 204, 305
Cavalry Barracks at, 210, 212, 215, 217, 220
City Military Police at, 225
Club at, 232
Cup, 232-34, 271
Description of, 210-11.
Fall of, 192, 203, 204
Field of operations around (map), 201
General Townshend’s Expedition to, 104-7
Importance of, 105, 321
Plate, 266
Race meeting at, 233, 270
Railway, 99, 104, 205, 217
Regatta at, 232, 234
Thirteenth Hussars’ entry of, 181, 215;
garrison, 189, 208, 212, 225
Turkish base, 104, 134, 136
Otherwise mentioned, 137, 165, 166, 169, 172, 173, 188, 206 note, 207 note, 217, 225, 231, 261, 264-65, 268, 273, 277, 310, 319, 324, 326, 327, 353, 355, 356
Baghela, 233
Baker, Lieut. W, G., 329, 370
Baku, 268, 274
Balaclava, battle of, 37, 39, 41, 43, 51, 199
Balaclava Day, 39, 50, 54, 86, 122, 241, 250
Balaclava veterans, 50
Balban, 286
Balcarres, 7th Earl of, 23
Bald, Q.-M.-Sergt. A., 332, 365
Ballard, Cpl. A. C. W., 332, 356
Baltic Sea, 99
Bangalore, 35, 36 and note
Baquha, 217, 218, 240, 241, 258
Baqubah, 281, 290
Barbadoes, 24
Barnard, Sergt. G., 304, 332, 359
Barker, Pte. J. H., 249, 332, 358
Barrett (historian of the Thirteenth Hussars), 1, 41;
quoted, 22, 23, 153
Barrett, Lieut. E. P., 329, 370
Barrett, Lieut. J. L. M., 153, 290, 329, 364, 366
Barrington, 2nd Lieut. A. C., 329, 371
Bartlett, Lce.-Cpl. F., 296, 304, 332, 355
Bartlett, Lce.-Sergt. W. G., 332, 357
Basra, 92, 97, 110, 111, 117, 123, 124, 231, 232, 326, 355, 356;
map, 124
Basrajiyeh, 140
Bassouia, 224 and note, 356
Battye, Capt. L. S., 368
Bawi, 201, 205, 206, 211
Bayley, Lt.-Col. F. G., 364, 365, 368
Beaconsfield, Earl of, 56
Beadle, Cpl. W., 332, 354
Beales, Pte. H. J., 249, 332, 358
Beauchamp, Pte. A., 332, 357, 365
Bedford Yeomanry, 330, 369
Bedouin Arabs, 223 (see also “Arabs”)
Beesley, Pte. J., 332, 355
Belad-Rus, 240
Belgian soldiers, 93
Belgians, Albert, King of the, 81
Bell, Sergt. E., 163, 168, 332, 357
Bell, Pte. H., 249, 332, 356, 359
Bellum (native boat), 122
Beluchistan, 101 note
Bengal cavalry system, 52 note
Bennett, Pte. W., 332, 359
Beresford, Marshal, 28, 29, 30
Berguette, 65, 75
Berlin, 108
Bernhardi, Von, quoted, 13, 15
Best, Lieut. the Hon. J. F., 329 and note
Béthune, 68, 69
Bible—quoted, 3;
cited, 309
Bicharakoff, Lieut.-Col., 267
Biggar, Lieut. J. W., 329, 369
Bigge, Capt. W. E., 329, 369
Biggs, Pte. J. H., 332, 363
Billy, see Eve
Black Sea, 268
Black Watch, 208, 215
Blagrove, Col. H. J., 361, 368
Blenheim, battle of, 9
Blücher, Marshal, 32
Blyth, Capt. W., 269, 329, 370
Boer Republics, 41
Boer War, see Africa, South
Boers, 14, 15, 16
Bolton, Capt. R. H. J. M., 368
Bolton, Col., 26
Bombay—
Description of, 57, 97
Ladies of, 110
Royal Yacht Club at, 97
Thirteenth Hussars at, 93, 95, 326
Bosphorus, 98, 103, 204
Bowie, Lce.-Cpl. G. W., quoted—on horses, 94;
on voyage to Mesopotamia, 111;
on pursuit of Turks, 220-23;
on winter (1917-18), 267-71;
diary quoted, 64, 67, 68, 90, 211-12, 233, 234, 240-44, 269, 270, 281-90;
otherwise mentioned, 333, 363
Box, see Jeffrey
Boyse, Lieut.-Col., 32, 33
Brearley, Reg. Q.-M.-Sergt. J., 241, 333, 363, 365
Brencher, Sergt. L. P., 276, 333
Brevet promotion, 365
Bridge, Col., 280
Bristol, Lieut. E., 329, 369
British Empire, Order of, 361
British Museum, 3
Brook, Ronnie, 279
Brooking, Maj.-Gen., 271
Broomfield, Pte. F., 333, 355
Buffs, the, 270
Bulgaria, 98, 132, 263, 291
Buffer, Gen. Sir Redvers, 15, 41
Burder, Lce.-Cpl. H. A., 249, 333, 359
Burgess, Lce.-Cpl. J., 333, 357
Burgess, Sergt. W. H., 269, 270, 279, 306, 333, 357, 359, 363
Burgues, 353
Busaco, battle of (1810), 28
Bush, Lce.-Cpl. F. K., 269, 270, 331, 333
Bush, Sergt., 233
Butler, Lady, 184
Butler, Lieut. F. H., 329, 370
Byng, 33
Byrne, Pte. J., 249, 333, 359
C Squadron, Thirteenth Hussars—at Kut, 163, 167;
Lajj, 175, 186, 190, 194, 196;
Baghdad, 206, 214;
after Baghdad, 220, 225;
Imam Arbain, 246, 247;
Tekrit, 251, 254, 256;
Hadraniyah, 303-5;
Tuz, 284;
Kirkuk, 286
Caley, Gen., 285
Caliphs, 232
Camberley, staff college at, 49
Camels, capture of, 240
Cameronia torpedoed, 227, 228, 355
Campo Mayor, 28
Canada—Contingent from, 66
Thirteenth Hussars in, 40, 41, 207
Candler, 280
Cannæ, battle of, 5
Canterbury, 36
“Caprice” (horse), 94, 119 and note, 156, 168, 169, 178 and note
Cardigan, 7th Earl of, 37, 39
Carnegie, Sergt. T., 333, 363
Carpenter, Gen., 18
Carpenter, Cpl. J., 334, 365
Carter, Maj. E. J., 329, 362, 365, 367
Carter, Lce.-Cpl. W., 269, 270, 334
Carthage, 104
Cartwright, Pte., 224, 334
Caspian Sea, 274
Cassels, Brig.-Gen., 293-96, 301, 302, 311, 313, 314, 317, 325
Casualties, 192, 198, 249, 352-60
Catherine of Braganza, 57
Caucasus, 132, 133, 136, 262, 291
Cavalry—
Alexander the Great, of, 4, 5, 8
American, 14, 15
Arab, 142
Barracks at Baghdad, 210, 212, 215, 217, 220
Bengal system, 52 note
British—
Awards to (1917), 233
Camp of, 231
Chinese Campaign of, 12
Corps in France, 76, 81, 328
Desert Mounted Corps, 327
Dragoons, see that heading
Eleventh Brigade (Cassels’), 293-96, 301, 302, 311, 313, 314, 317, 325
Indian Mutiny, in (1857), 12
Infantry work of, 67-86
Inferiority of (1777), 22;
(1805), 27
Light Brigade, see that heading
Maude’s inspection of, 233
Peninsular War, in, 26-33
Persian force destroyed by (1856), 235
Race Meeting at Baghdad, 232
Seventh Brigade (Norton’s), 132, 176, 195-99, 217, 245, 293-95, 300-2, 306-7, 313-14, 325, 352
Sikh War, in (1846-49), 12
Sixth Brigade, 132, 176, 197, 198, 245, 274-76, 282
Early use of, 4 ff.; in 19th century, 12, 15
European, 8, 9, 11
Frederick the Great, of, 10, 12, 18, 22
French, 8, 9, 11, 28
German, 9, 11, 62 and note
Greek, 4, 5
Haig’s, 75
Hannibal’s, 5, 9
Horses, 62, 156 and note, 192 (see also their names)
Indian, 57, 92, 132, 246, 258, 275, 278, 279, 282, 304, 368
Indian Cavalry Corps in France, 75, 76 78, 80 and note, 83, 89-91, 119;
value of (1915), 91 note
Marlborough’s, 9
Persian, 4, 5
Portuguese, 29
Russian, 9, 37, 38
Soult’s, 31
Swedish, 9
Turkish, 9, 142, 240
Value of, question as to, 1, 13, 14, 16, 90, 91 and note, 326-28
Xenophon’s Treatise on, 4
Cawnpore topees, 111, 117
