History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2) / From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers

by T. W. J. Connolly

INDEX TO VOL. I.

• Aboukir, [136]
• Acre, [364]
• Acting adjutants, [297]
• Adam, Sub-Lieutenant, [221], [229], [231], [238], [241]
• Adamson, Sub-Lieutenant, [216], [219]
• Addiscombe, [301]
• Addison, sergeant, [267]
• Adour, bridge of the, [213–215]
• Africa, [267], [285]
• Airy, Professor, [391], [425]
• Alba, [195]
• Albert, Prince, [445], [446], [470]
• Alderney, [173]
• Aldrich, Lieutenant, [364], [365];
  • Major, [442], [480]
• Allan, quartermaster, [416]
• ——, Walter, [127]
• Allen, Francis, quartermaster-sergeant, [290]
• Alexander, Andrew, private, [195]
• ——, quartermaster, R.H.A., [106]
• ——, Emperor of Russia, [221]
• Alexandria, [136]
• Algiers, [243]
• Allowances to officers commanding companies, [43], [66]
• America, disputed territory in, [347], [357], [378]
• ——, tracing and surveying boundary line in, [415], [448–454]
• ——, exploration survey in, for a railway, [465–469]
• Anderson, Andrew, [361]
• ——, James, private, [373]
• Andrews, James, private, [257], [285]
• Anglesey, Marquis of, [470]
• Anholt, [181]
• Aniers, bridge over the Seine at, [238]
• Anniversary of siege of Gibraltar, [42]
• Antigua, [82], [255], [270]
• Antwerp, [218], [221]
• Arctic expedition, [481–483]
• Arethusa, [284]
• Argenteuil, bridge over the Seine at, [238]
• Arms and accoutrements, [198], [244], [310], [428–430]
• Armstrong, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Arnold, Lieutenant, [145]
• Arthur, Major-General, [324]
• Artificers, formation of corps of, [53–55], [58–64]
• Artillery, transfers to, [105];
  • mutiny in the, [112],
• Ascension, island of, [279], [282]
• Ashplant, John, private, [465]
• Auger, Richard, [310–321], [328–340]
• Augmentations, [6], [8], [17], [88], [45], [157], [182], [265], [266], [267], [271], [273], [342], [344], [356], [368], [379], [469], [479]
• Australia, [310–321], [328–340], [342], [478]

• Badajoz, [179], [191–193]
• Bagshot camp, [78]
• Bailey, bugle-major, [247]
• ——, Edward, private, [442]
• Bain, corporal, [117]
• Baker, William, second-corporal, [473–475]
• Ballingall, private, [250]
• Baltimore, [223]
• Barbadoes, [248], [254], [256], [258], [283], [284], [291]
• Barbara and St. Felipe, forts of, [177]
• Barber, John, private, [177]
• Barlow, Lieutenant, [435]
• Barnecoat, Edward, private, [393];
  • corporal, [458]
• Barns, Joseph, sergeant, [458]
• Barrosa, [181]
• Barry, Colonel, [441]
• Bastard, corporal, [451]
• Baston, sergeant, [471]
• Bay of Biscay O!, [77]
• Bayonne, [215]
• Beal, corporal, [279], [282]
• Beatty, Captain, [461]
• Beauharnois, [325]
• Beer, William, corporal, [111]
• Bennett, Captain, [157]
• ——, quartermaster-sergeant, [257]
• Bennie, William, private, [409]
• Berbice, [143], [270]
• Bergenopzoom, [219]
• Bermuda, [196], [199], [254], [255], [256], [271], [291], [379], [426], [434], [440], [441], [470]
• Berry, William, private, [267]
• Berryhead, [105]
• Bethell, private, [36]
• Biggs, private, [415]
• Binney, Lieutenant, [434]
• Birch, Captain, [152], [180]
• Black, William, sergeant, [299], [300], [301], [364], [365], [367]
• Blackadder, corporal, [193]
• Bladensburg, [223]
• Blaik, Joseph, sergeant, [399], [428], [480]
• Blair, corporal, [5]
• Blanshard, Captain, [215], [223];
  • Major, [266], [289], [303]
• Blyth, sergeant, [18]
• ——, Sand, submarine demolitions at, [399]
• Board of Works, Ireland, [471–476]
• Bogue forts, [479]
• Bombarde, [103]
• Bonavia, Sub-Lieutenant, [155]
• Bond, William, private, [193]
• Booth, Sub-Lieutenant, [194], [196]
• Booth, Ensign, [6]
• Boothby, Captain, [170]
• Borland, private, [204]
• Borthwick, corporal, [182]
• Boteler, Captain, [207], [267]
• Boundary survey. See “[America]”
• Bourchier, Lieutenant, [399], [456–458]
• Bows, private, [93]
• Boyer, fort, [225]
• Brabant, private, [351]
• Braid, private, [207]
• Brand, corporal, [5];
  • sergeant, [20], [34];
  • Lieutenant, [33–36]
• Brandreth, Lieutenant, [270], [279], [282]
• Brennan, John, private, [218], [219]
• Bridges, Lieutenant, [84];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [141]
• ——, sergeant-major, [3], [5]
• Brighton, [84]
• Bristo, private, [94], [95]
• Broughton, Captain, [356], [378], [449]
• Brown, Captain, [227]
• ——, Daniel, corporal, [149], [275]
• ——, George, private, [17], [28]
• ——, quartermaster-sergeant, [364], [367]
• ——, John, sergeant, [6]
• ——, Thomas, sergeant, [254]
• ——, widow, Sultana of Morocco, [7]
• Browne, sergeant-major, [111], [132]
• Browning, private, [393]
• Brownrigg, Lieutenant, [117], [118]
• Bruges, [117]
• Brussels, [230], [234]
• Bruyeres, Captain, [105]
• Bryce, Captain, [129], [132], [137];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [171]
• Buchanan, Captain, [173], [189]
• Buenos Ayres, [153], [162]
• Bugles adopted, [247]
• Bull-fight, [415]
• Bunn, private, [214]
• Burgess, sergeant, [111]
• Burgos, [194]
• Burgoyne, Captain, [162], [166];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [194]
• Burke, Patrick, private, [192], [195]
• Burmester, Lieutenant, [306]
• Burrell, William, private, [92]
• Burridge, private, [385–387]
• By, Lieutenant-Colonel, [285]
• Byham, R., secretary to Board of Ordnance, [68]

