170

Fort William (Calcutta), ii. 173

Fort William (Highlands), ii. 143

Fort, William Henry, ii. 305

Fortescue, Sir Faithful, i. 169

Fortescue, Colonel Richard, i. 264

Fowke, General, ii. 293

Fox, Henry, ii. 287, 299

Fox, Sir Stephen, first Paymaster-General, i. 310

Francis I., King of France, i. 95, 106

Francis, Duke of Lorraine, ii. 81

Franklin, Benjamin, ii. 268

Frederick William I. of Prussia, ii. 51

Frederick II. (the Great), ii. 80;
Silesia, 84, 106, 164, 291;
European League against, 298, 313, 339, 477, 498, 557;
Pitt's work for, 571

Frederick, Elector Palatine, i. 169

French, our European war with, 1339-1487, i. 32-78;
1691-1713, 351-553;
the Seven Years' War, ii. 80-164;
our struggle with, in India, 172-260, 406-474;
in West Africa, 346;
in West Indies, 349;
in Canada, 246, 263-285, 314, 358-402

French Regiments:—
Aubeterre, ii. 116
Auvergne, ii. 516
Bourbonnois, ii. 509
Champagne, i. 521
Couronne, ii. 116
Courtin, ii. 116
D'Hébron, i. 189
Gardes Suisses, i. 327, 374; ii. 115
Gendarmerie, i. 524
Lorraine, ii. 467
Picardie, i. 521
Soissonois, ii. 116

Frisians, in Dutch army, i. 159

Froissart, i. 46, 49

Frontenac, Count, ii. 251

Fronteria, Marquis, i. 529

Frontinus, i. 106

Frundsberg, Georg von, i. 328

Fürstenberg, General, i. 187

Fyrd, the, i. 5, 128


Gage, Colonel, ii. 274, 280, 370

Gage, Thomas, i. 258

Galway, Ruvigny, Earl of, i. 448, 459, 476, 483;
at Almanza, 486, 529

Garrard, military pamphlet of, i. 136

Garrisons, growth of, i. 123;
in Anne's reign, 561;
in colonies, ii. 42-48

Gascony, English in, i. 48

Gates, Captain Horatio, ii. 280

Gauvain, General, i. 519

Gentlemen Pensioners, rise of, i. 124

George I. commands in allied army, i. 490; ii. 4;
good influence of on army, 30;
introduces steel ramrod, 51

George II., i. 493;
at Oudenarde, 498; ii. 35;
courage at Dettingen, 94;
loyalty as an ally, 482;
death, 520

George III., i. 520;
correspondence with Lord North, 576

George of Denmark, Prince, i. 512

Georgia, troops in, ii. 43

Ghent, retaken by French, i. 494

Gibraltar, garrison at, i. 561; ii. 42-44, 46, 565

Gilbert, Sir Humphry, i. 142

Gingee, Bussy's capture of, ii. 196, 216

Ginkell, i. 335;
campaign of 1691, 349, 401;
his jealousy of Marlborough, 402, 406;
death, 412

Giustiniani, describes English army in 1519, i. 117

Glaubitz, General, ii. 504

Gloves, iron. See Arms and Armour

Goa, centre of Portuguese power in India, ii. 168

Godeheu, Mons., succeeds Dupleix, ii. 236;
leaves India, 406

Godolphin, Sidney, i. 358, 382, 512, 538

Goëthe, story of taking of Frankfurt, ii. 479

Gonsalvo of Cordova, i. 97

Gooch, Colonel, ii. 62

Goor, General, i. 425

Goree, capture of, ii. 499

Goring, George, i. 169, 205

Grafton, Henry Duke of, i. 306

Grammont, Count of, at Dettingen, ii. 93;
at Fontenoy, 113

Granby, John, Marquis of, at Minden, ii. 493;
letters to Holdernesse, 507;
at Warburg, 511;
at Vellinghausen, 527;
at Wilhelmsthal, 549;
at Amöneberg, 555

Grant, Major, ii. 49, 69, 335

Gray, James (Hannah Snell), ii. 574

Gray, Thomas, ii. 136

Grenade. See Arms and Armour

Grenadiers, added to regiments, i. 324;
horse grenadiers, 388;
the Louisburg, ii. 361;
Maxwell's at Vellinghausen, 530.
See also Regiments

