  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Adam, Gen. Sir F., commands 3rd British Brigade at Waterloo, 289, 290, 301; High Commissioner of Ionian Isles, 309 Adour R., 267, 269; Gen. Hope throws a bridge of boats across the, 268 Agamemnon, Nelson in command of the, at Toulon, 33 n.; in the attack on Corsica, 43; in naval engagement off Corsica, 69 Agents, regimental, 53 n. Ages of officers, 120, 121 n.; in Peninsular War, 167, 247-253 Agueda R., 143, 149, 152, 153, 156, 172 Ajaccio, 54, 56, 65 Albergueria, 177 Albuhera (Albuera), battle of, 157, 188, 191, 192, 193 Alcock, Capt. C., 51st, 29; death of, 70 Aldea da Ribeira, 177 Alentejo (Alemtejo), 148, 149, 150, 162 Alexandria, 308 Alfayates, 170, 182 Almaraz, Hill destroys the bridge at, 197, 205 Almeida, fortress of, held by Portuguese, 143; captured by French, 144; invested by British, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153; French garrison escapes from, 156; Spencer leaves neighbourhood of, 161 Alten, Gen. Baron C., commands Light Division, 268, 269 America, 107, 108, 109, 112 Amiens, peace of, 92 Amotz, bridge of, 259 Andalusia, 196, 197 Arauda, 129 Argenteuil, 298 Ariaga, 233 AriÑez, 234 Army, British, 1793, 22-25, 35, 36; reform of the, 1802-7, chap. vi. See also Soldiers, British Army Discipline Act, and flogging, 203 Artillery, employment of, 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 78, 128, 136, 139, 140, 142, 151, 152, 155, 158, 159, 160, 188, 206, 216, 218, 235, 240, 269, 279, 283, 286, 287, 288 Astorga, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134 Ath, 277 Aubervilliers, 298 Austria, 5, 7, 9 n., 12, 81, 106, 276 Aya, Mont (PeÑa de Haya), 240, 241, 242 Azava R., 153, 206 surrender of Spanish garrison of, 151; occupied by French and invested by Beresford, 151; first siege of, 152; description of, 157; second siege of, 158; third siege of, 184, 185, 186; assault of, 189; sacking of, 190 Baird, Gen. Sir David, at Seringapatam and at Cape Town, 90 n.; in Corunna Campaign, chap. vii. passim Ball given by Duchess of Richmond at Brussels, 279 Banos, pass of, 178 Barrosa, 110 n., 187 Base, change of, 127, 229, 232 Bastan R., 238, 256 Bastia, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 68, 71, 75, 78; capture of, 49; evacuation of, 79 Bavarians, 276 Bayonet, use of the, 46, 51, 119, 136, 191, 240, 259, 260, 285, 286, 287, 290, 300 n. Bayonne, 265, 266, 267, 268 Behobia, 241 Belgian troops, 277, 286 Belgium, 275, 276, 277 Belle Alliance, La, 289, 290, 292 Bellerophon, H.M.S., conveys Napoleon to England, 301 Bembibre, 135 Benevente, 133, 134 Bentinck, Lord William, on flogging, 24 Beresford, W. Carr, Viscount (Marshal, Portuguese Army), invests Badajoz, 151, 152; defeats Soult at Albuhera, 157, 192 n.; fails to capture Badajoz, 158-160; age of, 253 n.; in the Pyrenees, 256; at the battle of the Nivelle, 259; at the battle of Orthes, 268, 269; occupies Bordeaux, 269, 270 Berwick, the, 68 Betanzos, 137, 138 Bidassoa R., 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 254, 256 Bidouse R., 267, 268 Blake, Gen. (Spanish Army), taken prisoner, 184 BlÜcher, Field-Marshal (Prince BlÜcher von Wahlstadt), 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 296, 297, 298; defeated by Napoleon at Ligny, 280; comes to Wellington's aid at Waterloo, 291; meets Wellington at Genappe, 291 Boers, typical mounted infantry, 109 Boggis, Ensign T., 51st, killed at Calvi, 53 n. Bois de Boulogne, Allies encamp in the, 300, 302 Champs ElysÉes occupied by British troops, 301 Chandernagore, 88 Charleroi, 277, 278, 282 Chatham, Earl of, in Walcheren Expedition, 142 Chelsea Hospital, 213 Ciney, 277 Cintra, Convention of, 125 Ciudad Rodrigo, 128, 143, 144, 148, 153, 170, 172, 176, 182, 193, 198, 223, 224, 228; chap. ix. passim; British siege of, 178, 179; storming of, 183, 184 Clausel, Gen. (Fr.), 212, 215, 242, 245 Climate, of Corsica, 55, 57, 61, 65, 70; of India, 93; Escorial (Escurial), 129, 214 Esla R., 133, 229, 230 Estramadura, 191 Flank companies. See Grenadier company; Light company. Flushing, 142 Food, scarcity of, 149, 150, 171, 211, 223, 257 Formations, fighting, of British in Corsica, 45, 46; of foreign