INDEX
Abd-el-Al, [171] Abd-el-Hamid, [282], [287] Abu Klea, battle of, [257-68] A.D.C. to Prince of Wales, appointed, [157] to Queen Victoria, appointed, [412] Adeane, Commander, [77] Admiral, the making of, [556-67] Admiralty affronted, [142] confusion at, [550] documents stolen, [348] and Lord Charles' Soudan service, [312] Lord Charles appointed Junior Lord of, [344] reprimanded by, [150] resignation of Lord Charles, [353] Afterguard, [13] Aground, Tribune, [61] Ahmed Arabi, [171]. See Arabi Pasha Mahomet, [211] Albania, strange adventure in, [515] Alexandria, action at, [187] attack on Lord Charles at, [185] fortifications at, [187] issue of proclamation, [193] operations outside, [201-6] police work at, [191-5] refugees from, [186] riot in, [178] squadron at, [186] troops assisting at, [195] visit to, [371] water supply failing, [181] Algeçiras Conference, [514] Ali Fehmi, [170] Alison, General Sir A., [198] American flag incident, [58] Ammunition, discoveries of, outside Alexandria, [203] Reserve, inadequacy of, [370] Animals on board ship, [66] Arab courage, [265] lad shot, [197] Arabi Pasha, [171] dismissed, [181] condemned, [184] Armament, secondary, essential, [147] Arms, defective, [267] Army, inclined to join, [8] Arrow, the affair of the lorcha, [3] Assouan, Lord Charles at, [225] Atlantic Fleet created, [496] Australia, voyage to, in Galatea, [75] Australian Squadron, suggested command of, [469]
Bab-el-Kebir, [223], [228] Bahadur, Sir Jung, [164] Balfour, Mr., and need for War Staff, [480] Bare feet, [16] Baring, Sir Evelyn, [215], [216] Bayford School, [5] Bear, fight with a, [540] Bell, Mr. Moberly, [187] Benbow, Mr., [300], [303] commended, [307] Benicia, [69] Bentham, Deputy-Inspector-General, [513] Beresford, Admiral Sir John Poo, xxv
Commissioner John, xviii
Lord William, [160] Lord Marcus and the sharpers, [531] Marshal, xix
Bimbashi (camel), [222], [236], [238] Bismarck, a talk with, [362] Black Prince, [42] Blasphemy, [18] Boa constrictor killed, [167] Boar, encounter with, [79], [168] Boardman, Captain, commands naval contingent in Soudan, [222] appreciation of work of, [223], [329] Boat-pulling. See also Gazelle; [7], [207], [497-507] Boat-race, women's, [29] Boat-races, [28], [152], [207], [497-507] Boat-sailing, [504] Boiler of Safieh repaired, [300], [303] Boiler plates, [252] Bombay, burning of, [146] Bordein, s., [283], [292], [293], [294] Bounty Mutiny, [86] Bowles, Admiral William, [6] Boxers, famous, [69] Boyd-Carpenter's (Dr.) remarkable story, [154] Brabazon's, Colonel, account of attack on convoy, [321] Bradford, Major, [162] Brandreth, Commander Thomas, [12] "Break-up of China," [426] Bright-work discouraged, [120] Britannia training ship, [6], [9] officers of, [7] Brothers, Lord Charles Beresford's, vii
Browne, Major-General Sam, [162] Bull, incident of, [290] Bulldog, Lord Charles, [146] Buller, Sir Redvers, [221], [222], [225], [229], [252], [317], [318] Bulwark, flag hoisted in, [508] Burnaby, Colonel, [256], [259] death of, [264] Butt, Isaac, [131], [342]
Cable, hemp and chain, [12] Cadet, Naval, appointed, [11] Cadets, training of, [6] Cæsar, flag hoisted in, [493] Calcutta, visit to, [103] Camel Corps equipment, [237] incident, [225] race, [236] Camels. See Bimbashi
