War and the Arme Blanche

by Erskine Childers

• Faber’s Put, action of, [199]
• Fen-shui-ling Mountains, [341]
• Ferreira, General, [101], [113], [117]
• Forrest, General (American Civil War), [11], [255]
• Franco-German War (1870), [11], [111], [352]
  • Colonel Henderson on, Introduction, [vii]–ix
• Francs-tireurs, [302], Introduction, [vii]
• Frederikstad, siege of, [211]
• French, General Sir John, [8], [9], [10], [17], [19], [22], [169]–70
  • at Elandslaagte, Chapter [IV].
  • at Lombard’s Kop, [70]–2
  • at Colesberg operations, [86]–90
  • relief of Kimberley, [91]–112
  • interception of Cronje at Paardeberg, [116]–18
  • parallel with De Wet, [124]–6
  • at Poplar Grove, [130]–46
  • at Karee Siding, [178]–9
  • at Dewetsdorp, [183]–4
  • from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, [187]–204
  • from Pretoria to Komati Poort, [204]–9
  • at Zand River, [193], [279]–82, [286]
  • at Doornkop (outside Johannesburg), [196]
  • at Middelburg, [205], [282]
  • at Bergendal, [206]
  • in march to Barberton, [209]
  • in Cavalry march, East Transvaal, October, 1900, [211]–12, [216]
  • on the abnormal character of the South African War, [266]–8
• French, General Sir John, on Cavalry work in the Russo-Japanese War, [329]–34, [339], [343], [345]
  • on von Moltke’s criticism of the Prussian Cavalry, [351]
• French Cavalry (present day), [293], [359]
• Fronemann, General, [98]

• Gallwey, Colonel, [243]
• Garratt, Colonel F. S., [257]
• Gatsrand, [230]
• Geduld, action of, [241]
• German Cavalry (present day), [293], [359]
• Glasko, General, [349]
• Goedvooruitzicht, action of, [235]
• Goldman, C. S., author of “With French in South Africa,” translator of Bernhardi’s “Cavalry in Future Wars,” founder of the Cavalry Magazine, etc., [9], [10], [17], [19], [64], [88], [109]–10, [140], [142]–4, [162], [174], [222], [254], [266], [301], [308], [314], [325], [333], [337]
  • on the abnormal character of the Boer War, [270]–87
• Gordon, Brigadier-General J. R. P., [100], [125], [139]
• Graspan, action of, [76]–81, [239]
• Grenfell, Colonel, [249]–52
• Grootvlei, action of, [231]
• Guerilla war in South Africa, [45], Chapter [X].

• Hamilton, General Bruce, [235]
• Hamilton, General Sir Ian, in South African War, [187]–8, [188] ([footnote]), [190], [193], [197], [249]
  • as observer of Russo-Japanese War, [348]–9
• Hart’s Hollow, fighting at, [164]
• Hei-kou-tai, battle of, [349]
• Heilbron, action near, [201]
• Helvetia, capture of, [214], [232]
• Henderson, the late Colonel G. F. R. (author of “Stonewall Jackson,” “Science of War,” etc), Introduction, [vi]–ix, and [13], [14], [353]
• Hertzog, General, [211], [229]
• Holland, action of, [247]
• Horses (South African War), condition of, [95]–6, [144]–6, [189], [197]–8, [275]–7
• Household Cavalry, [197]
• Houtnek, action of, [188]
• Hsin-kai-ho, destruction of bridge at, [340]
• Hunter, General Sir A., [187]–8, [198]–9, [201]
• Hunts of Christian de Wet, (1) [201]–3; (2) [211]–13; (3) [229]–30
• Hutton, General E. T. H., [196]–7, [209]

• Imperial Light Horse, [56], Chapter [IV]. (at Elandslaagte), [73], [152], [185]–8, [199], [240]
• Imperial Mounted Troops (present day), [4]–5, [370]–1
• “Infantry Training” (Official Manual), [38], [197], [253], [323]
• Inniskilling Dragoons, [256]
• Itala, Fort, attack on, [232]

• Japanese Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, [323], [345]–9, Chapter [XIV]., [363]
• Johannesburg, fighting outside, [191], [196]
• Joubert, General, [61], [72]–3, [151]

