The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815

by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

of the Peninsula, [133], [134], [137], [138], [150], [160], [162], [183], [207], [223], [257]
Clive, Lord, Gov.-Gen. Madras, 1800, [95]
Coa R., [147], [152], [153], [170], [171], [172], [178], [194];
combat at the, [144]
Colborne, Sir John (Lord Seaton), [164], [165], [248], [249];
at Waterloo, [290]
Cole, Gen. Sir J. L., commands 6th Division at Waterloo, [276]
Colombo, [93], [98], [99]
Colours, regimental, [164], [167], [168], [169], [213], [281] n.
Colville, Gen. Sir C., commands 4th Division at Waterloo, [277], [292], [297]
Commerce, Napoleon's efforts to destroy British, [84]
Commissions, how obtained, 1793, [14];
1813, [253];
prices of, [15];
limits of age for, [120]
Congress at Vienna, [274]
Convention of Cintra, [125];
of Paris, [300]
Convoy Act, [88]
Convoy duty, [19], [88]
Cooke, Capt. J. H., 43rd, [272] n.
Copenhagen, expedition to, [122]
Corfu, [308], [309]
Corporal Punishment. See [Flogging]
Corsica, [chaps. iii]. [and iv]. passim, [83]
Corsican troops, [65];
Moore's opinion of, [111]
Corte, [60], [66], [74], [75]
Corunna (Coruña), [125] n., [129], [130], [132], [138], [140], [142], [205], [215], [262] n.;
campaign, [chap. vii].;
battle of, [139]
Courageux, the, [67]
Courts-martial, [198], [199]
Craig, Gen., occupies Cape Town, 1795, [91]
Craufurd, Gen. R., [133], [184]
Craufurd's Flank Brigade, [133];
Light Division, [184] n.
Cuirassiers, French, at Waterloo, [287], [288], [294]

"Daddy Hill," [201]
Dalbiac, Mrs, at Salamanca, [222]
Dalhousie, Gen. Lord, [230], [270]
Danemark, the, [145]
Danish Fleet destroyed at Copenhagen, [122]
Darling, Sir Ralph, 51st, [122] n.
D'Aubant, Brig.-Gen., in Corsica, [48], [49]
Davie, Major, imprisoned at Kandy, [99]
Dax, [269]
Decorations, [93], [261-265];
for Waterloo, [264], [292], [293]
Discipline, [39], [95], [113], [114], [115], [121], [134], [135], [141], [194], [198], [199], [200], [203], [204], [220], [223], [224], [252]
Divisions. See [Peninsular Army]
Dona Maria, pass of, [238], [239]
Donzelot, Gen. (Fr.), at Waterloo, [288], [289]
Dorsenne, Gen. (Fr.), [178]
Douro, Baron. See [Wellington, Duke of]
Douro R., [131], [133], [205], [209], [210], [212], [214], [215], [216], [217], [230];
passage of the, [143]
Drill, [36];
Mesnil Durand's system of, [106], [107];
Dundas's book on, [110], [116];
of riflemen and light infantry, [112];
Moore's system of, [115], [116]
Drouet, Gen. (Fr.), [205]
Drummers, French, in action, [289]
Drunkenness, [36], [37], [134], [189], [191], [199], [220], [221], [238], [252]
Duas Casas R., [153], [155]
Duelling, [37]
Duenas, village of, [220]
Dundas, Gen. Sir David, commanding in Corsica, [43], [44], [45], [47], [48];
quarrels with Sir G. Elliott, [49], [62];
his services, [80], [104];
book on drill, [110], [116]
Dunkirk, [30]
Durand. See [Mesnil Durand].
Dutch East India Company and South Africa, [91], [92];
in Ceylon, [97];
troops at Waterloo, [279], [283], [285], [286]
Duties, of officers, [39], [59], [114], [122], [214], [250];
of light troops, [112]
Dyas, Ens. Joseph, 51st, [159], [160]

Eagles, capture of French, [213]
East India Company, Hon. (H. E. I. C.), [87], [88], [92], [262];
Dutch, [91], [92]
East Indies. See [India].
Ebro R., [128], [232]
Echallar, [238], [254], [256], [259], [260], [261]
Egypt, [87], [100], [102], [105]
Ehwald. See [Von Ehwald].
Elba, Island of, [42], [78], [79], [81], [85], [308];
Napoleon at, and escape from, [274]
Elliott, Sir Gilbert, and Corsica, [41], [42], [59], [60], [62], [63], [64], [73], [78], [80]
Elvaz, [184]
Elvina, [140]
Enghien, [277]
Escalade, employment of, [51], [76], [159], [260]
Escorial (Escurial), [129], [214]
Esla R., [133], [229], [230]
Estramadura, [191]

