A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 / First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

by Sir J. W. Fortescue

Abercromby, General James, ii. [296], [314];
incapacity of, [322], [327];
defeat at Ticonderoga, [322], [359]
Abraham, Heights of, ii. [376]
Acadia, ii. [241]
Act of Union, amalgamation of English and Scotch military establishments by, i. [580]
Ælian, Tactics of, i. [106], [152]
Æneas Poliorceticus, military maxims of, i. [106]
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, ii. [164], [191], [260], [561]
Albany, Duke of, i. [118]
Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of. See [Monk]
Albemarle, Arnold van Keppel, Earl of, i. [390]
Albemarle, Earl of, commands expedition against Havana, ii. [541]
Alberoni, Cardinal, ii. [8]
Albert, Archduke of Austria, i. [160]
Alcantara, taken by allies (1706), i. [482]
Alexander the Great, i. [106]
Alexander of Parma, i. [144], [150]
Alexius Commenus, English nobles serve under, i. [8]
Alfaraz, Pass of, i. [531]
Alfred, King, fyrd under, i. [5]
Allaverdy Khan (1733), ii. [409]
Alva, Duke of, i. [101], [141]
Amherst, Jeffery, Lord, ii. [113], [314], [318];
captures Louisburg, [321], [359], [364], [370];
advance to Crown Point, [371], [383], [395];
French capitulate to, [400];
estimate of his work in Canada, [402-405], [537], [544]
Andros, Colonel Sir Edmund, ii. [251]
Angus, Lord, i. [364]
Anhalt, Prince of, ii. [487]
Annapolis, our troops in, ii. [44], [255]
Anne, Queen, i. [402];
strength and composition of army under, [555];
hardships of officers under, [573];
death, ii. [4];
colonial policy under, [254]
Anson, Lord, ii. [340]
Anwarudeen (Nabob of Carnatic, 1744), ii. [79], [181];
his treaty with the French, [185]
Archers, i. [10];
established by statute, [16], [17];
at Bannockburn, [18], [28];
the artillery of the old army, [29];
pay of, [30];
at Poitiers, [40], [43];
Genoese cross-bowmen, [35];
French archers, [50];
at Roveray, [67];
at Towton, [74];
at Flodden, [116]. See [Arms, Bow]
Arcot, Clive's attack on, ii. [200]
Argyll, Duke of, treachery to Marlborough, i. [530], [552]; ii. [28], [53]
Ariancopang, ii. [185]
Arleux, fort of, i. [542]
Arms, Armour, and Accoutrements:—
Axe, i. [6], [16], [82]
Badges, i. [73]
Bandoliers, i. [102]
Bayonet, i. [11];
added to dragoon's arms, [323];
increased use of, [327];
alterations in, [341], [586]; ii. [586]
Bill, i. [16];
foot-soldier armed with, [77], [116], [125], [133]
Bombards, i. [53]
Bow and arrows, i. [11], [16];
bow and bolts, [16];
long-bow encouraged by Edward I., [17], [28];
its superiority, [29];
used by train-bands, [120], [125];
disappearance of long-bow, [129];
superseded by fire-arms, [133]
Buckler, carried by cavalry, i. [115]
Caliver, i. [101], [128], [133]
Cannon, i. [32], [66], [115];
scarcity of big guns, ii. [564];
the different ones used by artillery, [588]
Carbine, i. [155], [322], [325];
cavalry armed with, ii. [586]
Cartridges, i. [102]
Chain-mail, i. [6], [12];
last appearance of mailed troops, [203]
Chaplet, i. [12]
Colours, flags of landsknechts and Swiss, i. [87];
under Tudors, [111], [118];
flags first called colours, [136];
Scottish colours, [182];
flags captured at Blenheim, [443];
St. Andrew crossed with St. George after Union, [492]
Corselets, i. [119], [125];
worn by pikemen, [154];
die out, [327]
Cuirass, reintroduced by Marlborough, i. [587];
worn by eighteenth-century cavalry, ii. [585]
Culverin, i. [119]
Dagger, i. [24], [137]
Dart, i. [6]
Dragoons' accoutrements, i. [323]
Firelocks, i. [325]
Fusil, i. [325]
Gorget, last survival of armour, i. [327]
Gun, early specimens of, i. [30];
improvements in, [53];
hand gun introduced, [77], [100], [112];
foreign and English makers of, [122]
Gunstones, i. [120]
Habergeon, i. [12];
worn by cavalry, [27]
Halberd, i. [77], [82], [119], [128], [153];
peculiar weapon of sergeants, [326]
Hand grenades, ii. [70]
Harquebus, i. [53], [101], [112], [125], [136]
Hatchet, Grenadiers armed with, i. [325]
Hauberk, i. [16]
Helmet, i. [6], [12], [28];
worn by pikemen, [154];
and cavalry, [215]; ii. [586]
Howitzer, i. [82]
Iron cap, worn by archers, i. [28];
given to cavalry in 1758, ii. [585]
Iron gloves, i. [28]
Knife, i. [16]
Lance, i. [11], [12], [24], [27], [104], [115], [133], [155]
Matches for guns, i. [119]
Medals, first issued after Dunbar, i. [245]; ii. [583]
Musket, i. [11], [101], [120];
English grow expert with, [143], [153];
becomes lighter, [179];
dragoons armed with, [216];
improved in Anne's reign, [585]
Partisan, i. [214]
Petronel, i. [102]
Pike, i. [11], [17], [77];
long pike introduced, [83];
Scottish pikes, [116];
morris-pike, [117];
increased use of, under Henry VIII., [119];
under Mary, [125];
under Elizabeth, [128], [133], [153], [155];
improvements in, [179];
carried by captains, [214];
becomes obsolete, [237], but survives as spontoon, [326];
disappearance of, [584].
See also [Drill and Exercises]
Pistol, i. [82];
cavalry weapon, [104], [133], [155], [215], [586]
Powder, i. [137]
Ramrod, ii. [51]
Shell, i. [122]
Shield, i. [6], [12], [24], [82]
Sollerets, i. [26]
Spear, i. [82]
Sword, i. [16], [24];
the weapon of an ensign, [214];
won by cavalry, [215]; ii. [586];
the Highlander's broadsword, [130]
Tassets, worn by pikemen, i. [154];
die out, [327]
Wambais, i. [12]
Arrian, military maxims of, i. [106]
Arrows. See [Arms and Armour, Bow]
Artillery, rarely employed in old army, i. [66];
after the Wars of the Roses, [77];
French improvements in, [93];
Henry VIII. encourages, [112], [118], [119];
Gustavus Adolphus's reforms in, [184];
in New Model, [216], [328];
under William III., [388];
under Anne, [555], [587];
under the Georges, ii. [48];
remarkable efficiency of, at Minden, [496];
increases in numbers and reputation, [587].
