INDEX

• Abercrombie, 164.
• Abu Klea, 391.
• Abyssinia, 374.
• Admiral’s Regiment, 129.
• Advice to Volunteers, 166.
• Afghanistan, 282, 326.
• Albuhera, 193.
• Aliwal, 291.
• Almanza, 82.
• André, 119.
• Armour, 23, 35.
• Arms, 4, 37, 85, 241, 239, 262, 349.
• Army in Africa, 126, 354.
• ” in America, 107.
• ” of Charles II., 5, 7.
• ” in the Far East, 336.
• ” in India (1600–1825), 264.
• ” in India (1825–1858), 277.
• ” in India (1858–1896), 318.
• ” of the King, 55.
• ” in North Africa, 374.
• ” of the Nobles, 14.
• ” of the People, 15.
• ” in Spain, 187, 199.
• ” at Sea, 128.
• Arroyo des Molinos, 195.
• Artillery, 19, 29, 38, 396.
• Assaye, 271.
• Ashantee, 385.
• Ashdown, 4.
• Assirghur, 275.
• Badajoz, 196.
• Baggage trains, 49.
• Baird, 269.
• Balaklava, 252.
• Barnet, 28.
• Barrosa, 188.
• Basing House, 45, 46.
• Bayonet, 397.
• Beginning of true strategy, 41.
• Bernadotte, 267.
• Bhoteas, 322.
• Bhurtpore, 275.
• Bladensburg, 122.
• Blenheim, 76.
• Blucher, 227.
• Boers War, 367, 372.
• Bonaparte, 143, 160.
• Boston, 114.
• Bowmen, 15.
• Boxtel and Wellesley, 161.
• Brussels Ball, 211.
• Buffs, 346.
• Bunker’s Hill, 114.
• Burmah, 336.
• Burmese stockades, 339.
• Busaco, 187.
• Bushire and Reshire, 296.
• Candahar, 333.
• Cawnpore, 302, 310.
• Cetewayo, 364.
• Chevalier de St. George, 75.
• Chillianwallah, 293.
• China, 343.
• Chitral, 339.
• Chivalry, 20.
• Colours, 330.
• Colonel Vassall, 145.
• Convention of Cintra, 176.
• Crawford, 186.
• Crecy, 16.
• Crimea, 236, 297.
• Cromwell, 44, 47, 49, 51.
• ” in Ireland, 47.
• Cromwell’s men, 52.
• Delhi, 272, 305.
• Dettingen, 101.
• Diamond Rock, 138.
• Douro, 182.
• Dragoons and Dragoon Guards, 127.
• Drill Books, 157, 239.
• Drummer of the 43rd, 202.
• Duelling and Flogging, 240.
• Duke of Cumberland, 98.
• ” of York, 238.
• Early Battalions, 36, 37.
• Early Companies, 24.
• Education of officers, 277.
• Edward IV., 28.
• Egypt, 163, 378.
• El Bodon, 195.
• Embers of the Civil War, 87.
• Enlistment, 88.
• Facings, 403.
• Famars, 160.
• Ferozeshah, 289.
• First Afghan War, 282.
• Fontenoy, 103.
• Forbes Mitchell, 309.
• French armies, 39, 50.
• Frontier wars, 320.
• Fuentes d’Onoro, 191.
• General Wade, 93.
• George II., 75, 102.
• Gibraltar, 131.
• Gneisenau and Wellington, 212.
• Gujerat, 295.
• Hal, 217.
• Hardinge, 290.
• Hastings, 6, 7.
• Highland regiments, 230.
• ” tactics, 91.
• Hodson, 307.
• Infantry, 24.
• Ingogo, 370.
• Inkerman, 258.
• Isandhlwana, 360.
• Ismailia, 380.
• Jowakis, 325.
• Kaffir Wars, 353, 359.
• Kambula, 362.
• Kassassin, 381.
• Knighthood, 21, 22.