Cemetery Hill, 298, 299, 303, 304, 313, 314, 315, 316
Centaurs, 3
Chágal, 117
Chai-Khanna, 264, 359
Chaldari, 220, 222, 223 and note, 230, 233, 274, 275, 290, 356
Chaliyeh, 222
Chamberlain, Lieut. D. A. C., 329, 369
Chanan-Keurri, 283
Channel Ports, the, 65
Chariots in War, 3, 4
Charles, see Steele
Charles the Second, King, 57
Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden, 9
Charlie, Bonnie Prince, 20
Cheeseman, 2nd Lieut. G. W., 329 and note
Chelsea pensioners, 377
Chéradame, 98
Cheshire Regiment, 368
Chessy, 92
Cheviot Hills, 236
Chichester, 26
“Chicko” (horse), 179
Childari, 253
Chilka, 97
China, 56, 100
Chinese junks, 7
Chinese, the, 12
Chipperfield, Sergt. P., 171, 334, 354
Chivalry, 6, 7
Cholera, 36, 114, 238, 261, 353
Christians in Asia (1914), 102
Chrystall, Capt. J. I., quoted, 75, 80, 81, 84, 118, 120, 121, 122, 129, 143, 148, 265;
on charge at Tekrit, 244, 256-58;
otherwise mentioned, 286, 329, 362, 364, 366
Church, Maj. J. F., 368
Cithæron, Mount, 4
City of Sparta, 326
Clarkson, Lieut. J. O. P., death of, 203, 213, 214;
quoted, 121, 144, 145, 149, 166;
otherwise mentioned, 329, 352, 371
Cleary, Pte. E., 334;
quoted, 308
Cleveland, Pte. J., 334, 357, 363
Cobbe, Lieut.-Gen., 119 and note, 139, 140, 223, 242
Cobham’s Dragoons, 21
Cochrane, Lieut. B. W. D., 269, 329, 369
Colaba, camp at, 94
Cole, Pte. J., 310, 334, 354
Colenso, battle of, 41
Collett, Capt. G. G., 329, 366, 369
Collins, Lieut. C. F., 329, 371
Colonels, proprietary, 22
Concord, 24
Condé, the Prince of, 9
Conningham Post, 240, 290
Constable, 2nd Lieut. R. C., 329 and note
Constantinople, 99, 104, 166, 205, 240
Cook, Sergt. G., 334, 355
Cooke, Maj. and Quartermaster A., 329, 364, 365, 366;
quoted, 316
Cooke, Rev. H. R., 207, 329, 369
Coraedes, 154, 211
Cope, Gen. Sir John, 20
Coracles, 154, 211
Corhin, Pte. W. G., 244, 249, 334, 363
Corner, Lieut. E. G., 329, 370
Corsica, 95
Cossacks, 9, 10, 267
Costello, Pte. D., 335
Costello, Lce.-Cpl. G., 306, 308
Couch, Pte. J. F., 241, 335, 356, 363
Covell, Capt. F. C., 96, 329, 362, 369
Cox, Maj. R. F., 329, 364, 365, 366;
diary quoted, 74, 77
Cox, Pte., 223
Craven, Sergt. T. S., 335, 363, 364
Crawford-Greene, Lieut. W. P., 329, 369
Crécy, battle of, 7, 8, 10
Crete, 95
Crimea, 12, 41, 56, 61;
campaign in (1854-56), 37-40
Crocker, Brig.-Gen., 132
Croix de Guerre, 86, 232, 362
Croix de Virtute Militara, 364
Cromer, Lord, 98
Cromwell, Oliver, 8, 9
Cross, Miss Florence, 376
Cross, the Military, 241, 244, 249, 289, 306, 362, 364
Crouch, Lce.-Cpl. J. F., see Couch
Crouch, Pte. T., 335, 354
Crusaders, 7
Ctesiphon, 105, 172, 174, 201, 206, 211, 323;
arch of, 207
Cubitt, Pte. C., 335, 363
Cullenan, Capt. J., 329, 369
Culloden, battle of (1746), 21
Cumberland, Duke of, 21
Cunningham, Sergt. J., 290, 335, 357, 363
Curzon, Lord, 144
Custozza, battle of, 12
Cut-Throat Bridge, 282
D Squadron, Thirteenth Hussars—in the Gulf, 109, 111;
Kut, 163, 167;
Lajj, 175, 190, 191, 192, 196;
Baghdad, 206, 208, 214;
after Baghdad, 220, 224;
Tekrit, 246, 254;
Kulawand, 275-76;
Tuz, 284-86;
Guk-Tappah, 288;
Hadraniyah, 303, 305;
otherwise mentioned, 269, 271
Dahra Barracks, 161, 162
Dahra Ridge, 150
Dan, 310
Dangar, Capt. C. C., 362, 368
Daniell, Capt., 97
Daniels, Major, 234
Daraman, 287, 288, 359
Dardanelles, 102, 103, 104, 263, 320
Dark Ages, 6
Daur, 242, 244, 245, 253, 254, 289, 354
Davies, Maj., 234
Davies, 2nd Lieut. W. W. N., 329, 371
Davis, Pte. H., 335
Davis, Pte. H. G., 163, 335, 354
Dawson, Maj. J. V., wounded, 185;
sufferings of, 186 and note;
courage of, 187;
escape, 188;
robbed by Turks, 192;
otherwise mentioned, 64 note, 175, 191, 197, 198, 329, 353, 365, 366
Day, Lce.-Cpl. G. A., 335, 356, 359
Decanville Railway, 203
Dedication of Memorial Tablet to Thirteenth Hussars, 372, 374
Deerham, 2nd Lieut. H. G., 329
Deir-as-Zor, 319
Delaney, Pte. C., 249, 335, 359
Delhi, 43, 45, 46
Deli Abbas, 208, 220, 221, 222, 224, 353, 358
Deli Abbas Cup, 234
Della Marmora, Gen., 40
Deltawa, 221, 222
Denison, Col., quoted, 10, 13
Denning, Lieut., 234
Denny, Maj. E. W., 368
Dent, Pte. W. D., 335, 356
Deolali, 111
Derbyshire Yeomanry, 368
Desert Mounted Corps, the, 327
Despatches, mentioned in, 331-51, 364, 365
Diala river, 202, 203, 206, 207, 214, 221, 223, 224, 236, 240, 267
Diary, Thirteenth Hussars’ Regimental, 49, 50, 93, 192, 205, 206, 223
Digby, Capt. E. Wingfield, quoted, 180
Dishdari, 360
Distinguished Conduct Medal, 151, 153, 154, 189, 222, 241, 244, 249, 259, 306, 363
Distinguished Service Medal, 362
Distinguished Service Order, 232, 306, 311, 361
Doherty, Capt., 31, 33
Doherty, Lieut., 31, 33
Doherty, Lieut.-Col. Patrick, 26, 31, 32
Doherty, Lieut.-Col. (second), 37, 40
Doll, Lieut. M. H. C., 329, 353, 364, 369
Dominions, the, strategic position of (1914), 100
Donoghue, Pte. J., 296, 304, 335, 355
Dormer’s Regiment of Dragoons, 19
Douthwaite, S.S.-M. C. M., 335, 365
Dover, 33
Downie, Pte. D., 336, 355
Dragoon Guards, 353, 367, 368
Dragoons—
Cobham’s, 21
Inniskilling, 20, 68
Jamaica, 25
Munden’s, 17, 18, 19
Regiments of, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Thirteenth, former title of Thirteenth Hussars, 19;
sent to Ireland, 19;
under Col. Gardiner (’45), 20;
under Col. Ligonier, 21
Twelfth, 26
Dunbar, 20
Dundonald, Lord, 41
Dunluce Castle, 58
Dunsterville, Gen., 268, 269, 274
Dupleix, 58
Dupleix, 58, 60
Durbar, Indian (1911), 45, 47
E. P. Tents, 114, 115 and note
Earle, Lieut. G. F.. 329, 369
Early (American officer), 14
East India Company, 57
Eden, Garden of, 105, 118, 125, 126, 129
Edinburgh, 20
Edward the Seventh, King, 42
Edwards, Squad. Q.-M.-Sergt. H. J., 163, 167, 336, 357, 365
Egerton, Lady Mabelle, 83
Egerton, Lieut.-Gen., 267, 285
Egypt, 56, 91, 95, 103, 133, 320, 321
Elba, 32
Elkan, Lieut. A. J. C., 329, 370
Elliott, Capt. W. A., 329, 369
England, Civil War in, see Great Britain, 8
Enquin-les-Mines, 65, 75
Enquingatte, 68
Equites, the Roman, 5
Estrée Blanche, 68
Etaples, 353
Etna, 326
Eupatoria, 37
Euphrates river, Maude’s command of, 217, 236;
