Sir J. W. Fortescue

Abercromby, General James, ii. 296, 314;
incapacity of, 322, 327;
defeat at Ticonderoga, 322, 359
Abraham, Heights of, ii. 376
Acadia, ii. 241
Act of Union, amalgamation of English and Scotch military establishments by, i. 580
Ælian, Tactics of, i. 106, 152
Æneas Poliorceticus, military maxims of, i. 106
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, ii. 164, 191, 260, 561
Albany, Duke of, i. 118
Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of. See Monk
Albemarle, Arnold van Keppel, Earl of, i. 390
Albemarle, Earl of, commands expedition against Havana, ii. 541
Alberoni, Cardinal, ii. 8
Albert, Archduke of Austria, i. 160
Alcantara, taken by allies (1706), i. 482
Alexander the Great, i. 106
Alexander of Parma, i. 144, 150
Alexius Commenus, English nobles serve under, i. 8
Alfaraz, Pass of, i. 531
Alfred, King, fyrd under, i. 5
Allaverdy Khan (1733), ii. 409
Alva, Duke of, i. 101, 141
Amherst, Jeffery, Lord, ii. 113, 314, 318;
captures Louisburg, 321, 359, 364, 370;
advance to Crown Point, 371, 383, 395;
French capitulate to, 400;
estimate of his work in Canada, 402-405, 537, 544
Andros, Colonel Sir Edmund, ii. 251
Angus, Lord, i. 364
Anhalt, Prince of, ii. 487
Annapolis, our troops in, ii. 44, 255
Anne, Queen, i. 402;
strength and composition of army under, 555;
hardships of officers under, 573;
death, ii. 4;
colonial policy under, 254
Anson, Lord, ii. 340
Anwarudeen (Nabob of Carnatic, 1744), ii. 79, 181;
his treaty with the French, 185
Archers, i. 10;
established by statute, 16, 17;
at Bannockburn, 18, 28;
the artillery of the old army, 29;
pay of, 30;
at Poitiers, 40, 43;
Genoese cross-bowmen, 35;
French archers, 50;
at Roveray, 67;
at Towton, 74;
at Flodden, 116. See Arms, Bow
Arcot, Clive's attack on, ii. 200
Argyll, Duke of, treachery to Marlborough, i. 530, 552; ii. 28, 53
Ariancopang, ii. 185
Arleux, fort of, i. 542
Arms, Armour, and Accoutrements:—
Axe, i. 6, 16, 82
Badges, i. 73
Bandoliers, i. 102
Bayonet, i. 11;
added to dragoon's arms, 323;
increased use of, 327;
alterations in, 341, 586; ii. 586
Bill, i. 16;
foot-soldier armed with, 77, 116, 125, 133
Bombards, i. 53
Bow and arrows, i. 11, 16;
bow and bolts, 16;
long-bow encouraged by Edward I., 17, 28;
its superiority, 29;
used by train-bands, 120, 125;
disappearance of long-bow, 129;
superseded by fire-arms, 133
Buckler, carried by cavalry, i. 115
Caliver, i. 101, 128, 133
Cannon, i. 32, 66, 115;
scarcity of big guns, ii. 564;
the different ones used by artillery, 588
Carbine, i. 155, 322, 325;
cavalry armed with, ii. 586
Cartridges, i. 102
Chain-mail, i. 6, 12;
last appearance of mailed troops, 203
Chaplet, i. 12
Colours, flags of landsknechts and Swiss, i. 87;
under Tudors, 111, 118;
flags first called colours, 136;
Scottish colours, 182;
flags captured at Blenheim, 443;
St. Andrew crossed with St. George after Union, 492
Corselets, i. 119, 125;
worn by pikemen, 154;
die out, 327
Cuirass, reintroduced by Marlborough, i. 587;
worn by eighteenth-century cavalry, ii. 585
Culverin, i. 119
Dagger, i. 24, 137
Dart, i. 6
Dragoons' accoutrements, i. 323
Firelocks, i. 325
Fusil, i. 325
Gorget, last survival of armour, i. 327
Gun, early specimens of, i. 30;
improvements in, 53;
hand gun introduced, 77, 100, 112;
foreign and English makers of, 122
Gunstones, i. 120
Habergeon, i. 12;
worn by cavalry, 27
Halberd, i. 77, 82, 119, 128, 153;
peculiar weapon of sergeants, 326
Hand grenades, ii. 70
Harquebus, i. 53, 101, 112, 125, 136
Hatchet, Grenadiers armed with, i. 325
Hauberk, i. 16
Helmet, i. 6, 12, 28;
worn by pikemen, 154;
and cavalry, 215; ii. 586
Howitzer, i. 82
Iron cap, worn by archers, i. 28;
given to cavalry in 1758, ii. 585
Iron gloves, i. 28
Knife, i. 16
Lance, i. 11, 12, 24, 27, 104, 115, 133, 155
Matches for guns, i. 119
Medals, first issued after Dunbar, i. 245; ii. 583
Musket, i. 11, 101, 120;
English grow expert with, 143, 153;
becomes lighter, 179;
dragoons armed with, 216;
improved in Anne's reign, 585
Partisan, i. 214
Petronel, i. 102
Pike, i. 11, 17, 77;
long pike introduced, 83;
Scottish pikes, 116;
morris-pike, 117;
increased use of, under Henry VIII., 119;
under Mary, 125;
under Elizabeth, 128, 133, 153, 155;
improvements in, 179;
carried by captains, 214;
becomes obsolete, 237, but survives as spontoon, 326;
disappearance of, 584.
See also Drill and Exercises
Pistol, i. 82;
cavalry weapon, 104, 133, 155, 215, 586
Powder, i. 137
Ramrod, ii. 51
Shell, i. 122
Shield, i. 6, 12, 24, 82
Sollerets, i. 26
Spear, i. 82
Sword, i. 16, 24;
the weapon of an ensign, 214;
won by cavalry, 215; ii. 586;
the Highlander's broadsword, 130
Tassets, worn by pikemen, i. 154;
die out, 327
Wambais, i. 12
Arrian, military maxims of, i. 106
Arrows. See Arms and Armour, Bow
Artillery, rarely employed in old army, i. 66;
after the Wars of the Roses, 77;
French improvements in, 93;
Henry VIII. encourages, 112, 118, 119;
Gustavus Adolphus's reforms in, 184;
in New Model, 216, 328;
under William III., 388;
under Anne, 555, 587;
under the Georges, ii. 48;
remarkable efficiency of, at Minden, 496;
increases in numbers and reputation, 587.
See also Regiments
Arundel, Earl of, i. 34
Assize of arms, i. 4, 12, 15
Astley, Sir Jacob, i. 195, 225
Athlone, Lord. See Ginkell
Atterbury, Bishop, ii. 13
Audley, Lord, i. 148
Augsburg, occupied by Marlborough, i. 444
Augustus the Strong, King of Poland, i. 503
Aurungzebe (Mogul Emperor, 1672), ii. 168, 172;
granted Chandernagore to French, 173;
death, 174
Axe. See Arms and Armour
Baber (Mogul Emperor, 1526), ii. 167
Baden, Prince Louis of, i. 406, 412, 419, 424, 427;
besieges Ingolstadt, 430, 444, 456, 465, 474;
death, 490
Badges. See Arms and Armour
Bahadur, Shah (Mogul Emperor, 1707), ii. 174
Bannerets, i. 26
Bar, Duke of, i. 69
Barbados, Cromwell's expedition to, i. 261; ii. 40, 347.