See also [Regiments]
Arundel, Earl of, i. [34]
Assize of arms, i. [4], [12], [15]
Astley, Sir Jacob, i. [195], [225]
Athlone, Lord. See [Ginkell]
Atterbury, Bishop, ii. [13]
Audley, Lord, i. [148]
Augsburg, occupied by Marlborough, i. [444]
Augustus the Strong, King of Poland, i. [503]
Aurungzebe (Mogul Emperor, 1672), ii. [168], [172];
granted Chandernagore to French, [173];
death, [174]
Axe. See [Arms and Armour]
Baber (Mogul Emperor, 1526), ii. [167]
Baden, Prince Louis of, i. [406], [412], [419], [424], [427];
besieges Ingolstadt, [430], [444], [456], [465], [474];
death, [490]
Badges. See [Arms and Armour]
Bahadur, Shah (Mogul Emperor, 1707), ii. [174]
Bannerets, i. [26]
Bar, Duke of, i. [69]
Barbados, Cromwell's expedition to, i. [261]; ii. [40], [347].
See also [West Indies]
Baroney, General, ii. [158]
Barracks, dislike to, in England, ii. [22];
at Hampton Court and Windsor, [36];
in colonies, [41]
Barret, a military pamphleteer, i. [139]
Barrington, Lord, ii. [288]
Barrington, Colonel John, ii. [347];
commands in West Indies, [353], [367]
Basalut Jung (1759), ii. [457]
Basque Roads, the, ii. [308]
Basseterre, Fort of, ii. [350]
Battalion, origin of word, i. [182]
Batthyany, General, ii. [150]
Battles:—
Agincourt, i. [54-63]
Aire (siege), i. [557]
Albuquerque (siege), i. [459]
Algesiras, i. [32]
Alicante (siege), i. [528]
Aljubarotta, i. [53]
Almanza, i. [485-487], [566]
Almenara, i. [531]
Amöneburg, ii. [556]
Arcot (siege), ii. [200]
Arinez, i. [45]
Arsouf, i. [13]
Athlone, i. [349]
Aughrim, i. [349]
Auldearn, i. [223], [229]
Auray, i. [43]
Badajoz (siege), i. [459]
Bahoor, ii. [217]
Bannockburn, i. [18]
Barcelona (siege), i. [459]
Barnet, i. [76]
Beaujé, i. [62]
Beaumont, i. [10]
Bergen, ii. [480]
Bethune (siege), i. [537]
Bicocca, i. [99]
Blenheim, i. [433]
Bois-le-Duc (siege), i. [169]
Bosworth, i. [77]
Bouchain (siege), i. [548]
Bouvines, i. [15]
Boyne, the, i. [349]
Breda (siege), i. [168]
Breitenfeld, i. 1[84-188]
Brihuega, i. [532]
Brückemühle, ii. [555]
Brussels (siege), i. [509]
Calais (siege), i. [37], [126]
Cassel (siege), ii. [557]
Castagnaro, i. [52]
Caya, the, i. [529]
Cerignola, i. [97]
Chatillon, i. [71]
Chotusitz, ii. [84]
Clifton Moor, ii. [137]
Cocherel, i. [42], [267]
Condore, ii. [443]
Cork (siege), i. [350]
Covelong (siege), ii. [218]
Covrepauk, ii. [204-208]
Crecy, i. [4], [22], [33-37]
Creveld, ii. [341]
Cuddalore, ii. [187]
Culloden, ii. [144-148]
Derry (siege), i. [342]
Dettingen, ii. [93-102]
Douay (siege), i. [537]
Drogheda, i. [238]
Dunbar, i. [242]; ii. [38]
Dunkeld, i. [340]
Dunkirk, i. [271]
Durazzo, i. [8]
Edgehill, i. [200]
Emsdorff, ii. [504]
Falkirk, i. [4], [17]
Flodden, i. [115]
Flushing (siege), i. [142]
Fontenoy, i. [513], ii. [110-121]
Fourmigny, i. [71]
Fribourg, i. [270]
Fulda, ii. [498]
Gemblours, i. [143]
Gerberoy, i. [69]
Gibraltar (siege), i. [448]
Gohfeld, ii. [494]
Golden Rock, ii. [224], [230]
Granson, i. [83]
Grantham, i. [203]
Grünberg, ii. [523]
Halidon Hill, i. [19]
Harfleur (siege), i. [55]
Hastenbeck, ii. [307]
Havana (siege), ii. [542]
Havre (siege), i. [132]
Herrings, the. See [Roveray]
Hochkirch, ii. [10]
Hochstädt, i. [415]
Huy (siege), i. [370]
Isandlwana, ii. [141]
Killiecrankie, i. [339]
Kinsale (siege), i. [350]
Kloster Kampen, ii. [514]
Krotzka, ii. [50]
Kunersdorf, ii. [498]
La Hogue, i. [368]
Landau (siege), i. [444]
Landen, i. [371-376]
Langensalza, ii. [523]
Lauffeld, ii. [159-162]
Lens, i. [270]
Leuse, i. [358]
Leuthen, ii. [313]
Liegnitz, ii. [518]
Lille (siege), i. [504-511]
Limoges (siege), i. [47]
Louisburg, ii. [258], [321]
Lowestoft, i. [294]
Lutter, i. [174]
Lutternberg, ii. [552]
Lützen, i. [189]
Madras (siege), ii. [181]
Malplaquet, i. [517-527]
Manila (siege), ii. [497]
Marburg (siege), ii. [497]
Marignano, ii. [184]
Marston Moor, i. [205]
Maseyk (siege), i. [405]
Menin (siege), i. [474]
Minden, ii. [268], [485-497]
Minorca, capture of, i. [511];
(siege), ii. [291-295]
Mollwitz, ii. [80]
Monongahela, ii. [274-279]
Mons (siege), i. [358]
Morat, i. [83]

Mortimer's Cross, i. [74]
Namur (sieges), i. [360]; ii. [151]
Nancy, i. [83]
Naseby, i. [224]
Navarete, i. [46]
Newburn, i. [184], [198]
Newbury, i. [208]
Newton Butler, i. [342]
Nieuport, i. [161-165]
Nürnberg, i. [189]
Ostend (siege), i. [160]
Oudenarde, i. [497-501]
Patay, i. [69]
Pavia, i. [98], [184]
Philipshaugh, i. [228]
Pinkie, i. [124]
Plassey, ii. [418]
Poictiers, i. [38-41]
Pondicherry (siege), ii. [189];
(capture), [473]
Porto Bello (siege), ii. [58]
Preston, i. [234]; ii. [7]
Prestonpans, ii. [129], [131]
Quebec, ii. [364-383]
Quesnoy (siege), i. [32]
Ramillies, i. [466-473]
Ravenna, i. [197]
Renty, i. [103]
Rochelle, i. [48]
Rocroi, i. [190], [200]
Rossbach, ii. [313]
Roucoux, ii. [153]
Rouen (siege), i. [131]
Roundway Down, i. [203]
Roveray, i. [167]
Ruremond (siege), i. [405]
Rymenant, i. [143]
Sainte Foy, ii. [392]
St. Jacob-en-Birs, i. [83]
St. Quentin, i. [105], [126]
St. Venant (siege), i. [337]
Sandacourt, i. [69]
Saverne (siege), i. [190]
Schellenberg, the, i. [423]
Sempach, i. [50]
Sheriffmuir, ii. [7]
Sluys (siege), i. [115]
Spires, i. [415]