Marshall’s operations on, 263-64, 270;
otherwise mentioned, 104, 125, 134, 216, 230, 235, 262, 319
Evans, Capt. J. W. D., 298, 303, 314, 329, 353, 369
Eve, Capt. W. H., plan of camp of, 125;
courage of, 151, 152 and note;
squadron of, 170, 172, 175, 200;
at Lajj, 184, 186;
killed at Lajj, 177-81 and note;
estimate of, 177, 178, 179, 180, 192, 307, 310;
letters quoted, 63, 75, 81, 83-88, 89, 90, 94, 95, 111-13, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 125, 128, 130, 142, 143, 145, 149, 152, 153, 155, 156, 166-172;
diary quoted, 78, 79, 80;
otherwise mentioned, 46, 97, 115, 138, 188, 189, 191, 197, 198, 329, 352, 366
Eve, Mr Justice, 152 and note, 177, 307, 310;
letter to, 177
Ezra, tomb of, 121, 125, 129
Falkirk Muir, battle of, 21
Fao, Fort, 319
Farmer, Pte., 74, 336
Farmer, Pte. R., 336
Farquhar, Maj. T. R., 364
Farrer, Lieut. M. R., 329, 370
Fatha Gorge, 291, 293, 296, 301, 305, 311
Feluja, 217
Fenian conspiracy in Canada (1866), 40
Fern, Pte. W., 336, 356
Festubert, 68, 69
Feuquières-en-Vimes, 90
Fever, yellow, 24
Fifty-sixth Foot, 24
Firearms, power of, increased, 11
Firefly, 141, 165, 169
Fitzgibbon, Capt. H. C. D., 221, 222, 232, 266, 297, 303, 329, 353, 362, 369;
quoted, 180, 181 and note, 310-13
FitzPatrick, Miss E., letter to, 308
Fletcher, 2nd Lieut. A. H. F., 329 and note
Flindell, Pte. D. G., 336, 354
Floreat Etona (picture), 184
Flying Corps, the, 263
“Flying Heckle” (horse), 234
Foley, Lieut., 303
“Follow Me” (horse), 156, 168, 169
Ford cars, 283
Ford vans, 275
Foster, Lieut. G. R., 329 and note
Foster, Sergt. J. H., 131, 336, 365
Fowke, Brigadier, cited, 21
Fortescue (historian), quoted, 29, 46, 47
France—
Campaigns in (1914-16), 65-88
Campaigns of—with Austria (1859), 12;
with Prussia (1870), 12;
with Great Britain in the West Indies (1794, 1795), 23;
in the Peninsula (1810-14), 25-32;
at Waterloo (1815), 32-33;
in the Crimea (1854-55), 37
Cavalry of, 8, 9, 11, 28
Chivalry of, 6, 7
Continental power of (1914), 19, 100, 101
Otherwise mentioned, 51, 57, 59, 170, 353, 366
Francomb, Pte. A. W., 248, 249, 250, 252, 305, 336, 354
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, cavalry system of, 10, 12, 18, 22
French spoken in Mosul, 312
French, Field-Marshal Lord, 62, 327 note
Fry, Major, 157
Galloway, Pte., 194
Garden of Eden, the, 105, 118, 125, 126, 129
Gardiner, Lieut.-Col. James, commands Thirteenth Dragoons (1743), 20;
killed at Prestonpans, 21
Gardner, Lieut. C. W., 329, 370
Geale, Lieut., 33 note
George the Fifth, King, 64-65;
his visit to India, 42-46
George the First, King, 17
George, Cpl. W. S., 337, 354
German Cavalry, 11, 62 and note
‘German Plot Unmasked, The,’ 98
Germans made prisoners, 171, 271
Germany—
Cavalry of, 9, 11, 62 and note
Designs of, 98-100, 132, 205, 320
Failure of, 291, 312
Map of Germany and Confederates, 99
Persian intrigues of, 372
Turkey’s communications with, 99
War with, outbreak of, 51
Otherwise mentioned, 204, 309
Gerrard, Pte. H., 304, 337, 360
Gibbons, 2nd Lieut. W. R., 329
Gilbert, Sergt. W., 182, 184, 185, 337, 360
Gill, Sergt.-Trumpeter S., 337, 365
Goddard, Sergt.-Major E., 163, 167, 337, 357
Godfree, Capt. D. W., 275-76, 285-87, 304-6, 329, 362, 364, 369
Goldie, Maj., 75
Goodman, Lieut. E., 329, 370
Goorkha Infantry, 157
Gore, Lieut. R., 329, 366
Goths, 6
Gowan, Capt. C. H, adventures of, 211;
quoted, 275, 276;
otherwise mentioned, 279, 290, 329, 362, 364, 366
Grant, Major-Gen., 32
Gray, Sergt. J., 248-50, 252, 337, 354, 365
Great Britain—
Asia, position in, 98, 107, 133, 204-5
Boer Republics’ ultimatum to (’99), 41
German menace to (1914), 51, 100, 320
Indian army of, see under India
Sea power of, 104, 321-2
Wars of, 1;
Civil War, 8
Greece, 4, 5
Greenshields, Maj., 315
Griffiths, Gunner, 20
Guards, 367, 368
Gubbins, Capt., 33 note
Gufa race, 234
Guk-Tappah, 287, 288
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, 9
H. V. Rifle, 67
Hadraniyah, Thirteenth Hussars charge at (1918), 293-96, 299, 305, 307, 311, 313-16, 324-25, 353-55, 359, 360
Hadraniyah Bluff, 298
Hadraniyah Ford, 296, 313
Hai river, 138-41, 146, 224 note, 324
Hai Town, 146, 149
Haig, Field-Marshal Lord, 87 quoted;
on Cavalry, 327 and note, 328
Haig’s Cavalry, 75
Haines, Squadron Q.-M.-Sergt. S. B., 338, 363, 365
Halstead, Pte. C., 249, 338, 359
Halswelle, Capt. G., 368
Hamilton, 190
Hamilton, Col., 20
Hamilton-Grace, Maj. R. S., 329, 353, 362, 364, 365, 367
Hammam Ali, 311
Hammond, Pte. W., 338, 355
Hampson, Lieut. J., 329, 371
Hannibal, 5, 6 and note, 9
Hanover, House of, 19
Haqui Bey, 300, 313
Harding, Pte. J. T., 317, 318, 357, 364
Hardinge, Viscount, 49
Harrington, Earl of, 19
Harrison, Sergt A., 338, 354
Harrison, 2nd Lieut. W. B., 329 and note
Harris, Pte, C., 338, 356, 359
Harriss, Pte., 233
Hartigan, Lieut. M. G., 232, 233, 238, 266, 303, 312, 329, 362, 370
Harvey, Pte. F., 304, 338, 360
Hastings, battle of, 8
Hawkins, 2nd Lieut. H. R., 329 and note
Hayworth, Pte. F., 338, 356
Hazebrouck, 33
Head, Col., 26
Heathman, Cpl. A. E., 168, 338, 357
Heavy Brigade, the, at Balaclava, 38, 39
Henderson, Col., quoted, 12, 13, 14, 15, 46, 56, 62 note, 327
Herbert, Pte. P. H., 339, 354
Herodotus, cited, 4
Hibbert, Pte. A., 249, 339, 359
Higgs, Squadron Q.-M.-Sergt. W., 269, 339
Highlanders, Ninety-Third, 38
Hilawiyni, 212
Hill, Sergt. A. E., 339
Hill, Pte G. A., 339, 356
Hill, Pte. H., 339
Hill, Capt. R. C., 143, 144, 153, 329, 339, 361, 371
Hill, Sergt. W. J., 114, 163, 168, 304, 339, 357, 360, 365
Hind, Capt. J. H., 255, 330, 365, 367
Hindustan, 40, 43, 45
Hirsch, Lieut. J. H., 227, 330, 370;
quoted, 227, 228
‘History of the Peninsular War,’ 29
Hit, 264, 270
Hobbs, Cpl. J., 339, 355
Hodgkinson, Capt. G. H., 368
Hogg, Pte. C., 178 note, 339
Holden, Sergt. W., 364
Holland, Brig.-Gen., 274
Hollen-Prior, Gen., see Pryor
Hollingdale, Lieut. E. T., 330, 370
Holloway, Sergt. H. S., 339, 357, 365
Holloway, Sergt. R., 271, 304, 339, 354
Holt, Lieut. W. V., 368
Holt, Miss, 83
Honours and Rewards, 361-65