See also West Indies
Baroney, General, ii. 158
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Navarete, i. 46
Newburn, i. 184, 198
Newbury, i. 208
Newton Butler, i. 342
Nieuport, i. 161-165
NÜrnberg, i. 189
Ostend (siege), i. 160
Oudenarde, i. 497-501
Patay, i. 69
Pavia, i. 98, 184
Philipshaugh, i. 228
Pinkie, i. 124
Plassey, ii. 418
Poictiers, i. 38-41
Pondicherry (siege), ii. 189;
(capture), 473
Porto Bello (siege), ii. 58
Preston, i. 234; ii. 7
Prestonpans, ii. 129, 131
Quebec, ii. 364-383
Quesnoy (siege), i. 32
Ramillies, i. 466-473
Ravenna, i. 197
Renty, i. 103
Rochelle, i. 48
Rocroi, i. 190, 200
Rossbach, ii. 313
Roucoux, ii. 153
Rouen (siege), i. 131

Roundway Down, i. 203
Roveray, i. 167
Ruremond (siege), i. 405
Rymenant, i. 143
Sainte Foy, ii. 392
St. Jacob-en-Birs, i. 83
St. Quentin, i. 105, 126
St. Venant (siege), i. 337
Sandacourt, i. 69
Saverne (siege), i. 190
Schellenberg, the, i. 423
Sempach, i. 50
Sheriffmuir, ii. 7
Sluys (siege), i. 115
Spires, i. 415
Spurs, the, i. 115
Stamford Bridge, i. 6
Standard, the, i. 10
Steenkirk, i. 361-367
Stevenswaert (siege), i. 405
Tenchbrai, i. 9
Terouenne (siege), i. 115
Ticonderoga, ii. 328
Torgau, ii. 519
Tournay (siege), i. 115, 380, 514
Towton, i. 74
Trarbach (siege), i. 444
Trichinopoly, ii. 209. See Golden Rock
Valenza (siege), i. 459
Vellinghausen, ii. 527-530
Venloo (siege), i. 405
Verneuil, i. 65, 270
Villa Viciosa, i. 534
Walcourt, i. 338
Wandewash, ii. 463-470
Warburg, ii. 510
Weycondah, i. 232
Wilhelmsthal, ii. 549
Winceby, i. 204
Worcester, ii. 247
Wynendale, i. 507, 585
York (siege), i. 205
Ypres (siege), i. 273
Zenta, i. 416
Ziegenhain (siege), ii. 513
Zutphen, i. 147-150
Bauer, General, i. 187
Bavaria, Elector of, i. 406, 412, 418, 422, 427, 432, 443, 446, 471, 493;
at siege of Brussels, 509; ii. 80, 86
Bayard, Chevalier, i. 22
Bayonet. See Arms and Armour
Bayreuth, Margrave of, i. 470
Beaujeu, Captain, i. 274
Beckwith, Colonel, ii. 510
Bedford, John, Duke of, i. 64
Bedmar, Marquis of, i. 412
Bellasys, Brigadier, at Landen, i. 375
Belleisle, Marshal, ii. 81, 103
Belleisle, Expedition against, ii. 521
Bennett, Captain Joseph, i. 448
Bermuda, British troops in, i. 560
Berry, Duke of, i. 493
Bertrand du Guesclin, i. 43, 46
Berwick, James, Duke of, i. 304, 344;
at Landen, 373, 446;
commands French in Spain, 482;
his Memoirs, 489;
defeats Allies at Almanza, 485;
at Douay, 504
Best, Captain, ii. 170
Bevere. See Oudenarde (under Battles)
Bills. See Arms and Armour
Birch, Colonel, i. 334
Biron, commands under VendÔme, i. 497
Black Prince, at Crecy, i. 34;
in Guienne, 37;
line of march into Spain, 45;
defeats Henry of Trastamare, 46;
siege of Limoges, 47;
his death, 48;
influence on European warfare, 50-53
Black Hole of Calcutta, ii. 299
Blair Castle, ii. 143
Blake, Admiral Robert, i. 249; ii. 170
Blakeney, General, ii. 68, 139, 292, 295
Blathwayt, William, i. 410
Bligh, General, ii. 342, 345
Bohemia, John, King of, i. 36
Bolingbroke. See St. John
Bolton, Duke of, ii. 20
Bombards. See Arms and Armour
Bombay given to Charles II., i. 292;
made over to East Indian Company, ii. 171
Bonn, capitulates to Allies, i. 412
Borgard, Colonel Albert, i. 560;
first Colonel of Royal Artillery, ii. 49
Boscawen, Admiral, ii. 187, 272, 315
Boswell, Life of Johnson quoted, ii. 23
Bothmar, General, at Blenheim, i. 439
Boufflers, Marshal, i. 369, 401, 411;
out-generalled by Marlborough, 402-405;
defence of Lille, 504, 516, 522, 529
Bougainville, French officer at Quebec, ii. 368, 376, 397
Bouquet, Colonel, ii. 323, 333, 338
Bourlamaque, French commander in Canada, ii. 371, 397
Bouvines, Marlborough's army marches over field of, i. 513
Bow. See Arms and Armour
Brabant, Duke of, i. 61
Braddock, General Edward, ii. 268-273;
his action at Monongahela, 274-278;
his death, 279;
and character, 280
Bradstreet, John, ii. 331, 338
Braine l'Alleud, Marlborough encamps near, i. 456
Brayne, Colonel Richard, i. 252
Brennier, French commander in India, ii. 226
Brereton, Major, ii. 438, 454, 468
Breslau, Treaty of, ii. 85
Brest, Expedition against, i. 377
BrÉtigny, Peace of, i. 42, 73
Bringfield, Colonel, killed at Ramillies, i. 470
Brissac, Duke of, ii. 487
Broglie, Marshal, ii. 84, 480, 495, 502, 507, 514, 523;
defeat at Vellinghausen, 530;
recalled to France, 547
Browne, Thomas (trooper 3rd Dragoons), ii. 98
Bruce, Robert, i. 18
Brunswick, Hereditary Prince of, ii. 495;
at Fulda, 498, 503;
action at Emsdorff, 506, 509, 517, 523, 525, 528;
repulsed by CondÉ, 553
Buchan, Earl of, i. 62
Buckingham, George, Duke of, i. 192;
assassinated, 193
Buckler. See Arms and Armour
Buller, Colonel, i. 262
Burgoyne, General John, ii. 546
Burgundy, Duke of, i. 64, 66, 70
Burgundy, Duke of, commands French army in 1708, i. 493
Burnet (Governor of New York, 1727), ii. 257
Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, i. 393
Burton, Lieut.-Colonel, at Monongahela, ii. 277
Burton, Colonel, ii. 373, 543
Bussy, De, his work in India, ii. 408;
recalled from Deccan by Lally, 436, 457;
at Wandewash, 468
Bute, John Earl of, ii. 534;
hurries on peace, 557
Butler, Gregory, i. 260
Byng, Admiral, i. 529; ii. 8, 291;
retreat from Minorca, 264;
shot, 295
Cabot, Sebastian, ii. 241
Cadiz, expeditions to, i. 191, 407
Cadogan, General, i. 326;
Marlborough's Q.M.G., 423, 466, 495;
at Wynendale, 508, 515, 542, 552; ii. 11;
death, 53
Caillaud, Captain, ii. 234, 426, 434
Calais, i. 30, 37, 72
Caliver. See Arms and Armour
Callender, Captain, ii. 449
Cameron of Lochiel, ii. 126
Camoys, Lord, i. 58
Campbell, Sir Duncan, ii. 49
Campbell, John, ii. 49
Campbell, General, ii. 112
Canada, growth of our sovereignty in, ii. 241 et seq.
See also North America
Cannon. See Arms and Armour.
Canute, army of, i. 5
Cape Breton, ii. 206, 321
Captain, origin of title, i. 94
Carbine. See Arms and Armour
Carbiniers, i. 442. See under Regiments, 6th Dragoon Guards
Cardonnel, Adam, Marlborough's Secretary, i. 538, 552
Carlisle, capitulation of to Charles Edward, ii. 135
Carolina, British troops in, ii. 43, 60, 62
Carpenter, General, i. 531, 537
Carteret, Lord, ii. 82, 85, 103
Carthagena, the expedition against, ii. 59, 64, 79
Cartridges. See Arms and Armour
Castries, Marquis of, ii. 515, 548
Catalonia, operations of 1705 in, i. 459
Cathcart, Lord, ii. 59;
letters to Newcastle, 60, 62;
death, 62
Cavalry, early lancers and carbiniers, i. 155;
of Gustavus Adolphus, 182-184;
Royalist cavalry in Civil War, 201;
contrast between it and Parliamentary, 206;
the growth of shock action, 215, 586;
how armed in New Model, 215;
and in 18th century, ii. 585.
See also Regiments.