Spurs, the, i. [115]
Stamford Bridge, i. [6]
Standard, the, i. [10]
Steenkirk, i. [361-367]
Stevenswaert (siege), i. [405]
Tenchbrai, i. [9]
Terouenne (siege), i. [115]
Ticonderoga, ii. [328]
Torgau, ii. [519]
Tournay (siege), i. [115], [380], [514]
Towton, i. [74]
Trarbach (siege), i. [444]
Trichinopoly, ii. [209]. See [Golden Rock]
Valenza (siege), i. [459]
Vellinghausen, ii. [527-530]
Venloo (siege), i. [405]
Verneuil, i. [65], [270]
Villa Viciosa, i. [534]
Walcourt, i. [338]
Wandewash, ii. [463-470]
Warburg, ii. [510]
Weycondah, i. [232]
Wilhelmsthal, ii. [549]
Winceby, i. [204]
Worcester, ii. [247]
Wynendale, i. [507], [585]
York (siege), i. [205]
Ypres (siege), i. [273]
Zenta, i. [416]
Ziegenhain (siege), ii. [513]
Zutphen, i. [147-150]
Bauer, General, i. [187]
Bavaria, Elector of, i. [406], [412], [418], [422], [427], [432], [443], [446], [471], [493];
at siege of Brussels, [509]; ii. [80], [86]
Bayard, Chevalier, i. [22]
Bayonet. See [Arms and Armour]
Bayreuth, Margrave of, i. [470]
Beaujeu, Captain, i. [274]
Beckwith, Colonel, ii. [510]
Bedford, John, Duke of, i. [64]
Bedmar, Marquis of, i. [412]
Bellasys, Brigadier, at Landen, i. [375]
Belleisle, Marshal, ii. [81], [103]
Belleisle, Expedition against, ii. [521]
Bennett, Captain Joseph, i. [448]
Bermuda, British troops in, i. [560]
Berry, Duke of, i. [493]
Bertrand du Guesclin, i. [43], [46]
Berwick, James, Duke of, i. [304], [344];
at Landen, [373], [446];
commands French in Spain, [482];
his Memoirs, [489];
defeats Allies at Almanza, [485];
at Douay, [504]
Best, Captain, ii. [170]
Bevere. See [Oudenarde] (under Battles)
Bills. See [Arms and Armour]
Birch, Colonel, i. [334]
Biron, commands under Vendôme, i. [497]
Black Prince, at Crecy, i. [34];
in Guienne, [37];
line of march into Spain, [45];
defeats Henry of Trastamare, [46];
siege of Limoges, [47];
his death, [48];
influence on European warfare, [50-53]
Black Hole of Calcutta, ii. [299]
Blair Castle, ii. [143]
Blake, Admiral Robert, i. [249]; ii. [170]
Blakeney, General, ii. [68], [139], [292], [295]
Blathwayt, William, i. [410]
Bligh, General, ii. [342], [345]
Bohemia, John, King of, i. [36]
Bolingbroke. See [St. John]
Bolton, Duke of, ii. [20]
Bombards. See [Arms and Armour]
Bombay given to Charles II., i. [292];
made over to East Indian Company, ii. [171]
Bonn, capitulates to Allies, i. [412]
Borgard, Colonel Albert, i. [560];
first Colonel of Royal Artillery, ii. [49]
Boscawen, Admiral, ii. [187], [272], [315]
Boswell, Life of Johnson quoted, ii. [23]
Bothmar, General, at Blenheim, i. [439]
Boufflers, Marshal, i. [369], [401], [411];
out-generalled by Marlborough, [402-405];
defence of Lille, [504], [516], [522], [529]
Bougainville, French officer at Quebec, ii. [368], [376], [397]
Bouquet, Colonel, ii. [323], [333], [338]
Bourlamaque, French commander in Canada, ii. [371], [397]
Bouvines, Marlborough's army marches over field of, i. [513]
Bow. See [Arms and Armour]
Brabant, Duke of, i. [61]
Braddock, General Edward, ii. [268-273];
his action at Monongahela, [274-278];
his death, [279];
and character, [280]
Bradstreet, John, ii. [331], [338]
Braine l'Alleud, Marlborough encamps near, i. [456]
Brayne, Colonel Richard, i. [252]
Brennier, French commander in India, ii. [226]
Brereton, Major, ii. [438], [454], [468]
Breslau, Treaty of, ii. [85]
Brest, Expedition against, i. [377]
Brétigny, Peace of, i. [42], [73]
Bringfield, Colonel, killed at Ramillies, i. [470]
Brissac, Duke of, ii. [487]
Broglie, Marshal, ii. [84], [480], [495], [502], [507], [514], [523];
defeat at Vellinghausen, [530];
recalled to France, [547]
Browne, Thomas (trooper 3rd Dragoons), ii. [98]
Bruce, Robert, i. [18]
Brunswick, Hereditary Prince of, ii. [495];
at Fulda, [498], [503];
action at Emsdorff, [506], [509], [517], [523], [525], [528];
repulsed by Condé, [553]
Buchan, Earl of, i. [62]
Buckingham, George, Duke of, i. [192];
assassinated, [193]
Buckler. See [Arms and Armour]
Buller, Colonel, i. [262]
Burgoyne, General John, ii. [546]
Burgundy, Duke of, i. [64], [66], [70]
Burgundy, Duke of, commands French army in 1708, i. [493]
Burnet (Governor of New York, 1727), ii. [257]
Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, i. [393]
Burton, Lieut.-Colonel, at Monongahela, ii. [277]
Burton, Colonel, ii. [373], [543]
Bussy, De, his work in India, ii. [408];
recalled from Deccan by Lally, [436], [457];
at Wandewash, [468]
Bute, John Earl of, ii. [534];
hurries on peace, [557]
Butler, Gregory, i. [260]
Byng, Admiral, i. [529]; ii. [8], [291];
retreat from Minorca, [264];
shot, [295]
Cabot, Sebastian, ii. [241]
Cadiz, expeditions to, i. [191], [407]
Cadogan, General, i. [326];
Marlborough's Q.M.G., [423], [466], [495];
at Wynendale, [508], [515], [542], [552]; ii. [11];
death, [53]
Caillaud, Captain, ii. [234], [426], [434]
Calais, i. [30], [37], [72]
Caliver. See [Arms and Armour]
Callender, Captain, ii. [449]
Cameron of Lochiel, ii. [126]
Camoys, Lord, i. [58]
Campbell, Sir Duncan, ii. [49]
Campbell, John, ii. [49]
Campbell, General, ii. [112]
Canada, growth of our sovereignty in, ii. [241] et seq.
