INDEX

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