Flank Brigade. See [Craufurd's Flank Brigade].
Flank companies. See [Grenadier company];
Light company.
Flogging, [21-24], [201], [203], [204]
Flushing, [142]
Food, scarcity of, [149], [150], [171], [211], [223], [257]
Formations, fighting, of British in Corsica, [45], [46];
of foreign armies before 1800, [106];
Mesnil Durand on, [106], [107];
of British in America, [108], [109];
Moore and Von Ehwald on, [113];
Dundas on, [116];
of British in the Peninsular War, [118], [119], [154], [208];
of British at Waterloo, [284], [286], [290], [295];
of French at Waterloo, [107], [284], [285], [286], [288], [289]
Fortescue, Hon. J. W., 'History of the British Army,' 108 n., [116] n.
Fort St George, Madras, [92], [95]
Fox, the, [82]
Foz d'Aronce, [146]
France, state of, in 1792, [chap. i].;
declares war against England and Holland, [14];
leagued with Austria, [41];
joined by Spain, [78];
joined by the Netherlands, [91];
makes war on Portugal and Spain, [124];
invaded by Wellington, [258];
throws over Napoleon and makes peace, [270];
receives back Napoleon, [274];
at war with all Europe, [275];
crushed at Waterloo, [291];
restores Louis XVIII. to the throne, [301];
pays a war indemnity, [302].
See also [Bonaparte, Napoleon].
Frederic of Orange, Prince, [280]
Freer, Lieut. E., 43rd, [249]
French and English in the Peninsula, relations of, [155], [242-244], [298], [299]
French possessions in India, [88]
Fuente Guinaldo, [177], [182], [183], [198]
Fuentes d'Onor (Fuentes de Oñoro), [156], [164], [167], [169], [213], [249];
battle of, [153-156]

Galicia, [131], [230], [231]
Gamara Mayor, [233]
Gambling, [37], [181], [302]
Games and recreations of officers and men. See [Amusements].
Garonne R., [270]
Gata (Gaeta), Sierra de, [183]
Gave de Pau, [268], [269]
Genappe, Wellington meets Blücher at, [291]
Generals, Wellington's, [201], [202]
Germany and Germans, [186], [255], [258], [267]
Ghent, [275]
Gibraltar, [31], [32], [40], [82], [83], [85], [88], [308]
Girondists, [31]
Gonesse, [298]
Graham, Gen. Sir T. (Lord Lynedoch), [184], [185], [186], [187], [188], [195], [201], [206], [229], [230], [233], [235], [236], [253] n.;
with Lord Hood's fleet, [110] n.;
raises the 90th Regt., [110];
commands in the Netherlands, [275]
Grammont, [275], [277], [279]
Greece, [309]
Grenada, Fort, [259], [260]
Grenadier Company, [45], [70]
Grouchy, Marshal Count de (Fr.), [296], [297]
Guadarama, [223]
Guadiana R., [157], [158], [163], [185], [191]
Guard, Napoleon's Old, Imperial, [289];
defeated at Waterloo, [290]
Guarda, [147], [150]
Guards, British, at Waterloo, [284], [289], [290]
Guinaldo. See [Fuente Guinaldo].

Haie Sainte, La, [285], [287], [288], [289]
Hair, fashions in soldiers', [4], [18], [55], [86], [123], [127]
Hal, [278], [280], [283]
Half pay, officers on, [103], [165], [304], [311]
Ham, [297]
Hawkins, Lt.-Col., 68th, [261]
Heligoland, [305]
Henderson, Col. G. F. R., 'Science of War' quoted, viii., [113]
Hermandad, [233], [234]
High Wycombe, Military College at, [251], [253] n.
Hill, Gen. Sir R. (Viscount Hill), [201], [214], [222], [223], [233], [234], [253] n., [256], [259], [266], [268], [269], [277], [292], [293], [294];
at Almaraz, [197];
commands 2nd Corps at Waterloo, [277]
Holland, [91], [105], [142], [275]. See also [Dutch].
Honourable East India Company, [87], [88], [92];
and medals, [262]
Hood, Admiral Lord, [20], [31], [32], [33], [40], [41], [43], [48], [49], [54], [61], [62], [63], [80]
Hope, Gen. Sir J. (4th Earl of Hopetoun), [128], [129], [130], [253] n., [256], [268];
assumes command at Corunna, [139]
Hospitals, [55], [178], [200]
Hotham, Admiral, [65], [67], [68]
Hougoumont, [283], [284], [287], [289], [290], [292], [294]
Hounds, Wellington's pack of, [180]
Houston, Gen., [146]
Howe, Gen. Lord (3rd Viscount), [109], [111] n.;
killed in America, [108]
Howe, Adm. Lord (4th Viscount), [25], [31], [111] n.
Howe, Gen. Sir W. (afterwards 5th Viscount Howe), [109], [111]
Huebra R., [224]
Huerta, [212]
Hunting on active service, [180]
Hyères Bay, [33], [40], [42]