armies before 1800, 106; Mesnil Durand on, 106, 107; of British in America, 108, 109; Moore and Von Ehwald on, 113; Dundas on, 116; of British in the Peninsular War, 118, 119, 154, 208; of British at Waterloo, 284, 286, 290, 295; of French at Waterloo, 107, 284, 285, 286, 288, 289 Fortescue, Hon. J. W., 'History of the British Army,' 108 n., 116 n. Fort St George, Madras, 92, 95 Fox, the, 82 Foz d'Aronce, 146 France, state of, in 1792, chap. i.; declares war against England and Holland, 14; leagued with Austria, 41; joined by Spain, 78; joined by the Netherlands, 91; makes war on Portugal and Spain, 124; invaded by Wellington, 258; throws over Napoleon and makes peace, 270; receives back Napoleon, 274; at war with all Europe, 275; crushed at Waterloo, 291; restores Louis XVIII. to the throne, 301; pays a war indemnity, 302. See also 31, 111 n. Howe, Gen. Sir W. (afterwards 5th Viscount Howe), 109, 111 Huebra R., 224 Huerta, 212 Hunting on active service, 180 HyÈres Bay, 33, 40, 42 Illustrious, the, 67 Imperial Guard, Napoleon's, 289, 290 Income Tax, introduction of, 84 Inconstant, the, 67 Indemnity paid by France, 302 climate of, 93, 96; condition of, 98, 103 India, French possessions in, 88, 262 Infantry, training of, 105-120. See also Light Infantry; Mounted Infantry Inglis, Gen., 240, 242, commands 4th British Brigade at Waterloo, 277; death of, 304 Moita, 146 Monasterio, 215, 218 Mondego R., 277; first expeditionary force to the Peninsula lands near the mouth of the, 124 Mons, 277, 278 Mont Aya. See PeÑa de Haya Mont de Marsan, 269 Mont St Jean, 282, 285 Moore, Gen. Sir John, Lt.-Col. commanding 51st Regt., 19, 35, 64, 141, 309; character of, 35; his treatment of young officers, 39, 59; interviews Adm. Ld. Hood, 40; in attack on St Fiorenzo, 44-46; at siege of Bastia, 47; at capture of Calvi, 50-52; wounded, 50; his care of sick, 54; on staff work in Corsica, 56, 63, 71; opinion of Corsican troops, 65 n., 111; rupture with Sir G. Elliott, 73, 80; ordered home, 74; influence over officers, 90; military reform, 101, chap. vi. passim; commanding at Canterbury, 103; selection of officers, 103, 104; trains a brigade for war, 105-120; his camp at Shorncliffe, 114-119, 250; views on tactics and discipline, 105, 106, 113-120, 200; in command of British forces in Portugal, 126; marches to meet Baird, 128-130; his plans for harassing Napoleon, 130; decides to attack Soult, 131; retreat to Corunna, 132-138; death of, 139; general order relating to death of, 39 n.; his decorations, 241, 242 Pena Macor (Penamacor), 183; with Graham outside Badajoz, 52, 54, 55, 57, 60, 61, 65, 69; in India, 93; in Ceylon, 98, 99; in Walcheren, 142, 145; in Peninsula, 177, 178, 179, 194, 219, 224, 258 Sierra de Gata (Gaeta), 183 Simancas, 216 Simonstown, South Africa, occupied by British in 1795, 91 Mesnil Durand advocates use of (1774), 106, 107; Red Indians as, 107; Highlanders as, 107 n.; training of British, 112-120; at Waterloo, 284, 285, 289, 295. See also Light Infantry; JÄgers; Voltigeurs. Smellie, Capt. P., 51st, 208 Smith, Gen. Sir Harry, 222 characteristics of, 250, 252, 257; Victor, Marshal (Fr.), 143 Victory, H.M.S., 33, 63 Vienna, Congress at, 274 Vigo, 129, 130, 131, 138 Villafranca, 130, 134, 135 Villa Mayor, 147, 170, 171, 177 Villa Nova, 230 Villa Velha, 163, 184, 193 Villodas, 234 Vimiera (Vimeiro), battle of, 125 Vittoria, 128, 215, 231, 232, 237; battle of, 233-238 Voltigeurs, Napoleon's first skirmishers, 112 "Voluntary Contributions," 84 Volunteers, officers serving as, 14, 253 n. Walcheren Expedition, 142 "War against Commerce," 84 War in the Mediterranean, chaps. iii., iv.; in India and Ceylon, 92-99; in the Peninsula and S. of France, chaps, vii.-xii.; in Belgium and France, chaps. xiii., xiv. Waterloo, 134, 168, 176, 202, 203, 253 n., 296, 304; campaign, chap. xiii.; Allies concentrate on, 280; village of, 282; battle of, 282-295 Wavre, 296; BlÜcher retires to, after Ligny, 280, 285; Prussians march from, to Waterloo, 288 Weather, influence of, on operations, 133, 134, 137, 138, 150, THE END. PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. |
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