Griffin, Admiral, ii. 186

Guadeloupe, ii. 349;
taken by English, 356

Guest, General, ii. 131

Guienne, i. 48

Guiscard, Robert, i. 8

Guise, General, ii. 71

Gun. See Arms and Armour

Gunstone. See Arms and Armour

Gustavus Adolphus, i. 3, 17;
Scots in his army, 173, 179;
surgeons in his army, 182, 325;
Breitenfeld, 186;
his march to the Maine, 188;
death, 189;
authorities on, 190;
his tactics adopted at Almanza, 486


Habergeon. See Arms and Armour

Halberd. See Arms and Armour

Hale, Colonel John, raises 17th Lancers, ii. 500

Halifax, military settlement in Nova Scotia, ii. 263

Halket, Colonel Sir Peter, ii. 276

Halket, Major, ii. 337

Hampden, John, i. 200

Handasyde, General, ii. 133

Hanoverian soldiers, ii. 119;
imported into England by George II., 290

Harbord, William, i. 346

Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, i. 384;
opposed to war, 536, 538;
miserable administration of army under, 571;
opposes Mutiny Act, ii. 19

Harold, army of, i. 6

Harquebus. See Arms and Armour

Harquebusiers, Italian, i. 24, 137, 143

Harrison, Lieutenant, ii. 237

Harvey, General, ii. 527

Hatchet. See Arms and Armour

Hauberk. See Arms and Armour

Haviland, Brigadier, ii. 396, 540

Hawke, Sir Edward, Admiral, ii. 287, 308, 315, 340, 499

Hawkins, Captain, ii. 169

Hawkwood, Sir John, i. 42, 51;
compared with Marlborough, 52

Hay, Lord Charles, at Fontenoy, ii. 115

Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur, i. 203

Helmet. See Arms and Armour

Henry I., i. 9

Henry V., aggression against France, i. 54;
army under, 54-63;
success at Harfleur, 68;
crosses the Somme, 56;
Agincourt, 60-62;
death, 63

Henry VI, i. 72

Henry VII., army at his accession, i. 109

Henry VIII. and the army, i. 111, 118;
Acts against desertion, 113;
his light cavalry, 114;
encourages archers, 117;
war with France, 118, 120;
progress of army under, 121

Henry of Lancaster, our first engineer, i. 32, 37

Henry of Prussia, Prince, ii. 481

Henry of Trastamare, i. 45

Hepburn, Sir John, i. 173, 189;
killed at Saverne, 190

Herbert of Cherbury, Lord, i. 169

Heron, Colonel, ii. 407

Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince George of, i. 448-461

Hessians, their gallantry as soldiers, i. 437

Heukelom, General, i. 456

Highlanders, first enlisted, ii. 49;
Pitt's enlistment of, 300

Highlands, Monk's campaign in, i. 254

Hill, Colonel, appointed to command without reference to Marlborough, i. 536, 541

Hill, General, ii. 255

Hobelars, i. 27

Hoby, Sir Edward, i. 139

Hodgson, General, ii. 521

Hogarth, and the '45, ii. 136

Holburne, Admiral, ii. 305

Holdernesse, Lord, ii. 501, 535

Holles, Captain, i. 160

Holmes, Admiral, ii. 372, 499

Holstein-Beck, Prince of, i. 439

Hompesch, General, i. 440, 542

Hopson, General Peregrine, i. 347

Horne, Marshal, i. 186

Horses, armour of, i. 25;
breeding of, for cavalry, 121

Houtmann, James, ii. 169

Howe, Lord, ii. 315, 325;
killed, 326

Howe, Commodore, ii. 340

Howe, Colonel William, ii. 375

Howitzer. See Arms and Armour

Huguenots, in Allied Army, i. 484;
at Oudenarde, 501

Hundred Years' War, i. 22

Hyder Ali, ii. 471


Ilchester, Lord, ii. 290

Imhoff, General, ii. 502

India, French and English struggle for supremacy in, ii. 168-237, 406-474

Ingoldsby, Brigadier, at Fontenoy, ii. 112

Ireland, separate military establishment in, i. 283;
the establishment of 1698, 389;
Walpole denounces it as part of the Standing Army, ii. 18
(for differences of pay in Ireland see Appendix).
Cromwell's campaign in, i. 237;
Schomberg's, 343;
Ginkell's, 349;
Marlborough's, 350