invented saddle for, [237] repairing with oakum, [328] shortage of, [278] sufferings of, [255] Cameron, Mr., [207], [270] Cannibal, talk with, [80] Canton, bombardment of, [4] Cape Town, visit to, [186] Captain, disaster to, [49] Carysfort, [209] Casualties of Desert Column, [279] Cawnpore Memorial, Prince's visit to, [168] Certificate, signing of, [5] Ceylon, climate of, [104] Changes in Channel, Nore, and Home Fleets, [552] in shipbuilding, [48] proposed, [396] Channel Fleet, in command of, [485], [550] reductions and changes, [551] Royal visit to, [554] Channel Squadron (1863), [42] Chaplain, influence of, [19] Chatham Dockyard, appointment at, [393] terminates, [400] Chefoo, [447] Chicago, [398] Chicago, Lord Charles at, [459] China, inspection of armies in, [440-44] Lord Charles sails for, [424] summary of reforms advocated, [451] Chinese Army, scheme of reorganisation, [437] commercial integrity, [102] Ching, Prince, [435] Cholera at Calcutta, [103] Churchill, Lord Randolph, resignation of, [352] Clifton, Captain, [116] Clio, [48], [51] Clippers, famous opium, [117] Coal in Vancouver, discovery of, [60] Cockfighting at Manila, [102] Cockroaches, racing, [52] Coffer-dam, [492] Coincidence, [103], [160] Columns. See Desert, and Nile
Colvin, Mr. Auckland, [172] Command, first independent, [120] Commendations, special, [70], [198], [206], [235] Compensation to Alexandrians, [199] Condor, action of, at Alexandria, [187] appointed to, [156], [186] gives up command of, [206] signal to, [189] Constituencies, invitations from, [398], [415] Convicts at Perth, [75] Convoy, attack on, [320] Coode, Captain Trevenen P., [65] Cordite, danger of heat, [465] Corfu, [32] Correspondent, newspaper, troublesome, [198] desire to act as, [207] shot, [275] Council of Defence, [398], [414] Courage of Arabs, [265] Court-martial, trial by, [367] Crete, insurrection in, [427-31] Cruisers, deficiency of, [144] Crutchley, General, [278] Curraghmore, description of, viii-xii
Custance, Admiral Sir R. N., [550]
Dacres, Rear-Admiral Sydney C., [12] Dal Cataract, Lord Charles at, [243] Dawson, Lieutenant Douglas, [291] Daymen, [14] Decapitation in Japan, [101] Defence, [41] Defence, Council of. See Council
Delaval, Lord, death of, [548] Delavals, the, xvi
Democracy and war, [494], [495] Denman, Rear-Admiral the Hon. J., [65] Desert Column, [220], [246], [247], [248] casualties, [279] composition of, [253] in disorder, [272] march back to Korti, [324] Sir R. Buller's dispatch re, [319] zeriba, [275] Desertions at San Francisco, [69] Diaz, visit to President, [550] Discipline, [14], [142] reform of, [17] Discomforts of the Old Navy, [19] of Nile steamer, [224] of the Nile, [242] Disgrace, in, [26] Disraeli, memories of, [139] on the party system, [139] Dockyard appointment, [393] Dowell, Rear-Admiral Wm., [505], [506] Doyle, Sir Hastings, [153] Dress, the sailor's, [19] Drunkenness, [17], [31] Dufferin, Lord, [374] Dunsmuir, Mr., [60] Duties, various, of a ship's crew, [13]
Earle, General, killed, [319] East Marylebone, elected for, [336] Eden, Captain Charles, [5], [34] Edinburgh, Duke of, attempt to assassinate, [73] visit to Japan of, [100] Edward, King. See King
Egyptian War, beginning of trouble, [170] Election incidents, [336], [337] Elephant hunting, [164], [536-8] in Galatea, [109] Elephants, regiment of, [167] El-Teb, [216] Emma, Queen, [57] Empress Dowager, [420] Engine, repairing, [226] Essays by officers, [466], [468] Estimate of naval needs, [358] Estimates, signing the, [356]. See Navy