• Cadiz, [129–130], [165], [176], [181], [184], [193], [195]
• Calder, Sub-Lieutenant, [181], [200], [211], [223], [243]
• ——, sergeant, [465–469]
• Calshot castle, [104]
• Calvi, [93]
• Cameron, John, private, [107]
• ——, John, sergeant, [181]
• ——, John, sergeant, [380]
• ——, Roderick, private, [373], [377], [393], [396]
• Campbell, David, private, [243]
• ——, John, sergeant, [362], [457]
• ——, Malcolm, private, [392]
• ——, William, sergeant, [476]
• Cambo, [206]
• Camps, [78], [84]
• Canada, [88], [199], [222], [226], [254], [257], [272], [285–287], [324], [401]
• Canton, [479], [480]
• Cape Breton, [167], [174], [177], [185]
• Cape of Good Hope, [153], [167], [174], [185], [254], [259], [272], [291], [293], [362], [384–388], [431–433], [444], [454–459], [483]
• Carey, James, corporal, [20]
• Caribbee islands, [101], [109], [118]
• Carlin, sergeant, [379], [380]
• Carlisle, Lord, speech against formation of corps, [62]
• Carthagena, [195]
• Castelcicala, Prince di, [68]
• Castledine, corporal, [455]
• Catalonia, [200]
• Cathcart, Lord, [63]
• Catto, sergeant, [132]
• Cave at Gibraltar, [51]
• Ceuta, [177]
• Ceylon, [141], [185]
• Chambers, sergeant-major, [20]
• Chatham, [65], [73], [132], [157], [184], [248], [254], [255], [256], [283], [289], [291], [292], [308], [441]
• Chatou, [238]
• Chaytor, Captain, [480]
• Chelmsford, [121], [149]
• Chesney, Colonel, [297]
• Chilcot, Captain, [93]
• China, [427], [442], [470], [479]
• Cholera, [292]
• Christie, Sir Archibald, [283]
• Clarence, Duke of, [255], [256]
• Clark, George, private, [107]
• ——, John, private, [92]
• ——, Philip, sergeant, [460–464]
• Clarke, Samuel, private, [204]
• Cleghorn, Alexander, private, [393], [396], [420], [424], [440]
• Clinton, Lieutenant-General, [221]
• Colby, Major, [257];
  • Colonel, [264], [273], [403], [408], [470]
• Cole, Lieutenant, [221]
• Coles, John, [310–321], [328–340]
• Colleton, Sir James, [261], [266], [278]
• Collinson, Captain, [427]
• Colquhoun, Colonel, R.A., [306], [322]
• Colville, Sir Charles, [243]
• Comfort, private, [122]
• Commissions from the ranks into the Engineers, [35], [85]
• Congella, action at, [385]
• Connolly, James, private, [145]
• Connor, Owen, private, [204], [206]
• Contract, works to be executed by, [278]
• Cook, Joshua, private, [87]
• ——, Thomas P., sergeant, [359], [361], [457]
• Coombs, corporal, [239]
• Copenhagen, [163]
• Corfu, [222], [249], [254], [255], [259], [265], [291]
• Cormack, William, private, [204]
• Corsica, [93]
• Coruña, [168]
• Cottey, corporal, [111]
• Cottingham, sergeant, [355]
• Councill, corporal, [206], [238]
• Courtenay, Mr., opposition of, to formation of corps, [63]
• Cowan, Adam, private, [119];
  • sergeant, [164]
• Cowes, [96]
• Craig, John, private, [369], [370]
• Crawford, William, private, [362]
• Creighton, corporal, [220]
• Crockett, private, [410]
• Crowdy, private, [393], [396]
• Crozier, Lieutenant, [101], [102]
• Cuidad Rodrigo, [190]
• Cummins, James, private, [479]

• Dacosta, Lieutenant, [479], [480]
• D’Aguilar, Major-General, [442]
• Daniel, sergeant, [20]
• Danish islands, [133], [164], [169], [175]
• D’Arcy, Captain, [120], [132];
  • Major, [157];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [163], [171]
• Darley, Benjamin, sergeant, [480]
• Dalhousie, Lord, [275]
• Darbyshire, sergeant, [291], [293]
• Dashwood, Lieutenant, [297]
• Davie, Sub-Lieutenant, [176], [180]
• Davis, John, sergeant, [203]
• Dawson, Mr. James, [426]
• Deane, corporal, [285]
• Deary, Noah, [295], [387]
• Debbieg, Colonel, [53], [57]
• De Butts, Lieutenant, [87]
• Delabeche, Sir Henry, [445], [446]
• Delacourt, private, [170]
• Demerara, [143], [255]
• Demolitions, submarine, [325], [348–353], [358–362], [372–378], [392–399], [419–424], [435–440], [441]
• De Salaberry, Lieutenant, [180]
• Desertion, efforts to prevent, [111]
• Designation of corps, [3], [189], [197]
• Detachments for service, [120], [124]
• Develin, corporal, [194]
• Dickens, Lieutenant, [50];
  • Colonel, [154]
• ——, Captain, [206]
• Disaffection of corps, [81]
• Discipline of corps, [51], [245], [251]
• Diving. See “[Demolitions]”
• Dodds, private, [204]
• Donnelly, Henry, corporal, [235]
• Doran, private, [193]
• Douglas, Archibald, private, [94]
• ——, James, private, [117], [175]
  • corporal, [191]
• Doull, Alexander, Mr., [345], [405]
• Douro, [201]
• Dover, [105], [132], [149], [157], [184], [248], [480]
• ——, Round Down Cliff at, [415]
• Dowling, William, private, [207]
• Down, John, corporal, [322]
• Dowse, Lieutenant, [92], [93]
• Dress, [47–50], [69–71], [79], [90], [99], [114], [133], [140], [197], [247], [249], [258], [262], [263], [279–281], [287], [292], [305], [371], [459]
• Drew, Lieutenant, [68]
• ——, Major, R.A., [68]
• Drummond, William, private, [86]
• ——, Captain, [268]
• Drums abolished, [247]
• Drunkenness, [96]
• Dublin, [425], [471]
• Duncan, Andrew, private, [359];
  • corporal, [408]
• Dundas’s drill, [84]
• Dunkirk, siege of, [85]
• Dunn, James, private, [204]
• Dunnett, sergeant, [272], [276], [277]
• Duplat, Captain, [303]
• Duport, Captain, R.A., [248]
• Durant, private, [194]
• Durham, Lord, [324]
• Durnford, Elias, Colonel, [86], [90], [93]
• ——, Lieutenant, [91], [92]; Colonel, [276], [278]
• ——, E. W., Colonel, [73]
• ——, E. W., Lieutenant, [261]
• ——, Captain, [479]
• Dyson, corporal, [143]

