Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

A

• Abbas II, 121
• Abbé, 155
• Abdallah, 100, 143, 169, 255
• -- of Cordova, 272
• Abd-el-Kader, 116
• -- Rahman, 10
• Abderrahman Ibn Abdillah, 252
• Abdul Wahab Khan, 263
• Abercrombie, Sir Ralph, 1, 9, 254
• Abercromby, Gen. James, 116, 249, 255
• Aberdeen, Provost of, 106
• Abergavenny, Lord, 269
• Abington, Major, 246
• Aboukir Bay, 177
• Aboyne, Lord, 41
• Abu Hamed, 219
• -- 'l Hasan, 10, 24, 219
• -- Obeidah, 8, 118
• -- Sophian, 30, 155, 181, 231
• AbyssiniaAbyssinia, Italian Invasion of, 4
• Acha, Gen., 183
• Achmet Hefzi Pasha, 99
• -- Koprili Pasha, 188, 217
• Acre, 3, 167
• Adams, Major, 56, 97, 166, 182
• Adda, The, 141
• Adherbal, 79
• Adil Pasha, 142
• Adour, The, 178
• Æmilius, Consul, 48
• -- Paulus, 203
• Æthelfrith, 72
• Æthelred, 21, 86, 207
• Æthelstan, 42
• Aetius, 55
• Afan de Riva, 264
• Afghan Wars, 6, 34, 56, 97, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 148, 190
• Afranius, 239
• Africa, Count of, 111
• Agesilaus, 66
• Agis, 151, 156
• Agnes, Countess of March, 81
• Agostina, 222
• Agra, 220
• Agricola, 101
• Agrippa, 170, 172
• Ahmed Ali, 5
• -- Bey, 206
• -- Pasha, 45, 58
• Aidan, 72
• Aiza, 94, 250
• Ajmir, Rajah of, 240
• Akbar, 60, 158, 187
• -- Khan, 117
• Alaf Khan, 131
• Alaric, 197, 211
• -- II, 197, 264
• Ala-ud-Din, 60, 74, 131
• Albemarle, Duke of, 9, 75, 99, 179
• -- Sound, 210
• Albert, Archduke, 70, 117, 176, 183, 256
• -- Margrave, 231
• Albigenses, 169
• Albinus, Clodius, 145
• Alboin, 189
• Albuquerque, 100, 148
• Alcibiades, 72, 179, 240
• Alcidas, 170
• Alemanni, 18, 55
• Alexander of Bulgaria, 194, 232
• -- Despot of Pheræ, 71
• -- of Epirus, 186
• -- of Parma, 146, 252, 273
• -- the Great, 17, 54, 95, 101, 113, 116, 248, 256
• Alexander's Asiatic Campaigns, 95, 101, 113, 116, 256
• Alexius the Usurper, 64
• Alfonso IV, of Portugal, 219, 251
• -- VI, 113, 272
• -- VIII, of Castile, 7
• -- XI, of Castile, 219
• -- the Great, 272
• -- the Infante, 181
• Alfred the Great, 21, 87, 158, 207
• Algeciras, 220
• Algiers, Dey of, 138
• Ali, 28, 113, 231, 257
• -- Adil Shah, 100
• -- Atar, 142, 143
• -- Khan, 246
• -- Hussein, 46
• -- Moldovani Pasha, 79
• -- Pasha, 210, 262
• Alle, River, 108
• Allemande, Adm., 131
• Allersheim, 178
• Allied Invasion of France, 41, 55, 67, 131, 133, 135, 166, 188, 208
• Almady, 65
• Almagro, 71, 135
• Almohacen, Heights of, 142
• Almoravid, 272
• Alonzo-di-Aguila, 162
• Alub Khan, 220
• Alumbagh, 144
• Alsusieff, 56
• Alvarez Mariano, 97
• Alviani, Gen., 5
• Alvinzi, 17, 18, 46, 200
• Amandus, 108
• Amanien, 36
• AmbiorixAmbiorix, 4
• Ambrosio Bercenegra, Don, 135
• American Civil War, 15, 26, 42, 43, 53, 54, 57, 58, 66, 69, 87, 89, 92, 97, 105, 125, 139, 151, 157, 159, 169, 172, 180, 189, 191, 192, 200, 201, 202, 209, 210, 225, 230, 235, 261, 268, 269, 271
• -- Spanish War, 150
• -- War of Independence, 32, 34, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56, 59, 63, 86, 97, 102, 103, 139, 190, 202, 237, 249, 271
• -- Wars, 26, 35, 36, 43, 57, 59, 61, 131, 144, 175, 205, 229
• Americo-Mexican War, 15, 42, 163, 186
• Amherst, Gen., 143, 164, 209
• Amiens, Peace of, 154
• Aminias, 219
• Amir Daood, 131
• Ammatas, 51
• Amphictyonic War, 54
• Amron, 9, 157
• Amurath II, 64, 130, 165, 259
• Andrés, 235
• Andronicus the Younger, 190
• Angelus, Isaac, 64