See also [North America]
Cannon. See [Arms and Armour].
Canute, army of, i. [5]
Cape Breton, ii. [206], [321]
Captain, origin of title, i. [94]
Carbine. See [Arms and Armour]
Carbiniers, i. [442]. See under [Regiments, 6th Dragoon Guards]
Cardonnel, Adam, Marlborough's Secretary, i. [538], [552]
Carlisle, capitulation of to Charles Edward, ii. [135]
Carolina, British troops in, ii. [43], [60], [62]
Carpenter, General, i. [531], [537]
Carteret, Lord, ii. [82], [85], [103]
Carthagena, the expedition against, ii. [59], [64], [79]
Cartridges. See [Arms and Armour]
Castries, Marquis of, ii. [515], [548]
Catalonia, operations of 1705 in, i. [459]
Cathcart, Lord, ii. [59];
letters to Newcastle, [60], [62];
death, [62]
Cavalry, early lancers and carbiniers, i. [155];
of Gustavus Adolphus, [182-184];
Royalist cavalry in Civil War, [201];
contrast between it and Parliamentary, [206];
the growth of shock action, [215], [586];
how armed in New Model, [215];
and in 18th century, ii. [585].
See also [Regiments].
Cavendish, Brigadier, at Vellinghausen, ii. [528]
Cecil, Sir Edward, i. [160], [168], [191], [193]
Chain-mail. See [Arms and Armour]
Champlain, Samuel, ii. [241]
Chandos, Sir John, i. [41], [44], [47]
Chaplet. See [Arms and Armour]
Charlemont, Lord, i. [460]
Charles I., recalls English soldiers from Holland, i. [192];
methods of raising men, [194];
unfurls standard at Nottingham, [199];
relations with Montrose, [222];
gallantry at Naseby, [226];
reverses of, [228];
throws himself on Scots, [233];
army request his trial, [235];
execution, [236];
Indian Empire under, ii. [170]
Charles II., i. [3];
treats with Scots, [238], [247];
restoration of, [277];
colonial enterprise under, [293], ii. [170];
alliance with Louis XIV., i. [295];
death, [298]
Charles Edward, Prince, ii. [124];
raises standard at Glenfinnan, [126];
enters Edinburgh, [129];
Prestonpans, [130];
marches south, [134];
his retreat, [137];
siege of Stirling, [139];
Culloden, [144-148]
Charles V. (of France), i. [42]
Charles VI. (of France), i. [50], [55]
Charles VII. (of France), reforms French army, i. [70], [94]
Charles VIII. (of France), i. [92]
Charles V. (Emperor), i. [99], [121]
Charles, Archduke of Austria (afterwards Charles III. of Spain, afterwards Emperor), i. [447], [462], [485], [534], [540]; ii. [80]
Charles of Blois, i. [42]
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, i. [83]
Charles, Prince of Lorraine, ii. [105], [150]
Chartres, Colonel, i. [573]
Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, cornet in King's Dragoon Guards, ii. [20], [54];
denounces Spanish convention, [56];
Paymaster of Forces, [62];
refuses to serve under Newcastle, [287];
return to power, [299];
his Militia Bill, [302];
dismissed from office, [303];
but recalled, [304];
campaign of 1757, [309];
American schemes of, [315-338];
management of war in Europe, [339-346];
African policy, [347], [359];
Canada again, [350], [395];
European campaigns only to divert French, [477];
support of Ferdinand of Brunswick, [501], [521];
fall from power, [534];
what he achieved for army, ii. [568]
Cherbourg, bombardment of, ii. [342]
Chinglapet, ii. [218]
Chittagong, ii. [172]
Christian IV. (of Denmark), i. [174]
Chunda Sahib (Nabob of Arcot 1749), ii. [176], [193], [197], [200], [214]
Churchill, General Charles, i. [407], [417], [422], [430], [441], [457]
Chuttamuttee, ii. [172]
Civil War, the, i. [199-286].
See also [Charles I].
Clarence, Duke of, i. [62]
Clarke, Sir William, first Secretary-at-War, i. [311];
killed at sea, [312]
Claverhouse, James Graham of, i. [297];
victory at Killicrankie, [339]
Clavering, Brigadier, ii. [354]
Cleland, Colonel, killed at Dunkeld, i. [341]
Clermont, Prince of, ii. [152]
Clive, Robert, ii. [180], [184];
distinguished at siege of Pondicherry, [190], [198];
Arcot, [200];
further successes of, [203];
Covrepauk, [204-208];
his presence of mind, [211], [213];
takes Covelong, [219];
his power as a leader, [220];
expedition against Surajah Dowlah, [411];
attacked at Budge Budge, [412];
treaty with Meer Jaffier, [415];
Plassey, [416-425];
Deccan policy of, [441];
and the Dutch, [460]
Closterzeven, capitulation of Cumberland at, ii. [307]
Clothing, origin of uniform, i.

[14], [44];
red coats in 15th century, [56];
coat money, [110];
white coats under Tudors, [111], [114];
gunners' uniform, [123];
dress of king's body-guard, [124];
of landsknechts, [128];
poor equipment of English troops under Elizabeth, [131];
the cassock, [135];
description of in military pamphlets, [137];
scarves worn by English in Dutch army, [169];
Highland dress, [174];
royal colours first worn by Parliamentary troops, [213];
tawny coats of artillery, [217];
clothing of Cromwell's Irish army, [237];
of English in French army, [271];
scarlet coats adopted, [283];
blue of William the Third's infantry, [337];
grenadiers' plumes, [325];
colonels have to provide for clothing of men, [391];
uniforms at Blenheim, [439];
white coats of French, [469];
reforms due to Marlborough, [571];
of colonial troops, [563], ii. [41];
Frederick William's influence on, [51];
regulations of George II. as to, [52];
regimental numbers first appear on buttons, [583]
Cobham, Lord, ii. [10].