• Eastbourne, [149], [174], [185]
• East India Company, [322], [393], [394], [396], [419], [428], [435–440], [442]
• Eaves, Sub-Lieutenant, [132], [166]
• Edgar, wreck of, [422], [435]
• Edmonds, corporal, [369–371]
• Edrington, private, [300], [301]
• Egypt, [132], [135–138], [162]
• Elba, [94]
• Ellis, Mr. George, [329]
• Elphinstone, Captain, [165]
• Emmett, Captain, [223];
  • Major, [242]
• Engineer establishment in France and Netherlands, [236], [239]
• Enlistment into corps, opposition to, [73]
• Entwistle, sergeant, [379]
• Epidemics, [109], [146], [199], [255], [279], [426]
• Equilateral pontoons, [416]
• Erie, fort, [222]
• Esla, bridge, [201]
• Essequibo, [143]
• Estcourt, Colonel, [415], [449], [453]
• Establishment for field instruction, Chatham, [188]
• Euphrates expedition, [297–301]
• Evans, Thomas, corporal, [204]
• ——, James, draughtsman, [50]
• Evatt, Lieutenant, [93], [104];
  • Captain, [154], [157];
  • Colonel, [177]
• Evelegh, Lieutenant, [4], [6];
  • Captain, [44];
  • Colonel, [99], [132]
• Evelin, John, corporal, [111]
• Exmouth, Lord, [19]
• Exploration survey for a railway in America, [465–469]
• Eyre, Lieutenant, [217]

• Fairbairn, John, private, [86]
• Falconer, Sub-Lieutenant, [185]
• Falkland islands, [388–391], [412–415], [434], [446]
• Falmouth, [121]
• Faris, Lieutenant, [232]
• Faro, [222], [228]
• Farrington, Colonel, R.A., [112]
• Featherstone, Joseph, private, [107]
• Featherstonhaugh, Mr., [347], [356], [378]
• Fenwick, Captain, [132]
• ——, Robert, Captain, [426]
• Fevers, [82], [93], [103], [109], [118], [127], [146], [173], [255], [256], [279], [367], [426]
• Feversham, [258]
• Fez, [7]
• Finch, Thomas, sergeant, [20]
• Fires, [37], [246], [392]
• Fisher, Benjamin, corporal, [299], [300], [301]
• ——, Lieutenant-Colonel, [132]
• Fitzgerald, Lieutenant-Colonel, [275]
• Fitzherbert, Mrs., [85]
• Flanders, [83], [85], [88], [94], [117]
• Flannagan, John, private, [204]
• Fleming, William, private, [92]
• Fletcher, Lieutenant, [91], [102], [128];
  • Captain, [157], [163];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [169]
• Flushing, [171]
• Forbes, Joseph, sergeant-major, [171]
• ——, James, corporal, [278], [279];
  • sergeant-major, [296], [297], [416–419]
• ——, Thomas, corporal, [451]
• Ford, Lieutenant, [107];
  • Captain, [137], [157]
• ——, Charles, corporal, [204]
• Foremen of works, [294]
• Forrest, William, corporal, [478]
• Fortifications, Duke of Richmond’s plan for the, [55–57]
• Fortune, sergeant-major, [117]
• Frame, William, private, [438]
• France, [237–242], [243], [245–247], [249–252]
• Francia, Antonio, corporal, [21]
• ——, Francis, consul at San Roque, [21]
• Fraser, John, [21]
• ——, Peter, corporal, [5]
• ——, quartermaster-sergeant, [379]
• ——, Samuel, private, [185]
• Frederic fort, Holland, [217]
• French, Henry, Mr., [294]
• Fyers, William, Colonel, [132]
• ——, T., Captain, [157];
  • Colonel, [171], [288]