Horner, Capt. A. L., 330, 366, 369
Horse Artillery, see under Artillery
Horse Guards, 368
Horse, Poona, 85
Horse, Skinner’s, 52 and note, 96
Horse, Watson’s, 183
Horse, Welsh, 368
Horses (see also Cavalry)—
Bible mention of, 3
Care of, 112, 114, 126
Casualties among, 62, 156 and note, 192
Cavalry, 62, 156 and note
Names of, 94, 114, 119 and note, 156, 168, 169, 178, 179, 191, 232, 233, 234, 266, 269
Size of Greek, 4
Sufferings of, 58, 61, 62, 64, 156 and note, 224
Hotchkiss guns, 125, 148, 161, 188, 193, 207, 221, 238, 243, 269, 283, 284, 305
Hougomont, 33
Howard, Lce.-Cpl. J., 339, 354
Howard, Capt. the Hon. M. F. S., 368
Howey, Capt. J. E. P., 304, 330, 369
Hows, Pte. W. E., 339, 355
Hudson, Lce.-Sergt. H., 249, 339, 359
Humphrey, Pte. E., 306, 340, 363
Hunt, Pte. W. F., 340, 354
Huntingfield, Capt. Lord, 330 and note, 368
Huntsgreen, 355
Hussars, The—
Eighth, 39, 52, 54, 342, 368
Eighteenth, 340, 352, 368
Eleventh, 39, 353, 365, 367, 368
Fifteenth, 32
Fourth, 39
Fourteenth, 19, 32, 132, 268, 274, 275, 276, 326, 330, 369
Northumberland, 367, 369
Thirteenth (for squadrons of, see A, B, C, D)—
Barrett’s history of, 1;
service of, 1, 2, 17;
summary of early history of, 17-41;
known as Munden’s Dragoons, 17, 18, 19;
become Light Dragoons (1777 circa), 22;
first called Hussars (1861-62), 40;
in India, 45-60;
attitude towards war (1914), 51, 52;
campaign in France (1915-16), 67-84;
campaign in Mesopotamia (1916-18), 124, 131, 132, 140, 141, 158, 159, 173-77, 199, 216, 217, 218, 220, 237, 238, 264, 273-75, 293-96, 322, 323, 324, 325;
return to England, 326;
roll of officers, 329, 330;
roll of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, 331-51;
casualties, 352-60;
honours and rewards, 361-65;
dedication service and unveiling of memorial tablet, 372-75;
Old Comrades Association, 376, 377
Regimental Diary, quoted, 49, 50, 93, 192, 205, 206, 223
Squadrons of, see A, B, C, D
Yorkshire, 368
Huwaish Gorge, 313, 316
Hyderabad, 42
‘Illustratte Zeitung,’ 166
Imam Arbain, 245
Imam Mahdi, 160, 241, 352, 353, 354, 357
‘In Mesopotamia,’ 231
India—
Army of, 44, 55-57, 91-92, 102 (see also Cavalry—Indian)
Attitude towards war (1914), 51 and note
Capital of (Delhi), 44-45
Contingent from, 65
Durbar in (1911), 45
Empire of, 55
Government of, 54
Hindustan, 40
Karnul, insurrection in (1839), 35, 36
King George’s visit to (1911), 44, 45
Map of, 34
Military value of (1914), 100, 101, 103
Moghuls the conquerors of, 43, 44
Mutiny in (1857), 43
Peninsula of, 43
Punjabi Infantry of, 245
Thirteenth Hussars in (1819-40), 34, 35, 36;
(1870-84), 40;
(1904), 41;
quartered at Meerut (1910), 43;
take part in Durbar (1911), 45;
reviewed by King George, 46;
life in India, 47-58;
attitude towards war (1914), 51, 52;
voyage to England, 60-63
Otherwise mentioned, 49, 133, 134, 229, 271, 306
Indian Cavalry, see under Cavalry—
Expeditionary Force, 97
Soldiers, 138, 320;
driver mentioned for gallantry, 317-18
Infantry—
British—
Wellington’s, 27;
in Mesopotamia, 170, 202, 251, 254, 255, 257, 258, 323
German, 62
Goorkha, 157
Mobile, 328
Oxford and Bucks Light, 68
Punjabi, 245
Roman, 6
Swiss, 8
Turkish, 174, 176, 177
Inkerman, battle of, 39
Inniskilling Dragoons, 20, 68
Inverness, 20
Irawadi river, 121, 322
Ireland, Thirteenth Hussars in (1718-42), 19, 20;
(1748-95), 22-24
Iron rations, 78, 80
Ironsides, 8
Islam, 102
Islanda, 99, 109, 110 and note
Ismail Hakki, 295
Istabulat, 241, 244
Italian Medal, the, 232, 362, 364
Italy—
Ally of Germany (1914), 99, 291
Hannibal’s invasion of, 5, 6 and note
Izakhi Canal, 244
Jackson, Stonewall, 46
Jackson, Capt. T. K., 330, 368
Jacobite Rebellions, 19-21, 26
Jaffer’s Tomb, 212, 352
Jamaica, 23-25
James, Lce.-Cpl. E., 340, 354
James-Moore, Pte. J. H., 340, 363
Japan, 100
Jasper, Pte. F. G., 249, 340, 355
Jat Lancers, 298, 300
Jebel Hamrin Range, 240, 241, 242, 244, 263, 273, 280, 281, 293, 301, 311;
description of, 220, 222, 224, 236 and note
Jebel Makhul, 301
Jeddere-Fisher, Maj. H. J., 368
Jeffrey, Capt. J. A., 127, 152, 156, 188, 191, 208, 265, 266, 286, 303, 311, 330, 362, 364, 366
Jeffrey, Pte. J., 249, 340, 359
Jemmett, Lieut. C. W., 330, 370
Jervis, Adm., 136
Jews, 129, 209
Jibuti, 60
Johnson, Lieut. H. H., 330, 370
Johnston, Capt. L. C., 330, 369
Jones, Gen., quoted, 227
Jones, Pte., 270
Jones, Pte. Alfred, 178, 189, 340, 354, 363
Jones, Major H. Ll., 330, 353, 361, 362, 364, 365, 367
Jones, Lieut. H. R., 238, 249, 271, 330, 362, 370
Jones, Pte. T. R., 340, 354
Jordan, Pte. C. W., 340, 354
Joseph Bonaparte, King, 30, 36
Judkins, Lieut. B. E. H., 330, 369
Julnar, 242
Kabul, 40
Kadhimain, 203, 206
Kaiser, the, 101, 102, 205
Kalahaji, Fahan, 356
Kalyan, 93
Kandahar, 40
Kara Tepe, 263, 273
Karnul, insurrection at (1839), 35, 36
Karnul, Nawab of, 35
Kasper, Pte., 243
Kazimain, 208-210, 212, 214
Keaney, Pte. P., 222, 340, 360
Kelly’s Canal, 235 and note
Kennard, Major W. A., 330 and note, 353, 361, 364, 367
Kennedy, Lieut. M. C., 96, 330, 366
Kennedy, Capt. S. V., 330, 362, 364, 366
Kennington, Lce.-Cpl. C. H., 340, 354
Kerbela, 272
Keswick, Lieut. H. G., 266, 330, 369
Khair-el-Kharabeh, 206
Khalifs, City of the, 202
Khan Baghdadi, 271
Khan Mifraji, 289
Khanal Kharninah, 245
Khaniquin, 268
Khasradalah, 284, 359
Kifri, 263, 273
Kifri-ain-Faris, 283
Kifri-Tuz Road, 276, 284
Killacky, Pte. T., 117, 341, 355
Killick, Pte. A., 341, 354
King, Lieut., 30
Kirkuk, 273, 274, 286, 288, 292, 293, 359
Kitchener, Field-Marshal Lord, 81
Kitchener’s Men, 81, 116, 138
Kitcher, Lce.-Cpl. F. C., 290, 341, 363
Kizil-Robart, 241, 244
Knapman, Sergt. H., 188 note, 341, 354
Königgratz, battle of, 12
Koran, the, 184, 320
Kruger, President, 16
Ktuwair, 289
Kulawand, Cavalry charge at, 274, 275, 276, 283, 284, 324
Kurdarrah river, 358
Kurdish language, 312
Kurds, 203, 240, 283, 312, 313
Kurna, 126
Kut Cup, 232, 233, 234
Kut-el-Amara, occupied by Townshend (1915), 104;
surrender of (1916), 107;
recapture of (1917), 158-171, 204;
mentioned, 92, 113, 126, 132, 133, 135, 137, 140, 141, 150, 162, 216, 231, 242, 323