Etiquette, naval, [1] Eurydice training frigate, [6] capsizing of, [154] remarkable story re, [155] Examination for Navy, [6] Excellent, [71] Execution of murderer, [54] Experience in routine work, etc., necessity of, [146] Explosion of gun-cotton, [204] of shell from Condor, [208] on Thunderer, [148]
Falkland Islands, [53] Family history. See History
home. See Curraghmore memorials, ix
Farm, model, [399] Fayrer, Surgeon-General, [163] Fersaat, [224] Fight at Malta, [31] over boat-race, [29] Fisher, Captain John, [190] Sir John, improvements in Mediterranean fleet, [467] Fishing incidents, [544-7] Fit, keeping, [107] Fitzgerald, Admiral Penrose, [49], [54], [505] Flag rank, earlier promotion to, advocated, [404], [483] Flogging abolished, [17] question of, [144] Forecastlemen, [13] Foretopmen, [13] Forging of cheques, [75], [83] Freemason, made a, [108] French, Sir John, [280]
Galatea, [73] diversion, [108] in Japan, [100] Gardner gun, [252], [276], [300], [308] jamming of, [263] Gardner, Miss, engagement to, [154] Gascoigne, Captain, [302], [304], [306] Gazelle, [7] Gemai, [229] Germany's, Emperor of, visit to Gibraltar, [493] visit to Skagen, [554] Gibbs, Flag-Lieutenant, [551], [554] Gibraltar, [370] Emperor of Germany visits, [493] Gillford, Captain, [60] Gladstone, Mr. W. E., [33] and compensation to Alexandrians, [199] Glanville, John, [11], [28] Gleichen, Count, [237], [248], [277] Gordon, General, [214], [215] urgent messages from, [216], [217], [219], [234], [250] letters from, [282] steamers sent by, [283] death of, [291] Goschen, Mr., conversation with, [359] Goshawk, [120] Graham, Major-General Sir G., [215], [216], [332] Sir James, [9] Grenfell, Vice-Admiral Sir H., [515] Gubat, Desert Column at, [278] Gun-cotton, explosion of, [204] Gun explosion on Thunderer, [148] Gunners, [13] Gunnery, British and American, [67] in the Marlborough, [20] on China station, [466] Gun Reserve, inadequacy of, [370]
Hall's, Captain W. H., recommendations, [361] Hamilton, Lord George, on Lord Charles' resignation, [354] Sir R. Vesey, [404] Hammill, Commander, [221], [226] Hannibal rams Prince George, [400] Hara-kiri, [91] Harris, Captain Robert, [6], [7], [10] Sir Augustus, [399] Hartington, Lord, telegram from, [317] Haulage of boats on Nile. See Whaleboats, and Steamers
Hawsers, wire, first used, [154] Heaton, Mr. Henniker, [417] Lieutenant W. H., [8] Hecla, torpedo school, [369] Hercules, [49] Hibernia, [33] Hicks Pasha and staff, [213] Hildyard, General Sir H., [8] History of family, xii-xxii
Hohenzollern, [545] Home Fleet, [552] of family. See Curraghmore
Hornby's, Admiral Phipps, views on, Cabinet and Sea Lords, [355] Horse-racing and riding, [518-34] Horses, runaway, [76] saving, [206] Hot springs in New Zealand, [79] Howe, salving of, [395] Humour, Irish, [72] Hunting, [71], [520], [522-5] Hurricane (Pampero) at Buenos Aires, [70] at Port Mercy, [56] at Vancouver, [68]
Idlers, [14] Illumination of Marlborough, [33] Illustrious training ship, [6], [9] Imperial Defence, committee of, [481] Naval Defence, [408] Improvements, value of minor, [365] Incidents, amusing, [5], [28], [47], [104], [108],
[113], [114], [115], [116], [117], [118],
[119], [133], [135], [136], [151], [153],
[163], [164], [169], [196], [198], [199],