• Galloway, quartermaster, [210], [296]
• Garrison duty, corps excused from, [41], [68]
• Garnham, Alfred, [448], [449]
• Geddes, Hugh, [483]
• Genoa, [222], [227]
• Gibb, Sub-Lieutenant, [191], [196], [222], [242], [255]
• ——, C. J., Lieutenant, [384–388]
• Gibraltar, [1–9], [130], [132], [138], [146], [154], [157], [184], [199], [242], [248], [254], [258], [279], [291], [292], [403], [427], [435], [446], [470]
• ——, siege of, [10–28];
  • galleries, [14–16], [25], [29–32];
  • St. George’s Hall, [16];
  • King’s Bastion, [7], [9];
  • model of, [9];
  • Orange Bastion, [25];
  • anniversary of siege, [42];
  • privileges of corps at, [50];
  • cave under signal-house at, [51];
  • wish of the Jews at, [71];
  • companies at, incorporated with the corps, [106];
  • naval tank at, [123].
  • See also “[Gibraltar]”
• Gidens, corporal, [298]
• Girvan, John, private, [393], [398], [419–421], [423], [439]
• Glacière Bastion, Quebec, [275]
• Gleig, the Rev. G. R., opinion of corps, [383]
• Glenie, Lieutenant, [57], [63]
• Glenmorgan schooner, [325]
• Gold Coast, [267]
• Goldfinch, Captain, [195];
  • Major, [201]
• Gordon, Captain, (Malta) [127]
• ——, Alexander, Captain, [427]
• ——, James, private (Viscount Kenmure) [256]
• Gorman, James, corporal, [214]
• Gosport, [65], [73], [132], [157], [184]
• Gosset, Lieutenant, [424]
• Gossett, Lieutenant, [222];
  • Major, [243]
• Gottenburg, [166]
• Gozo, [155]
• Graham, Andrew, private, [250]
• Gratton, Sub-Lieutenant, [195], [196], [200], [202], [216], [231], [241]
• Gravatt, Lieutenant, [101], [107]
• Gravesend, [95], [114]
• Gray, sergeant-major, [132]
• Green Island, [196]
• Green, Sir William, [2], [4], [72]
• Greenhill, corporal, [300], [301]
• Gregory, Lieutenant, [269]
• Greig, John, private, [364]
• Grenada, [82]
• Grewer, Thomas, private, [195]
• Grey, Captain, [310–321], [328–340]
• Grierson, Captain, [285], [288]
• Grigor, sergeant, [19]
• Guadeloupe, [92–93], [175], [227]
• Guernsey, [65], [73], [132], [157], [184], [248]

• Hague, Thomas, private, [36]
• ——, Samuel, private, [107]
• Haig, sergeant-major, [98], [132]
• Halifax, N.S., [104], [127], [132], [157], [167], [169], [184], [227], [279], [291], [292]
• Hall, Benjamin, private, [176]
• ——, John, sergeant, [259]
• Hambly, Roger, private, [104]
• Hamilton, Dougal, private, [104]
• ——, Lieutenant, [99]
• Hanover, [152]
• Harding, G. J., Lieutenant, [162];
  • Captain, [177], [239]
• Hardinge, Sir Henry, [275], [286]
• Hare, Joseph, sergeant, [277]
• Harnett, corporal, [483]
• Harper, Captain, [258]
• Harrenden, Thomas, [21]
• Harris, Joseph, sergeant, [284]
• ——, David, the diver, [350], [351], [353], [358–361], [373–377], [393], [396], [419], [421], [434], [440], [441]
• ——, John A., private, [442]
• Harrison, John, corporal, [21]
• Harry, William, private, [192]
• Hawkins, Charles, corporal, [444]
• Hay, Lieutenant, [21];
  • Captain, [102];
  • Colonel, [123]
• ——, corporal, [211]
• ——, Lord John, [354]
• Hayter, Captain, [157]
• ——, Lieutenant, [252]
• Hearnden, sergeant, [357], [388], [390], [391], [413], [414], [434], [446]
• Hearts o' pipe-clay, [69]
• Hegarty, James, [360], [361]
• Hemming, sergeant, [362], [431], [433]
• Henderson, Captain, [207], [291], [293], [301], [308], [323], [362], [431]
• ——, E. Y. W., Lieutenant, [465]
• Herkes, John, private, [283]
• Hewitt, James, E. I. C. Sappers, [394], [396]
• Hibling, corporal, [426]
• Hicks, James, private, [204]
• Hill, Lord, [289], [292], [308]
• Hilton, James, quartermaster, [152], [234], [296], [445]
• Hobbs, Lieutenant, [169], [175];
  • Captain, [175]
• Hoey, sergeant-major, [90], [132]
• Hogan, Patrick S., [445], [476]
• Holland, [83], [85], [88], [94], [123], [216–222], [228–231]
• ——, Charles, [445], [476]
• Holloway, Captain, [77], [95], [112], [117], [180], [192];
  • Major, [121], [128], [132];
  • Sir Charles, [143], [157]
• ——, Colonel, [254]
• Hong Kong, see “[China]”
• Hopkins, John, corporal, [293], [343];
  • clerk of works, [295]
• Horn, George, [94], [95]
• Horses in France, &c., care of by the sappers, [239]
• Howatson, private, [387]
• Howell, Thomas, private, [86]
• Howorth, Captain, [444], [458]
• Hudson’s Bay, [460–464]
• Hughes, Thomas, private, [177]
• Humfrey, Captain, [132], [157]
• Hunter, Robert, sergeant, [227]
• Hurricane at Barbadoes, [283]
• Hurst Castle, [96], [167]
• Hutchinson, Lieutenant G. R., [362], [372], [392], [415], [419]
• ——, corporal Robert, [117]
• Hutton, William, corporal, [111]
• Hythe, [164], [177], [185], [327]

• Ince, Henry, sergeant, [5];
  • sergeant-major, [14–16], [18], [25], [30–32]
• Inglis, John, private, [147]
• Inspections, [221], [249], [255], [256], [274], [289], [292], [308], [324], [343], [368], [428], [435], [442], [446], [470]
• Ionian Islands, [171], [185]
• Ireland, Joseph, private, [359], [360]
• Irun, [205]
• Irvine, Alexander, private, [457]
• Ischia, [171]
• Isle of Wight, [167], [177]
• Italy, [216], [222], [227]
• Itzassu, bridge over the Nive at, [211]

• Jackson, Thomas, sergeant, [19], [26]
• Jaffa, [128], [132], [133]
• Jago, James, private, [373], [393], [396]
• ——, William, [295]
• James, Thomas, corporal, [247]
• Jamieson, Alexander, corporal, [207]
• Jebb, Captain, [283], [309]
• Jenkin, Lieutenant, [426]
• Jersey, [65], [73], [132], [149], [157], [184]
• Jervois, Lieutenant, [484]
• Jesse, Lieutenant, [483]
• Jews' wish, [71]
• Johnson, Lieutenant, [13], [21];
  • Captain, [95]
• ——, John, Ensign, [85]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [202], [226], [231], [235], [241]
• Johnston, Colonel, [157], [175], [248]
• Jones, Harry D., Lieutenant, [181], [194];
  • Captain, [205], [226], [240], [246], [247]
• ——, Jenkin, sergeant-major, [152], [266], [325–327], [348–353], [372], [399], [416]
• ——, Rice, Captain, [189];
  • Brigade-Major, [210];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [282]
• Jones, Richard P., [359], [373–377], [393–398], [419–423], [436–439]
• ——, Sir John Thomas, [161], [173], [382]
• Junk-ship night, [42]