La Bassée, 75
La Source, 64
La Valentine, camp at, 93
Ladysmith, siege of, 15, 41
Lajj, battle at, 173-75;
Thirteenth Hussars’ charge at, 176-78;
casualties at, 181-88, 191, 192;
Colonel Richardson’s account of, 195-98;
General Maude’s view of, 199, 324;
mentioned, 200, 241, 246, 270, 279, 325, 352-55, 357-58, 360
Lajj, sketch of battlefield at, 175
Lajj Cup, 232, 233, 234
Lake, Gen., 119, 132
Lancaster, 18
Lancers—
Fourteenth, 160, 196, 197, 314, 315, 316, 317
Fourteenth Indian, 96, 258, 295, 307
Jat, 298, 300
Seventeenth, 39, 43, 174
Thirteenth, 196, 246, 295-97, 300, 314-16
Thirteenth Indian, 96
Twenty-First, 297, 353, 364, 369
Latour Maubourg, 28
Lawrence, Maj., 33
Lawrence, Lieut. F. G., 330, 370
Lawson-Smith, Lieut. T. E., 330 and note, 352, 367
Le Patourel, Lieut. A. M., 266, 330, 365, 370
Le Plouy, 355
Leeman, Lce.-Sergt. W., 304, 341, 354
Leetham, Col, Sir A., 361, 368
Legion of Honour, 362
Legions, Roman, 5, 6
Leutchford, Cpl. W., 249, 342, 359
Lewin, Brig.-Gen., 293
Lewis guns, 275, 283
Liddle, Pte. A., 249, 341, 359
Life Guards, 367, 368
Light Brigade, charge of the, 37, 38, 39, 122, 199
Ligonier, Col., 21
Lille, 76
Lillers, 353
Lindsey, Lce.-Cpl. H., 249, 341, 357, 359
Lisbon, 26-29, 31
Little, Pte. P. W., 304, 341, 360
Lomas, Lce.-Cpl. F., 306, 341, 363
Lonsdale, Lce.-Cpl. R., 233, 341
Lord, Lieut. J. A., 143, 144, 160, 164, 168, 171, 330, 353, 367
Los Santos, 30
Lovejoy, Pte. S. A., 342, 355
Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 202
Lucas, Lieut. J. H., 330, 370
Lucknow, 36, 43 note
Luff, Squadron Q.-M.-Sergt. H., 233, 342
Lumley, Capt. J. N., 330, 362, 364, 366
Lyman, Pte. F., 342, 354
Lynch-Staunton, 2nd Lieut. G., 177, 185, 186, 190, 191, 197, 198, 330, 352, 370
Lyons, Capt. J. D., 368
MacArthur, Capt. E. W., 368
M‘Bride, Squadron Q,-M.-Sergt. F. A., 342, 363
Macdonald, Capt. H., 269, 330, 352, 362, 370;
leads charge at Tuz, 274, 276, 279, 280, 285, 290
Macdonnell, Pte. M., 249, 342, 355
Machine-gun Squadron, 25th, 270
M‘Creadie, Pte. W., 342, 354
M‘Lagan, Lieut. C. A. G., 330, 353, 369
Maclean, Col. Sir F., 368
MacMunn, Gen., quoted, 125
M‘Nulty, Pte. P., 147, 163, 193, 195, 310, 342, 354
Madgin, 2nd Lieut. W., 330 and note 66
Madras, 36
Madrid, 30
Maguire, Sergt. (Trumpeter) W. F., 247, 256, 342, 365
Mahailla (Arab boat), 144
Mahan, Adm., 6 note
Mahomedan cemetery near Kirkuk, 288, 297, 298, 313
Mahomedans—
Holy cities of, 272
India, in: chiefs, 35, 42;
soldiers, 102
Power of, in Asia, 101, 102, 320
Rules of, 184
Makina, 180, 355
Malta, 95
Manby, Pte. E., 249, 342, 359
Mandali, 240, 241, 244, 253
Mantis, 268
Maps—
Advance from Basra, 124
” on Baghdad, 159
Baghdad and Field of Operations (1917-18), 201
British Position on the Tigris, 137
Germany and her Confederates, 99
India, 34
Marathas, 35
Marathon, 4, 104
Marchant, Maj, T. H. S., 87, 330, 361, 364, 365, 366
Marengo, battle of, 11
Marival, 87
Marlborough, 1st Duke of, 1, 9, 10, 17, 19, 21, 22
Marne, battle of the, 65
Maroons, the, rebellion of, 23-25
Marseilles, 57, 63, 65, 93, 94, 96
Marshall, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. R., marches to Zeur, 173, 174;
commands in Mesopotamia, 262;
winter work of (1917-18), 263;
attacks Turks, 263, 264;
plan of campaign (1918), 273;
quoted, on the armies in Mesopotamia, 262;
on cavalry work in Mesopotamia, 273, 274;
otherwise quoted, 236, 237, 262-64, 291, 293-96, 319, 320;
otherwise mentioned, 139, 140, 327 and note
Mary, Princess, 64, 65
Mary, Queen, 64-65;
visit to India (1911), 46
Masistius, 4
Mason, Pte. Reuben, 342, 354
Masséna, Marshal, 28
Massey, Pte. C. T., 342;
quoted, 92, 93, 109-11, 115, 139, 143, 146, 154, 161-64, 192-95, 214, 215, 223, 342;
cited, 140
Masson, 164
“Matches” (horse), 191, 232, 255, 266
Matthews, Sergt. W., 244, 249, 343, 354, 363
Maude, Gen. Sir Stanley, commands in Mesopotamia, 107, 108;
plan of campaign, 135-38, 235-37, 323-24;
attacks Turks, 157;
takes Baghdad, 203-5;
plan of operations beyond Baghdad, 216, 217;
Lajj Cup given by, 232;
inspects cavalry, 233;
presents Cups, 234;
death of, 237, 238, 260, 262;
estimate of, 238;
despatch quoted, 136-37, 160-61, 173;
quoted, 7;
on fight at Lajj, 199;
otherwise quoted, 201, 203, 218, 219, 229, 230, 323, 324;
cited, 138, 175, 218;
otherwise mentioned, 119 note, 131, 132, 140, 155, 232, 260, 262, 263, 322, 327
Maxim guns, 167
Medaille Barbatie se Credente, 364
Médaille Militaire, 86
Medals—
American, 362
Distinguished Conduct, 241, 244, 249, 289, 306, 335-48, 363
Italian, 232, 262, 364
Meritorious service, 332-51, 363
Military, 233, 241, 244, 249, 259, 333-50, 362
Roumanian, 364
Medd Bridges, 253
Mediterranean Sea, 56, 63, 95, 97, 227
Meerut, 43, 47;
Club, 52
Meerut Cavalry Brigade, 57, 92, 96
Meerut Division, 52
Mellor, Lce.-Cpl. A., 343, 357, 359
Memorial Tablet to Thirteenth Hussars, 372, 374
Mendali taken by British, 236, 281
Meritorious Service Medal, 332-51, 363
Merv, 319
Mesopotamia—
Baghdad, see that heading
Campaign in (1914-18)—Townshend’s expedition to Kut (1915), 104;
position of British force (autumn 1915), 106;
surrender of Kut (1916), 107;
Maudesucceeds Lake in command of British Army, 132;
his position, 132-38;
Kut recaptured (1917), 158-171;
engagement at Lajj, 173-88;
fall of Baghdad, 200-4;
Baquha occupied, 217;
Russians join British, 218;
engagements at Ramadie, 235, 236;
at Mendali, 236;
at Tekrit, 245-48; 255-58;
Marshall in command of Army, 262;
engagements at Kulawand (1918), 274, 278;
Tuz Kermatli, 279, 280-285;
Hadraniyah, 293-99; 313-16;
review of, 319-20;
enemy losses in, 319;
British casualties in, 352-60
Description of, 105, 106, 319, 320
Navigation in, 120, 121, 122, 135, 321, 322
Thirteenth Hussars’ voyage to, 109-13
Mesopotamian Field Force, 96, 262
Messines, 352
Messing, English system of, in India, 49
Metcalfe, Maj. J. C., 368
Meteren, 352
Methven, Capt. D. M., 330, 369
Michell, Lieut. R. J. V., 330, 370
Military Cross, 222, 232, 241, 244, 249, 259, 290, 306, 363