• Laing’s Nek, 369.
• Lake, 272.
• Lincelles, 160.
• Lord Wolseley, 355, 363, 380, 389, 394, 401.
• Lucknow, 307, 312.
• Lushari, 324.
• Magdala, 376.
• Maharajahpore, 287.
• Maiwand, 329.
• Majuba, 371.
• Malplaquet, 75.
• Maori defences, 348.
• Marines, 130, 137.
• Marlborough, 82.
• Meanee, 285.
• Militia, 243.
• Minden, 107.
• Minorca, 140.
• Monte Video, 145.
• Moodkee, 289.
• Moore, 173, 180.
• Moyse of the Buffs, 346.
• Naseby, 43.
• Neill, 309.
• New Zealand, 347.
• Nile Expedition, 389.
• Norman names, 11.
• ” rule, end of, 13.
• O’Connor Morris, 48.
• Oudenarde, 75.
• Pandy, 301.
• Peninsular army, 173.
• Perak, 340.
• Plassy, 266.
• Pottinger, 296.
• Prestonpans, 96.
• Prince Alamayu, 377.
• ” Napoleon, 363.
• Puritan army, 35.
• Puritan host, 35.
• Quatre Bras and Ligny, 209.
• Quebec, 111.
• Queen Margaret, 27.
• Ramillies, 75.
• Range of firearms, 167.
• Rangiriri, 348.
• “Retreat to Corunna,” 178.
• Richard of York, 25.
• Roberts, 332.
• Roliça, 174.
• Romans, 313.
• Rorke’s Drift, 361.
• Sabugal, 187.
• Salamanca, 197.
• Sandhurst and Staff College, 315.
• San Sebastian, 201.
• Saratoga, 117.
• Sebastopol, 253.
• Second Afghan War, 325.
• Sekukuni, 366.
• “Sergeant Matcham,” 203.
• Seringapatam, 269.
• Short service, 399.
• Sir C. Wilson, 391.
• Sir Herbert Stewart, 390.
• Sir John Moore, 159, 164.
• Sir R. Buller, 362, 393.
• Smokeless powder, 397.
• Sobraon, 291.
• Soult, 203.
• St. Albans, 26.
• Suakin, 385.
• Sudan, 385.
• Survivals, 405.
• Swords, 231.
• Tactics, 8, 29, 33, 36, 43, 44, 50, 79, 250.
• Talavera, 104.
• Tel el Kebir, 382.
• Territorialisation, 402.
• The “Birkenhead,” 151.
• The Buffs and the Athleta, 153.
• The “Charlotte,” 152.
• The Colours of the 9th, 117.
• The Delaware, 116.
• The English “Hulks,” 204.
• The Irish Brigade, 104.
• The Light Division, 184.
• The Mutiny, 297.
• The Normans, 10.
• The Peninsular army, 155.
• The Red and White Rose, 25.
• The Rising of 1715, 90.
• The Rising of 1745, 94.
• The Saxon army, 3.
• The “self-denying ordinance,” 42, 51.
• The Spaniards, 183.
• The Stuarts, 40.
• The V.C., 261.
• The 13th, 284.
• The 14th at Famars, 160.
• The 28th, 164.
• The 29th, 123.
• The 39th, 265.
• The 50th, 175.
• The 52nd, 193.
• Tofrik, 388.
• Umbeylah, 321.
• Uniform, 104, 125, 229.
• Vellore, 297.
• Vimiera, 175.
• Vittoria, 200.
• Volunteers, 30, 166, 243, 316.
• Walcheren, 162.
• Wars of Roses, 25.
• Warwick and his death, 31.
• Waterloo, 206, 218.
• Wellesley, 171, 174, 181.
• Wellington, 244, 274.
• West Coast of Africa, 355.
• Wolfe, 99, 111.
• Yeomen of the Guard, 32.
• York Town, 121.
• Zulu War, 361.