• Kaffir war, [254], [293], [454–459], [484]
• Keane, Lieutenant the Hon. H. F., [460]
• Kenmure, Viscount, [256]
• Kennett, Captain, [153]
• Kent, Duke of, [32], [42], [104], [138]
• Kerr, James, corporal, [91]
• ——, Ninian, corporal, [127]
• Kerstiman, Lieutenant, [50]
• Keville, Edward, corporal, [407]
• Kinnaird, Hugh, corporal, [117]
• Knapp, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Koehler, Brigadier-General, [121], [128]

• Labourers, [45], [66], [106]
• La Caille’s arc of the meridian, [362], [431–433]
• Lacy, Captain, [122], [128], [134]
• Landmann, Captain, [157], [165]
• Lanyon, Hugh, [309], [310], [402], [425]
• Laredo, fort of, [211]
• Lawford, James, private, [148]
• Lawson, Lieutenant, [93]
• ——, Andrew, [259]
• Lefance, Captain, [4]
• Lefebure, Lieutenant, [107], [108];
  • Captain, [152], [154];
  • Major, [176]
• Leghorn, [222]
• Letts, Thomas, private, [172]
• Levick, sergeant, [117]
• Lewis, G. G., Captain, [203];
  • Colonel, [484]
• Lewisham, [173]
• Lewsey, private, [122], [134]
• Liddle, William, private, [18]
• Lindsay, Andrew, private, [94]
• ——, George, sergeant, [423], [435], [440]
• Lisle, Peter, alias Mourad Reis, [19]
• Lomas, Edward, private, [220]
• London, Tower of, [77]
• Logan, Henry, corporal, [204]
• Lonergan, corporal, [452]
• Longitudes, [257], [424]
• Lough Foyle Base, [273]
• Low Countries. See “[Holland]”
• Lucca, [222]
• Lushington, Lieutenant, [310–321]
• Luttrell, Captain, [13], [28]

• Macauley, Captain, [278]
• Maclean, Major-General, [343]
• Mackelcan, Colonel, [132], [157]
• Mackenzie, Sub-Lieutenant, [158], [199]
• ——, Richard, sergeant, [209]
• Maclear, Mr., Astronomer-Royal, [362], [431]
• Macleod, Lieutenant, [154]
• Macpherson, Thomas R., [462], [463]
• McAlpine, private, [373]
• McArthur, John, sergeant, [132]
• McBeath, corporal, [111]
• McCarthy, James, private, [210]
• McDonald, Archibald, private, [299]
• ——, Dr., [293]
• ——, Edward, sergeant, [5], [18]
• ——, Findlay, corporal, [204]
• ——, John, private, [103]
• McFadden, John, private, [424], [425]
• McFarlane, Donald, private, [438]
• McGregor, William, corporal, [347]
• McGuckin, sergeant, [450]
• McKay, James, private, [219];
  • quartermaster-sergeant, [345]
• ——, John, sergeant, [180]
• McKeer, John, private, [219]
• McKerlie, Captain, [480]
• McKerras, Lieutenant, [21];
  • Captain, [103], [110];
  • Major, [136]
• McKnight, John, private, [214]
• McLaughlin, Hugh, [104]
• McLaren, James, sergeant, [283]
• McLean, Sub-Lieutenant, [237], [241]
• McLeod, Alexander M., sergeant, [484]
• McNaughton, John, [36]
• McQueen, John, corporal, [347], [357], [378]
• Madeira, [164], [185]
• Madrid, [194]
• Maerk, bridge over the, [217]
• Mahomed Sidi, Sultan of Morocco, [6]
• Mahmoud II., [304]
• Maida, [154]
• Maine, expedition to State of, [224]
• ——, disputed territory in the State of. See “[America]”
• Makin, sergeant-major, [20], [132]
• Malta, [127], [155]
• Maltese military artificers, [155], [170], [171], [227], [228];
  • sappers, [243]
• Manchester, Duke of, speech against formation of corps, [61]
• Mann Gother, Captain, [83], [95]
• March, Samuel, sergeant, [373]
• Markey, Nicholas, [294]
• Marques, Antonio, [35]
• Marseilles, [228]
• Martinique, [91], [169], [227]
• Matson, Lieutenant, [195], [200], [201], [203];
  • Captain, [283];
  • Major, [371]
• Maule, Captain (Lord Panmure), [276]
• Mauritius, [287], [291–293], [362]
• Maxwell, Joseph, private, [409]
• Mayhead, Abraham, [92]
• Mealey, John, corporal, [459]
• Melhuish, Lieutenant, [180];
  • Captain, [276]
• Melville, Ninian, sergeant, [213]
• Mercer, Colonel, [73];
  • Major-General, [112], [132]
• ——, Cavalie, Captain, [255]
• Mercury, brig, wreck of the, [46]
• Messina, [152], [162], [170], [222]
• Meyers, Joseph, [358]
• Michael, Grand Duke, [428]
• Milan, [228]
• Milburn, Thomas, sergeant, [218]
• Millar, John, private, [172]
• ——, Jonathan, private, [204]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [215], [216]
• Miller, sergeant, [190]
• ——, Robert, corporal, [192]
• Militia-men, [151]
• Milman, Samuel, private, [127]
• Milne, Alexander, private, [250]
• ——, Peter, private, [204]
• Minorca, [119], [132]
• Missouri, steamer, burning of, [427]
• Mitchell, George, private, [145];
  • sergeant, [169]
• ——, Henry, corporal, [326]
• Models, [9], [35–38], [254]
• Moffatt, William, private, [370]
• Moggeridge, Lieutenant, [442]
• Moir, James, sergeant, [111]
• Moncrief, Colonel, [65], [73], [78], [83], [86]
• Montebello, Marquis Di, daughter of, [68]
• Montgomery, Walter, [47]
• Montmartre, domiciliary visit to, [240]
• Monument to Wolfe, [272]
• Moody, Governor, [388–391], [412–415], [434], [446]
• ——, H. C. B., Captain, [461], [463]
• Moore, John, corporal, [364]
• Morocco, Sultan of, [7]
• Morris, James, private, [204]
• ——, John, sergeant, [93]
• Morrison, John, corporal, [21]
• Morse, Colonel, [65], [73]
• Morshead, Captain, [164]
• Mortality, [82], [93], [103], [109], [118], [119], [127], [133], [146], [173], [199], [255], [256], [279], [292], [367], [426]
• Morton, David, private, [94]
• Motto of corps, [292]
• Mudge, Colonel, [347]
• Muir, Andrew, corporal, [284]
• Mulcaster, F. G., Colonel, [65], [73]
• ——, F. W., Lieutenant, [105];
  • Sir Frederick, [292]
• Mulligan, sergeant, [448], [454]
• Munro, Hugh, [295]
• ——, James, private, [219]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [185]
• Murphy, John, private, [442]
• ——, Lieutenant, [298]
• Mustard, Robert, private, [311], [313], [314], [319], [320], [328]
• Mutinies, [110], [112], [114], [138]
• Mutiny Act, corps first included in the, [61]
• Myers, Samuel, private, [87]