[202], [223], [224], [225], [227], [230],
[290], [316], [329], [334], [336], [343],
[366], [371], [373], [392], [394], [415],
[416], [445], [470-7], [489], [511], [516],
[517], [519], [522], [523], [527], [528],
[529], [530], [532], [533] India, visit of Prince to, [157] Ingram, Mr., [286] Instructions to Admirals in Egypt, [177] Intelligence Department. See Naval
Intervention, European, in Egypt, [175] Ionian Islands, [32] Ireland, rent question in, [128] royal residence in, advocated, [412] visit of Duke and Duchess of York, [413] Irish characteristics, [136] Irishman, a frenzied, [197] Irishmen in United States, [458] Irishmen's honour, [553] Irish politics (1872), [129], [342] Ismailia, journey to, [200] Ito, Marquess, interviews with, [449]
Jackson, Mr. John, [386] Jakdul, [249] arrival of Desert Column, [255] Japan, in, [100], [455] Old, [90] Jokes, practical, [28], [30], [56], [71], [113], [115] Jones, "Ninepin," [23] José Salvatro, [236], [244]
Kang Yu Wei, flight of, [432] Kanwah Island, [77] Keppel, Hon. Sir Henry, [111] Lieutenant Colin, [300], [303], [306] Kerry election (1872), [128] Khartoum, fall of, [291] in danger, [213], [217], [221] steamers start for, [287] Sir Charles Wilson's voyage to, [292] Khashm-el-Mus, [285] Khedive, appointment to staff of, [206] message of congratulation from, [326] in danger, [190] of Egypt. See Tewfik
Kiao-Chao, [423], [447], [448] Kinder, Mr., [447] Kingcome, Admiral, [64] King Edward visits Bulwark, [514] King Edward, H.M.S., hoists flag in, [550] Kitchener, Major, [256], [334] Korti, [219] Lord Charles' journey to, [245] Naval Brigade arrives at, [252] Kuang Hsu, Emperor, [420], [422] Kukri, [167]
Land question in Ireland, [130] Leave, question of, [486], [566] Lesseps, M. de, protest of, [102] Lewis, Mr. George, [22] Li Hung Chang, [445] Line, crossing the, [53] Loan, demand for, [338] Twenty-one million, [360] London Chamber of Commerce, address before, [386] banquet to Lord Charles, [462] Lytton, Lord, [159]
Machine guns, [331] M'Neill's zeriba engagement, [332] Magellan, Straits of, first ironclads to pass through, [66] Magnificent, building of, [393] Mahan, Admiral, [376], [398] Mahdi, death of, [333] Mahdi's skull, [329] Mahmoud Sami Pasha, [171] Maintopmen, [13] Majestic, [485] Malta, precautions against, [512] incidents at, [30] Malwa rammed, [208] Maniac, troubled by, [236] Manila, visit to, [102] Manning of ships, [12] Manoeuvres, lectures on, [375] Maoris, [80] Marabout Fort, [187], [188], [189] Marconi wireless telegraphy, [414] Marlborough, [11] outbreak of fire, [14] Marriage, [151] Martin, Sir Wm. Fanshawe, [12] and reform of discipline, [17] Massacre of foreigners in Egypt, [176] Masts out of proportion, [32] Mate, rank of, abolished, [32] Mauritius, arrival at, [104] May, Surgeon-General A. W., [296], [307] Medals received, [44] Mediterranean, appointed second in command, [462] appointed to command, [508] Fleet, improvements in, [467] Fleet deficiencies, [463], [509] haul down flag, [469] Melita, [380] Memorandum on Organisation for War, [346] Memorials, family, ix
Memories of the Sea, [49], [54] Merchant ships and signalling, [382] Mercy, Port, [56] Mernat,