Military Medal, 226, 233, 244, 249, 289, 306, 333-50, 362
Miller, Pte. C. A., 249, 343, 357
Miller, Lce.-Cpl. T. R., 343, 354
Millican, Pte. S., 343, 355
Moghuls, 43, 44
Monitors, 131, 144, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 268
Mons, retreat from, 46
Montecuculi, 9
Moon, Lieut. N. L., 330, 369
Moore, 2nd Lieut. H. A., 330 and note
Moore, Pte. P., 343, 356
Morris, Cpl. J., 343. 354
Morrison, Pte. J., 182, 184, 185, 343, 360
Mortimer, Pte. H., 226, 244, 249, 343, 363;
quoted, 147, 148, 224-226, 259
Moss, Sergt. E. E., 163, 269, 343, 363
Mosul—description of, 309, 312;
surrender of, 311, 312;
otherwise mentioned, 185, 280, 291, 293, 295, 301, 305, 308, 319, 321, 326
Mosul Villayat, 312
Motor-buses, London, 68
Mounted Brigade, the, 367
Moustaches, permission to shave, 139
Munden, Brig. Richard, 17, 18, 19, 22;
Dragoons, 18, 19
Munster, Lieut. J. F., death and estimate of, 150;
quoted, 117, 120, 144;
otherwise mentioned, 96, 116, 118, 152, 153, 330, 352, 369
Murat, Marshal, 11
Mushada, 223
Mushaidi, 217
Naffdach, 284
Nahr Massag, 357
Nahrin, 282
Nalas, 173 and note
Napier, Major-Gen. Sir W. F. P., 29-31
Napoleon Bonaparte—Cavalry of, 11;
Marshals of, 11, 26;
Peninsular campaign of, 26-31;
otherwise mentioned, 12, 25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 56, 98, 101, 105, 139 and note
Nasariyeh, 137
Natal, 40, 41, 46, 56
Navy, British, 26;
as affecting Mesopotamia, 104, 165, 171
Nawab of Karnul, 35
Neill, Capt. Norman, 49 and note, 330 and note, 340, 352, 367
Nejef, 272
Neuve Chapelle, 75, 77, 80
New Zealand, 66
Newman, Sergt. A. S., 248, 249, 250, 252, 343, 354
Newman, Lieut. W. G., 330, 370
Newman, Pte. W. H., 296, 297, 304, 344, 355
Newton, Capt. H. G. T., death and estimate of, 226, 227;
quoted, 185-87, 212-14;
otherwise mentioned, 151, 175, 181, 186, 195, 330, 353, 366
Nicholson’s Nek, battle of, 15
“Nightshade” (horse), 271
Nineveh, 105, 309
Nizam of Secunderabad, 42
Noel, Lieut., 303
Nœux les Mines, 354, 356
Norfolk, Lieut. H., 368
Norledge, Pte. F. G., 344, 355
North, Pte. L., 344, 355
Northbrook, 60
Northumberland Hussars, 367, 369
Norton, Brig.-Gen. Charles, 245, 293, 300 313, 314;
quoted, 296
Norton, Capt. D. J. E., 244, 246, 247, 249, 251, 266, 304, 330, 362, 370
Norwood, Lieut. W. J. L., 330, 370
Noyelles les Vermelles, 353
Numidians, 5
Oakes, Capt. J. O., 87, 89, 330, 367
Oazah Chia, 286
O’Connor, Lce.-Cpl. J., 249, 344, 359
O’Connor, Pte. T., 152 and note, 344, 356
Oisemont, 90
O’Kelly, Capt. H. A. de P., 352, 368
Old Comrades Dinner, 50, 377
Oldham, Capt., 39
Olive, letter to, 310
Omdurman, 315
Omnibuses for troops, 68
Orders and Decorations, 361-64
Orleans, 63, 64, 65
Ormrod, Lieut. L. A., 143, 144, 190, 232, 233, 266, 271, 330, 370
Orthes, 31
Osmond, Lieut. L., 270, 330, 370
Ostend, 32
Ottoman Turks, 103
Owen, Pte. A., 290, 344, 355, 363
Owen, Lieut. L. G., 330, 370
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 68
Paardeberg, battle of, 15
Palestine—
Campaign in (1914-18), 103, 205, 217, 263, 264, 268, 291, 321
Cavalry in, 91, 108, 323, 327
Pankhurst, Pte. J., 344, 354
Pappenheim, Count, 9
Pardon, Lieut. R. B., 155, 330, 370
Paris, 33, 65
Parkes, Lieut. G. H., 303, 306, 330, 362, 370
Parthenon, the, 4
Parthians, 6
Pathans, 35
Patrick, Pte. V., 304, 344, 360
Pay, Pte. W. W., 344, 365
Payne, Capt. F. N., character of, 167, 207;
death of, 261;
quoted on fight at Lajj, 187-90;
on Capt. Eve’s death, 189;
on Baghdad, 207-11;
on Kazimain, 208, 209;
otherwise mentioned, 157, 162 and note, 167, 169, 171, 180, 182, 224, 231, 330, 353, 370
Pearson, Lieut. W. R., 114, 141, 155, 320, 330, 370
Pedder, Brig.-Gen. E. N., 368
Pedder, Lieut. G. R., 185, 186, 188, 198, 231, 330, 353, 367;
quoted, 96, 116, 118, 120, 122, 123, 126, 141, 143, 164-65, 180, 190, 192, 231, 232, 252, 253, 255, 264, 265, 266
Peep-o’-Day Boys, 23
Peat, see Peet
Peet, Pte. G., 232, 344, 358
Pélissier, Marshal, 40
Peninsular Badge, 32
Peninsular War, the, 26-31, 36, 41, 51, 56, 132
Pennington, see Pinnington
Pepys, Lieut.-Col. W., 330, 361, 364, 367, 368
“Percival” (horse), 234
Persia—
Alexander the Great’s invasion of (334 B.C.), 4
Baku expedition through, 274
Conditions in (1916-17), 101-4, 132-34, 263
German influence in, 272, 273
Oilfields of, 104
Russians in, 217, 230, 235, 320
Turkey’s reverses in, 217, 218, 236, 240, 291
Persian Gulf, 99, 104, 109
Persians, 4, 102, 136
Peter the Great of Russia, 9
Philippon, Gen., 30
Phillips, Lieut.-Col. H., 361, 362, 368
Pinnington, Lieut. E. F., 182 note, 183, 185, 186, 191, 197, 198, 330, 353, 370;
quoted on fight at Lajj, 183-85
Pitman, Pte. D., 82 and note, 344, 353
Platæa, battle of, 104
Poictiers, battle of, 7
Poles, 168
Polo, 42, 43, 47, 49, 52, 53, 120, 123, 231, 232
Pont Rémy, 92
Pook, Lieut. W. J. C., 330, 370
Poona Horse, 85
Popham, Squadron Serg.-Maj. E. L., 345, 365
Portugal, campaign in, 26-30
Potter, Squadron Sergt.-Maj. A., 238, 363, 364, 365
Powell, Pte. W., 304, 345, 356, 360
Preston, battle of (1715), 18, 19
Prestonpans, battle of (1745), 20, 21
Prisoners of war, 183, 353, 360, 368
Prussia, 10, 12, 18
Prussians, 33
Pryor, Gen. Holland, 274, 285
‘Punch,’ 157
Punic Wars, 5
Punjabi Infantry, 245
Pushtikuh Mountains, 149 and note
Pymm, Lieut., 33 and note
Pyrenees, battles of, 31
Qarah Tappah, 267
Qasr-i-Shirin, 268
Quatre Bras, battle of, 32
Quayirah, 316
Queen’s Regiment, 368
Qusil Robart, 253
Ragged Brigade, the, 32, 36, 132
Ramadie, surrender of, 235, 236, 253, 264
Ramillies, battle of, 9
Rayner, Cpl. G., 306, 345, 363, 365
Reaves, Lce.-Cpl. A. E., 249, 345, 359
Red Crescent Associations, 252
Red Cross, the French, 63, 252
Red Cross Hospital at Rouen, 82
Red Sea, 61, 63, 93
Redman, Pte. R. G. A., 345, 355
Rees, Lieut.-Col. J. G., 361, 365, 368
Regimental Associations, 376
Regimental Diary of Thirteenth Hussars, 49, 50, 93, 192, 205, 206, 223
‘Regimental History,’ cited, 1
Remington, Gen., 90
Remount Department, 368
Repton, 164
Reuter, 280
Rhine, river, 108
Richards, Lce.-Sergt. A. N., 345, 363