• Nancarrow, John, private, [119]
• Napier, James, private, [201]
• Naples, [152], [171], [227]
• Natal, [384–388]
• Needham, Samuel, private, [213]
• Negroes, enlistment of, [110]
• Nepean, Captain, [87];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [132]
• Netherlands. See “[Holland]”
• ——, engineer establishment in the, [236], [237], [239]
• New Brunswick, [185]
• Newell, Robert, corporal, [20]
• Newfoundland, [163], [166], [174], [184]
• New Holland, [310–321], [328–340]
• Newman, George, corporal, [407]
• New Orleans, [223]
• New Zealand, [480]
• Niblock, corporal, [204]
• Nicolay, Sir William, [293]
• Nicolls, Captain, [224]
• Nieuport, [86]
• Niger expedition, [368], [371], [403]
• Nive, [206], [207]
• Nivelle, [206]
• Northfleet, [114], [177]
• North Pole expedition, [481–483]
• Nova Scotia. See “[Halifax].”
• Nowlan, John, private, [206]

• O’Connell, Daniel, M.P., [472]
• O’Hara, General, [36], [50]
• O’Kean, Patrick, private, [250]
• Oldfield, Lieutenant, [99], [166];
  • Captain, [221], [229];
  • Major, [235], [250];
  • Colonel, [402]
• Olivenza, [178]
• Oporto, [170]
• Origin of corps, [1]
• Orthes, [213]
• Ostend, [118]
• Oswego, [222]
• Owen, Lieutenant, [457], [458]

• Page, Lieutenant, [283]
• Painter, William, corporal, [184]
• Palermo, [222], [228]
• Palmer, sergeant-major, [132]
• Pampeluna, [201]
• Parsons, Adam, private, [28]
• ——, Joseph, private, [33]
• Pasley, Major, [187], [188];
  • Lieut.-colonel, [255], [261], [264], [266];
  • Colonel, [303], [325], [348–353], [358–362], [372], [380];
  • Major-General, [392], [419–424], [435]
• Patterson, John, private, [47]
• ——, John, private, [457]
• ——, Philip, private, [122]
• Patton, Captain, [179]
• Paul, Thomas, [167]
• Pay, regimental, [3], [64], [113], [156], [157], [228]
• ——, working, [3], [64], [159], [267], [345], [356]
• Payne, Captain, [227]
• Pembroke, [480]
• Pendennis Castle, [288], [290]
• Penhorwood, private, [204]
• Penman, William, private, [393], [398]
• Penton, Robert, private, [424], [425], [462–464]
• Perdita, removal of, by divers, [393]
• Perexil, [167]
• Peronne, [237]
• Philipville, [239]
• Phillpotts, Lieutenant, [199], [222];
  • Major, [324];
  • Colonel, [480]
• Phipps, John, Captain, [4];
  • Colonel, [65], [161]
• Phipps, W. G., Lieutenant, [72]
• Picurina, fort, [192]
• Pilkington, Lieutenant-Colonel, [173];
  • Major-General, [290]
• Piper, Lieutenant, [205]
• Pipon, Lieutenant, [355], [415];
  • Captain, [449], [450], [465]
• Pisa, [222]
• Pitts, Captain, [206]
• Plattsburg, [222]
• Plymouth, [65], [73], [132], [157], [184], [254], [258], [272], [289]
• ——, riot at, [73–76]
• Pollock, David, sergeant, [135]
• Pontoneers, sappers recognized as, [231]
• Pontoon train, [236], [237]
• Pontoons, [261], [266], [278], [289], [303], [343], [416], [418]
• Porchester, Lord, speech of, against formation of corps, [62]
• Porto Rico, [107]
• Portsmouth, [65], [73], [99], [132], [157], [184], [254], [290], [292], [484]
• Powis, sergeant, [203]
• Power, Patrick, corporal, [214]
• Pratts, Simon, [28]
• Precedence of corps, [65]
• Pringle, Captain, [50]
• Privileges of corps, [50]
• Procida, [171]
• Prussian tactics, [78]
• Puntal, fort of, [211]
• Puntales, [176]
• Purcell, John, sergeant, [230]
• Purfleet, [291]
• Pyrenees, [201], [205]

• Quebec, [272], [275], [291], [292]
• Queue, the, [167]