Illustrious, the, [67]
Imperial Guard, Napoleon's, [289], [290]
Income Tax, introduction of, [84]
Inconstant, the, [67]
Indemnity paid by France, [302]
India, 51st proceeds to, [89];
climate of, [93], [96];
condition of, [98], [103]
India, French possessions in, [88], [262]
Infantry, training of, [105-120].
See also [Light Infantry];
[Mounted Infantry]
Inglis, Gen., [240], [242], [254], [259], [260]
Ionian Isles, [308], [309]
Issy, [298]

Italy, [81]

Jacobins, [31]
Jägers, Hessian, in British pay, 1774, [112]
Jervis, Adm. Sir J. (Lord St Vincent), defeats the Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent, [82], [83]
Johnstone, Major-Gen., commands 6th British Brigade at the storming of Cambray, [297]
Joseph Bonaparte. See [Bonaparte, Joseph]

Kandy, King of, [97]; capture of, [98];
massacre of British garrison of, [99]
Kellermann, Marshal, Duc de Valmy, [11];
commands 3rd French Cavalry Corps at Waterloo, [285]
Kempt, General Sir J., [234]
King Joseph. See [Bonaparte, Joseph]
Koehler, Major, R. A., in Corsica, [41], [45]

La Baneza, [134]
La Belle Alliance, [289], [290], [292]
La Haie Sainte, [285], [287], [288], [289]
La Lippe, Fort, [184]
Laon, [296], [297]
Lefebre, Gen. (Fr.), [129], [131]
Leith, Gen. Sir J., [131], [135], [136]
Lesaca, [238], [240], [241], [242]
Leyria, [146], [148]
Liège, [277]
Light Division. See [Peninsular Army]
Light Infantry, [106], [107], [110], [112], [116], [119];
Corsican troops as, [65], [111];
first formation of regiments of, [108] n., [141];
duties of, [141], [142].
See also [Skirmishers].
Light (or Light Infantry) companies, [45], [127], [141];
uniform of, [86];
introduction of, [108];
abolition of, [109];
reintroduction of, [109]
Ligny, [278], [279], [296];
Prussians defeated at, [280]
Lisbon, [100], [128], [130], [131], [140], [144], [145], [146], [148], [152], [165], [232];
garrisoned by 51st (1797), [85-89];
occupied by the French, [122];
British advance on (1808), [124];
occupied by the British, [125]
Liverpool, Lord, [200]
Llerena, [186], [187], [188]
Lloyd, Col. T., 94th, [248]
Loire R., [300]
Londonderry, 3rd Marquis of (Gen. Hon. Sir C. Stewart), [121]
Louis XIV. Redoubt, [260]
Louis XVIII. restored to the throne of France, [301]
Lowestoffe, the, [41]
Lugo, [134], [135]
Lynedoch, Lord. See [Graham, Gen. Sir T].