Cavendish, Brigadier, at Vellinghausen, ii. 528
Cecil, Sir Edward, i. 160, 168, 191, 193
Chain-mail. See Arms and Armour
Champlain, Samuel, ii. 241
Chandos, Sir John, i. 41, 44, 47
Chaplet. See Arms and Armour
Charlemont, Lord, i. 460
Charles I., recalls English soldiers from Holland, i. 192;
methods of raising men, 194;
unfurls standard at Nottingham, 199;
relations with Montrose, 222; ="@public@vhost@g@html@files@56609@56609-h@56609-h-31.htm.html#Page_487" class="pginternal">487-497
Conti, Prince of, ii. 387
Coote, Colonel Eyre, ii. 358, 413, 424, 455, 459;
victory at Wandewash, 463-470;
reduction of French posts in India, 471
Cope, General John, ii. 125;
defeat at Prestonpans, 129-131;
removed from command, 133
Cornbury, Lord, i. 306
Cornet, origin of, i. 118
Cornish, Admiral, ii. 544
Cornwallis, Colonel, ii. 263, 308
Corporal, origin of, i. 95, 136
Corselet. See Arms and Armour
Craggs, James, Secretary-at-War, ii. 25
Craigie, Lord Advocate, ii. 125
Craven, William, Lord, i. 169, 307
Crawford, John, Earl of, ii. 50
Crillon, French officer in India, ii. 458
Croft, William, composes service for Marlborough's funeral, ii. 13
Cromwell, John, i. 169
Cromwell, Henry, i. 255, 274
Cromwell, Oliver, i. 200;
defeats Royalists at Marston Moor, 206;
first called Ironside, 207;
Lieutenant-General, 223;
Naseby, 227;
ingratitude of Parliament to, 231;
short methods with Commons, 233;
Commander-in-Chief, 239;
Scottish campaigns, 240-247;
Lord Protector, 251;
army under, 251;
Irish Settlement, 256;
colonial policy of, 258-266;
alliance with France, 266-274;
his death, 274;
his system summed up, 280;
fine character of his army, 282;
his work, 286
Cromwell, Richard, succeeds Oliver, i. 274;
death, 552
Crown Point, ii. 242, 257, 282, 315
Crump, Colonel, ii. 353, 356
Crusades, effect of on army, i. 13
Cuba, taken from Spain, ii. 543.
See Havana
Cuirass. See Arms and Armour
Cuirassiers, i. 183
Culverin. See Arms and Armour
Cumberland, Prince William, Duke of, ii. 53;
at Dettingen, 101;
Commander-in-Chief, 109;
Fontenoy, 110;
criticisms of his generalship at, 120;
position after the battle, 122;
recalled to England, 132;
command in Scotland, 141;
Culloden, 144-148;
returns to Low Countries, 156;
defeat at Lauffeld, 159-163, 268;
his errors as a leader, 279, 287, 303;
Hastenbeck and Closterzeven, 307;
effect of his reforms on army, 566
Cunningham, Colonel of the 9th Foot, i. 342
Cunningham, Major of Engineers, ii. 293
Cutts, Colonel John, Lord (the Salamander), at Venloo, i. 405;
at Blenheim, 434; ii. 70
Dacca, ii. 172
Dagger. See Arms and Armour
Dalrymple, Governor of Guadeloupe, ii. 538
Dalton, Captain, ii. 213, 220
Dapfheim, occupied by Marlborough, i. 432
Darcy, Lord, in favour of English gunners, i. 122
Darts. See Arms and Armour
Das Minas, General, i. 482
Daulhatt's Grenadiers, ii. 510
Daun, Count, ii. 157
D'AchÉ, Admiral, ii. 428-434, 457
D'AlenÇon, Duke, i. 35
D'Arco, Count, i. 422
D'Arenberg, ii. 90, 106
D'ArmentiÈres, Count, ii. 481, 497
D'Asfeld, General, i. 528
D'Assas, Chevalier, ii. 516
D'Auteuil, French general in India, ii. 211, 427
De Bay, Marquis, i. 529, 531
De Corsana, General, i. 458
D'EsprÉmÉnil, French commander at Madras, ii. 182
D'Estaing, Count, ii. 430
D'EstrÉes, Count, ii. 160, 497, 547
De la GalissoniÈre, Admiral, ii. 291
D'HumiÈres, Marshal, i. 338
De la Marck, Count, i. 141
De Leyrit, Governor of Pondicherry, ii. 407
De Monts, colonises Acadia, ii. 241
De Muy, Chevalier, ii. 507
De Noailles, Marshal, ii. 481
D'Oyley, Colonel, i. 264
De Soupire, French commander in India, ii. 430
De Stainville, French officer, ii. 551
De Tavannes, Gaspard, i. 103, 152
De Witt, i. 294
Deane, Private John, i. 572
Denis of Harfleur, ii. 241
Denmark, Prince George of, i. 402
Desertion, causes of, i. 569; ii. 32
Devonshire, Duke of, ii. 298
Diaz, Bartholomew, ii. 168
Diemel, River, Ferdinand of Brunswick's passage of, ii. 509
Dieskau, Count, ii. 281, 283
Digby, Lord, i. 290
Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia (1753), ii. 264
Dominica, captured from French, ii. 538
Doncaster, Lord, i. 169
Douglas, Earl of, i. 65
Douglas, Sir James, ii. 538
Douglas, Sir Robert, i. 365
Douglas, Colonel, ii. 58
Dragoons, originally mounted infantry, i. 216;
character of, 323.
See Regiments
Draper, Colonel, ii, 438, 544;
conducts siege of Manila, 545
Dreve, General, ii. 486
Drill and Exercises:—
Wedge formation at Hastings, i. 6, 7;
Byzantine line of battle, 9, 10;
English line of battle, 13th century, 17;
mediÆval cavalry formation, 27;
English line at Agincourt, 58;
formation en haye established, 77;
Swiss formation, 83;
drill of landsknechts, 91;
sergeants connected with drill, 94, 135;
shock action by cavalry, 103, 586;
squadron, 104, 106;
Evolutions of Ælian, 107, 152;
wings first added, 113;
manoeuvres in Elizabeth's reign, 129;
Garrard's description of marching, 137;
pike exercise, 138, 170, 179, 213;
adapted to bayonet, 586.
(See also Pike);
Maurice of Nassau's tactics, 152;
regiments and companies, 153;
formation in 16th century, 158;
musket exercise, 170, 213.