See [Temple, Richard]
Cochrane, Lord, ii. [345]
Cohorn (engineer), i. [413]
Coignies, Count of, i. [415]
Colbert, ii. [172]
Coligny, The Admiral, i. [143]
Colonel, origin of, i. [93]
Colours. See [Arms and Armour]
Commissioners of Public Accounts, i. [381]
Commissions of Array, i. [16], [197]
Condé, Prince of (the Great Condé), i. [200], [270], [296]
Condé, Prince of, ii. [109] (1762), [539], [553]
Condottieri, the, i. [22]
Conflans, French commander in India, ii. [442];
defeated at Condore, [445]
Contades, Marshal, successful against Ferdinand of Brunswick, ii. [481-485];
defeated at Minden, [487-497]
Conti, Prince of, ii. [150]
Contrecoeur, Monsieur, ii. [274]
Controllers of Accounts, i. [410]
Conway, Lord, i. [196]
Conway, Colonel Henry, ii. [301], [307], [573]
Cook, Captain James (navigator), ii. [387]
Coote, Colonel Eyre, ii. [358], [413], [424], [455], [459];
victory at Wandewash, [463-470];
reduction of French posts in India, [471]
Cope, General John, ii. [125];
defeat at Prestonpans, [129-131];
removed from command, [133]
Cornbury, Lord, i. [306]
Cornet, origin of, i. [118]
Cornish, Admiral, ii. [544]
Cornwallis, Colonel, ii. [263], [308]
Corporal, origin of, i. [95], [136]
Corselet. See [Arms and Armour]
Craggs, James, Secretary-at-War, ii. [25]
Craigie, Lord Advocate, ii. [125]
Craven, William, Lord, i. [169], [307]
Crawford, John, Earl of, ii. [50]
Crillon, French officer in India, ii. [458]
Croft, William, composes service for Marlborough's funeral, ii. [13]
Cromwell, John, i. [169]
Cromwell, Henry, i. [255], [274]
Cromwell, Oliver, i. [200];
defeats Royalists at Marston Moor, [206];
first called Ironside, [207];
Lieutenant-General, [223];
Naseby, [227];
ingratitude of Parliament to, [231];
short methods with Commons, [233];
Commander-in-Chief, [239];
Scottish campaigns, [240-247];
Lord Protector, [251];
army under, [251];
Irish Settlement, [256];
colonial policy of, [258-266];
alliance with France, [266-274];
his death, [274];
his system summed up, [280];
fine character of his army, [282];
his work, [286]
Cromwell, Richard, succeeds Oliver, i. [274];
death, [552]
Crown Point, ii. [242], [257], [282], [315]
Crump, Colonel, ii. [353], [356]
Crusades, effect of on army, i. [13]
Cuba, taken from Spain, ii. [543].
See [Havana]
Cuirass. See [Arms and Armour]
Cuirassiers, i. [183]
Culverin. See [Arms and Armour]
Cumberland, Prince William, Duke of, ii. [53];
at Dettingen, [101];
Commander-in-Chief, [109];
Fontenoy, [110];
criticisms of his generalship at, [120];
position after the battle, [122];
recalled to England, [132];
command in Scotland, [141];
Culloden, [144-148];
returns to Low Countries, [156];
defeat at Lauffeld, [159-163], [268];
his errors as a leader, [279], [287], [303];
Hastenbeck and Closterzeven, [307];
effect of his reforms on army, [566]
Cunningham, Colonel of the 9th Foot, i. [342]
Cunningham, Major of Engineers, ii. [293]
Cutts, Colonel John, Lord (the Salamander), at Venloo, i. [405];
at Blenheim, [434]; ii. [70]
Dacca, ii. [172]
Dagger. See [Arms and Armour]
Dalrymple, Governor of Guadeloupe, ii. [538]
Dalton, Captain, ii. [213], [220]
Dapfheim, occupied by Marlborough, i. [432]
Darcy, Lord, in favour of English gunners, i. [122]
Darts. See [Arms and Armour]
Das Minas, General, i. [482]
Daulhatt's Grenadiers, ii. [510]
Daun, Count, ii. [157]
D'Aché, Admiral, ii. [428-434], [457]
D'Alençon, Duke, i. [35]
D'Arco, Count, i. [422]
D'Arenberg, ii. [90], [106]
D'Armentières, Count, ii. [481], [497]
D'Asfeld, General, i. [528]
D'Assas, Chevalier, ii. [516]
D'Auteuil, French general in India, ii. [211], [427]
De Bay, Marquis, i. [529], [531]
De Corsana, General, i. [458]
D'Espréménil, French commander at Madras, ii. [182]
D'Estaing, Count, ii. [430]
D'Estrées, Count, ii. [160], [497], [547]
De la Galissonière, Admiral, ii. [291]
D'Humières, Marshal, i. [338]
De la Marck, Count, i. [141]
De Leyrit, Governor of Pondicherry, ii. [407]
De Monts, colonises Acadia, ii. [241]
De Muy, Chevalier, ii. [507]
De Noailles, Marshal, ii. [481]
D'Oyley, Colonel, i. [264]
De Soupire, French commander in India, ii. [430]
De Stainville, French officer, ii. [551]
De Tavannes, Gaspard, i. [103], [152]
De Witt, i. [294]
Deane, Private John, i. [572]
Denis of Harfleur, ii. [241]
Denmark, Prince George of, i. [402]
Desertion, causes of, i. [569]; ii. [32]
Devonshire, Duke of, ii. [298]
Diaz, Bartholomew, ii. [168]
Diemel, River, Ferdinand of Brunswick's passage of, ii. [509]
Dieskau, Count, ii. [281], [283]
Digby, Lord, i. [290]
Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia (1753), ii. [264]
Dominica, captured from French, ii. [538]
Doncaster, Lord, i. [169]
Douglas, Earl of, i. [65]
Douglas, Sir James, ii. [538]
Douglas, Sir Robert, i. [365]
Douglas, Colonel, ii. [58]
Dragoons, originally mounted infantry, i. [216];
character of, [323].
See [Regiments]
Draper, Colonel, ii, [438], [544];
conducts siege of Manila, [545]
Dreve, General, ii. [486]
Drill and Exercises:—
Wedge formation at Hastings, i. [6], [7];
Byzantine line of battle, [9], [10];
English line of battle, 13th century, [17];
mediæval cavalry formation, [27];
English line at Agincourt, [58];
formation en haye established, [77];
Swiss formation, [83];
drill of landsknechts, [91];
sergeants connected with drill, [94], [135];
shock action by cavalry, [103], [586];
squadron, [104], [106];
Evolutions of Ælian, [107], [152];
wings first added, [113];
manœuvres in Elizabeth's reign, [129];
Garrard's description of marching, [137];
pike exercise, [138], [170], [179], [213];
adapted to bayonet, [586].