M'Cabe, Capt. J., 51st, [224]
M'Cleish, Surgeon D., 51st, [54]
Macdowall, Gen., commanding in Ceylon, [97], [98]
M'Geechy, Maj. A., 11th, [159]
Macintosh, Maj. Æneas, 85th, [159]
Macleod, Col. C., 43rd, [248]
Madras, [92], [95], [96]
Madrid, [128], [129], [130], [132], [183], [196], [214], [222], [223], [224], [243];
captured by Napoleon, [131];
British occupation of, [chap. x].;
British entry into, [212], [213];
British evacuation of, [223]
Mahratta War, [87], [96], [99]
Mainwaring, Col. J. M., 51st, [145], [161], [163], [164], [165], [167], [168], [169]
Mainwaring, Major F., 51st, [167], [181], [201], [202], [214], [220], [249], [299], [300], [303], [304]
Maitland, Major-Gen. Sir P., commands a brigade of Guards at Waterloo, [289], [290]
Maitland, Capt., R.N., conveys Napoleon to England on H.M.S. Bellerophon, [301]
Malingering, [200]
Malmaison, Napoleon at, [298]
Malta, [100], [308]
Mandale, [256]
Maransin, Gen. (Fr.), [233], [260], [261]
Marauding. See [Plunder].
Margarita, [234]
Marmont, Marshal, Duc de Ragusa, [156], [161], [162], [178], [182], [184], [193], [194], [195], [196], [197], [205], [206], [207], [209], [210], [211], [212]
Marsan, Mont de, [269]
Martello towers, origin of, [44] n.;
on the Kentish coast, [117]
Massena, Marshal, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d'Essling, [143], [144], [145], [147], [150], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [166]
Maurice, Sir J. F., and 'Sir J. Moore's Diary,' 44 n., [51] n., [54], [55], [64] n., [73], [104] n., [115]
Mayorga, [131]
Medals, [93], [261-265], [271], [281] n., [292], [293]
Medina del Campo, [210]
Mediterranean, [40], [100], [308]
Mendoza, [234]
Merida, [185]
Mesnil Durand, system of drill (1774), [106], [107], [109]
Metauco, [237]
Militia, [14], [142], [253]
Minorca, [308]
Minto, Lord. See [Elliott, Sir Gilbert]
Miranda de Douro, [230]
Mitchell, Col. H. H., 51st, [164], [165], [227], [242], [259], [261], [275], [279], [280], [281], [283], [284], [290], [292], [293], [297];
commands 4th British Brigade at Waterloo, [277];
death of, [304]
Moita, [146]
Monasterio, [215], [218]
Mondego R., [277];
first expeditionary force to the Peninsula lands near the mouth of the, [124]
Mons, [277], [278]
Mont Aya. See [Peña de Haya]
Mont de Marsan, [269]
Mont St Jean, [282], [285]
Moore, Gen. Sir John, Lt.-Col. commanding 51st Regt., [19], [35], [64], [141], [309];
character of, [35];
his treatment of young officers, [39], [59];
interviews Adm. Ld. Hood, [40];
his special mission to Corsica, [41], [42], [43];
in attack on St Fiorenzo, [44-46];
at siege of Bastia, [47];
at capture of Calvi, [50-52];
wounded, [50];
his care of sick, [54];
on staff work in Corsica, [56], [63], [71];
opinion of Corsican troops, [65] n., [111];
rupture with Sir G. Elliott, [73], [80];
ordered home, [74];
influence over officers, [90];
military reform, [101], [chap. vi]. passim;
commanding at Canterbury, [103];
selection of officers, [103], [104];
trains a brigade for war, [105-120];
his camp at Shorncliffe, [114-119], [250];
views on tactics and discipline, [105], [106], [113-120], [200];
in command of British forces in Portugal, [126];
marches to meet Baird, [128-130];
his plans for harassing Napoleon, [130];
decides to attack Soult, [131];
retreat to Corunna, [132-138];
death of, [139];
general order relating to death of, [39] n.;
his decorations, [262]
Morillas Mountains, [232], [233]
Mortier, Gen. (Fr.), [151]
Moscow, Napoleon's retreat from, [228]
Moselle, the, [33], [59]
Mounted Infantry compared with Light Infantry, [109]
Moustaches, introduction of, [6];
worn by French at Waterloo, [300]
Mules as baggage animals, [258]
Musket, flintlock (the "Brown Bess" in use throughout the War, 1793-1815), [112], [136], [208], [235], [284], [285], [287], [288], [294], [300] n.
Mysore, conquest of, [92], [93], [96]

Namur, [277], [296]
Nanclares, [233], [234]
Napier, Sir C., his opinion on flogging, [23];
in Ionian Isles, [309]
Napier, Sir G. T., [248]
Napier, Sir W. F. P., the historian, [151], [153] n., [154], [192] n., [217], [220], [228], [243], [248], [249], [255], [261], [271];
his advocacy of flogging, [203], [204]
Naples, Joseph Bonaparte King of, [124]
Napoleon. See [Bonaparte, Napoleon]
Nava de Avel (Nava d'Aver), [154]
Navy, British, [42], [43], [49], [67], [87], [88], [100], [262]
Nelson, Adm. Lord, [33], [43], [49], [50], [69], [78], [79], [80], [83], [87], [100]
Netherlands, [91], [275], [285], [286]
Ney, Marshal, Duc d'Elchingen, Prince de la Moskowa, [145], [146], [270], [285], [286];
attacks Wellington at Quatre Bras, [279], [280];
at Waterloo, [289]
Nile, battle of the, [87]
Nive R., [258];
battles of the, [265-267]
Nivelle R., [258], [259], [260];
battle of the, [248], [259-261], [265], [292], [299]
Nivelles, [277], [278], [280], [281], [287], [292], [293], [294], [297]
Niza, [163], [170], [193]
Numbers, regimental, [213], [242-244]

Obidos, [125]
Officers, 1793, [14], [36], [37];
Moore's treatment of, [39], [59], [103], [104], [114], [115];
letters and journals of, [174];
amusements of, [59], [123], [180], [206], [214], [302];
duties of, [59], [114], [122], [214], [250];
pay of, [83], [87], [250];
ages of, [247-253];
characteristics of, [247-253], [271]
O'Hara, Gen. C., [32], [43]
"Old Douro," [201]
Old Guard, Napoleon's, at Waterloo, [289], [290]
"Old Pivot," [116]
"Old Trousers," [289] n.
Oporto, [143], [172]
Orange, Gen. H.R.H. the Prince of, [91], [275], [279];
commands 1st Corps at Waterloo, [277]
Orange, Prince Frederic of, [280]
Orthes, battle of, [268], [269]
Ostiz (Ostitz), [238], [239]
Oyarzun, [241]