(See also Musket);
Feu de joie first fired, 171;
Gustavus Adolphus's reforms, 179;
platoon established, 181;
the drum march, 191;
Kelly's Pallas Armata, 194;
New Model formation, 214;
Vernon's "drill-book," 215;
after the Restoration, 323-327;
order of battle in 1703, 414;
platoons at Blenheim, 438;
order of battle at Blenheim and Ramillies, 458, 471, 495;
at Almanza, 485;
firing by platoons, 585;
reforms of Amherst, ii. 370, 403;
excellence of British fire-discipline, 590
Drucour, M., ii. 321
Drury, General, ii. 344
Dumas, Governor of Pondicherry, ii. 176, 274
Dunbar, Major, i. 175
Dunbar, Colonel, ii. 273
Duncombe, Ensign, ii. 170;
Dunkirk, operations against, in 1600, i. 159;
Stair's proposed attack on, ii. 86
Dunmore, Lord, ii. 149
Dupleix, Joseph FranÇois, ii. 175;
made Nabob, 178, 181, 194;
fortifies Pondicherry, 189, 198, 215, 221;
fall of, 236;
character and work, 237
Durazzo, i. 8
Durell, Admiral, ii. 361
Durham, Bishop of, i. 17, 30
Du Rocher, French Commander in India, ii. 446
Dutch, English volunteers serve with, i. 141;
war with English, 295;
hamper Marlborough, 402, 412-15, 455, 517;
practically responsible for his fall, 533;
reluctant to co-operate with English in Seven Years' War, ii. 83;
their colonial defeat in India, 456, 460
East India Company, first established, ii. 169;
their settlements in 1701, 172;
military negligence of, 180
Edgcumbe, Commodore, ii. 292
Edinburgh, surrender of to Cromwell, i. 245
Edmunds, Sir William, i. 160
Edward I., i. 16
Edward II., i. 21
Edward III., i. 19, 21;
first campaign in France, 33;
growth of army under, 44
Edward IV., military talent of, i. 74;
at Barnet, 76
Elizabeth, Queen, army under, i. 4, 127-168
Elizabeth, Princess, i. 168
Elliott, Colonel George Augustus, ii. 476
Engineers, first British Engineer, i. 32;
in New Model, i. 219;
slow development of, ii. 589
Ensign, the, i. 94, 135
Erie, Lake, ii. 247
Erie, General, i. 503, 507
Ernest of Nassau, i. 161
Erpingham, Sir W., i. 59
Essex, Lord, at Zutphen, i. 148
Essex, Lord (Parliamentary General), i. 202, 204;
capitulation of his army, 208
Eugene of Savoy, Prince, i. 416, 420, 424, 429;
his attack at Blenheim, 439;
his modesty, 446;
commands right at Oudenarde, 499;
besieges Lille, 504-511;
marches on Tournay, 513;
differs with Marlborough before Malplaquet, 517;
his part in the action, 520;
wounded, 523;
prevents Marlborough from resigning, 539
Fagel, General, i. 446, 35;
courage at Dettingen, 94;
loyalty as an ally, 482;
death, 520

George III., i. 520;
correspondence with Lord North, 576
George of Denmark, Prince, i. 512
Georgia, troops in, ii. 43
Ghent, retaken by French, i. 494
Gibraltar, garrison at, i. 561; ii. 42-44, 46, 565
Gilbert, Sir Humphry, i. 142
Gingee, Bussy's capture of, ii. 196, 216
Ginkell, i. 335;
campaign of 1691, 349, 401;
his jealousy of Marlborough, 402, 406;
death, 412
Giustiniani, describes English army in 1519, i. 117
Glaubitz, General, ii. 504
Gloves, iron. See Arms and Armour
Goa, centre of Portuguese power in India, ii. 168
Godeheu, Mons., succeeds Dupleix, ii. 236;
leaves India, 406
Godolphin, Sidney, i. 358, 382, 512, 538
GoËthe, story of taking of Frankfurt, ii. 479
Gonsalvo of Cordova, i. 97
Gooch, Colonel, ii. 62
Goor, General, i. 425
Goree, capture of, ii. 499
Goring, George, i. 169, 205
Grafton, Henry Duke of, i. 306
Grammont, Count of, at Dettingen, ii. 93;
at Fontenoy, 113
Granby, John, Marquis of, at Minden, ii. 493;
letters to Holdernesse, 507;
at Warburg, 511;
at Vellinghausen, 527;
at Wilhelmsthal, 549;
at AmÖneberg, 555
Grant, Major, ii. 49, 69, 335
Gray, James (Hannah Snell), ii. 574
Gray, Thomas, ii. 136
Grenade. See Arms and Armour
Grenadiers, added to regiments, i. 324;
horse grenadiers, 388;
the Louisburg, ii. 361;
Maxwell's at Vellinghausen, 530.
See also Regiments
Griffin, Admiral, ii. 186
Guadeloupe, ii. 349;
taken by English, 356
Guest, General, ii. 131
Guienne, i. 48
Guiscard, Robert, i. 8
Guise, General, ii. 71
Gun. See Arms and Armour
Gunstone. See Arms and Armour
Gustavus Adolphus, i. 3, 17;
Scots in his army, 173, 179;
surgeons in his army, 182, 325;
Breitenfeld, 186;
his march to the Maine, 188;
death, 189;
authorities on, 190;
his tactics adopted at Almanza, 486
Habergeon. See Arms and Armour
Halberd. See Arms and Armour
Hale, Colonel John, raises 17th Lancers, ii. 500
Halifax, military settlement in Nova Scotia, ii. 263
Halket, Colonel Sir Peter, ii. 276
Halket, Major, ii. 337
Hampden, John, i. 200
Handasyde, General, ii. 133
Hanoverian soldiers, ii. 119;
imported into England by George II., 290
Harbord, William, i. 346
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, i. 384;
opposed to war, 536, 538;
miserable administration of army under, 571;
opposes Mutiny Act, ii. 19
Harold, army of, i. 6
Harquebus. See Arms and Armour
Harquebusiers, Italian, i. 24, 137, 143
Harrison, Lieutenant, ii. 237
Harvey, General, ii. 527
Hatchet. See Arms and Armour
Hauberk. See Arms and Armour
Haviland, Brigadier, ii. 396, 540
Hawke, Sir Edward, Admiral, ii. 287, 308, 315, 340, 499
Hawkins, Captain, ii. 169
Hawkwood, Sir John, i. 42, 51;
compared with Marlborough, 52
Hay, Lord Charles, at Fontenoy, ii. 115
Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur, i. 203
Helmet. See Arms and Armour
Henry I., i. 9
Henry V., aggression against France, i. 54;
army under, 54-63;
success at Harfleur, 68;
crosses the Somme, 56;
Agincourt, 60-62;
death, 63
Henry VI, i. 72
Henry VII., army at his accession, i. 109
Henry VIII. and the army, i. 111, 118;
Acts against desertion, 113;
his light cavalry, 114;
encourages archers, 117;
war with France, 118, 120;
progress of army under, 121
Henry of Lancaster, our first engineer, i. 32, 37
Henry of Prussia, Prince, ii. 481
Henry of Trastamare, i. 45
Hepburn, Sir John, i. 173, 189;
killed at Saverne, 190
Herbert of Cherbury, Lord, i. 169
Heron, Colonel, ii. 407
Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince George of, i. 448-461
Hessians, their gallantry as soldiers, i. 437
Heukelom, General, i. 456
Highlanders, first enlisted, ii. 49;
Pitt's enlistment of, 300
Highlands, Monk's campaign in, i. 254
Hill, Colonel, appointed to command without reference to Marlborough, i. 536, 541
Hill, General, ii. 255
Hobelars, i. 27
Hoby, Sir Edward, i. 139
Hodgson, General, ii. 521
Hogarth, and the '45, ii. 136
Holburne, Admiral, ii. 305
Holdernesse, Lord, ii. 501, 535
Holles, Captain, i. 160
Holmes, Admiral, ii. 372, 499
Holstein-Beck, Prince of, i. 439
Hompesch, General, i. 440, 542
Hopson, General Peregrine, i. 347
Horne, Marshal, i. 186
Horses, armour of, i. 25;
breeding of, for cavalry, 121
Houtmann, James, ii. 169
Howe, Lord, ii. 315, 325;
killed, 326
Howe, Commodore, ii. 340
Howe, Colonel William, ii. 375
Howitzer. See Arms and Armour
Huguenots, in Allied Army, i. 484;
at Oudenarde, 501
Hundred Years' War, i. 22
Hyder Ali, ii. 471
Ilchester, Lord, ii. 290
Imhoff, General, ii. 502
India, French and English struggle for supremacy in, ii. 168-237, 406-474
Ingoldsby, Brigadier, at Fontenoy, ii. 112
Ireland, separate military establishment in, i. 283;
the establishment of 1698, 389;
Walpole denounces it as part of the Standing Army, ii. 18
(for differences of pay in Ireland see Appendix).