[294], [296] Metemmeh, attack on, [281] Mexico, visit to, [548] Mex lines, keeping the, [201] Middleton, Captain R. W., [21] Midwife, acting as, [186] Mikado, visit to, [100] Military instruction in schools, [482] Mine-dropping experiments, [369] Mines, trawlers to sweep for, [554] Mizentopmen, [13] Montagu's, the Hon. V., Reminiscences of Sir H. Keppel, [111] Montgomerie, Lieutenant R. A. J., [315] Morant, Rear-Admiral, [393] Morley, Lord, and the Mahdi's skull incident, [329] Motor-car race, [468] Mullet, a huge red, [153] Mustard, a bottle of, [323]
Nanking, Lord Charles' visit to, [450] Nares, Lieutenant George S., [7] Nautilus submarine, [350] Naval Brigade in Soudan, [220] casualties, [267] endurance of, [328] under Lord Charles, [243], [252] Naval Defence Act, [385], [389], [397] Intelligence Department (Commercial Branch), [482] formed, [347] need for, [345] salaries reduced, [353] Works Bill, [406] Navigation in Marlborough, [21] Navy Estimates, signing the, [357] of 1888 challenged, [357] Navy, 1859, numbers and description, [2] League founded, [397] Lord Charles enters the, [2] the New, [48] the Old, [34] Nelson and his Times, [414] Nepal, Prince in, [164] Newchang, [447] Newspaper correspondent. See Correspondent
New York, Lord Charles at, [460] Nile Column, [220], [250], [319] Nineteenth Century, article in, [404] Noel, Commander Gerard (Memorandum on Training), [143] Noel's, Captain, feat of seamanship, [376] Admiral, action in Crete, [427] Northbrook's, Lord, declaration re Navy, [341] North Sea incident, [494] Norwegian waters, cruise in, [554] Nucleus crew system, [465] Nuggar, wreck of Captain Gascoigne's, [306] Nuggars (native boats on Nile), [227], [228]
Officers' pay inadequate, [407] Oil fuel, [483] Olden, Quartermaster, saves raiding party, [316] Omdurman, report of fall of, [271] "Open Door" policy, [425] Operations, delicate, [317] Organisation for War, [344] plans in Mediterranean Fleet, [511] Orhwalder, Father, letter of, [311] Orontes, [159] Osborne, [159] Royal Yacht, appointed to, [151] boat-racing, [152] Osman Digna, [214] Ottley's, Lieutenant, invention of mines, [369]
Pampero, [70] Parkes, Sir Harry, attack on, [97] Parliament (1874), [140] Parnell, Mr., [141] Party system, views on, [138], [139] Pay of officers inadequate, [407] Pekin, arrival at, [434] Personnel, deficiency in, [397], [403] Petty officer rating, [366] Phillimore, Captain Augustus, [41] Physique, Lord Charles', viii
Pieter Both mountain, [104] ascent of, [105] Pig, riding a, [528] Piggott, Captain C. R., [265], [267] Police, appointed Chief of, [191] Political events (1873-80), [122] Politics in Ireland (1872), [128] Polo-playing, first, in England, [525] Portage of boats. See Whaleboats
Portraits, family, x
Prince George, accident to, [490] Prisons, Inspector of, [76] Probyn, Major-General, [161] Proclamation, issue of, [193], [289] Promoted, [27], [64], [73], [110], [146], [169], [414] Promotion dinner, [169] of officers, question of, [144] to flag rank earlier advocated, [40], [404], [483] Provisions, sending, to officers at front, [207] Prussia, Prince Henry of, [448] Punishments, [17]
Raleigh, [159] wreck of, [112] "Ram," proposal to abolish the, [396] Ramillies, hoists flag in, [462] Ranches in Mexico, [549] Rating, alteration in, [365] Rations, meagre, [18], [52] Rent question in Ireland, [129] Reed, Sir Edward, [50] Rees, First Lieutenant W. S., [364] Reform of discipline, [17] of prison rules, [76] party in China, views of, [434] Reforms advocated in House of Commons, [143] in China advocated, summary of, [451] Reis threatened, [296] Repairs, ability to execute, [392], [493] new system in Mediterranean, [512] Requirements of the time, [405] Research, [71] Resignation from Board of Admiralty, [353] Review of 1897, [409] Richards, Sir Frederick, [389], [478] Riot in Alexandria, [178] River Column. See Nile