Ireton, Henry, i. 224

Irish, in Spanish army, i. 270;
in French army, 432, 533; ii. 118

Iroquois, the, ii. 248

Italy, the school of war, i. 94


Jacobites, officers favoured at close of Anne's reign, ii. 3;
rebellion of 1715, 5;
opposed to army, 15;
rebellion of 1745, 124-148;
effect of organisation of Highland regiments on, ii. 300

Jacqueline of Holland, i. 66

Jamaica, conquered under Cromwell, i. 264;
troops in, ii. 40, 76

James I., i. 167;
influence on army, 191

James II., his military education, i. 298;
concentrates army at Hounslow, 301;
disaffection of army to, 303;
Irish policy of, 304;
quits England, 307;
lands at Cork, 336;
death, 399; ii. 41;
North American policy of, 250

James Stuart (Old Pretender), in French army in 1708, i. 493; ii. 36

Jefferies, Colonel, ii. 294

Jeffreys, Judge, ii. 38

Jervis, Captain John, ii. 374

Joan of Arc, i. 68

John, King, army under, i. 14

John of Montfort, i. 42

John, Archduke of Austria, i. 143

John of Austria, Don, i. 270

Johnson, Sir William, ii. 260, 269, 282, 369

Joliet, ii. 247

Jones, Colonel, i. 477

Joppa, Richard the First's march from, i. 13

Joseph, Emperor of Austria, i. 540

Joyeuse, Marshal, i. 359


Kane, Colonel, i. 552

Keane, Lieutenant, ii. 206

Keith, James, ii. 10

Keppel, Commodore, ii. 271, 346, 521

Kerjean, ii. 217

Khevenhüller, ii. 89

Kielmannsegge, General, ii. 508, 550

Kilpatrick, Major, ii. 411, 424

Kingsley, General, ii. 521

Kinnear, Major, ii. 216

Kirke, Colonel, i. 306, 342

Klosterzeven, Convention of, ii. 339

Knife. See Arms and Armour

Knight-service, i. 8

Knights, i. 10, 17, 24

Knox, Captain, ii. 449

Königseck, General, ii. 111


La Bassée, lines of, i. 513

La Bourdonnais, Bertrand, a great administrator, ii. 176;
naval action off Ceylon, 180;
quarrel with Dupleix, 181

La Noue, Huguenot Commander, i. 138, 143

Lally de Tollendal, Count, arrives in India, ii. 429;
first successes of, 430, 433;
treatment of Bussy, 437;
siege of Madras, 439, 454, 457;
defeated at Wandewash, 463, 470

Lambert, John, i. 239;
marches against Monk, 275

Lance. See Arms and Armour.

Landsknechts, i. 4, 12, 85, 87, 104;
in Henry VIII.'s army, 114, 121;
their influence, 135

Landwehr, the, i. 5

Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, i. 225

Las Torres, General, i. 476, 481

Lasalle, Robert, ii. 246

Law, French commander, ii. 208

Lawrence, Major Stringer, ii. 157, 192, 195, 209, 217;
action at Golden Rock, 224-226, 315, 437

Leake, Admiral, i. 448, 459, 482

Leeward Islands, troops in, ii. 41

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, commands British forces in Low Countries, i. 146;
resigns, 150

Leopold, Emperor of Austria, treachery to Marlborough, i. 490

Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, ii. 51

Leslie, Sir Alexander (afterwards Earl of Leven), i. 173;
commands Scots at Stralsund, 178, 195;
and at Marston Moor, 206

Leslie, David, i. 206;
commands Scots at Dunbar, 240

Levellers, i. 235

Lévis, French commander in Canada, ii. 384, 390, 395, 400

Lieutenant, origin of, i. 94, 135

Ligonier, General, Lord, ii. 108, 123, 149, 153, 162, 288, 308, 585

Lippe-Bückeburg, Count of, ii. 496, 514, 546

Lisle, Lord, i. 72

Littler, Sergeant, brave exploit at Lille, i. 505, 572

Lock, Matthew, i. 312

Lockhart, General William, i. 269

Lord High Admiral, marines placed under, i.