Richardson, Lieut.-Col. J. J., commands Thirteenth Hussars in Mesopotamia, 97;
wounded at Lajj, 176, 177, 181, 185, 191, 195;
courage at Lajj, 188;
decorations of, 189;
leads charge at Hadraniyah, 315, 316;
estimate of, 195;
quoted, 115;
on advance to Baghdad, 159, 160, 161;
on fight at Lajj, 195-98;
on operations at Tekrit, 244, 261;
letter to Gen. Symons, 250;
to Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor, 250-52;
letter on Capt. Robinson’s death, 255-57;
to Sir R. Baden-Powell, 277-79, 300-2, 305, 306;
letters from, 280, 281;
otherwise mentioned, 83, 86, 115, 131, 151 note, 174 note, 198, 226, 275, 290, 299, 300, 302, 311, 330, 353, 361, 362, 364, 367, 374
Richardson’s Bluff, 296, 302, 313, 314;
sketch of position at, 292
Rifle, the H. V., 67
Riley-Smith, Lieut. W., 330
Risaldar, 58
Roberts, Pte. J. L., 222, 223 and note, 346, 355, 363
Robinson, Capt. S. O., death of, 237, 239, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251;
estimate of, 255, 256;
quoted, 129, 230, 231, 232, 233;
otherwise mentioned, 150, 152, 153, 220, 231, 238, 243, 246, 253, 254, 330, 352, 353, 364, 367
Roche, Lieut. F. G., 330, 369
Rocroy, battle of, 9
Rogers, Sergt. J. H., 346, 363, 365
Rohillas, 35
Rolfe, 2nd Lieut. E. V., 183, 197, 198, 310, 330, 352, 370;
killed at Lajj., 177, 185, 186, 191
Roll of Honour, 310
Roll of officers, Thirteenth Hussars, 329-30
Roll of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, Thirteenth Hussars, 331-51
Roman Catholics, enlistment of, 22
Roman Cavalry, 5, 6
Rome, 6, 104
Rose, Capt. W. G., 330, 369
Rouen, 82, 83
Roumanian orders, 362, 364;
medals, 364
Roundheads, 8
Royal Army Medical Corps, 162, 329, 330
Royal Horse Guards, 368
Royalists, 9
Rupert, Capt. G., 368
Rupert, Prince, 9
Russell, Gen. Sir Baker, 44
Russell, Lieut. G. R., 304, 330, 353, 370
Russia—
British attitude towards (1885), 110 note
Campaign of: in Crimea (1854-55), 36-40
Campaign of: in Mesopotamia (1915-1918)—Russian position in the East, 51 note, 98, 99;
Germany’s designs, 132;
Russians co-operate with British against Turks, 136, 217, 218, 267;
Russian collapse, 262, 320
Russian Cavalry, 37, 38
Russian Orders, 362
Russo-Japanese War, 16
Russo-Turkish War, 12
Ruz, 282
Ryan, Chaplain, 248, 256
Ryder, Lieut. C. F., 330 and note
Sa Salekh, 222
Sadiyeh, 241, 243, 244, 267
Sahilijah, 270
Said, Port, 62, 93-95, 96, 116
Saint Anne, Order of, 362
Saint Michael and Saint George, Order of, 361
Saint Omer, 75
Saint Riquier, 90
Saint Stanislaus, Order of, 362
Sakaltutan Pass, 267
Sakizli, 287
Salonika, 92, 291
Samarrah, 223, 241, 244, 253, 268, 289
San Domingo, 24
Sannaiyat, 137, 138, 140, 150, 157, 158, 162, 167, 171, 324
Sassoon, Capt. A. M., 286, 330, 362, 364, 366
Saunders, Sergt., 269
Sawyer, Pte. J. G., 346, 355
Saxe, Marshal, 10
Scarlett’s Heavy Brigade, 38
Schubert, Pte. J. S., 346, 355
‘Science of War, The,’ 12, 46, 56, 62 note
Scottish Rifles, 368
Scythians, 3
Sea power in history, 6 note, 98;
of Great Britain, 59, 104, 321;
of Rome, 104
Sebastopol, 37, 40
Secker, Capt. V. H., 330, 369
Secunderabad, 42, 43
Seekins, R. S.-M. S., 247, 249, 269, 286, 346, 362
Seidlitz, 10
Sepoys, 27, 56
Serajevo murders, 50
Serbian Order of White Eagle, 363
Serny, 75
Serri, the, 221
Shabkadr, 315
Shamran, 157, 161
Shanley, Lieut. T., 330 and note 3
Sharaban, 241, 282
Shat-el-Arab, 104
Shatt-el-Adhaim, 267
Shaw, Pte. A., 269, 346, 359
Shawa Khan, 202
Sheikh Suliman, 356
Sheikh Saad, 131, 192
Sheil, Lieut. P. H. J., 330, 370
Shemal, the, 118
Shenandoah, 14
Shergat, 293, 296
Sheridan (American officer), 14
Sheriffmuir, battle of, 19
Shia, 272
Shumran Bend, 159, 352, 353, 354, 356
Shushan, 105
Sibson, 2nd Lieut. A. J. R. M., 330, 371
Sikhs, 12
Sinajah, 241, 268
Sindiyeh, 222
Sketches of Eve’s camp, 125;
of Lajj battlefield, 175;
of Tekrit position, 259;
of Richardson’s Bluff, 292
Skinner, Col., 52 note
Skinner’s Horse, 52 and note, 96
Slavin, Pte. R., 347, 355
Smallpox, 244
Smith, Pte. S., 347, 356
Smith, Pte. W. J., 347, 355
Smithers, Lce.-Cpl. J., 269, 347, 365
Smith-Sligo, 2nd Lieut. R. W. M. G., 330 and note 3
Smithson, Brig.-Gen. W. C., 361, 368
Somme, battle of the, 148, 166
Soper, Pte. R., 347, 355
Soult, Marshal, 31
Spain, 5, 26, 105
Spaniards, 26
Spanton, Lce.-Sergt. F., 182, 184, 185, 347, 360;
quoted on Lajj, 181-83;
cited, 183
Spencer, Lt.-Col. A. W. B., 368
Spencer, Capt. H. E., 362, 365, 368
Spicer, Lce.-Cpl. (Tptr.) J. A., 310, 347, 355
Squadrons of Thirteenth Hussars, see A, B, C, D
Stanhope, see Harrington
Stanton, Squadron Sergt.-Farrier W., 347, 365
Star of Roumania, Order of, 362
Steele, Major C., 175, 187 and note, 200, 290, 330, 364, 365, 366;
courage of, 151 and note, 152 note
Steer, Pte. F., 347, 355
Stephenson, Pte. F., 347, 355
Stevens, Lce.-Cpl. J., 241, 347, 363, 365
Steward, Pte. H. W., 249, 347, 359
Stirling, Lieut. D. A., 116, 153, 190, 248, 256, 266, 312, 330, 362, 364, 370
Stocker, Capt. E. H., 330, 367
Stones, Pte. J. L. K., 310, 348, 354
Strawbridge, Sergt. S. G., 348, 363
Stuarts, the, 17
Stubbs, Pte. R., 249, 348, 359
Styles, Sergt. (Tptr.) J. S., 348, 354
Sudan campaign, 56
Suez, 57, 61, 62, 93, 96
Sultan of Turkey, the, 101, 320
Sunni, 272
Sutton, Lieut., 315
Swayne, Martin, 231
Swedish cavalry, 9
Swiss infantry, 8
Switzerland, 90
Symondson, Lieut. V. F., 330 and note 5, 367
Symons, Brig.-Gen, A., 58, 82, 199, 250, 277, 324, 330, 361, 364, 365, 366
Syria, 105, 291, 321
Table Mountain Bridge, 282
Tagus river, 28
Tank Corps, 368
Tarr, S.Q.-M.-S. S., 348, 363
Tarr, Pte. W. G., 115, 348, 355
Tassie, Squadron Q.-M.-Sergt. W. D., 151, 153, 154, 194, 348, 363
Tauq, 284, 285
Tauq-Chai, 285
Taylor, Lce.-Cpl. A., 194, 269, 348, 358
Taylor, Brig.-Gen. A. H. M., 362, 367
Taylor, Pte. C. E., 249, 348, 356, 358, 359
Taza, 285, 286, 288
Taza-Kharatli, 286
Taziyan, 286
Tchernaya, battle of (1855), 40
Teague, Pte. J. P., 348, 356
Tegg, Squadron Sergt.-Maj. F. J., 248, 249, 250, 348, 355
Tekrit, engagement at, 237-56, 257;
account of, 257-58;
sketch of position at, 259;