Roberts, Lieutenant, [2] Rojdesvenski, Admiral, [494] Ross, Mr. John, great assistance given by, [195] appreciation of Lord Charles Beresford, [180] Routine of work on the Nile, [233], [241] Royal Commission on Administration of the Navy and Army, [355] Family's interest in Navy, [153] Irish Regiment's fine march, [317] Marines, [13] heroism of, [147] Royle, Hon. Charles, [172] Russell, Dr. Wm. Howard, [158], [163] Russian Baltic fleet incident, [494]
Safieh, s., [283], [290], [291], [295], [314] boiler injured, [298], [303] raiding expeditions in, [314], [316] Sail-drill in Marlborough, [21] Sailing feats, [62] Sail-making, [62], [71] Saint Paul's Cathedral, Dean of, and Leighton Memorial, [410] Salisbury, Lord, on policy in Egypt, [179] and Lord Charles' Memorandum, [347] Sandwich Islands, [57] San Francisco, [69], [458] Sanspareil, [375] Saving life, [43], [44] Scarborough, Channel Fleet visits, [489] School, Bayford, [5] Schoolfellows, [5] Schooner in distress, [57] Scott, Captain Percy, [466] Scrapes, getting into, [26], [27], [28], [43], [45], [47], [59], [64] Scurvy, [55], [68] Seamanship, [7] feat of, [42], [376] in the Tribune, [62] Seignelay, salving of, [378] Serapis, [158] Servants, two faithful, [82] Service in Soudan not credited to Lord Charles, [312] Seymour's, Admiral Sir E. H., book, [149], [159], [395] Shanghai, Lord Charles at, [449] Sharks, [546] Shendi, [247], [285] Shipbuilding programme required, [338], [387] transition from wood to iron, [48] Ship's personality, [51] Ships, weakness of, [368] Shooting incidents, [535-43] Shouting on deck, [16] Signalling incident at Alexandria, [205] value of knowledge of, [374] with merchant ships, [382] Signalmen, new drill for, [466] Smart, Rear-Admiral R., [41] Souakim-Berber route, [216] Expedition, [332] Soudan War of 1884, summary of, [211] preparations, [217] withdrawal of troops from, [333] Southwell, Lord, [117] Spearing fish, [70] Spencer programme, [388] Sport in India, [103] in Japan, [101] Sporting incident, [77], [79] Springs, hot, in New Zealand, [79] Squadron at Alexandria, details of, [186] Stealing stores, [43] Steam, prejudice against, [20], [49] Steam Reserve, appointed Captain of, [393] Steamers on Nile, haulage of, [228] sent by General Gordon, [283], [284] Stephenson, Admiral Sir H. F., [209] Stewart, Captain W. H., [12] Colonel, murder of, [226] Sir H., arrives at Korti, [252] wounded, [275] death of, [326] "Still" bugle-call, introduction of, [16] Sting-ray, a huge, [153] Stores, destruction of, [323] Stuart-Wortley, Lieutenant, [256] brings news of disaster, [291] voyage of, [294] Submarine, an early, [68] Nautilus, [350] Submarines purchased, [464] Suez Canal, purchase of shares, [158] Suffield, Lord, [533] Suite of Prince of Wales, [157], [161] Surf-playing, [88] Surgical operation, [162] Sutherland, Duke of, [164] Sutlej, [64], [74]
