Abercromby, Sir Ralph, in the W. Indies, 126-7
Acre, mentioned, 43
Adams, Major Thos., in India, 164
Addington, Henry, mentioned, 86-8, 127
Afghanistan, mentioned, 163;
campaigns in, 187-90, 197
Africa, South, early wars in, 131-5;
Zulus in, 41;
last war, 27, 45, 98, 112
Africa, West, fighting in, 143-4
Agra, capture of, 175
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 76, 155
Akbar, the Emperor, 152
Albemarle, Lord, in the W. Indies, 123
Albuera, battle of, 39
Alexander the Great, mentioned, 40
Aligarh, capture of, 175
Aliwal, battle of, 193
Allahabad, capture of, 164
Alsace, mentioned, 43
America, War of Independence, 28, 80-2, 110-12, 135;
the British in N., 55, 59, 76, 80, 102-5;
character of settlers, 104-5, 107, 109-12;
war of 1812, 113;
and see under Canada
Amherst, Gen. Jeffery, in Canada, 109
Amherst, Lord, in India, 183, 185
Amir Khan, mentioned, 179
Anne, Queen, mentioned, 109
Aracan, capture of, 184
Arcot, 156
Argaum, battle of, 175
Army, the British, foreign nomenclature in, 52;
reductions in, 58, 61-2, 72, 96, 134;
under Ch. II, 56-7;
under Will. III, 59-63;
under Anne, 65;
under Geo. I, 72;
under Geo. II, 74-9;
under Geo. III, 80, 82-3;
in the 19th cent., 97-8;
confused organisation of, 61;
ill-treatment of, 73, 83;
introduction of short service, 134-5;
weapons of, 48-50, 60;
appreciation of officers, 144-9;
early organisation of, 47-9, 54;
the New Model, 54
Assam, capture of, 184
Assaye, battle of, 175
Assiento, Treaty, 117
Auckland, Lord, in India, 187
Aurungzib, the Emperor, 153-4
Austrian Succession, War of, 74, 106, 155
Ava, British at, 183-4
Badajoz, capture of, 25
Bahama Is., 80
Barbados, 116, 124
Barlow, Sir George, in India, 176, 178-9
Barrington, General, in W. Indies, 123
Bentinck, Lord Wm., in India, 186-7
Bermuda, 80, 130
Bhurtpore, assaults on, 175, 185
Birkenhead, the, mentioned, 36, 46
Bismarck, 43
Blenheim, battle of, 68
Blues, Regt. of, their origin, 56
Bombay, mentioned, 56, 153, 166, 168
Bonsla, mentioned, 181
Braddock, General, in N. America, 107-9
Burgoyne, General, in N. America, 110-11
Burke, Edmund, 80
Burma, campaigns in, 182-5, 194-5, 197;
annexed, 197
Bussy, de, in India, 161
Buxar, battle of, 164
Caesar, Julius, 40
Calais, 47
Calcutta, 154, 160
Canada, French in, 102;
fighting in, 104-5, 109;
American invasion of, 110, 113, 137;
and see America
Capetown, capture of, 131
Caribs, the, fighting with, 117-8
Carnot, mentioned, 40
Carthagena, expedition to, 121-2
Castlereagh, Lord, at the War Office, 88
Chaka, king of Zulus, 41
Chandernagore, 154
Charles II, mentioned, 56, 117
Charles of Bourbon, 24
Charles Ed. Stuart, in Scotland, 74-6
Chillianwalla, action at, 194
Chitu, 182
Clive, Robert, in India, 156, 159, 160-4
Coldstream Guards, origin of, 56
Colonies, character of campaigns in, 99-102
Commerce, in war, 1-3;
its cruelty, 16-18
Condé, Prince of, 65
Continental System, the, 2
Coomassie, British at, 143
Coote, Sir Eyre, in India, 159, 162, 167-8
Cornwallis, Lord, in India, 169-172, 176
Cotton, Sir Stapleton, in India, 185
Crimea, war of, 97
Cromwell, O., mentioned, 3, 22, 58;
reforms of, 53-4;
expedition to the W. Indies, 119-20
Cuba, mentioned, 115-6, 123, 130
Cuddalore, action at, 168
Culloden, battle of, 75
Dalhousie, Lord, in India, 194-5
Danube R., campaign on, 67
David, king of Israel, 44
Deig, battle of, 175
Delhi, mentioned, 43, 151-2, 171, 175, 199
Dettingen, battle of, 74
Dost Mohammed, 187-8
Dubba, action at, 191
Dupleix, Joseph, in India, 155-7
East India Co., its troops, 57, 83, 154, 178, 186, 198;
mentioned, 153, 171, 176, 196
Edward III, 48
Egypt, mentioned, 51, 86
Elizabeth, Queen, mentioned, 47, 52
Ellenborough, Lord, in India, 189-92
England, military backwardness, 48;
growth of empire, 55-6, 58, 77;
position in 1660, 55;
projected invasion of, 86
Ferdinand of Brunswick, 77
Ferozeshah, battle of, 193
Flanders, wars in, 60, 63, 65, 75;
