Mortimer's Cross, i. 74
Namur (sieges), i. 360; ii. 151
Nancy, i. 83
Naseby, i. 224
Navarete, i. 46
Newburn, i. 184, 198
Newbury, i. 208
Newton Butler, i. 342
Nieuport, i. 161-165
Nürnberg, i. 189
Ostend (siege), i. 160
Oudenarde, i. 497-501
Patay, i. 69
Pavia, i. 98, 184
Philipshaugh, i. 228
Pinkie, i. 124
Plassey, ii. 418
Poictiers, i. 38-41
Pondicherry (siege), ii. 189;
(capture), 473
Porto Bello (siege), ii. 58
Preston, i. 234; ii. 7
Prestonpans, ii. 129, 131
Quebec, ii. 364-383
Quesnoy (siege), i. 32
Ramillies, i. 466-473
Ravenna, i. 197
Renty, i. 103
Rochelle, i. 48
Rocroi, i. 190, 200
Rossbach, ii. 313
Roucoux, ii. 153
Rouen (siege), i. 131
Roundway Down, i. 203
Roveray, i. 167
Ruremond (siege), i. 405
Rymenant, i. 143
Sainte Foy, ii. 392
St. Jacob-en-Birs, i. 83
St. Quentin, i. 105, 126
St. Venant (siege), i. 337
Sandacourt, i. 69
Saverne (siege), i. 190
Schellenberg, the, i. 423
Sempach, i. 50
Sheriffmuir, ii. 7
Sluys (siege), i. 115
Spires, i. 415
Spurs, the, i. 115
Stamford Bridge, i. 6
Standard, the, i. 10
Steenkirk, i. 361-367
Stevenswaert (siege), i. 405
Tenchbrai, i. 9
Terouenne (siege), i. 115
Ticonderoga, ii. 328
Torgau, ii. 519
Tournay (siege), i. 115, 380, 514
Towton, i. 74
Trarbach (siege), i. 444
Trichinopoly, ii. 209. See Golden Rock
Valenza (siege), i. 459
Vellinghausen, ii. 527-530
Venloo (siege), i. 405
Verneuil, i. 65, 270
Villa Viciosa, i. 534
Walcourt, i. 338
Wandewash, ii. 463-470
Warburg, ii. 510
Weycondah, i. 232
Wilhelmsthal, ii. 549
Winceby, i. 204
Worcester, ii. 247
Wynendale, i. 507, 585
York (siege), i. 205
Ypres (siege), i. 273
Zenta, i. 416
Ziegenhain (siege), ii. 513
Zutphen, i. 147-150

Bauer, General, i. 187

Bavaria, Elector of, i. 406, 412, 418, 422, 427, 432, 443, 446, 471, 493;
at siege of Brussels, 509; ii. 80, 86

Bayard, Chevalier, i. 22

Bayonet. See Arms and Armour

Bayreuth, Margrave of, i. 470

Beaujeu, Captain, i. 274

Beckwith, Colonel, ii. 510

Bedford, John, Duke of, i. 64

Bedmar, Marquis of, i. 412

Bellasys, Brigadier, at Landen, i. 375

Belleisle, Marshal, ii. 81, 103

Belleisle, Expedition against, ii. 521

Bennett, Captain Joseph, i. 448

Bermuda, British troops in, i. 560

Berry, Duke of, i. 493

Bertrand du Guesclin, i. 43, 46

Berwick, James, Duke of, i. 304, 344;
at Landen, 373, 446;
commands French in Spain, 482;
his Memoirs, 489;
defeats Allies at Almanza, 485;
at Douay, 504

Best, Captain, ii. 170

Bevere. See Oudenarde (under Battles)

Bills. See Arms and Armour

Birch, Colonel, i. 334

Biron, commands under Vendôme, i. 497

Black Prince, at Crecy, i. 34;
in Guienne, 37;
line of march into Spain, 45;
defeats Henry of Trastamare, 46;
siege of Limoges, 47;
his death, 48;
influence on European warfare, 50-53