• Angostura, 263
• Angus, 14, 223
• Anjou, Duc d', 145, 162
• Anlaf the Dane, 42
• Anson, Adm., 48
• Anstruther, Col., 41
• Antigonus, 44, 65, 86, 115, 187, 191
• Antigonus Soter, 222
• Antiochus the Great, 19, 21, 147, 167, 170, 207, 248
• Antipater, 156
• Antoku, 257
• Antonius, Caius, 70
• -- Primus, 68
• Antony, Mark, 3, 169, 193
• Anwar-ud-Din, 13
• Appenzel Rebellion, 263
• Appius Claudius, 241
• Appleton, Commodore, 136
• Apraxine, 7, 102
• Arabi Pasha, 122
• Arabi's Rebellion, 9, 122, 246
• Aratus, 156
• Arbogastes, 17
• Arbuthnot, Adm., 49
• Archelaus, 55, 183
• Archidamus, 150, 195, 246
• Archimedes, 241
• Ardoch, Moor of, 101
• Aredondo, 42
• Aremberg, Count, 107, 108
• Argive War, 227
• Argyle, Duke of, 98, 115, 229
• AriçaAriça, 242
• Ariovistus, 3, 168
• Ashanti Wars, 2, 14, 77
• Arista, 186
• Aristœus, 201
• Aristagorus, 86
• Aristomenes, 156
• "Arkansas," The, 261
• Armagnac War, 206, 218
• Arminius, 114, 260
• Arnulph of Germany, 83
• Arona, 165
• ArsacesArsaces III, 19
• Artaphernes, 86
• Artaxerxes, 70
• Arundel's Rebellion, 88, 218, 220
• Arverni, The, 263
• Asipetes, The, 253
• Aston, Sir Arthur, 80
• Astruc, Mons., 228, 239
• Atahualpa, 13, 205
• Athens, Duke of, 54
• Athol, Earl of, 81
• Athole, Marquis of, 82
• Atlanta, 189
• Attalus, 59, 211
• Attila, 55
• Attilius, C., 140, 141
• Attilius Regulus, 83
• Auchmuty, Sir Samuel, 28, 163
• Audley, Lord, 35
• Auerstadt, 118
• Augereau, 28, 53, 159, 163
• Aulus Postumius, 132
• Aurelian, 186, 189, 194
• Aurelian's Expedition to Palmyra, 15, 85
• Aurep, Gen., 45, 58
• Aurungzebe, 45, 98, 121, 220
• Austrasians, The, 247, 255, 263
• Ayesha, 28
• Ayub Khan, 121, 148

B

• Baber, 187
• Baden, Margrave of, 269
• Baden-Powell, Gen., 145
• Bagenal, Harvey, 175
• Bagnall, Sir Henry, 36
• Bagration, 112, 161, 233
• Baghasian, 16
• SecgSecg, 21
• Bahadur Shah, 60, 77
• Bahram's Revolt, 271
• Baillie, 124
• -- Col., 9, 191
• Baird, Gen., 36, 228
• Baireuth, Marquis of, 238
• Bajazet I, 176
• -- II, 15, 116
• Baji Rao, 21, 125, 127
• Baj Singh, 60
• Baker, Major Henry, 142
• -- Valentine, Pasha, 85, 245
• Baldwin I, 4
• -- II, 64
• Balfour of Burleigh, 80
• Ball, Sir Alex., 259
• Balliol, 82, 105
• Ballivian, 114
• Balmaceda, 134
• Balmacedists, 133
• Banks, Gen., 151, 200
• Baquedano, Gen., 61, 160, 242
• Bar, Duke of, 5
• Baraguay d'Hilliers, 149, 234
• Baratieri, Gen., 4
• Barbarossa, Fredk., 136
• Barbosa, Gen., 63, 133
• Barnard, Sir Henry, 25, 75
• Barons, Wars, 87, 139
• Barreiro, Col., 39
• Barrington, Adm., 50
• Basin Rao, 20
• Basques, 213
• Bassano, Don Alfonso, 24
• Bassas, 212
• Bastard of Orleans, 110
• Bates, 95
• "Battle of Giants," 153
• "Battle of the Spurs," 103
• Baudissen, 267
• Baum, Col., 32
• Bavaria, Elector of, 36
• Bayard, Chevalier de, 94, 208
• Bazaine, Marshal, 31, 63, 101, 134, 153, 158, 178
• Bazalitch, Gen., 52
• Beatrix of Castile, 11
• Beauharnais, Eugene 150, 205, 216, 268
• Beaulieu, Gen., 37, 141, 157
• Beauregard, Gen., 42, 192
• Beavers Dam Creek, 228
• Beckwith, Gen., 154
• Bedford, 226
• -- Duke of, 183, 261
• "Beggars," The, 107, 203
• Belgium, Liberation of, 16
• Belisarius, 51, 156, 212, 253
• Bellasis, Col. John, 226
• Bellecombe, Mons., 198
• Bellegarde, 8
• Belleville, 188
• "Bell-the-Cat," 223
• Belza, Gen., 133
• Bem, Gen., 226
• Benedek, Marshal, 125
• Benham, Gen., 225