and see Netherlands
Fontenoy, battle of, 74
Forde, Col., 162
France, the Revolutionary War, 23-4, 27, 38, 41-2, 83-4;
her colonies, 56, 58, 76-7, 102-4, 107, 123-4, 128;
French in India, 154-62;
our connection with, 47, 55;
as ally of America, 112-3;
aids the Stuarts, 75
Franklin, Benjamin, 109
Frederick the Great, mentioned, 41-2, 77
Frederick, Duke of York, 85
Gawilghur, capture of, 175
Geete R., 68
George I, 72
Germany, mercenaries in British pay, 75-7, 81-2;
mentioned, 25, 32, 74, 77
Ghurkha war, 180
Ghazni, 188-9
Gibraltar, mentioned, 65, 72-3, 80-1
Gideon, his tactics, 44-5
Gillespie, Col. Rollo, in India, 177, 180
Goliath, 44
Goree, 82
Gough, Sir Hugh, in India 192-4, 198
Grenada, 126
Grey, General W., in the W. Indies, 125-6;
General H., in India, 192
Guadeloupe, mentioned, 123, 126, 128
Guiana, Dutch, capture of, 127
Gujerat, action at, 194
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, his military reforms, 53
Haiti, mentioned, 120, 124, 126
Halifax, British at, 107
Hannibal, 38
Hardinge, Sir Henry, in India, 192-3
Harris, General, in India, 173
Hastings, Warren, in India, 161, 165-9
Hastings, Marquis of, in India, 180-1
Havana, siege of, 123; mentioned, 77
Henry V, mentioned, 48, 54
History, Military, definition of, 1-14, 45;
use of, 19-22, 29, 39, 43
Holkar, mentioned, 174-5, 181
Holland, soldiers of, 52, 60;
commerce of, 18, 55;
wars in, 64, 67, 84, 86;
colonies of, 102-3, 162
Howe, General, 111
Hyder Ali, mentioned, 164-5, 167-8
India, mentioned, 43, 57, 77;
military history of, 150-200;
adventurers in, 154, 171, 179, 196;
campaigning in, 157-8;
the presidencies, 160;
administrative reforms in, 165, 169, 176, 196;
the Mutiny, 195-6, 199
Indies, the West, British in, 55, 72, 77, 80, 84-5;
character of country, 114-6, 118;
ruin of, 128-9;
Cromwell's expedition to, 119-20;
later expeditions, 120-2, 124-8;
the French in, 116, 123, 128
Inkermann, 51
Ireland, mentioned, 54, 59, 61, 64-5, 72
Italy, the French in, 86
Jamaica, mentioned, 115-6;
capture of, 120
James II, mentioned, 57-59, 64-5
Japan, mentioned, 28, 52
Jelalabad, mentioned, 189
Jesuits, the, as colonists, 35, 103
Kabul, British at, 188-9, 197
Kaffir wars, 133-4
Kandahar, British at, 188-9, 197
Karachi, 190
Katharine of Bragança, mentioned, 56, 154
Katwa, battle of, 164
Kirkee, battle of, 181
Korigaon, battle of, 182
La Bassée, 68
Lake, General Gerard, in India, 174-5, 185, 198
Lally Tollendal, count, in India, 161-2
Laswari, battle of, 175
Latimer, Hugh, 48
Lawrence, Major Stringer, in India, 155-6, 162
Lee, Robert, 4
Lisbon, Wellesley at, 90-1
Lorraine, mentioned, 43
Louis XIV, mentioned, 63-5, 71, 104
Louisburg, French at, 106-7;
capture of, 109, 155
Lucknow, 164, 199
Luther, Martin, 40
Luxemburg, Francis Henry, Duke of, 65
Lycurgus, 41
Madras, French at, 155;
mutiny in, 176-8;
bad administration, 164-5, 167-8;
mentioned, 107, 130, 153
Maharajpore, battle of, 192
Mahidpur, battle of, 181
Mandalay, British at, 197
Manila, 77
Maoris, the, wars with, 101, 138-43
Marathas, the, their origin, 153;
their growth, 163, 171;
British wars with, 166, 174-5, 181, 191-2;
mentioned, 195
Marengo, battle of, 86
Maria Theresa, the Empress, 74
Marlborough, John, Duke of, appreciation of, 65-71;
mentioned, 94-5
Martinique, mentioned, 116, 123-5, 128
Miani, battle of, 190-1
Militia, the, Pitt's Bill, 78;
as recruiting-ground, 85, 88;
under Addington, 87;
the Local, 89;
mentioned, 72, 83, 85, 89
Minden, battle of, 77
Minorca, mentioned, 72, 76, 80-2
Minto, Gilbert, 1st Earl of, in India, 178-81
Mir Jaffier, 160-1
Mogul Empire, 152-4
Moltke, General, 43
Monk, George, 56, 100
Monmouth, James, Duke of, 57
Monson, Colonel, in India, 175
Montecuculi, Raimondo, Conte de, 65
Moodkee, battle of, 193
Mornington, Lord, see under Wellesley, Marquis of
Moses, mentioned, 40
Munro, Major Hector, in India, 164, 167
Mutiny Act, 60
Mysore, fighting in, 165, 167, 169, 173