Black Hole of Calcutta, ii. 299

Blair Castle, ii. 143

Blake, Admiral Robert, i. 249; ii. 170

Blakeney, General, ii. 68, 139, 292, 295

Blathwayt, William, i. 410

Bligh, General, ii. 342, 345

Bohemia, John, King of, i. 36

Bolingbroke. See St. John

Bolton, Duke of, ii. 20

Bombards. See Arms and Armour

Bombay given to Charles II., i. 292;
made over to East Indian Company, ii. 171

Bonn, capitulates to Allies, i. 412

Borgard, Colonel Albert, i. 560;
first Colonel of Royal Artillery, ii. 49

Boscawen, Admiral, ii. 187, 272, 315

Boswell, Life of Johnson quoted, ii. 23

Bothmar, General, at Blenheim, i. 439

Boufflers, Marshal, i. 369, 401, 411;
out-generalled by Marlborough, 402-405;
defence of Lille, 504, 516, 522, 529

Bougainville, French officer at Quebec, ii. 368, 376, 397

Bouquet, Colonel, ii. 323, 333, 338

Bourlamaque, French commander in Canada, ii. 371, 397

Bouvines, Marlborough's army marches over field of, i. 513

Bow. See Arms and Armour

Brabant, Duke of, i. 61

Braddock, General Edward, ii. 268-273;
his action at Monongahela, 274-278;
his death, 279;
and character, 280

Bradstreet, John, ii. 331, 338

Braine l'Alleud, Marlborough encamps near, i. 456

Brayne, Colonel Richard, i. 252

Brennier, French commander in India, ii. 226

Brereton, Major, ii. 438, 454, 468

Breslau, Treaty of, ii. 85

Brest, Expedition against, i. 377

Brétigny, Peace of, i. 42, 73

Bringfield, Colonel, killed at Ramillies, i. 470

Brissac, Duke of, ii. 487

Broglie, Marshal, ii. 84, 480, 495, 502, 507, 514, 523;
defeat at Vellinghausen, 530;
recalled to France, 547

Browne, Thomas (trooper 3rd Dragoons), ii. 98

Bruce, Robert, i. 18

Brunswick, Hereditary Prince of, ii. 495;
at Fulda, 498, 503;
action at Emsdorff, 506, 509, 517, 523, 525, 528;
repulsed by Condé, 553

Buchan, Earl of, i. 62

Buckingham, George, Duke of, i. 192;
assassinated, 193

Buckler. See Arms and Armour

Buller, Colonel, i. 262

Burgoyne, General John, ii. 546

Burgundy, Duke of, i. 64, 66, 70

Burgundy, Duke of, commands French army in 1708, i. 493

Burnet (Governor of New York, 1727), ii. 257

Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, i. 393

Burton, Lieut.-Colonel, at Monongahela, ii. 277

Burton, Colonel, ii. 373, 543

Bussy, De, his work in India, ii. 408;
recalled from Deccan by Lally, 436, 457;
at Wandewash, 468

Bute, John Earl of, ii. 534;
hurries on peace, 557

Butler, Gregory, i. 260

Byng, Admiral, i. 529; ii. 8, 291;
retreat from Minorca, 264;
shot, 295


Cabot, Sebastian, ii. 241

Cadiz, expeditions to, i. 191, 407

Cadogan, General, i. 326;
Marlborough's Q.M.G., 423, 466, 495;
at Wynendale, 508, 515, 542, 552; ii. 11;
death, 53

Caillaud, Captain, ii. 234, 426, 434

Calais, i. 30, 37, 72

Caliver. See Arms and Armour

Callender, Captain, ii. 449

Cameron of Lochiel, ii. 126

Camoys, Lord, i. 58

Campbell, Sir Duncan, ii. 49

Campbell, John, ii. 49

Campbell, General, ii. 112

Canada, growth of our sovereignty in, ii. 241 et seq.
See also North America

Cannon. See Arms and Armour.