• Rabling, private, [370]
• Rae, John, corporal, [373], [377], [393], [398], [415], [420], [424], [440], [459]
• Rawdon, Lord, [63]
• Read, sergeant-major, [353], [360]
• Reductions, [228], [243], [247], [253], [287], [290], [306], [356], [382], [403]
• Reed, John, sergeant, [287], [288]
• Reid, Lieutenant, [194];
  • Captain, [243];
  • Major, [264], [265], [284];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [441]
• ——, William, private, [350], [353]
• Reis, Mourad (Peter Lisle), [19]
• Relief works, Ireland, [471–476]
• Repeal, [425]
• Reynolds, William, private, [293], [362]
• Richardson, Sir John, [481–483]
• ——, William, corporal, [304], [390]
• Richmond, Duke of, [20], [55–63], [67]
• Richmond, John, sergeant, [6], [28]
• ——, Thomas, Lieutenant, [33–36]
• Rideau canal, [272], [285–287]
• Riot at Plymouth, [73–76]
• Ritchley, William, corporal, [293]
• Roberts, Benjamin, corporal, [117]
• ——, Evan, private, [120], [127];
  • sergeant, [162], [170]
• ——, Lieutenant, [324], [402]
• Robinson, Lieutenant, [323], [343];
  • Captain, [415], [449], [451];
  • Major, [465], [466]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [171]
• ——, William, corporal, [109]
• Rock, Daniel, [295], [448]
• Rocroy, [239]
• Rogers, Lieutenant, [248]
• ——, William, private, [109]
• ——, William, sergeant, [179]
• Roliça, [166]
• Roncesvalles, stockades at, [201]
• Rooney, corporal, [192]
• Ross, Lieutenant, [85];
  • Captain, [163], [178]
• ——, John, sergeant, [326]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Round Down cliff at Dover, [415]
• Rowley, Lieutenant, [98];
  • Major, [161]
• Royal Engineers to command the corps, [3], [65]
• —— George, [348–353], [358–362], [372–378], [392–399], [419–424], [435–440]
• —— Military Artificers, formation of, [58–63], [64]
• —— staff corps, [124], [327]
• Rutherford, Lieutenant, [255]

• St. Domingo, [101], [103], [110], [119]
• — Helena, [242], [254], [257]
• — Julian, [180]
• — Lucia, [92], [102], [142], [248], [255]
• — Marcou, [104], [133]
• Salamanca, [194]
• Sanders, C. K., Lieutenant, [232]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [221], [231]
• Sandham, Captain, [309], [348], [371]
• Sandhurst, [279], [309], [343], [357], [379]
• San Sebastian, [202–205], [303]
• Santa Maura, [177]
• Santona, [210]
• Sappers recognized as pontoneers, [231]
• Sapping and mining, instructions in, [187]
• Sargent, William, [295]
• Savage, Captain, [272];
  • Colonel, [463]
• Savona, [222]
• Scoble, James, private, [250]
• Schools, [221], [245]
• Scrafield, Henry, corporal, [223]
• Scylla castle, [154]
• Second-corporals introduced, [158]
• Seine, bridges over the, [238]
• Serrada bridge, [194]
• Servants, [173]
• Sevenoaks, [121]
• Seville, [195]
• Shambrook, Charles, private, [284]
• Sharp, Adam, private, [28]
• Sheerness, [261], [444]
• Shepherd, Robert, [28]
• ——, George, sergeant, [442]
• Sheridan, Mr., [58–59], [63]
• Sherriff, sergeant, [46]
• Shetland islands, [483]
• Shipley, Major, [107];
  • Colonel, [132], [142], [144];
  • Brigadier-General, [169]
• Shipwrecks, [46], [76], [209], [269], [288], [299]
• Shirres, sergeant-major, [35], [120], [132], [139]
• Shornmead, [96]
• Shorter, quartermaster-sergeant, [261]
• Shot and shell boys, [33–36]
• Sicily, [154], [162], [167], [185]
• Sierra Leone, [267]
• Sim, sergeant, [274], [297], [298]
• Simpson, William, private, [91]
• Sinclair, David, private, [108]
• ——, Sir John, [189]
• Sirrige, Hugh, corporal, [20]
• Sirrell, Thomas, corporal, [270]
• Skelton, John, private, [351–353];
  • corporal, [359], [373], [375–377], [440]
• Skene, Lieutenant, [256]
• Skinner, Ensign, [6];
  • Lieutenant, [13], [50]
  • Lieutenant-colonel, [157]
• ——, W. C., Captain, [50]
• Slieve-snacht, [268]
• Smart, Lieutenant, [50]
• ——, John, private, [94]
• Smith, Alexander, private, [269]
• ——, Captain C. F., [181];
  • Sir Charles F., [244], [363]
• ——, Captain J. C., [153]
• ——, Captain W. D., [222], [255], [256]
• ——, Edward, sergeant, [86]
• ——, Frederick, Mr., [328], [331], [335], [339]
• ——, Hugh, corporal, [365], [479]
• ——, James, sergeant, [19]
• ——, James, sergeant-major, [132]
• ——, James, private, [479]
• ——, John, sergeant-major, [171]
• ——, John, corporal, [260];
  • sergeant, [276], [277]
• ——, Joseph, sergeant, [445]
• ——, Sir Frederic, [441]
• ——, Thomas, private, [398], [415]
• Smyth, J. C., Captain, [166];
  • Colonel, [234], [235], [236];
  • Sir James, [245], [248], [249], [274]
• ——, Captain R. N., [19]
• Southampton, [94], [391], [411], [470], [476]
• Spain, [302], [306–308], [321–323], [341], [354]
• Spalding, Robert, [407]
• Sparks, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Spence, sergeant-major, [68], [132]
• Spencer, B. Keen, corporal, [425]
• Spike island, [143], [157], [184], [248]
• Spry, Colonel, [65], [73]
• ——, William, [294], [304]
• Squire, Captain, [162], [166], [171], [178]
• Stack, William, corporal, [192]
• Staff corps. See “[Royal Staff Corps]”
• Stanway, Lieutenant, [178], [192];
  • Captain, [205];
  • Major, [281], [283]
• Stapleton, Lieutenant, [60]th rifles, [32]
• State, assistance to the, [117]
• Stephens, Thomas, corporal, [173];
  • sergeant, [213]
• Stephenson, Sub-Lieutenant, [199]
• Stephens, Sub-Lieutenant, [218], [241]
• Stewart, Alexander, private, [94]
• ——, Lieutenant, [103]
• Sticklen, private, E. I. Co., [438]
• Stokes, Lieutenant, [455], [457], [484]
• Storie, John, private, [181]
• Stratton, Sub-Lieutenant, [202], [206], [207], [213], [216], [231], [237]
• Streatfeild, Captain, [259]
• Sub-Lieutenants, [158], [160], [185], [228], [247]
• Sullivan, private, E. I. Co., [442]
• Surinam, [119], [144]
• Survey, [264–265], [265–266], [273], [291], [293], [301], [308], [323], [342], [343], [344], [348], [355], [362], [403–411], [415], [445], [447], [465–469], [476], [480]
• Sutherland, Captain, [83]
• Symon, Charles, private, [359]
• Symonds, Lieutenant, [349], [350], [353], [358], [361], [364], [365]
• Syria, [363–368]