• Bennigsen, Gen., 87, 93, 108, 203
• Beorwulf, 85
• Bercenegra, Don Ambrosio, 135
• Beresford, Lord Charles, 9, 123
• -- Marshal, 7, 42
• Berkshire Regt., 250
• Bermuda Hundred, 192
• Bernard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 208, 209
• Bernadotte, 137, 162
• Berthier, Gen., 141
• Bertie, Adm., 116
• Bertrand, Gen., 76, 266
• Berwick, 105
• Berwick, Duke of, 193
• -- Marshal, 8, 12
• Bessières, Marshal, 210
• Betuitdus, 115
• Bevern, Prince of, 40
• Bezetha, 118
• Bhagerat Rao Scindhia, 147
• Bianchi, Gen., 89, 250
• Biddulphsberg, 227
• BifukumoniaBifukumonia | 242
• Bijapore, Rajah of, 100
• Bizet, Gen., 33
• Black Agnes of Dunbar, 81
• Black Prince, The, 173, 197
• "Black Watch," The, 249
• Blake, Adm., 79, 200, 247
• -- Gen., 86, 216
• Blakeney, Gen., 160
• Blasco Nunez, 14
• Blois, Comte de, 4
• "Bloody Battery," 196
• Blucher, Marshal, 28, 41, 55, 68, 123, 133, 135, 137, 140, 143, 145, 265, 266, 267
• Boadicea, 37
• Bœotian War, 66, 137, 151, 246
• Boer Wars, 31, 41, 63, 72, 77, 80, 84, 88, 101, 114, 122, 124, 130, 133, 141, 146, 147, 148, 161, 184, 193, 208, 209, 221, 227, 228, 236, 243, 258, 267
• BogdanBogdan, 28, 180
• Bohemond, 79
• Boiorix, 17, 261
• Boisot, Adm., 139, 213
• Bolivar, 27, 34, 39, 50, 177, 201, 259
• Boniface, Count of Africa, 111
• Bonnemain, Gen., 269
• Bonnet, Gen., 219
• Bonnivet, 208
• Borysthenes, The, 203
• Boscawen, Adm., 143, 198
• Bosco, Gen., 159
• Bossu, 104, 215, 273
• Botha, 77
• Botta, Gen., 96
• Bover, 86
• BoucicautBoucicaut, Marshal, 5
• Bouillon, Duc de, 185
• Boulatoff, Gen., 208
• Bourbon, Constable of, 208, 212
• -- Francisco de, 54
• Bourlamaque, 249
• Bourquin, 75
• Bouxhoevden, Gen., 231
• Bowyer, Gen., 146, 217, 219
• Boyd, Gen., 61
• Boyle, Mr., 20
• Brabant, 211
• -- Duke of, 5
• Braddock, Gen., 162
• Bradstreet, Col., 91
• Bragg, Gen., 57, 58, 169, 191
• Braithwaite, Col., 173
• Brakfontein, 258
• Brand, Martin, 104
• Braun, Marshal, 201
• Breckenridge, Gen., 174
• Brennus, 11, 211
• Brentford, Earl of, 12
• Brian Boru 62
• Bridgwater, 133
• Bridport, Lord, 31
• Brihtnoth, 149
• British Invasion of Egypt, 1, 9
• Britt, Don Jorge, 138
• Broadwood, Col., 221
• Brock, Gen., 205
• Broglie, Duc de, 33, 125, 205, 225
• Broke, Capt., 229
• Bromhead, Lieut., 213
• Brown, Capt., 261
• -- Gen. Jacob, 59, 144
• -- Marshal, 143
• Bruce, Capt., 104
• -- Robert, 26, 81, 115, 142, 158
• Brude, 173
• Brueys, Adm., 177
• Brune, 11
• Brunehilde, Queen, 87
• Brunswick, Christian, of, 90
• -- Duke of, 118, 259
• -- Ferdinand of, 33
• -- Prince of, 47, 111
• Brutus, 41, 193
• Brydon, Dr., 119
• Buccaneers, 186, 200, 203
• Buccelin, 52
• Buchan, Constable, 68, 261
• -- Earl of, 115
• Buchanan, Capt., 105
• Buckingham, Duke of, 135, 208
• Buda-Pesth, 161
• Buell, Gen., 191
• Buenzas, 204
• Buerens, Gen., 110
• Buffalo, 36
• Bugeaud, Marshal, 116
• Bugha, 229
• Bukht-Khan, 179
• Bulbuddur, Singh, 120
• Bulgaria, Prince of, 156
• Buller, Capt., 231
• -- Sir Redvers, 63, 72, 114, 131, 193, 236, 258
• Burgoyne, Gen., 237, 249
• Burgundian Wars, 100, 109, 136, 165
• Burgundy, Duke of, 184
• Burleigh, Lord, 1
• Burmah, Wars, 78, 120, 123, 127, 185, 266
• Burnaby, Col. Fred., 2
• Burnside, Gen., 92, 211
• Burr, Col., 125
• Burrard, Sir Harry, 263
• Burrows, Gen., 148
• Butler, Gen., 192
• Byng, Adm., 160
• -- Gen., 213
• -- Sir Geo., 10, 49
• Byron, Adm., 102