Tahiti, [87] Talakawiyeh, s., [283], [285] [292], [294] Talbot, Colonel the Hon. R., [268] march with wounded, [320] Tamaai, [216] Tarpon fishing, [545] Tattooing, [101] Telegram, delayed, [244] Tel-el-Kebir, victory of, [183], [207] Telephone, early working model of, [150] Téméraire, ashore at Alexandria, [188] feat of seamanship, [376] Temperance, an address on, [511] Teneriffe, flags at, [47] Terrible, [466] Tewfikiyeh, s., [283] Tewfik Pasha, [170], [171] Thompson, Colonel R. M., [460], [488] Three Admirals, the report of, [362] "Three Brothers'" race, [520] Thunderer, appointed to, [146] Tientsin, Lord Charles at, [446] Treaty of. See Treaty
Tokio, Lord Charles at, [456] Tombs, family, ix
Torpedo, the Whitehead, [141] Trafalgar Centenary celebration at Malta, [513] Training, new system advocated, [143] of Cadets, [6], [7] (Sir James Graham), [9] Training ship Britannia, [6] Illustrious, [6] Treaty of Tientsin, [4] Tribune, [61] Trincomalee, visit to, [104] Troopship service, [159] Tryon, Captain, [159] Sir George, [371] Tsung-li Yamen, visit to, [435] Turkish battleships, purchase of, [145] Turnpike incident, [113] Turtle, accident to, [53] Two-Power standard, [360]
Undaunted, appointed to command, [364] as prize-winner, [372] high compliments paid to, [382] Undaunted, salves Seignelay, [378] touches a rock, [372] Uniform, lack of rules regarding, [8] United States, third visit to, [484] Squadron, visit of, [488] Unpreparedness for war, [338]
Valparaiso, [56] bombardment of, [66] Vancouver, [59] Vesuvius, ascent of, [476] Victoria, Queen, and change of officers, [152] commended by, [329] congratulated by, [206] Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, boat-racing, [152] Villiers, Mr. Frederic, [187] Voting in Parliament, independent, [138] Voyageurs, [230], [241] accidents to, [235]
Wad Habeshi, [296] effect of fight at, [309] Wadi Halfa, [219], [223], [225] Wales, Prince of, appointed A.D.C. to, [157] at dinner to Lord Charles, [169] visit to Portsmouth Dockyard, [152] visit to India, [157] War plans in Mediterranean Fleet, [511] Warrant-officers, [13] Warrior, [42] War Staff, constituted, [397] need of, [478] Washington, Lord Charles at, [460] Watch, keeping, [52] Watch-bills, [12] Waterfall, shooting the, [88] Waterford, elected for, [130] lose seat, [156] members of Parliament, [141] Waterford, Lord, death of, [2], [400] Watertight compartments, [396] Wauchope, Major-General A. G., [8] Weakness in new steel ships, [368] Wei-hai-Wei, [447] Whaleboats on the Nile, [221], [223], [227],
[229], [230], [231], [233], [235], [241] portage, [231] White, Sir William, [351] Whitehead torpedo, [141] Wilkinson's, Mr. Spenser, "Command of the Sea" articles, [397] Wilson, Captain, [375] John Crawford, [146] Wilson, Vice-Admiral Sir A. K., [485] Wilson's, Sir Charles, book, [253] report of Abu Idea fight, [268] voyage lo Khartoum, [292] Wingate's, Sir F. R., letter to Lord Wolseley, [309] Wolseley, Sir Garnet, appreciation of
his campaign in Egypt, [207] appointed Commander-in-Chief, Soudan, [218] appointed to staff of, [221] arrival at Ismailia, [182] and staff at Cairo, [221] Wolseley, Sir G., at Wadi Halfa, [234] Woolwich, M.P. for, [478] Wyllie, Mr. W. L., [399] Wyndham's Land Act, [342]
Yokohama, arrival at, [100] York election, [415] resigns seat at, [462] Yuan Shih Kai, [421], [440] Yung Lu, a talk with, [438]
Zeriba of Desert Column, [275] Zohrab Pasha, [225]
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