Cromwell's campaign in, i. 237;
Schomberg's, 343;
Ginkell's, 349;
Marlborough's, 350
Ireton, Henry, i. 224
Irish, in Spanish army, i. 270;
in French army, 432, 533; ii. 118
Iroquois, the, ii. 248
Italy, the school of war, i. 94
Jacobites, officers favoured at close of Anne's reign, ii. 3;
rebellion of 1715, 5;
opposed to army, 15;
rebellion of 1745, 124-148;
effect of organisation of Highland regiments on, ii. 300
Jacqueline of Holland, i. 66
Jamaica, conquered under Cromwell, i. 264;
troops in, ii. 40, 76
James I., i. 167;
influence on army, 191
James II., his military education, i. 298;
concentrates army at Hounslow, 301;
disaffection of army to, 303;
Irish policy of, 304;
quits England, 307;
lands at Cork, 336;
death, 399; ii. 41;
North American policy of, 250
James Stuart (Old Pretender), in French army in 1708, i. 493; ii. 36
Jefferies, Colonel, ii. 294
Jeffreys, Judge, ii. 38
Jervis, Captain John, ii. 374
Joan of Arc, i. 68
John, King, army under, i. 14
John of Montfort, i. 42
John, Archduke of Austria, i. 143
John of Austria, Don, i. 270
Johnson, Sir William, ii. 260, 269, 282, 369
Joliet, ii. 247
Jones, Colonel, i. 477
Joppa, Richard the First's march from, i. 13
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, i. 540
Joyeuse, Marshal, i. 359
Kane, Colonel, i. 552
Keane, Lieutenant, ii. 206
Keith, James, ii. 10
Keppel, Commodore, ii. 271, 346, 521
Kerjean, ii. 217
KhevenhÜller, ii. 89
Kielmannsegge, General, ii. 508, 550
Kilpatrick, Major, ii. 411, 424
Kingsley, General, ii. 521
Kinnear, Major, ii. 216
Kirke, Colonel, i. 306, 342
Klosterzeven, Convention of, ii. 339
Knife. See Arms and Armour
Knight-service, i. 8
Knights, i. 10, 17, 24
Knox, Captain, ii. 449
KÖnigseck, General, ii. 111
La BassÉe, lines of, i. 513
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand, a great administrator, ii. 176;
naval action off Ceylon, 180;
quarrel with Dupleix, 181
La Noue, Huguenot Commander, i. 138, 143
Lally de Tollendal, Count, arrives in India, ii. 429;
first successes of, 430, 433;
treatment of Bussy, 437;
siege of Madras, 439, 454, 457;
defeated at Wandewash, 463, 470
Lambert, John, i. 239;
marches against Monk, 275
Lance. See Arms and Armour.
Landsknechts, i. 4, 12, 85, 87, 104;
in Henry VIII.'s army, 114, 121;
their influence, 135
Landwehr, the, i. 5
Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, i. 225
Las Torres, General, i. 476, 481 Oudenarde, 497-500;
encamps on the Lys, 502;
plan of invading France, 503;
siege of Lille, 503;
Wynendale, 509;
invests Ghent, 510;
capture of Minorca due to him, 511
1709, beginning of opposition to him at home, 512;
accused of prolonging war, 513;
march on Tournay, 513;
dupes Villars, 515;
delayed by Dutch, 517;
Malplaquet, 519-526
1710, asks to be made permanent Commander-in-Chief, 536;
abuse of in England, 538;
threatens to resign, 539
1711, his last campaign, 540;
brilliancy of his tactics, 543;
penetrates French lines, 547;
charged with embezzlement and dismissed, 549;
Dutch deputies really responsible, 553;
his patience, 493;
and forethought, 589;
compared with Napoleon, 590;
and Wellington, 572;
his reforms, 557, 575;
upholds purchase, 579;
Master-General of Ordnance, 584;
a great artillerist, 587;
his character and work, 587-591;
return to England, ii. 4;
induced to resume his appointments, 5;
his death, 10;
his funeral, 11-13
Marlborough, Charles Churchill, 2nd Duke of, ii. 288, 295, 340
Marlborough, Duchess of, ii. 536, 538
Maroons, ii. 40
Marsin, General, i. 418, 429, 432
Martin, FranÇois, ii. 174
Martinique, taken from French, ii. 541
Mary, Queen, army legislation under, i. 125;
her kindness to soldiers, 329
Masham, Mrs., i. 536
Massachusetts, ii. 244, 252, 257, 441
Masulipatam, taken by French, ii. 169;
stormed by Forde, ii. 449
Maubeuge, i. 516
Maurice of Nassau, i. 3, 152, 153;
captures Oudenberg, 160;
Nieuport, 161, 165;
famous Englishmen in his army, 169;
a great engineer, 184; ii. 249
Maurice, Prince (brother of Rupert), i. 169, 202
Mauritius, French colonisation of, ii. 176
Mauvillon, opinion of British troops quoted, ii. 517, 588
Maximilian I., i. 85-92
Maxwell, Colonel, commands grenadiers at Warburg, ii. 512
Mazarin, Cardinal, i. 266
Men-at-Arms, i. 25, 37, 41;
decay of, 117, 125
Mendoza, i. 139
Menin, i. 513
Middleton, Earl of, ii. 252
Military Hospitals, Kilmainham, i. 328;
Chelsea, 329, 579
Military music, band copied from Saracens, i. 14;
the drum, 14;
trumpets, 14, 30;
trumpet calls, 105;
drum-beat of the landsknechts, 91;
bands encouraged by Henry VIII., 124;
duties of trumpeters and drummers, 153;
drum calls, 214;
Lillibulero, 305;
black drummers in India, ii. 450;
regimental bands in 18th century, 583
Military pamphlets, i. 136-139, 214
Military punishments, i. 250;
the wooden horse, 281;
flogging with the cat, ii. 32-34;
picketting, 569
Militia, developed from fyrd, i. 12, 123;
decay of under Stuarts, 194;
reorganised under Charles II., 292;
in colonies, ii. 39;
Militia Acts, 288, 299, 301;
increased under George III., 521
Milton, John, affected by military spirit of his time, i. 279
Minorca, taken by English, i. 511;
garrison at, 561;
question of governing, ii. 42;
loss of, 291
Miosson River, i. 40
Mitchelburne, Colonel, i. 410
Modyford, Colonel Thomas, i. 258
Moguls, Indian invasion of in 1193, ii. 167
Mohammed Ali (Nabob of Carnatic, 1752), ii. 196, 198, 215, 218
Molesworth, Captain, A.D.C. to Marlborough, i. 470
Monckton, Colonel, ii. 270, 282, 321, 360, 499;
commands troops in West Indies, 539, 570
Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, volunteer in Low Countries, i. 169;
in Parliamentary Army, 211, 239;
as a sailor, 249;
his reduction of the Highlands, 252;
genius in mountain warfare, 254;
his policy after Cromwell's death, 275;
brings back Charles II., 277;
his scheme for disbandment of army, 290;
first Commander-in-Chief after Restoration, 308;
death, 309, 325
Monmouth, James, Duke of, serves under Turenne, i. 296;
insurrection of, 299; ii. 38
Monro, Colonel, ii. 306
Mons, ii. 121, 150
Monstrelet, i. 24, 63
Montcalm, Marquis of, ii. 297, 305, 327
Montecuculi, ii. 279
Montjuich, i. 460
Montrose, Marquis of, victory at Auldearn, i. 223;
other successes, 228
Moore, Commodore, ii. 347
Mordaunt, Lord, i. 425
Mordaunt, Sir Henry, ii. 307
Moreton, Colonel, ii. 58
Morgan, Sir Thomas, i. 141, 252, 267, 274, 353
Morpeth, Lord, ii. 20
Morse, Mr., ii. 180
Mortiz, Ali (Nabob of Carnatic, 1742), ii. 176, 179, 223