• Kaapsche Hoop, [209]
• Kalkfontein (Poplar Grove), [135]–6, [140]
• Kanin, Prince, [340], [348]
• Karee Siding, action of, [178]–9
• Kekewich, Colonel, R. G., [231], [249]
• Kemp, General, [207]–8, [240]–3, [248], [249]–52
• Kimberley, siege of, [74]–5
  • relief of, [91]–112
  • French’s operations north of, [113]–16
  • allusions to, [167], [275], [282], [295], [331]
• Kitchener, General Lord, at Paardeberg, [120]–2
  • in guerilla war, [211], [214]–29
• Kitchener’s Kopje (battle of Paardeberg), [123], [130]
• Kleinfontein, action of, [248], [319]
• Klip Drift, charge at, [98]–112
  • allusions to, [116], [117], [119], [128], [144], [146], [148], [194], [261], [274], [314]
  • Lord Roberts on, Introduction, [x]
• Klipfontein, pursuit at, [197]
• Knox, General Charles, [212]
• Koch, General, [61], [62]
• Komati Poort, advance of British army to, from Pretoria, [204]–9
• Komati River, action of, and Boer charge at, [212]–13, [239]
• Koedoesberg, [91]
• Koodoos Drift, [116], [117]
• Korn Spruit. See Sannah’s Post
• Kritzinger, General, [211], [229]
• Kroonstad, [191], [193], [281]
• Kruger, President, [138] (at Poplar Grove), [208] (at Komati Poort)
• Kuram, operations in, 1879; Introduction, [vi] ([footnote])
• Kuroki, General, [341]
• Kuropatkin, General, [336]–7, [340], [348], [352]

• Labuschagne’s Nek, action of, [151]
• Ladysmith, battle of (or Lombard’s Kop), [48], [70]–2, [152]
  • siege of, [72], [151]–4
  • relief of, [155]–67
• Lake Chrissie, action of, [231]
• Lambourne Downs, manœuvres at, 1909, [323]
• Lancers, 9th, [230]
  • 12th, [197]
  • 16th, [213]
• Langerwacht, action of, [231]–2
• Liao-yang, battle of, [340]–1
• Lichtenburg, attack on, [232]
• Liebenberg, General, [200], [249]
• Lindley, actions near, [197], [200]
• Lombard’s Kop, battle of. See Ladysmith, battle of
• Lotter, Commandant, capture of, [230], [264], [339]
• Lydenburg, [206]–7
• Lubbe, Commandant, [98]

• McClernand, Colonel, of the United States Cavalry, at Russo-Japanese War, [328], [346]
• McCullagh, Francis (author of “With the Cossacks,”)[Cossacks,”)] [336], [338]
• Machadadorp, [282]
• Maeder’s farm, action of, [88]–9
• Mafeking, [74], [198]
  • relief of, [199]–200, [264], [357]
• Magersfontein, battle of, [81]–3
  • Cronje at, February, 1900, [91]–112
• Mahon, Brigadier-General B. T., [199]–200
• Manchuria, war in (1904–5), [10], [12], [195]–6, [227], [230], [242], [303], [321], [323], [353]
  • history of Cavalry work in, Chapter [XIV].
• Mars la Tour, battle of, [321]
• Methuen, General Lord, [76]–82, [91], [127], [131], [198], [203], [249]
• Meyer, General, [61], [151]
• Middleburg, capture of, [205], [282]
• Middlepunt (Poplar Grove), [137]–9, [143]
• Milner, Lord, [228]
• Mishchenko, General, raid of, [337]–9, [342]
• Modderfontein, capture of, [232]
• Modder River, battle of, [76]–7
• Moedwil, action of, [231]
• Moltke, von, [45], [336]–7, [351]
• Mooifontein, action of, [243]
• Morgan, Colonel (American Civil War), [11], [255]
• Mounted Infantry, regular, [4], [5], [15], [17], [37]–8, [53]–4, [85]–6, [94], [123], [165], [169], [217]–18, [254]–5, [263]–4, [293], [308], [356]–7, [366]–8, also Introduction, [xvi]
  • Training (Official Manual, 1906), [38], [263]–4, [324]–5
  • (1899)[(1899)], [273]
• Mukden, battle of, [337], [340], [341], [348]–9, [351]

• Naganuma, Colonel, raid by, [340], [348]
• Natal Carbineers, [61], [152], [155] ([footnote])
• Natal Mounted Police, [56], [155] ([footnote])
• Negrier, General de, [300], [316], [325], [344], [353]
• New South Wales, mounted riflemen from, [56]
• New South Wales Lancers, [76]
• New Zealand, mounted riflemen from, [56]
  • Mounted Rifles, [196]
• Nicholson’s Nek, fight at, [71]–2, [153], [207], [234]
• Night attacks, South African War,
  • British, [81], [83], [87], [230]–1
  • Boer, [230]–3
  • Russo-Japanese War, [338], [340]
• Night raids, British, [235]–6
• Niu-chuang, [338]
• Nodzu, General, [341]
• Nogi, General, [341], [348]
• Nomenclature of mounted troops, [16]–17, [88], [356]–7
• Nooitgedacht, action of, [214], [215], [231], [234]

• “Official History of the Russo-Japanese War” (British General Staff), [335], [348]
• “Official History of the South African War” (German General Staff), [107]–9, [125]–30, [158], [166], [295]–7
• “Official History of the South African War,” (British), [14], [60], [65], [71], [110], [118]–19, [125], [141]–2, [158]–9, [174], [181], and references passim
• Oku, General, [348]