Paget, Lord. See [Anglesey]
Pajo, [183]
Pampeluna (Pamplona), [237], [238], [239], [246]
Pancorbo, [231]
Paoli, Pascal, the Corsican patriot, [42], [73], [74], [80]
Pardeleras, [158]
Paris, [134], [270], [274], [296], [297], [298];
treaty of (1814), [274];
Allies advance on, [296-300];
Convention of, [300];
evacuated by French troops, [300];
Allies occupy, [301], [302]
Pay, officers', [83], [87], [250]
Peña de Haya, [240], [241], [242]
Pena Macor (Penamacor), [170], [178], [179], [181], [184]
Peninsular Army—
2nd Division, [268]
3rd Division, [178], [189], [234], [235], [260], [268]
4th Division, [236], [242], [259], [260], [268]
6th Division, [231], [268]
7th Division, [146], [154], [155], [166], [170], [182], [183], [184], [198], [208], [215], [230], [231], [234], [238], [254], [256], [259], [260], [268], [270]
Light Division, [118], [144], [145], [154], [184] n., [212], [224], [234], [242], [256], [259], [268]
Craufurd's Flank Brigade, [133]
Leith's Brigade, [131], [135], [136]
Peninsular War, [chaps. vii.-xii].

passim
Peronne, [297]
Phelps, Capt. J. H., 51st, [261], [299], [300] n.
Phillipon, Gen. (Fr.), [207]
Picton, Gen. Sir T., [234], [253] n., [268], [269];
commands 5th Div. at Waterloo, [279];
death of, [286]
Picurina, [158], [188]
Piombino (Italy) occupied by Brit. troops, [81], [82]
Pirch, Gen. von (Prus.), defeated by Grouchy at Namur, [296]
Pisuerga R., [216]
Plasencia, [162], [172]
Plunder and marauding, [93], [94], [95], [191], [193], [198], [199], [200], [223], [224], [238], [265]
Police, military, want of in Pen. War, [199]
Pombal, combat at, [145]
Pondicherry, [88]
Popham, Adm. Sir H., captures Cape Town (1806), [90] n.
Porto Ferrajo, Elba, [42], [82]
Portugal, [83], [126], [128], [130], [142], [143], [144], [150], [195], [211], [271];
allied with England, [85];
in French occupation, [122], [124];
evacuated by French, [125]
Portuguese troops, [191], [209], [242], [266]
Pozzo di Borgo, [73]
Pringle, Major R., 51st, [50]
Prize-money, [59], [93], [94], [281] n., [292]
Promotion, [16], [17], [37], [77], [86], [120], [163], [164], [261], [271], [292], [303], [304]
Prussians, [275], [277], [278], [279], [285], [288], [296], [297];
defeated by French at Ligny, [280];
at Waterloo, [291];
at Paris, [298]
Puebla, [185]
Pueblas, pass of, [232], [233]
Puente de Douro, [217]
Punishment of soldiers, [21], [198], [201], [203], [204], [223]
Purchase system, [15-18], [37], [77], [253], [311]
Pyrenees, [128], [130], [228], [230], [238], [239], [246], [255], [256], [257], [259];
battles of the, [238-258]

Quatre Bras, [278], [281], [286];
Ney attacks Wellington at, [279], [280]
Quebec, Sir W. Howe at, [109]