Mothe, Count de la, i. 412
Munden, Colonel, i. 425; ii. 11
Munro, Hector, i. 176
Munro, Robert, i. 174, 193, 304
Murray, Lord George, ii. 127, 133
Murray, James, Brigadier, under Wolf, ii. 361;
at Quebec, 385, 390;
defeated at Sainte Foy, 394;
advance on Montreal, 397;
vote of thanks to, 498, 570
Murzapha Jung (Viceroy of Deccan, 1743), ii. 193, 197
Musket. See Arms and Armour
Mutiny Acts, first Act, i. 335;
under William III., 348;
not renewed in 1699, 387;
the Act of 1701, 400;
of 1703, 563, 570; ii. 5, 18;
inns only quarter allowed under, 22;
opposition to, 261;
new clause added to in 1741, 562
Nantes, Edict of, i. 307
Nasir Jung (claimant to Deccan, 1748), ii. 193, 195
Nassau, Prince of, i. 402
Natzmar, General, commands Prussian cavalry at Oudenarde, i. 499
Nebel, River, i. 433
Neipperg, Marshal, ii. 90, 99
Nell Gwynne founds Chelsea Hospital, i. 329
New Jersey, ii. 257
New Model, i. 3, 208, 214-223;
effects of first felt at Naseby, 227;
soldiers rebel against disbandment of, 232-235;
its work, 277
New Plymouth, ii. 243
New York, British troops in, i. 560; ii. 41, 245, 257
Newcastle, Duke of, ii. 21, 60;
letters to, 62;
responsible for Spanish Main disaster, 7 8, 136, 259, 268, 286;
indignation against, ii. 298;
resignation of, 299
Niagara, expedition against, ii. 284
Nicolls, Colonel, ii. 245
Nimeguen, i. 401
Nizam Ali, ii. 457
Nizam-ul-Mulk (Viceroy of the Deccan), ii. 176, 193
Noailles, Marshal, ii. 89;
commands French at Dettingen, 93
Norfolk, Duke of, Yorkist leader, i. 74
Normandy, lost to English, i. 70
Norris, Sir John, his volunteers, i. 143;
serves under Leicester, 147, 151
North America, our colonies in, ii. 254;
our struggle with France for:—
before Aix-la-Chapelle, 246-260;
after Aix-la-Chapelle, 263-288;
from 1756, 296 et seq;
reverts to British, 306;
Pitt's organisation of war in, 314;
expedition against Quebec, 329;
conquest of Canada, 360-405
North, Lord, i. 148
Nova Scotia, garrisons at, ii. 42, 243, 263
Noyelles, Count of, i. 453
Oberglau, i. 433
Ogle, Admiral, Sir Chaloner, ii. 64
Ogle, Sir John, i. 192
Okey, Colonel John, i. 256
Opdam, General, i. 404, 413
Orange, Prince of, i. 520;
at Malplaquet, 522, 526
Ordnance, Office of, i. 111, 309, 328;
Marlborough, Master-General of, 584, ii. 44, 563, 571
Orkney, Lord, i. 472, 515, 519, ii. 53
Ormonde, Duke of, i. 407;
appointed Commander-in-Chief in Marlborough's place, 549, 572, ii. 8, 13
Osborne, Admiral, i. 315
Ostend, siege of, i. 165;
Marlborough's base (1708), 507;
Cumberland's (1745), ii. 123
Oswego, ii. 285, 297
Ottomond, tomb of, i. Cromwell's, 203;
kidnapping resorted to, 382;
discouragement to, 560;
abuses of recruiting, 565;
Recruiting Acts, 564, 566;
short service, 567;
maladministration of recruiting under Harley, 568;
mere boys enlisted, 572;
faggots, 573;
expense of obtaining, 574;

Secretary-at-War enforces recruiting, 583;
character of under George I., ii. 32;
fraudulent enlistment, 34;
abundance of in 1739, 57;
ill-faith of authorities to, 290;
Pitt's endeavours to obtain, 476;
Recruiting Acts, 1743, 1759, 573-579
Redoubt d'Eu, the, at Fontenoy, i. 113
Regiment, name comes into use, ii. 136
Regiments:—
Cavalry—
First Life Guards, i. 291, 324, 375; ii. 95
Second Life Guards, i. 291, 321
Royal Horse Guards (Blues), i. 291, 321, 388; ii. 95 (Dettingen), 119 (Fontenoy), 344, 511 (Warburg)
First Dragoon Guards (King's), i. 300, 388, 511, 525; ii. 22, 95 (Dettingen), 349, 501, 511 (Warburg), 527, 555
Second Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays or Bays), i. 300, 344, 447, 458, 482, 487 (Almanza), 530; ii. 7, 501, 511 (Warburg), 527
Third Dragoon Guards, i. 300, 388, 442, 471, 475, 511, 525; ii. 340, 501, 511 (Warburg)
Fourth Dragoon Guards, i. 300, 388
Fifth Dragoon Guards, i. 300, 388, 455, 511, 525
Sixth Dragoon Guards (Carbiniers), i. 300, 388, 442, 471, 475, 511, 525; ii. 501, 511 (Warburg)
Seventh Dragoon Guards, i. 337, 388, 422, 511 (Oudenarde), 525; ii. 95 (Dettingen), 511 (Warburg), 527
First Dragoons (Royals), i. 292, 298, 306, 375, 388, 417, 447, 477, 530; ii. 95 (Dettingen), 119 (Fontenoy), 501, 509, 514, 527, 555
Second Dragoons (Greys), i. 323, 388, 426, 441, 475, 511 (Oudenarde), 525 (Malplaquet), 563; ii. 7, 95, 133, 153, 161, 346, 511 (Warburg), 527
Third Dragoons (now Hussars), i. 375, 388, 487, 484, 503; ii. 7, 98 (Dettingen), 133
Fourth Dragoons (now Hussars), i. 366, 375, 388, 484, 487, 503; ii. 7, 95, 162 (Lauffeld)
Fifth Dragoons (now Lancers), i. 342, 511 (Oudenarde), 563
Sixth Dragoons (Inniskillings), i. 342, 375, 563; ii. 7, 95 (Dettingen), 153, 162 (Lauffeld), 341, 511 (Warburg), 514, 521
Seventh Dragoons (now Hussars), i. 376, 388, 563; ii. 4, 7, 95, 153, 162 (Lauffeld), 501, 509, 527
Eighth Dragoons (now Hussars), i. 368, 388, 479, 530, 563, 575; ii. 4, 133
Ninth Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. 6, 7, 140
Tenth Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. 6, 340, 511 (Warburg), 527
Eleventh Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. 6, 501, 511 (Warburg), 527
Twelfth Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. 6
Thirteenth Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. 6, 128, 140
Fourteenth Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. 6, 128, 140, 261
Fifteenth Light Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. 476, 501, 504 (Emsdorff), 514
Sixteenth Light Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. 500, 546
Seventeenth Light Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. 500
Royal Artillery, ii. 49, 188, 236, 300, 321
Foot Guards—
Grenadiers (First), i. 291, 373, 388, 437 (Blenheim), 427, 443, 449, 459, 511 (Oudenarde), 525; ii. 113 (Fontenoy), 162 (Lauffeld), 251
Coldstream, i. 3, 240;
origin of name, 276, 291, 307, 324, 374 (Landen), 388, 449, 459, 511 (Oudenarde), 525 (Malplaquet); ii. 113 (Fontenoy), 251
Scots Guards, i. 302, 373, 388, 530, 534, 563; ii. 115 (Fontenoy), 556
Infantry—
First Foot (Royals), origin, i. 63, 189, 262, 302, 335, 364 (Steenkirk), 371-376 (Landen), 388, 399, 453, 459, 469, 499, 511, 514, 525, 556, 563; ii. 75, 114 (Fontenoy), 125, 140, 156, 300, 316, 396, 424, 427
Second Foot (Queen's), i. 292, 327, 342, 417, 447, 458, 486
Third Foot (Buffs), i. 295, 297, 302, 306 (Steenkirk), 371, 453, 471, 499, 511, 514, 521, 525 (Malplaquet); ii. 95 (Dettingen), 114 (Fontenoy), 140, 307, 356, 521, 546
Fourth Foot, i. 372, 449; ii. 125, 140, 292, 354, 541
