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killed at Ciudad Rodrigo, 146 6318@56318-h@56318-h-11.htm.html#Page_124" class="pginternal">124

LapÈne, Major, his histories of Soult’s campaigns, 20

Larpent, Francis, his Private Journal, 17, 159

Latour-Maubourg, General, defeat of, by Lumley at Usagre, 107–8

Lawrence, W., 40th Foot, his flogging, 253;

anecdote of his experiences at Waterloo, 306

Leach, Col. J., his Rough Sketches of the Life of an Old Soldier, 24

Leith, Gen. Sir James, his dispatches at the Record Office, 15;

memoirs of, 37;

commands 5th Division, 169

Lejeune, General, his picture of An English Officer’s family on the march, 278

Le Marchant, General Sir John Gaspard, his cavalry charge at Salamanca, 103, 104, 176;

head of the Military College, 204;

his religious convictions, 330

Lemonnier, Delafosse, his Souvenirs Militaires, 31

Leslie, Major John, his edition of the Dickson Papers, 34

Leslie, Colonel T., of Balquhain, his Military Journal, 24

Light companies, use of, 74

Light Division, institution of, 83, 168;

achievements of under Craufurd, 142–9;

at Bussaco, 145;

at Fuentes de OÑoro, 145;

commanded by Alten, 146

Line v. Column, 61–92

Ligny, Prussian tactics at, Wellington’s views on, 80–1

Londonderry, Chas. Stewart, Lord, his History of the Peninsular War, 12, 18;

Adjutant-General in Wellington’s Army, 156–7

Long, General, R.B., his desponding views, 41;

weak operations of, 106

Lumley, General W., at Usagre, 103;

at Albuera, 107;

praise of, by Picard, 107

Lusitanian Legion, the Loyal, formed by Sir R. Wilson, 84, 229

Luz, Soriano da, his History of the Peninsular War, 38

Lynedoch, Lord. See Graham, Sir Thomas

M.

Mackinnon, General H., his Journal, 17

Maguilla, cavalry combat of, 105

Maguire, Lieutenant, leads the “forlorn hope” at San Sebastian, 293

Maida, battle of, the use of skirmishers at, 74;

tactics at, 77, 78

Marbot, General M., uses Napier’s History, 23;

his mistakes and exaggerations, 26

March, the army on the, account of, 255–65;

Foy’s description of the British, 268

Marmont, Auguste, Marshal, his autobiography, 20< s="pginternal">37

“Volunteers,” their status, 196

W.

Walcheren, expedition, the, disastrous effects of on health of regiments, 187

Wallace, Colonel W., commands 3rd Division after fall of Badajoz, 198

Warre, Sir George, his Letters of 1808–12, 17

Waterloo, battle of, Wellington’s tactics at, 80, 87

Wellesley, Henry, diplomatist, his dispatches at the Record Office, 15, 106

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, his dispatch concerning preaching officers, 7;

Gurwood’s edition of his Dispatches, 9–12;

the Supplementary Dispatches, 12;

his General Orders, 13;

views on publication of historical information, 9;

his story of a visit to BlÜcher before Waterloo, 25;

his early career, 39–41;

his relations with his troops, 41–3;

with his officers, 43;

autocratic temper, 46;

his dispatches, 47;

Lord Roberts’ estimate of him, 49;

extraordinary prescience of the course of the war, 50–3;

his long-sighted calculation, 53–5;

his strategy, 55;

in offensive warfare, 57–80;

his infantry tactics, 61, 73–93;

his views on French tactics, 78;

his tactics at Vimeiro, Bussaco, Salamanca, Waterloo, 80;

remarks on the triumph of line over column, 86;

his cavalry tactics, 94–102, 104;

remarks on British cavalry, 104–109;

“Instructions for Cavalry,” 111, 112;

his confidence in Hill, 117;

in Beresford, 120;

in Graham, 125;

his relations with Craufurd, 144;

his estimate of Erskine, 151;

his organization of the army, 154;

his rapid early promotion, 199;

remarks on promotion from the ranks, 206–7;

adventure with the plunderer of bee-hives, 246;

his orders for the army on the march, 255, 263;

his remarks on the third siege of Badajoz, 284;

at the siege of Burgos, 287;

his attitude toward religion, 324–5;

requisitions chaplains for the army, 325–7

Wellington, Arthur Richard Wellesley, second Duke of, his publication of the Supplementary Dispatches, 9, 12

Wesleys, the, influence of, 320

Whinyates, Colonel F.A., his history From Corunna to Sebastopol, THE END

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