• Tabb, corporal, [28]
• Talavera, [170]
• Tarifa, [177], [181]
• Tarragona, [181], [193], [196]
• Tay steamer at Bermuda, [440]
• Taylor, Hugh, sergeant, [103]
• ——, Thomas, private, [128]
• Teaff, Stephen, private, [204]
• Thackeray, Major, [196]
• Thomas, George, private, [169]
• ——, Lady, [338]
• Tholen, [217]
• Thompson, Alexander, Captain, [238]
• ——, James, [272]
• ——, W., Corporal, [393], [398]
• Thomson, Daniel, [47]
• ——, R., Lieutenant, [169];
  • Captain, [216], [221]
• Tibbs, Richard, private, [386], [387]
• Tides, observation of the, [391]
• Tilbury Fort, [96], [114]
• “Times, The,” testimony to the corps of, [481]
• Tobago, [143], [255]
• Torres Vedras, [175], [178]
• Toro, [201];
  • bridge of, [201]
• Torrince, Robert, private, [92]
• Tournai, [222]
• Toulon, [86], [93]
• Toulouse, [213]
• Tower of London, [77], [283]-285
• Townshend, Lieutenant and Adjutant, [275]
• Transfers from the Line, [151]
• —— to the Artillery, [105]
• Trevail, Philip, private, [421], [438]
• Trevethick, William, private, [82]
• Trinidad, [107], [255]
• Tucker, Captain, [445]
• Turkey, [121]-123, [128], [133]-138, [303]
• Turner, Samuel, private, [379], [414]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [195], [196], [201], [202], [204], [231], [232]
• Tuscany, [222]
• Twiss, Major-General, [149]
• Tylden, Major, [236], [244]

• Ustaritz, [206]

• Valenciennes, [83], [243], [246]
• Valentia, longitude of, [424]
• Vance, John, private, [457]
• Vera, [206]
• Vetch, Captain, [460]
• Vicars, Lieutenant, [265], [302], [306], [307], [322], [323], [354]
• Victor, Captain, [272], [286]
• Victoria, Her Majesty the Queen, [470]
• Vimiera, [166]
• Vincent, George, corporal, [476]
• Vittoria, [201]
• Vivian, Sir Hussey, [294], [308]

• Waddell, David, private, [122], [134]
• Wagg, Thomas, private, [92]
• Wakeham, Robert, sergeant, [111]
• Walcheren, [171]
• Wall, John, [481]
• Wallace, John, private, [141]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [191], [193], [196], [200], [202], [213], [216], [242]
• Walpole, Captain, [484]
• Walsh, Peter, private, [204]
• Ward, Captain, [91]st regiment, [458]
• War of the Revolution, [81]
• Warren, John, private, [257]
• Washington, [233]
• Waterdown camp, [84]
• Waterproof composition, [349]
• Waterloo, [232]-236
• Watson, Edward, sergeant, [117], [121], [123], [128], [132], [135]
• ——, John, [77]
• Watts, corporal, [413]
• Webb, Lieutenant, [403];
  • Captain, [483]
• Webster, Anthony, private, [171]
• Weir, James, private, [148]
• Welbank, Captain, [399]
• Wells, Captain, [210]
• ——, corporal, [111]
• West, Edward, private, [473]
• —— Indies. See different stations
• —— ——, companies formed for service in, [88]
• West, John, sergeant, [404]
• ——, Lieutenant, [206]
• Westo, John, private, [119]
• Whitaker, Samuel, private, [28]
• White, James, corporal, [267]
• ——, Captain, royal staff corps, [278]
• Whitmore, Captain, [149];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [256]
• ——, George, Lieutenant, [260]
• Wild, Thomas, private, [172]
• Wilson, John, private, [86]
• ——, Sir Robert, [427], [435], [446], [470]
• ——, William, corporal, [175]
• “Williams” brig, [325]
• ——, John, Lieutenant, [285]
• ——, John, private, [373], [378], [393], [397]
• ——, M., Captain, [348], [349]
• Williamson, Alexander, private, [94]
• Winchelsea, [480]
• Windham’s Act, [156]
• Windsor, [445], [459]
• ——, George, private, [472]
• Winter, George, private, [107]
• Wolfe, monument to, [272]
• Women, proportion permitted to embark with their husbands, [45]
• Wood, John, [294], [442]
• Woodhead, sergeant, [20], [123]
• Woolwich, [65], [73], [99], [112], [114], [132], [149], [157], [184], [248], [254], [291], [292]
• Wright, P., Lieutenant, [178], [193], [201]
• Wynne, Captain, [471]

• Yarmouth, [96]
• Yates, private, [415]
• Yecla bridge, [194]
• Yezeed Mulai, Sultan of Morocco, [6]
• Yolland, Captain, [476]
• Yorke, Lieutenant, [392]
• Young, David, sergeant, [5], [18]
• ——, James, sergeant, [326], [385-388]
• ——, John, corporal, [117]
• ——, sergeant, [276]
• ——, William, quartermaster, [266]
• Ypres, [228], [230]
• Yule, Captain, [325]
• Yusuf Sidi, Bashaw of Tripoli, [19]

• Zamoro, [201]
• Zante, [171]
• Zetland, [483]

END OF VOL. I.

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