Fifth Foot, i. 300, 388, 529; ii. 307, 340, 501, 527, 549 (Wilhelmsthal)
Sixth Foot, i. 300, 367, 388, 459, 487 (Almanza), 511 (Oudenarde), 530; ii. 4, 75, 125, 143
Seventh Foot (Fusiliers), i. 300, 375, 388; ii. 293, 527
Eighth Foot, i. 300, 388, 390, 475, 496 (Oudenarde), 511, 514, 525; ii. 95 (Dettingen), 114 (Fontenoy), 153, 307, 340, 501, 521
Ninth Foot, i. 300, 342, 388, 399, 417, 447, 458, 487 (Almanza)
Tenth Foot, i. 300, 366, 369, 388, 437 (Blenheim), 453, 469, 475, 511, 514, 525
Eleventh Foot, i. , 361, 374 (Quebec), 541, 575
Twenty-Ninth Foot, i. 400, 469, 484, 503; ii. 4, 114, 259
Thirtieth Foot, i. 400, 450, 479; ii. 4, 42, 156, 259, 307, 340, 521
Thirty-First Foot, i. 400, 448; ii. 95 (Dettingen), 114 (Fontenoy)
Thirty-Second Foot, i. 400, 448; ii. 4, 95 (Dettingen), 114 (Fontenoy)
Thirty-Third Foot, i. 400, 447, 459, 487 (Almanza), 530; ii. 4, 95 (Dettingen), 153, 340, 501, 514
Thirty-Fourth Foot, i. 400, 459, 479, 481 (Barcelona); ii. 4, 60, 64, 69, 114 (Fontenoy), 133, 340, 521, 541
Thirty-Fifth Foot, i. 398, 459, 477, 487; ii. 306, 316, 361, 374, 541
Thirty-Sixth Foot, i. 398, 459, 487; ii. 7, 60, 64, 69, 340, 521
Thirty-Seventh Foot, i. 400, 469, 496 (Oudenarde), 87th (Keith's Highlanders), ii. 500
88th (Campbell's), ii. 500
89th (Morris's), ii. 472, 500
90th (Morgan's) ii. 500
91st (Blayney's), ii. 500
92nd (Gore's) ii. 500
93rd (Bagshawe's), ii. 500
94th (Vaughan's), ii. 500, 521, 538
95th (Burton's), ii. 520
96th (Monson's), ii. 520
97th (James Stuart's), ii. 520, 521
98th (Gray's), ii. 520, 521
99th (Byng's), ii. 520
100th (Colin Campbell's), ii. 520
101st (Johnston's), ii. 443, 536
102nd (Wedderburn's), ii. 443, 536
103rd (Oswald's), ii. 537
104th (Tonyn's), ii. 537
105th (Graeme's), ii. 537
106th (BarrÉ's), ii. 537
107th (Beauclerk's), ii. 537
108th (Macdougall's), ii. 537
109th (Nairn's), ii. 537
110th (Deakin's), ii. 537
111th (Markham's), ii. 537
112th (Hamilton's), ii. 537
113th (M'Lean's), ii. 537
114th (Crawford's), ii. 537
115th (Ogle's), ii. 537
Regiments not numbered but known by Colonels' Names—
Aberdour's (Light Dragoons), ii. 500
Argyll's (foot), i. 369
Barrymore's (foot). See Pearce's dragoons
Bolton's (foot), i. 337
Bowles's (dragoons), i. 487, 530; ii. 5
Bradshaw's (foot), i. 464
Brazier's (foot), i. 492
Bretton's (foot), i. 450, 487
Brudenell's (foot), i. 398, 458
Caldwell's (light dragoons), ii. 501
Carles's (foot), i. 492
Castletown's (foot), i. 369
Caulfield's (foot), i. 459, 503
Churchill's (dragoons), ii. 6
Clayton's (foot), i. 541
Collier's (foot), i. 334, 388
Cutts's (foot), i. 363, 367
Dalzell's (foot), i. 530, 536
De Grangue's (foot), ii. 82
Delaune's (foot), i. 492
Deloraine's (foot), i. 417
Dormer's (foot), i. 503, 530; ii. 6
Draper's (foot), ii. 314, 469
Drogheda's (light dragoons), ii. 501
Dubourgay's (foot), ii. 6
Dungannon's (foot), i. 417
Elliot's (foot), i. 411, 459
Erle's (dragoons), i. 417
Evans's (foot), i. 411, 475, 496, 514, 525
Fenwick's (foot), i. 239
Fitzpatrick's (foot), i. 334, 364
Fraser's (foot), ii. 300, 316
Goff's (foot), i. 249
Gore's (foot), i. 530; ii. 5
Gorges's (foot), i. 411, 459
Granby's (light dragoons), ii. 501
Grant's (foot), ii. 7
Hamilton's (foot), i. 388, 503
Hazelrigg's (foot), i. 239
Hill's (foot), i. 484
Honeywood's (horse), ii. 5
Hotham's (foot), i. 450; ii. 6
Ikerryn's (foot), i. 417
Inchiquin's (foot), i. 417
Ingoldsby's (foot), i. 337
Johnson's (foot), i. 503
Jones's (foot), i. 492
Kane's (foot), i. 541
Kerr's (foot), i. 464, 484, 487
Kingston's (foot), i. 337
Kingston's (later Cumberland's) light dragoons, ii. 162
Lauder's (foot), i. 363
Leigh's (foot), i. 390
Lepell's (foot), i. 450
Lisburn's (foot), i. 337
Lovelace's (foot), i. 464
Lucas's (foot), ii. 6
Macartney's (foot), i. 484, 487
Macclesfield's (horse), i. 368, 388
Mackay's (foot), i. 363, 371
Mohun's (foot), i. 400
Molesworth's (dragoons), ii. 6
Moore's (foot), i. 503
Montgomery's (foot), ii. 300, 400
Mordaunt's (foot), i. 400
Mountjoy's (foot), i. 398, 459, 477, 487
Munden's (dragoons), i. 530; ii. 5
Nassau's (dragoons), i. 530
Newton's (foot), ii. 6
Orrery's (foot), i. 417, 492, 496, 525
Paston's (foot), i. 417, 529
Pearce's (dragoons), i. 411, 480, 487
Pepperrell's (foot), ii. 284, 296
Peterborough's (dragoons), i. 464, 487
Pocock's (foot), ii. 6
Prendergast's (foot), i. 514
Price's (foot), i. 464
Rich's (foot), ii. 6
Rochford's (dragoons), i. 530
Rooke's (foot), i. 417
Roscommon's (foot), i. 337
Shannon's (foot), i. 400
Shirley's (foot), ii. 296
Slane's (foot), i. 492
Soames's (foot), i. 450
Stanhope's (foot), ii. 6
Stanwix's (foot), i. 464, 529; ii. 6
Strathnaver's (foot), i. 388
Stringer's (foot), i. 400
Sutherland's (foot), ii. 500
Sybourg's (foot) i. 464
Temple's (foot), i. 400, 514, 521
Townsend's (foot), i. 464, 503
Tunbridge's (foot), i. 464
Tyrell's (foot), ii. 6
Wolfe's (foot), ii. 58, 75
Wynne's (foot), i. 450, 503; ii. 5
Reiters, i. 102, 138;
superseded by cuirassiers, 183
Renaissance, the, and the art of war, i. 106
Reynolds, John, i. 255;
commands Cromwell's force in French army, 267;
lost on Goodwin Sands, 269
Rhode Island, ii. 250
Rich, Barnaby, i. 138
Richard I., army under, i. 13
Richard II., i. 50, 52
Richards, Colonel John, i. 342, 528
Richelieu, Duke of, ii. 292
Richmond, Duke of, ii. 136
Riedesel, Colonel, ii. 549
Ripon, Treaty of, i. 198
Robinson, Colonel, ii. 58
Robinson, Sir T. (Secretary of State 1754), ii. 268
Rochelle, expedition to, i. 193
Rodney, Captain George, R.N., ii. 316
Rollo, Lord, ii. 321, 397, 536
RonÇevalles, Pass of, i. 45
Rooke, Admiral Sir George, i. 407, 448
Roquemaure, French officer in Canada, ii. 398
Roses, Wars of the, i. 5;
changes in warfare during, 76
Ross, Christian (the female dragoon), i. 572
Ross, Ensign David, i. 176
Rottmeister, i. 181
Row, Brigadier, at Blenheim, i. 437
Rumsdorf. See Landen
Rupert, Prince, i. 169, 199;
at Edgehill, 200;
at Marston Moor, 205;
influence on cavalry, 215;
at Naseby, 225, 228
Rushworth, John, i. 311
Russell, Sir William, i. 148
Russia, Treaty of George the Second with, ii. 291
Ruvigny. See Galway
Ryswick, Peace of, i. 379, 399, 563; ii. 181, 253
Sabine, Brigadier, at Oudenarde, i. 496-498
Sackville, Lord George, ii. 290, 307, 341, 345, 481;
at Minden, 488-493;
dismissed from army, 496
St. Clair, General, ii. 156
St. Germain, Count of, ii. 502
St. Ghislain, i. 515; ii. 150
St. John, Henry (Bolingbroke), i. 416, 551, 582, 538, 571, 591;
tampers with army after Utrecht, ii. 3, 255
St. Helena, ii. 171, 188