(See also [Pike]);
Maurice of Nassau's tactics, [152];
regiments and companies, [153];
formation in 16th century, [158];
musket exercise, [170], [213].
(See also [Musket]);
Feu de joie first fired, [171];
Gustavus Adolphus's reforms, [179];
platoon established, [181];
the drum march, [191];
Kelly's Pallas Armata, [194];
New Model formation, [214];
Vernon's "drill-book," [215];
after the Restoration, [323-327];
order of battle in 1703, [414];
platoons at Blenheim, [438];
order of battle at Blenheim and Ramillies, [458], [471], [495];
at Almanza, [485];
firing by platoons, [585];
reforms of Amherst, ii. [370], [403];
excellence of British fire-discipline, [590]
Drucour, M., ii. [321]
Drury, General, ii. [344]
Dumas, Governor of Pondicherry, ii. [176], [274]
Dunbar, Major, i. [175]
Dunbar, Colonel, ii. [273]
Duncombe, Ensign, ii. [170];
Dunkirk, operations against, in 1600, i. [159];
Stair's proposed attack on, ii. [86]
Dunmore, Lord, ii. [149]
Dupleix, Joseph François, ii. [175];
made Nabob, [178], [181], [194];
fortifies Pondicherry, [189], [198], [215], [221];
fall of, [236];
character and work, [237]
Durazzo, i. [8]
Durell, Admiral, ii. [361]
Durham, Bishop of, i. [17], [30]
Du Rocher, French Commander in India, ii. [446]
Dutch, English volunteers serve with, i. [141];
war with English, [295];
hamper Marlborough, [402], [412-15], [455], [517];
practically responsible for his fall, [533];
reluctant to co-operate with English in Seven Years' War, ii. [83];
their colonial defeat in India, [456], [460]
East India Company, first established, ii. [169];
their settlements in 1701, [172];
military negligence of, [180]
Edgcumbe, Commodore, ii. [292]
Edinburgh, surrender of to Cromwell, i. [245]
Edmunds, Sir William, i. [160]
Edward I., i. [16]
Edward II., i. [21]
Edward III., i. [19], [21];
first campaign in France, [33];
growth of army under, [44]
Edward IV., military talent of, i. [74];
at Barnet, [76]
Elizabeth, Queen, army under, i. [4], [127-168]
Elizabeth, Princess, i. [168]
Elliott, Colonel George Augustus, ii. [476]
Engineers, first British Engineer, i. [32];
in New Model, i. [219];
slow development of, ii. [589]
Ensign, the, i. [94], [135]
Erie, Lake, ii. [247]
Erie, General, i. [503], [507]
Ernest of Nassau, i. [161]
Erpingham, Sir W., i. [59]
Essex, Lord, at Zutphen, i. [148]
Essex, Lord (Parliamentary General), i. [202], [204];
capitulation of his army, [208]
Eugene of Savoy, Prince, i. [416], [420], [424], [429];
his attack at Blenheim, [439];
his modesty, [446];
commands right at Oudenarde, [499];
besieges Lille, [504-511];
marches on Tournay, [513];
differs with Marlborough before Malplaquet, [517];
his part in the action, [520];
wounded, [523];
prevents Marlborough from resigning, [539]
Fagel, General, i. [446], [458]
Fairfax, Sir Charles, i. [160]
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, Lord, i. [206];
as a disciplinarian, [223];
ingratitude of Parliament to, [231];
opposes king's execution, [235];
resigns command, [239]
Falconbridge, Lord, i. [74]
Falstolfe, Sir John, i. [67];
disgraced by Bedford, [69]
Family Compact, the, ii. [536]
Farokshir (Mogul Emperor, 1712), ii. [174]
Felton, irregular cavalry of, i. [45]
Felton, assassinates Buckingham, i. [193]
Fenton, Edward, ii. [169]
Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prince, ii. [339], [477];
defeated at Bergen, [480];
campaign of 1759, [481-485];
Minden, [486-497];
Pitt's support of, ii. [501];
campaign of 1760, [502];
Kloster Kampen, [514-519];
campaign of 1761, [522];
victory at Vellinghausen, [527];
skilful campaign afterwards, [531];
campaign of 1762, [547];
victory at Wilhelmsthal, [549-552];
action at Amöneburg, [555];
fall of Cassel, [557];
estimate of his military ability, [558]
Ferguson, Brigadier, at Blenheim, i. [438]
Feudal system, as a military organisation, i. [11], [14], [21];
decay of, [109]
Feuquières, Marquis of, i. [375]
Feversham, Lord, i. [306]
Fieffé (historian), i. [190]
Fielding, Lord, i. [169]
Flanders, Count of, i. [36]
Flanders, as a battleground, i. [351-355];
William the Third's campaigns in, [358-380];
Spanish Succession War in, [398];
Marlborough's campaigns in, [412];
French lines in, [451];
campaigns of 1742-1747, ii. [80-123], [149-164]
Fleetwood, Charles, i. [239], [255], [274]
Fletcher, Andrew, ii. [125]
Fleuranges, quoted, i. [115]
Fleury, Cardinal, ii. [124]
Forbes, Captain Duncan, ii. [125]
Forbes, General, ii. [315], [323], [333-336];
death, [337]
Forde, Colonel (of 39th), ii. [427], [442];
action at Condore, [445];
storming of Masulipatam, [449];
actions of Chandernagore and Badara, [460-462]
Fort Beauséjour, ii. [270]
Fort Cumberland, ii. [272]
Fort Duquêsne (Pittsburgh), ii. [267], [273], [333]
Fort Frontenac, ii. [336], [338]
Fort Philip (Minorca), ii. [292]
Fort Louis (Guadeloupe), ii. [351]
Fort St. David, ii. [186], [222];
taken by French, [431]
Fort St. George (Madras), ii.