Napier, Sir Charles, in Scinde, 190-1
Napoleon, mentioned, 1, 12, 24, 41-2, 86, 89, 94, 187
Navy, the British, mutiny in, 85;
in war of 1812, 113-4
Nepal, fighting in, 180-1
Netherlands, the Austrian, fighting in, 66, 74
Newfoundland, 72-3
New York, settlers of, 104-5;
mentioned, 57, 102-3, 110
New Zealand, war in, 137-43
Nizam, the, mentioned, 165, 167, 172
Nova Scotia, mentioned, 72-3, 106
Ochterlony, Sir David, in India, 180-1, 185
Omdurman, battle of, 22
Oudenarde, battle of, 68
Oudh, annexation of, 195
Panipat, battle of, 163
Pegu, annexation of, 195
Peninsular War, the, mentioned, 42;
summary of, 89-95
Pennsylvania, Quakers in, 11-12
Persia, 187
Peshwa, 181-2
Philadelphia, capture of, 111
Pindaris, the, fighting with, 179-82
Pitt, Earl of Chatham, William, war policy, 76-80;
mentioned, 108, 122
Pitt, William, military policy, 83-8;
W. Indian policy, 125-8
Plassey, battle of, 160
Police, the, connection with Army, 9, 54, 56, 72
Pompadour, Mme de, 4
Pondicherry, French at, 154-5, 160-1
Porto Novo, battle of, 167
Porto Rico, mentioned, 115-6, 127
Portugal, British in, 90-1;
mentioned, 42
Prome, capture of, 184
Punjab, the, annexation of, 194
Punniar, battle of, 192
Quebec, mentioned, 102, 105, 109
Ramillies, battle of, 68
Ramnuggar, action at, 194
Rangoon, British at, 183, 195
Ranjit Singh, mentioned, 182, 192
Reunion, Is. of, 36
Roberts, F.M., Earl, mentioned, 159
Rohilla War, 166
Rome, sack of, 24-5
Russia, mentioned, 28, 51-2, 187
St Domingo, mentioned, 115-6;
expedition to, 119-20
St Kitts, 57
St Lawrence R., French colonies on, 102-3;
expedition to, 106
St Lucia, mentioned, 82, 123, 126-7
St Thomas, 115
St Vincent, fighting in, 117, 126
St Vincent, John Jervis, Earl, in the W. Indies, 125
Saratoga, defeat at, 112
Saul, King of Israel, 25
Schellenberg, battle of the, 68
Scinde, operations in, 188, 190-1
Scindia, mentioned, 171, 174-5, 191
Scotland, rebellion in, 72, 74-6
Senegal, 82
Seringapatam, sieges of, 26, 169-71, 173
Shah Shuja, 187-8
Shakespeare, William, 52
Shelley, P. B., mentioned, 33
Shore, Sir John, in India, 172
Sikhs, the, their growth, 171, 182, 188;
war with, 191-4
Simonstown, 131
Siraj-ud-Daula, 160
Sitabaldi, battle of, 181
Sivaji Bonsla, mentioned, 153-4
Smith, Sir Harry, in S. Africa, 133;
in India, 193
Smith, Col. Joseph, in India, 165
Smollett, Tobias, 122
Sobraon, battle of, 193
Spain, her wars, 8, 23, 25, 52, 82;
colonies, 116, 120;
mentioned, 63, 73, 89, 102
Spanish Succession, War of the, 64-8
Sparta, 41
Stirling, mentioned, 43, 75
Strategy, definition of, 42-3
Stuart, General James, 168
Suffren, Admiral, 168
Suti, battle of, 164
Swiss, the, as soldiers, 50
Tactics, definition of, 43-4;
changes in, 47-50, 60
Talents, Ministry of All the, 88
Tangier, mentioned, 56-7, 65
Tennasserim, capture of, 184
Tippoo Sahib, mentioned, 168-73
Tobago, mentioned, 82, 127
Tournay, fighting at, 68
Trafalgar, 199
Trichinopoly, fighting at, 156, 161
Trinidad, 115, 127
Tugela R., fighting on the, 134
Undwa Nala, battle of, 164
Utrecht, Peace of, 71, 106
Vellore, mutiny at, 176-7
Vendôme, Louis Joseph, Duke of, mentioned, 68
Vienna, mentioned, 67
Virginia, 57
Volunteers, the, under Addington, 87-8
Walpole, Sir Robert, 72
Wandewash, battle of, 162
Warburg, battle of, 77
Warren Hastings, the troop-ship, 36-7
Washington, George, 4, 107
Waterloo, battle of, 79, 95
Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, in India, 172, 174, 176, 179
Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, character of, 95-6;
in India, 173-5;
his scheme for the Peninsular War, 90-5;
mentioned, 25, 41-2, 68, 159, 182, 186, 198
William III, the army under, 59;
W. Indian expedition, 120
William, Duke of Cumberland, mentioned, 74-5
Wolfe, General James, mentioned, 109
Xavier, François, mentioned, 40
York, Frederick, Duke of, 85
Zizka, John, mentioned, 52
Zulus, the, wars with, 134-5