St. Kitts, ii. 62
St. Lazare, ii. 67
St. Lucia, ii. 347
St. Pierre, ii. 349
St. Ruth, General, i. 349
St. ThomÉ, ii. 194
Salabat Jung (Viceroy of Deccan 1759), ii. 197, 408, 448, 457
SaliÈres, Marquis of, ii. 160
Samiaveram, ii. 211
Sandford, Brigadier, i. 527
Sauhojee (Ruler of Tanjore 1749) ii. 192
Sankey, Brigadier, i. 530
Santiago di Cuba, British attack on, ii. 74-79
Saunders, Admiral, ii. 385, 499
Saunders, Mr., Governor of Madras, ii. 202, 405
Saxe, Maurice, MarÉchal de, i. 503; ii. 105, 106;
at Fontenoy, 110-121, 150;
action at Roucoux, 153;
notable march from Louvain, 158;
Lauffeld, 159-163
Schellenberg, the, Marlborough's march on, i. 423
Schomberg, Mainhard, Duke of, i. 447
Schomberg, Marshal, i. 268;
Colonel of Royal Scots, 334, 338;
commands expedition to Ireland, 343;
his complaints of administration, 124
Terheyden, ii. 150
TessÉ

152
"Tories," ii. 38
Tournament, its military uses, i. 11
Tournay, Marlborough's siege of, i. 513; ii. 121
Townley, Francis, ii. 135
Townsend, Brigadier George, ii. 301, 361;
at Quebec, ii. 382;
at Vellinghausen, 527
Train-bands, i. 119, 128, 135, 195
Transport vessels, horrors of, i. 560, 570
Trelawny, Colonel, i. 306
Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica, ii. 76
Trichinopoly, ii. 208;
French and English contest for, 198, 221
Trichinopoly, Rajah of, ii. 176
Trincomalee, ii. 180
Tullibardine, Lord, ii. 9
Turenne, i. 266;
commends English soldiers, 270, 274, 296, 406; ii. 279
Tyrawley, Lord, ii. 564
Tyrconnel, Richard, Earl of, i. 303, 336
Underhill, Captain John, ii. 249
Unterglau, i. 433
Utrecht, Peace of, army disbanded after, ii. 3, 32;
North America and, 256
Valencia, taken by Peterborough, i. 481
Vasco da Gama, ii. 168
Vauban, i. 359, 474;
fortresses of, 513; ii. 292
Vaudreuil (Governor of Quebec), ii. 322, 378
Vegetius, quoted, i. 32
Velasco, i. 460
Venables, General Robert, i. 255, 260
VendÔme, Marshal, i. 475, 491;
sends detachment to Oudenarde, 495;
but out-marched by Marlborough, 496;
differences with Burgundy, 497;
at Oudenarde, 500;
campaign in Spain, 522
Vere, Francis, i. 147;
his ancestors great soldiers, 155;
siege of Ostend, 156;
exposes corruption in army, 157, 159;
at Nieuport, 161-165;
death, 167
Vere, Horace, i. 156, 164, 166
Vere, Robert, i. 156
Vergor, French commander at Quebec, ii. 374
Vernon, Admiral, capture of Porto Bello, ii. 58;
Carthagena expedition, 64, 79
Vezon, ii. 111
Villadarias, Marquis, i. 530
Villars, Marshal, i. 406, 412;
successes in 1703, 415;
replaced by Marsin, 418, 465;
recalled from the Rhine, 474;
commands again in 1709, 513;
wounded at Malplaquet, 532, 536;
campaign of 1711, 541;
out-generalled by Marlborough, 546
Villeroy, Marshal, i. 411, 413, 418, 421, 429;
captures Huy, 451;
errors at Ramillies, 466, 473;
superseded by VendÔme, 475, 491
Villiers, Elizabeth, i. 390
Virginians, clever irregular troops, ii. 281
Vlytingen, ii. 160
Von Imhoff, General, ii. 481
Wade, General, ii. 20, 26;
roads in Highlands, 49, 83, 87, 102, 104, 107, 132, 137
Waldeck, Prince of, i. 338
Waldegrave, Brigadier, at Minden, ii. 491;
at Warburg, 510;
at Wesel, 518
Wallace, William, i. 17
Wallenstein, i. 178, 188
Waller, Sir William, i. 205
Walpole, Sir Robert, Paymaster of Forces, ii. 5;
and army, 16, 18;
Excise Bill, 20, 48, 55;
against war, 57, 80, 567
Walpole, Horace, appreciation of Cumberland, ii. 567
Walsh, Brigadier, ii. 539
Wambais. See Arms and Armour
Wandewash, Brereton's attack on, ii. 457;
Coote's victory at, 464
Wangenheim, General, at Minden, ii. 485-490, 555
War Office and Army Organisation—
In its early stages, i. 219;
defects in organisation, 556;
its want of consideration for soldiers, 562;
laziness of Board of Generals, ii. 31;
bad provision for Colonial troops, 43;
civilian element strong at, 561;
faulty records of, 562;
becomes more military in 18th century, 567
Secretary-at-War—
First appointed, i. 311;
accompanies Commander-in-Chief on active service, 359, 392;
change in his functions, 409;
under Anne, 554, 581;
powers of, 583;
Walpole, St. John, Granville, Lansdowne, Wyndham, and Gwynne as, 582;
Pulteney as, ii. 5;
list of from 1714-1735, 21;
increasing influence of, 21;
difficulties of, 25;
abuse of his powers, 27;
effect on army, 28
Warren, Commodore, ii. 258
Warwick, Earl of (the King-maker), i. 73
Washington, George, ii. 265, 270, 277, 285, 323
Watson, Admiral, ii. 236, 411
Webb, Colonel, ii. 296, 306
Webb, General Richmond, i. 507, 538, 577
Wentworth, General, ii. 59, 62;
letters to Newcastle, 63;
Carthagena expedition, 64-74;
Cuba, 75
West Indies, first British expedition to, i. 265;
our troops in, 560; ii. 42.
See Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Vincent
Wesleyans in Cumberland's army, ii. 121
Westphalen, General, Chief of Staff to Ferdinand of Brunswick, ii. 496
White Company, the, i. 44
William I., i. 6, 7
William II. (Rufus), i. 8
William III. (of Orange), i. 296;
invades England, 305, 330;
increases army, 336;
conquest of Ireland, 341;
as a general, 356;
war with France, 357;
Steenkirk, 361-367;
Landen, 372-376;
invests Namur, 378;
bullied into disbanding army, 385-388;
disposal of Irish lands, 390;
estimate of his character, 392;
refuses to recognise Philip of Anjou, 398
William of Nassau, i. 142
William of Ypres, i. 23
William the Silent, i. 145
Williams, Roger, i. 139, 142;
in Leicester's army, 147
Willoughby, Lord, i. 147, 193
Wilmington, Lord, ii. 82
Wimbledon. See Cecil
Winslow, Edward, i. 260
Withers, General, i. 519
Wolfe, Colonel Edward, ii. 53
Wolfe, Colonel James, ii. 53, 58;
mentioned in Cumberland's despatches, 157, 308, 315, 319, 359;
operations against Quebec, 368-382;
death, 383;
criticisms on his generalship at Quebec, 387;
his monument, 498;
his humane qualities, 569
Wolseley, Colonel, i. 342
Worcester, ii. 38
Worge, Colonel, ii. 346
WÜrtemberg, Duke of, commands advance guard at Steenkirk, i. 362, 369, 422, 456, 470
Wutgenau, General, ii. 528
Wynyard, Colonel, ii. 58, 69
Xavier, Prince of Saxony, as ally of French, ii. 507, 527, 532, 547
Xenophon, Hipparchicus of, i. 106
Yeomanry, the, i. 133
Yeomen of the Guard, i. 110
Young, Sir William, ii. 17
York, Duke of, at Agincourt, i. 58-62, 77
York, James, Duke of, i. 270, 287, 294.
See James II.
Yorke, Captain, ii. 449
Zastrow, General, ii. 555
Zinghis Khan, ii. 167
Zizka, John, his tactics copied at Roveray, i. 68;
his military genius, 82, 188;
compared with Cromwell, 281

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