Ramsay, Norman, at Fuentes d'Onor, [155]
Rangers, the first regular light troops, [108]
Recreations. See [Amusements]
Recruiting, 1793, [24]
Red Indians, methods of fighting of, [107], [108], [109]
Redinha, combat at, [145]
Reform, Army, 1802-7, [chap. vi].
Regiments, condition of, 1793, [37], [38], [39]; 90, [103], [114], [135], [141], [178], [190], [191], [199], [250], [252], [254], [305]
Regiments, British, or in British pay:—
12th Light Dragoons, [57], [61]
13th Light Dragoons, [149], [151], [152]
1st Foot (Royals), [45], [46]
11th, [48], [159]
13th, [108] n.
14th, [292], [293]
18th (Royal Irish), [50], [81]
19th, [98]
23rd, [123] n., [292], [293], [297]
25th, [48]
26th, [165]
30th, [48]
35th, [281] n.
43rd, [108] n., [114], [243], [248], [272] n.
50th, [32], [50]
51st, 2nd West York, [14];
uniform of, [18], [123], [305];
commanded by Lt.-Col. John Moore, [19], [35], [64], [141], [309];
proceeds to Gibraltar, [19];
prepares for active service, [32];
embarks for Toulon, [32];
loses its baggage, [33];
joins Lord Hood's fleet, [40];
in the attack on Corsica, [chap. iii].;
at the capture of St Fiorenzo, Bastia, and Calvi, [44-52];
leaves Corsica for Elba, [79];
withdrawn from the Mediterranean, [83];
quartered at Lisbon, [85], [86];
ordered to India, [89];
lands at Cape Town, [89];
arrives at Madras, [92];
proceeds to Ceylon, [95];
at the capture of Kandy, [98];
garrisons Colombo, [99];
returns to England, [99];
proceeds with Baird to Corunna, [127];
fights at Lugo, [136];
in the retreat to Corunna, [137], [138];
at the battle of Corunna, [139], [140];
arrives in England, [141];
made Light Infantry, [141];
in the Walcheren Expedition, [143];
joins Wellington's army in the Peninsula, [145];
at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, [154], [155];
marches to Badajoz, and twice assaults St Christoval, [159], [160];
with the covering force at Ciudad Rodrigo, [182], [183];
with Graham outside Badajoz, [185];
at the surprise of Llerena, [187];
at the battle of Salamanca, [206-212];
enters Madrid at the head of the army, [213];
at the capture of the Retiro, [213];
covers the siege of Burgos, [215];
in the retreat to Ciudad Rodrigo, [215-224];
attacked at the Valladolid bridge, [216];
fights at San Muños, [224];
fords the Esla R., [230];
at the battle of Vittoria, [234-238];
engaged in the Pyrenees, [238];
fights at the Peña de Haya, [242];
at the battle of the Nivelle, [260], [261];
at the battle of Orthes, [268], [269];
accompanies Beresford to Bordeaux, [269];
returns to England, [270];
embarks for the Waterloo Campaign, [275];
at the battle of Waterloo, [282-295];
at the storming of Cambray, [297];
enters Paris, [301];
marches to Calais and returns to England, [303];
on home service, [304], [305];
entitled King's Own Light Infantry, [308];
commanded by Col. Samuel Rice in the Ionian Isles for ten years, [308], [309]
52nd, [108] n., [114], [234], [290]
54th, [281] n.
55th, [108]
59th, [281] n.
66th, [248]
67th, [169] n.
68th, [108] n., [208], [209], [213], [222], [254], [260], [261]
69th, [48]
71st, [108] n., [141]
76th, [136]
80th (or Gage's Light Infantry, 1758), [108] n.
85th, [108] n., [159], [166]
90th (or Morgan's Light Infantry), [108] n.
90th, Perthshire Volunteers, raised by Graham, 108 n., [110], [111]
94th, [248]
95th (Rifle Brigade), [111], [112], [114], [190]
105th, [108] n.
106th, [108] n.
Hessian Jägers, [112]
Chasseurs Britanniques, [154], [209]
Brunswick Oels Corps, [216], [217], [230]
Renaud, Gen. (Fr.), taken prisoner, [179]
Retiro, the, Madrid, [213], [223], [243]
Revolution, French, [2-13]
Rhune, La, Pyrenees, [258], [259]
Rice, Col. A. T., 51st, [311] n.
Rice, Lieut. C., R.N., [20], [96] n.
Rice, Capt. F., 51st, [253] n.
Rice, Lieut. H., R.N., [86], [163] n.
Rice, Major P. J., 51st, [311] n.
Rice, Sir Ralph, [311] n.
Rice, Col. Samuel, passim
Richmond, Duchess of, ball at Brussels, [279]
Rifle, earliest use of the, by a whole regiment, [111]
Rifle Corps, the, 95th (afterwards Rifle Brigade), first formation of, [111], [112]
Roads in Ceylon, [97];
in the Peninsula, [128], [132], [133], [223], [236], [240], [265]
Roberts, Major D., 51st, [227]
Rochefort, Napoleon flies to, and surrenders, [301]
Roliça (Roleia), battle of, [125]
Roncesvalles, [256]
Ross, Capt. J., 51st, at Waterloo, [288]
Rossommes, [291]
Russia, [179], [228], [276], [308]