[170]
Fort William (Calcutta), ii. [173]
Fort William (Highlands), ii. [143]
Fort, William Henry, ii. [305]
Fortescue, Sir Faithful, i. [169]
Fortescue, Colonel Richard, i. [264]
Fowke, General, ii. [293]
Fox, Henry, ii. [287], [299]
Fox, Sir Stephen, first Paymaster-General, i. [310]
Francis I., King of France, i. [95], [106]
Francis, Duke of Lorraine, ii. [81]
Franklin, Benjamin, ii. [268]
Frederick William I. of Prussia, ii. [51]
Frederick II. (the Great), ii. [80];
Silesia, [84], [106], [164], [291];
European League against, [298], [313], [339], [477], [498], [557];
Pitt's work for, [571]
Frederick, Elector Palatine, i. [169]
French, our European war with, 1339-1487, i. [32-78];
1691-1713, [351-553];
the Seven Years' War, ii. [80-164];
our struggle with, in India, [172-260], [406-474];
in West Africa, [346];
in West Indies, [349];
in Canada, [246], [263-285], [314], [358-402]
French Regiments:—
Aubeterre, ii. [116]
Auvergne, ii. [516]
Bourbonnois, ii. [509]
Champagne, i. [521]
Couronne, ii. [116]
Courtin, ii. [116]
D'Hébron, i. [189]
Gardes Suisses, i. [327], [374]; ii. [115]
Gendarmerie, i. [524]
Lorraine, ii. [467]
Picardie, i. [521]
Soissonois, ii. [116]
Frisians, in Dutch army, i. [159]
Froissart, i. [46], [49]
Frontenac, Count, ii. [251]
Fronteria, Marquis, i. [529]
Frontinus, i. [106]
Frundsberg, Georg von, i. [328]
Fürstenberg, General, i. [187]
Fyrd, the, i. [5], [128]
Gage, Colonel, ii. [274], [280], [370]
Gage, Thomas, i. [258]
Galway, Ruvigny, Earl of, i. [448], [459], [476], [483];
at Almanza, [486], [529]
Garrard, military pamphlet of, i. [136]
Garrisons, growth of, i. [123];
in Anne's reign, [561];
in colonies, ii. [42-48]
Gascony, English in, i. [48]
Gates, Captain Horatio, ii. [280]
Gauvain, General, i. [519]
Gentlemen Pensioners, rise of, i. [124]
George I. commands in allied army, i. [490]; ii. [4];
good influence of on army, [30];
introduces steel ramrod, [51]
George II., i. [493];
at Oudenarde, [498]; ii. [35];
courage at Dettingen, [94];
loyalty as an ally, [482];
death, [520]
George III., i. [520];
correspondence with Lord North, [576]
George of Denmark, Prince, i. [512]
Georgia, troops in, ii. [43]
Ghent, retaken by French, i. [494]
Gibraltar, garrison at, i. [561]; ii. [42-44], [46], [565]
Gilbert, Sir Humphry, i. [142]
Gingee, Bussy's capture of, ii. [196], [216]
Ginkell, i. [335];
campaign of 1691, [349], [401];
his jealousy of Marlborough, [402], [406];
death, [412]
Giustiniani, describes English army in 1519, i. [117]
Glaubitz, General, ii. [504]
Gloves, iron. See [Arms and Armour]
Goa, centre of Portuguese power in India, ii. [168]
Godeheu, Mons., succeeds Dupleix, ii. [236];
leaves India, [406]
Godolphin, Sidney, i. [358], [382], [512], [538]
Goëthe, story of taking of Frankfurt, ii. [479]
Gonsalvo of Cordova, i. [97]
Gooch, Colonel, ii. [62]
Goor, General, i. [425]
Goree, capture of, ii. [499]
Goring, George, i. [169], [205]
Grafton, Henry Duke of, i. [306]
Grammont, Count of, at Dettingen, ii. [93];
at Fontenoy, [113]
Granby, John, Marquis of, at Minden, ii. [493];
letters to Holdernesse, [507];
at Warburg, [511];
at Vellinghausen, [527];
at Wilhelmsthal, [549];
at Amöneberg, [555]
Grant, Major, ii. [49], [69], [335]
Gray, James (Hannah Snell), ii. [574]
Gray, Thomas, ii. [136]
Grenade. See [Arms and Armour]
Grenadiers, added to regiments, i. [324];
horse grenadiers, [388];
the Louisburg, ii. [361];
Maxwell's at Vellinghausen, [530].
See also [Regiments]
Griffin, Admiral, ii. [186]
Guadeloupe, ii. [349];
taken by English, [356]
Guest, General, ii. [131]
Guienne, i. [48]
Guiscard, Robert, i. [8]
Guise, General, ii. [71]
Gun. See [Arms and Armour]
Gunstone. See [Arms and Armour]
Gustavus Adolphus, i. [3], [17];
Scots in his army, [173], [179];
surgeons in his army, [182], [325];
Breitenfeld, [186];
his march to the Maine, [188];
death, [189];
authorities on, [190];
his tactics adopted at Almanza, [486]
Habergeon. See [Arms and Armour]
Halberd. See [Arms and Armour]
Hale, Colonel John, raises 17th Lancers, ii. [500]
Halifax, military settlement in Nova Scotia, ii. [263]
Halket, Colonel Sir Peter, ii. [276]
Halket, Major, ii. [337]
Hampden, John, i. [200]
Handasyde, General, ii. [133]
Hanoverian soldiers, ii. [119];
imported into England by George II., [290]
Harbord, William, i. [346]
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, i. [384];
opposed to war, [536], [538];
miserable administration of army under, [571];
opposes Mutiny Act, ii. [19]
Harold, army of, i. [6]
Harquebus. See [Arms and Armour]
Harquebusiers, Italian, i. [24], [137], [143]
Harrison, Lieutenant, ii. [237]
Harvey, General, ii. [527]
Hatchet. See [Arms and Armour]
Hauberk. See [Arms and Armour]
Haviland, Brigadier, ii. [396], [540]
Hawke, Sir Edward, Admiral, ii. [287], [308], [315], [340], [499]
Hawkins, Captain, ii. [169]
Hawkwood, Sir John, i. [42], [51];
compared with Marlborough, [52]
Hay, Lord Charles, at Fontenoy, ii. [115]
Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur, i. [203]
Helmet. See [Arms and Armour]
Henry I., i. [9]
Henry V., aggression against France, i. [54];
army under, [54-63];
success at Harfleur, [68];
crosses the Somme, [56];
Agincourt, [60-62];
death, [63]
Henry VI, i. [72]
Henry VII., army at his accession, i. [109]
Henry VIII. and the army, i. [111], [118];
Acts against desertion, [113];
his light cavalry, [114];
encourages archers, [117];
war with France, [118], [120];
progress of army under, [121]
Henry of Lancaster, our first engineer, i. [32], [37]
Henry of Prussia, Prince, ii. [481]
Henry of Trastamare, i. [45]
Hepburn, Sir John, i. [173], [189];
killed at Saverne, [190]
Herbert of Cherbury, Lord, i. [169]
Heron, Colonel, ii. [407]
Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince George of, i. [448-461]
Hessians, their gallantry as soldiers, i. [437]
Heukelom, General, i. [456]
Highlanders, first enlisted, ii. [49];
Pitt's enlistment of, [300]
Highlands, Monk's campaign in, i. [254]
Hill, Colonel, appointed to command without reference to Marlborough, i. [536], [541]
Hill, General, ii. [255]
Hobelars, i. [27]
Hoby, Sir Edward, i. [139]
Hodgson, General, ii. [521]
Hogarth, and the '45, ii. [136]
Holburne, Admiral, ii. [305]
Holdernesse, Lord, ii. [501], [535]
Holles, Captain, i. [160]
Holmes, Admiral, ii. [372], [499]
Holstein-Beck, Prince of, i. [439]
Hompesch, General, i. [440], [542]
Hopson, General Peregrine, i. [347]
Horne, Marshal, i. [186]
Horses, armour of, i. [25];
breeding of, for cavalry, [121]
Houtmann, James, ii. [169]
Howe, Lord, ii. [315], [325];
killed, [326]
Howe, Commodore, ii. [340]
Howe, Colonel William, ii. [375]
Howitzer. See [Arms and Armour]
Huguenots, in Allied Army, i. [484];
at Oudenarde, [501]
Hundred Years' War, i. [22]
Hyder Ali, ii. [471]
Ilchester, Lord, ii. [290]
Imhoff, General, ii. [502]
India, French and English struggle for supremacy in, ii. [168-237], [406-474]
Ingoldsby, Brigadier, at Fontenoy, ii. [112]
Ireland, separate military establishment in, i. [283];
the establishment of 1698, [389];
Walpole denounces it as part of the Standing Army, ii. [18]
(for differences of pay in Ireland see [Appendix]).