honours gained at, 259;
mentioned, 235, 277, 291, 301, 324, 352-59
Tel-Sharia, 282
Tel-Sharif, 275
Telabw-Shahanah, 288
Tetheridge, Sergt. W. H., 249, 348, 363
Thackray, Pte. G., 348, 354
Thermopylæ, 4
Thessaly, 4
Thirteenth Hussars, the, see Hussars
Thirty Years’ War, the, 9
Thomson, Pte. W., 247, 249, 348, 355
Thomson, Squad, Q.-M.-Sergt. W. K., 348, 355
Thompson, Mr Fred E. M., 377
Thornell, Pte. S. V., 349, 355
Tigris river, Map of British position on, 137;
utilisation of, 158 and note, 316-18, 321, 322;
otherwise mentioned, 104, 113, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 146, 157, 158, 170, 171, 174, 199, 202, 206 and note, 216, 226, 227, 235, 236, 289, 291, 293, 353, 355
‘Times History of the War,’ quoted, 204
Tindle, Pte. W. H., 349, 354
Tories Vedras, battle of, 28
Townshend, General, 92, 105, 141, 174, 242, 323;
takes Kut, 104
Toulouse, battle of (1814), 31
Tracey, Pte. J., 82 and note, 349, 353
Trans-Caspia, 319
Trans-Caucasia, 319
Tranter, Pte. R., 304, 349, 360
Travers, see Williams-Taylor
Tremayne, Capt., 41
Tremayne, Col., 34, 38
Tremayne, Lieut.-Col. J. H., 363, 368
Troy, siege of, 3
Tugela, river, 41
Tunnicliffe, Pte. J., 242 and note, 249, 349, 354
Turkey—
Position of, in Great War (1914-18)—ally of Germany, 99, 100;
military power of, 101;
strength of, in Asia, 102-7;
plan of campaign in Asia, 132-36;
defeat of, in Asia: at Kut (1917), 158, 159;
at Baghdad, 200-5;
on Euphrates and Tigris, 216-19;
at Kirkuk (1918), 273, 274;
at Richardson’s Bluff, 291, 293-95;
surrender of army, 300;
British armistice with, 302;
losses of, 319;
fall of, 321
Russian War with, 12
Sultan of, 101, 320
Turkey in Asia, 100, 103, 205
Turkish airmen, 211, 242
Turkish armies, 37, 62, 327
Turkish cavalry, 9, 142, 240
Turkish Empire, the, 204, 219
Turks, character of, 154, 218, 237, 277, 278, 280, 301, 322, 323;
barbarity, 182, 186, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 207, 239, 248, 252, 256, 260;
treachery, 193, 243
Turner, Lce.-Cpl. H. E., 349, 364, 365
Tuz, 276, 284, 285, 359
Tuz-Kermatli, 353, 354;
cavalry charge at, 274, 276, 285, 324
Tuz-Kifri, 275, 283
Tuz-Tan Road, 276
Twigg, Pte. D., 242, 349, 354
Twist, Brevet Lieut.-Col. E. F., wounded at Lajj, 181, 185, 186, 191, 195, 197, 198, 351;
quoted, 179, 180;
otherwise mentioned, 127, 131, 151, 155, 171, 247, 248, 256, 266, 279, 290, 330, 353, 364, 365, 367
Uhlans, 62, 67
Union Castle Line, 60
Unveiling ceremony of the memorial to the Thirteenth Hussars, 372-74
Ur of the Chaldees, 105
Urmia, Lake, 304
Utrecht, treaty of, 17
Uxbridge, Lord, 32
V Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 50, 74, 96, 161, 167, 180, 195, 196, 198, 297, 298, 303, 305, 306, 314, 315
Vancouver, 211
Vavie, see Dawson
“Venus” (horse), 233, 271
Verdun, 90, 166
Vernon, Sergt. W., 269, 349
Very lights, 69, 71
Vickers guns, 298, 299
Vickers, Pte. J., 349, 356
Victoria, Queen, 44, 49
Villers, 85
Vinall, Lce.-Cpl. A., 304, 306, 349, 355, 363
Viner, Lce.-Cpl. F., 306, 349, 363
Viney, Pte. A. V., 249, 349, 359
Vittoria, battle of (1813), 30, 31, 36
Vlasto, Capt. A., 330, 369
Wadi river, 149
Wallace, James, 306, 307
Wallhead, Pte. A., 188 note, 350, 354
Walpole, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. George, 25
War Office, British, 114, 133, 365
Ward, Pte. A. J. F., 249, 350, 359
Ward, Squadron Q.-M.-Sergt. B. J., 350, 363
Waterloo, battle of, 11, 32, 33, 51, 56;
campaign, 41
Watkins, Lce.-Cpl. A. W., 168, 191 and note, 241, 350, 358, 363, 365;
letter of, to Mr Justice Eve, 177-79
Watson’s Horse, 151, 174, 183, 196, 197
Watson-Smyth, Lieut. G. R.—diary quoted, 52-54, 61, 62, 68, 69, 73-74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82-83;
otherwise mentioned, 82, 330, 353, 366
Wellesley, see Wellington
Wellington, 1st Duke of, plan of campaign against Napoleon in Spain, 26;
censures Thirteenth Hussars at Badajos, 29;
inspects Thirteenth Hussars, 32;
wins battle of Assaye (1803), 35;
institutes camps of exercise for army, 36;
funeral of, 36;
mentioned, as “sepoy General,” 27, 56
Wells, Pte. A., 233, 250
Welsh Horse, the, 368
Welstead, Lieut. G. L. M., wounded, 175, 185, 191, 197, 198;
otherwise mentioned, 266, 271, 330, 353, 364, 371
West Indies, 23-25
Westerman, Sergt. R. A., 350, 363
Westminster Abbey, 19
Whally, 310
“Whiskers” (horse), 233, 271
Whitchurch, 2nd Lieut. C. A., 330 and note 3
White Eagle, Order of, 363
White, Gen. Sir George, 15, 41
Whiteford, Lieut.-Col., 20
Whiteboys, the, 23
Whitington, Cpl. F., 306, 350, 363
Whitney, Lieut.-Col., 21
Wigan, 18
Wigan, Brig.-Gen. J. T., 361, 364, 368
Wiggin, Brig.-Gen. E. A., 361, 362, 367, 377
Williams, 153, 154, 290
Williams, Lieut. A., 330, 364, 370
Williams, Lieut. B. H., 330, 353, 362, 364, 368
Williams, Brig.-Gen. C., 368
Williams, Pte. D. G., 249, 350, 359
Williams-Taylor, Sir Frederick, 250
Williams-Taylor, Lieut. T., wounded, 150, 152, 153;
wounded and prisoner, 237, 243, 247-50, 251, 252, 254, 353;
quoted, on fight at Tekrit, 238-40;
otherwise mentioned, 330, 370
Willis, Capt., 151
Wills, Maj.-Gen., 18
Wilson, Pte. F., 249, 351, 358
Wingfield, Lieut. C. A. F., 96, 330, 367, 370
Winter, Pte. F., 304, 351, 360
Wise, Major F. H., 368
“Witch, the” (horse), 266
Wood, 2nd Lieut. A. H., 330, 371
Wootten, Frank, 271
Worcester Yeomanry, the, 368
Worcesters, 270
Wordley, Capt. E., 330, 369
Wren, Trumpeter F. M., 178, 351, 354
Wren, Pte. P., 351, 358
Wright, Lce.-Cpl. D. C., 351, 356, 363
Wright, Lieut. E., 330, 370
Wrigley, 2nd Lieut. G. F., 330
Wybrants, Capt. S., 368
Wyncoll, Lce.-Cpl. C. H. A., 351, 365
Xenophon, Cavalry Treatise of, 4
Yanhah-Buyuk, 284
Yarvali, 287
Yeomanry, Bedford, 330, 369
Yeomanry Brigade, 368
Yeomanry, Derbyshire, 368
Yeomanry, Worcester, 368
Yorkshire Hussars, 368
Young, Lieut.-Col., 282
Young, Pte. H., 351, 355
Ypres, 78, 79, 80
Zab, the Lesser, 287, 296, 311
Zacho, 305
Zakho, 312
Zeur, 173, 185, 195
Ziethen, 10
Zorapur, 35
Zwarteleen, 352
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