Sabugal, [170], [182]; combat at, [147]
Sahagun, [133];
cavalry action at, [132]
Sailing vessels, transport of troops in, [19-30], [32], [33], [79], [88], [89], [93], [126], [127], [138], [145]
San Antonio, [242], [245]
Santa Barbara, [242], [254]
San Barbe, [259], [260]
St Boes, [268], [269]
St Christoval (San Christobal), [158], [163], [188]
St Cloud, [300]
St Denis, [298]
St Fiorenzo, Corsica, [43], [44], [46], [47], [67], [68], [72]
St Germains, [298]
St Helena, [89];
Napoleon in exile at, [301]
St Helens, Isle of Wight, [27], [28], [29]
St Jean, Mont, [282], [285]
St Jean de Luz, [258]
St Jean Pied de Port, [239]
San Marcial, [241], [245], [256]
Santa Martha, [185], [193]
San Muñoz, [224]
St Omer, [2-12]
St Pé, [260], [261]
St Pierre, [266]
St Sebastian (San Sebastian), [238], [239], [240], [241], [245], [246], [254], [255];
siege of, [240];
assault of, [245]
St Sever, [269]
St Thomas's Mount, Madras, [95]
St Vincent, Lord. See [Jervis, Adm. Sir J.]
San Vincente redoubt, [189]
Salamanca, [128], [129], [130], [147], [148], [149], [172], [178], [205], [206], [208], [210], [222], [223], [224];
campaign of, [chap. x].;
battle of, [211], [212]
Saldanha, [132]
Salisbury, troops trained at, 1774, [109]
Salvatierra, [236], [237], [238]
Sanchez, Don Julian, [179]
Sandhurst, [253] n.
"Sans culottes," [30], [59]
Santarem, [145]
Sarre, [258], [260], [300] n.
Sault de Navailles, [269]
Saxons, [275]
Scheldt R., [142], [277]
Schweidnitz, Gen., [276]
Seaton, Lord. See [Colborne, Sir J.]
Senlis, [298]
"Sepoy General," Napoleon's name for Wellington, [291]
Septinsular Republic (Ionian Isles), [308]
Seringapatam, [90] n.;
capture of, [92]
Seville, [162], [195]
Shawe, Capt. R., 51st, killed in Corsica, [76]
Shorncliffe, [135], [250];
Sir J. Moore's camp at, [114-120]
Siborne, Capt. W., the historian, [288];
his model of Waterloo, [293]
Sicily, [308];
Sir J. Moore goes to, [117]
Sickness of troops, in Corsica, [51], [52], [54], [55], [57], [60], [61], [65], [69];
in India, [93];
in Ceylon, [98], [99];
in Walcheren, [142], [145];
in Peninsula, [177], [178], [179], [194], [219], [224], [258]
Sierra de Gata (Gaeta), [183]
Simancas, [216]
Simonstown, South Africa, occupied by British in 1795, [91]
Skirmishers, Croats as (1757), [106];
Mesnil Durand advocates use of (1774), [106], [107];
Red Indians as, [107];
Highlanders as, [107] n.;
training of British, [112-120];
at Waterloo, [284], [285], [289], [295].
See also [Light Infantry];
Jägers;
Voltigeurs.
Smellie, Capt. P., 51st, [208]
Smith, Gen. Sir Harry, [222]
Soldiers, British, amusements of, [123], [180];
characteristics of, [250], [252], [257];
conduct of, [20], [21], [36], [94], [95], [134], [189], [190], [191], [199], [200], [223], [224], [237], [238], [243];
punishment of, [22-24], [198], [201], [203], [204], [223]
Soult, Marshal, Duc de Dalmatie, Moore's adversary in Corunna campaign, [131-140];
defeated by Wellesley at the Douro, [143];
commands French in South Spain, [150];
moves towards Badajoz, [152], [157];
defeated at Albuhera, [157];

joined by Marmont, [161];
retires to Seville, [162];
encounters Graham outside Badajoz, [186];
in Andalusia, [195], [196], [197];
cut off by destruction of Almaraz bridge, [205];
advances on Madrid with King Joseph, [222];
commands French army in the Pyrenees, [239];
attempts to relieve Pampeluna and San Sebastian, [239-245];
holds the line of the Nivelle, [258];
defeated by Wellington, [260];
holds Bayonne and the line of the Nive, [265];
defeated at Orthes, [268];
retires to the north-east, [269];
defeated at Toulouse, [270];
quits Waterloo with Napoleon, [291];
collects the French army at Laon, [296];
retreats on Paris, [297]
South Africa, British and Dutch in, 1794-1814, [90-92]
Spain, [126], [127], [128], [147], [150], [151], [198], [228], [229], [247], [255], [257], [271], [299];
allied with England, [32], [68];
allied with France, [78], [85];
thrown over by Napoleon and allied with England, [124];
Joseph Bonaparte King of, [124], [126], [127], [128], [147], [150]
Spanish fleet, [68], [79], [82]
Spanish troops, [133], [144], [150], [151], [194], [241], [242], [265], [267]
Sparks, Major F., 51st, death of, [179]
Spencer, Sir Brent, [156], [161]
Squares, fighting in, [154], [178], [185], [287]
Stewart, Gen. Hon. Sir C. See [Londonderry, 3rd Marquis of].
Stonyhurst College, founding of, [9]
Strachan, Adm. Sir R., [142]
Straggling, [134], [135], [138], [223], [224], [238]
Stuart, Sir C., in Corsica, [49], [50], [51], [56], [60], [62], [63], [66], [80];
occupies Lisbon, [85];
captures Minorca, [100]
Subijana de Alava, [233]
Suchet, Gen. Count, [152], [246], [255], [258]
Surtees, Quartermaster, 95th Rifles, [190]