Canute, army of, i. 5

Cape Breton, ii. 206, 321

Captain, origin of title, i. 94

Carbine. See Arms and Armour

Carbiniers, i. 442. See under Regiments, 6th Dragoon Guards

Cardonnel, Adam, Marlborough's Secretary, i. 538, 552

Carlisle, capitulation of to Charles Edward, ii. 135

Carolina, British troops in, ii. 43, 60, 62

Carpenter, General, i. 531, 537

Carteret, Lord, ii. 82, 85, 103

Carthagena, the expedition against, ii. 59, 64, 79

Cartridges. See Arms and Armour

Castries, Marquis of, ii. 515, 548

Catalonia, operations of 1705 in, i. 459

Cathcart, Lord, ii. 59;
letters to Newcastle, 60, 62;
death, 62

Cavalry, early lancers and carbiniers, i. 155;
of Gustavus Adolphus, 182-184;
Royalist cavalry in Civil War, 201;
contrast between it and Parliamentary, 206;
the growth of shock action, 215, 586;
how armed in New Model, 215;
and in 18th century, ii. 585.
See also Regiments.

Cavendish, Brigadier, at Vellinghausen, ii. 528

Cecil, Sir Edward, i. 160, 168, 191, 193

Chain-mail. See Arms and Armour

Champlain, Samuel, ii. 241

Chandos, Sir John, i. 41, 44, 47

Chaplet. See Arms and Armour

Charlemont, Lord, i. 460

Charles I., recalls English soldiers from Holland, i. 192;
methods of raising men, 194;
unfurls standard at Nottingham, 199;
relations with Montrose, 222;
gallantry at Naseby, 226;
reverses of, 228;
throws himself on Scots, 233;
army request his trial, 235;
execution, 236;
Indian Empire under, ii. 170

Charles II., i. 3;
treats with Scots, 238, 247;
restoration of, 277;
colonial enterprise under, 293, ii. 170;
alliance with Louis XIV., i. 295;
death, 298

Charles Edward, Prince, ii. 124;
raises standard at Glenfinnan, 126;
enters Edinburgh, 129;
Prestonpans, 130;
marches south, 134;
his retreat, 137;
siege of Stirling, 139;
Culloden, 144-148

Charles V. (of France), i. 42

Charles VI. (of France), i. 50, 55

Charles VII. (of France), reforms French army, i. 70, 94

Charles VIII. (of France), i. 92

Charles V. (Emperor), i. 99, 121

Charles, Archduke of Austria (afterwards Charles III. of Spain, afterwards Emperor), i. 447, 462, 485, 534, 540; ii. 80

Charles of Blois, i. 42

Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, i. 83

Charles, Prince of Lorraine, ii. 105, 150

Chartres, Colonel, i. 573

Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, cornet in King's Dragoon Guards, ii. 20, 54;
denounces Spanish convention, 56;
Paymaster of Forces, 62;
refuses to serve under Newcastle, 287;
return to power, 299;
his Militia Bill, 302;
dismissed from office, 303;
but recalled, 304;
campaign of 1757, 309;
American schemes of, 315-338;
management of war in Europe, 339-346;
African policy, 347, 359;
Canada again, 350, 395;
European campaigns only to divert French, 477;
support of Ferdinand of Brunswick, 501, 521;
fall from power, 534;
what he achieved for army, ii. 568

Cherbourg, bombardment of, ii. 342

Chinglapet, ii. 218

Chittagong, ii. 172

Christian IV. (of Denmark), i. 174

Chunda Sahib (Nabob of Arcot 1749), ii. 176, 193, 197, 200, 214

Churchill, General Charles, i. 407, 417, 422, 430, 441, 457

Chuttamuttee, ii. 172

Civil War, the, i. 199-286.
See also Charles I.

Clarence, Duke of, i. 62

Clarke, Sir William, first Secretary-at-War, i. 311;
killed at sea, 312

Claverhouse, James Graham of, i. 297;
victory at Killicrankie, 339

Clavering, Brigadier, ii. 354

Cleland, Colonel, killed at Dunkeld, i. 341

Clermont, Prince of, ii. 152

Clive, Robert, ii. 180, 184;
distinguished at siege of Pondicherry, 190, 198;
Arcot, 200;
further successes of, 203;
Covrepauk, 204-208;
his presence of mind, 211, 213;
takes Covelong, 219;
his power as a leader, 220;
expedition against Surajah Dowlah, 411;
attacked at Budge Budge, 412;
treaty with Meer Jaffier, 415;
Plassey, 416-425;
Deccan policy of, 441;
and the Dutch, 460

Closterzeven, capitulation of Cumberland at, ii. 307

Clothing, origin of uniform, i.