Tactics, changes in, [102], [105], [106-120]
Tagus R., [163], [172], [177], [184], [194], [197], [219]
Tarbes, combat at, [270]
Tents, [238], [256], [257], [258]
Theatricals on active service, [181]
"Thin Red Line," outcome of Sir J. Moore's system of training, [118]
Thrale, Mrs, connection with Rice family, [1]
Tippoo of Mysore, [92], [96]
Tordesillas, [133], [210], [216], [217], [222], [225], [231]
Tormes R., [205], [206], [207], [211], [212]
Toro, [207], [208], [231]
Torres Vedras, lines of, [144], [145]
Toulon, [30], [31], [32], [33], [40], [42], [48], [54], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [68], [69]
Toulouse, final defeat of French at, [270]
Tourle, Capt. J., 51st, [61], [64], [70]
Trafalgar, battle of, [100]
Training, officers, [39];
infantry, [105-120]
Transport (land), difficulties of, [129], [209], [257], [258]
Transport (sea), [19], [32], [33], [79], [88], [89], [93], [126], [127], [138], [145]
Tras os Montes, [229]
Treaty of Paris, [274], [308]
Tres Puentes, [234]
Trigge, Gen., commanding in Corsica, [66]
Trincomalee, [95], [96]
Trois Couronnes, Mont des. See [Peña de Haya].
Tubize, [280], [292]
Tudela, [216], [217]
Turkey, [308]
Turon R., [153]
Turpin de Crissé, Comte Lancelot, on the Art of War, [107]
Tuscany, [81], [83]

Uniform, 1793, [18], [19];
1794, [55];
1808, [123];
of Light Infantry, [141];
1809-1821, [305-308]
Ustaritz, bridge of, [265]
Uxbridge, Lord. See [Anglesey, Marquis of].

Valencia, [184]
Valencienne, [297]
Valladolid, [127], [129], [131], [210], [212], [216], [218], [221], [229]
Valverde, [185]
Vandermaesen, Gen. (Fr.), [245]
Vera, [239], [240], [241], [242], [245], [254], [255], [256]
Verrieres, [302]
Versailles, [298]
Victor, Marshal (Fr.), [143]
Victory, H.M.S., [33], [63]
Vienna, Congress at, [274]
Vigo, [129], [130], [131], [138]
Villafranca, [130], [134], [135]
Villa Mayor, [147], [170], [171], [177]
Villa Nova, [230]
Villa Velha, [163], [184], [193]
Villodas, [234]
Vimiera (Vimeiro), battle of, [125]
Vittoria, [128], [215], [231], [232], [237];
battle of, [233-238]
Voltigeurs, Napoleon's first skirmishers, [112]
"Voluntary Contributions," [84]
Volunteers, officers serving as, [14], [253] n.
Von Ehwald, Colonel, on the training of light troops, [112], [113], [114], [118]

Walcheren Expedition, [142]
"War against Commerce," [84]
War in the Mediterranean, [chaps. iii]., [iv].;
in India and Ceylon, [92-99];
in the Peninsula and S. of France, [chaps, vii.-xii].;
in Belgium and France, [chaps. xiii]., [xiv].
Waterloo, [134], [168], [176], [202], [203], [253] n., [296], [304];
campaign, [chap. xiii].;
Allies concentrate on, [280];
village of, [282];
battle of, [282-295]
Wavre, [296];
Blücher retires to, after Ligny, [280], [285];
Prussians march from, to Waterloo, [288]
Weather, influence of, on operations, [133], [134], [137], [138], [150], [160], [163], [171], [183], [195], [207], [223], [224], [245], [257], [265], [281], [282]
Wellesley, Sir A. See [Wellington, Duke of].
Wellington, Duke of, at Roliça, [125];
comes home from Portugal, [126];
takes command in Portugal, [143];
defeats Soult at the Douro, and Victor at Talavera, [143];
defeats Massena at Busaco, and retires to Torres Vedras, [144];
pursues Massena and defeats him at Sabugal, [146], [147];
invests Badajoz, [151];
defeats Massena at Fuentes d'Onor, [152-155];
commences second siege of Badajoz, [157];
withdraws to the Caya R., [161];
captures Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, [chap. ix].;
pursues Marmont and defeats him at Salamanca, [205-212];
enters Madrid, [212], [213];
attempts capture of Burgos, [214];
retreats to Ciudad Rodrigo, [215-224];
advances north, [230];
defeats King Joseph at Vittoria, [232-237];
drives the French to the Pyrenees and blockades Pampeluna, [238];
captures St Sebastian, [245];
invades France, [256];
defeats Soult at the Nivelle, [260], [261];
wins victories at the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, [266-270];
takes command of Anglo-Dutch army in the Netherlands, [275];
attacked by Ney at Quatre Bras, [280];
withdraws to Waterloo, [280];
defeats Napoleon, [282-295];
meets Blücher at Genappe, [291];
enters Paris, [300];
his character, [160], [165], [166], [168], [200], [201], [202], [203], [218], [223], [257], [265];
his reticence, [170], [175], [176];
keeps a pack of hounds, [180]
Wemyss, Colonel, occupies Piombino, Italy, [81]
West Indies, [87], [103], [105]
Wolfe, Gen. J., and Quebec, [109]
Women, regimental, [218], [221], [222], [272]

York, H.R.H. the Duke of, [30], [80], [103], [111]

Zadorra R., [232], [233], [234]
Zafra, [185]
Zagaramurdi, [238]
Zante, [309]

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