Cromwell's campaign in, i. [237];
Schomberg's, [343];
Ginkell's, [349];
Marlborough's, [350]
Ireton, Henry, i. [224]
Irish, in Spanish army, i. [270];
in French army, [432], [533]; ii. [118]
Iroquois, the, ii. [248]
Italy, the school of war, i. [94]
Jacobites, officers favoured at close of Anne's reign, ii. [3];
rebellion of 1715, [5];
opposed to army, [15];
rebellion of 1745, [124-148];
effect of organisation of Highland regiments on, ii. [300]
Jacqueline of Holland, i. [66]
Jamaica, conquered under Cromwell, i. [264];
troops in, ii. [40], [76]
James I., i. [167];
influence on army, [191]
James II., his military education, i. [298];
concentrates army at Hounslow, [301];
disaffection of army to, [303];
Irish policy of, [304];
quits England, [307];
lands at Cork, [336];
death, [399]; ii. [41];
North American policy of, [250]
James Stuart (Old Pretender), in French army in 1708, i. [493]; ii. [36]
Jefferies, Colonel, ii. [294]
Jeffreys, Judge, ii. [38]
Jervis, Captain John, ii. [374]
Joan of Arc, i. [68]
John, King, army under, i. [14]
John of Montfort, i. [42]
John, Archduke of Austria, i. [143]
John of Austria, Don, i. [270]
Johnson, Sir William, ii. [260], [269], [282], [369]
Joliet, ii. [247]
Jones, Colonel, i. [477]
Joppa, Richard the First's march from, i. [13]
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, i. [540]
Joyeuse, Marshal, i. [359]
Kane, Colonel, i. [552]
Keane, Lieutenant, ii. [206]
Keith, James, ii. [10]
Keppel, Commodore, ii. [271], [346], [521]
Kerjean, ii. [217]
Khevenhüller, ii. [89]
Kielmannsegge, General, ii. [508], [550]
Kilpatrick, Major, ii. [411], [424]
Kingsley, General, ii. [521]
Kinnear, Major, ii. [216]
Kirke, Colonel, i. [306], [342]
Klosterzeven, Convention of, ii. [339]
Knife. See [Arms and Armour]
Knight-service, i. [8]
Knights, i. [10], [17], [24]
Knox, Captain, ii. [449]
Königseck, General, ii. [111]
La Bassée, lines of, i. [513]
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand, a great administrator, ii. [176];
naval action off Ceylon, [180];
quarrel with Dupleix, [181]
La Noue, Huguenot Commander, i. [138], [143]
Lally de Tollendal, Count, arrives in India, ii. [429];
first successes of, [430], [433];
treatment of Bussy, [437];
siege of Madras, [439], [454], [457];
defeated at Wandewash, [463], [470]
Lambert, John, i. [239];
marches against Monk, [275]
Lance. See [Arms and Armour].
Landsknechts, i. [4], [12], [85], [87], [104];
in Henry VIII.'s army, [114], [121];
their influence, [135]
Landwehr, the, i. [5]
Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, i. [225]
Las Torres, General, i. [476], [481]
Lasalle, Robert, ii. [246]
Law, French commander, ii. [208]
Lawrence, Major Stringer, ii. [157], [192], [195], [209], [217];
action at Golden Rock, [224-226], [315], [437]
Leake, Admiral, i. [448], [459], [482]
Leeward Islands, troops in, ii. [41]
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, commands British forces in Low Countries, i. [146];
resigns, [150]
Leopold, Emperor of Austria, treachery to Marlborough, i. [490]
Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, ii. [51]
Leslie, Sir Alexander (afterwards Earl of Leven), i. [173];
commands Scots at Stralsund, [178], [195];
and at Marston Moor, [206]
Leslie, David, i. [206];
commands Scots at Dunbar, [240]
Levellers, i. [235]
Lévis, French commander in Canada, ii. [384], [390], [395], [400]
Lieutenant, origin of, i. [94], [135]
Ligonier, General, Lord, ii. [108], [123], [149], [153], [162], [288], [308], [585]
Lippe-Bückeburg, Count of, ii. [496], [514], [546]
Lisle, Lord, i. [72]
Littler, Sergeant, brave exploit at Lille, i. [505], [572]
Lock, Matthew, i. [312]
Lockhart, General William, i. [269]
Lord High Admiral, marines placed under, i.

[581]
L'Orient, descent upon, ii. [259]
Los Arcos, Duke of, i. [481]
Lottum, Count, i. [502], [507];
at Malplaquet, [519]
Loudon, Lord, ii. [128], [143], [289], [296], [304], [314], [547]
Louis VI., i. [10]
Louis XI., i. [93]
Louis XII., i. [93]
Louis XIV., i. [295], [355];
war with allies, [358-380];
accepts Spanish crown for his grandson, [397];
recognises Pretender, [399];
effect of Blenheim, [450], [481];
tries to make peace, [512]
Louis of Nassau, i. [152]
Louisburg, ii. [256], [258], [266]
Louvain taken by Marlborough, ii. [473]
Louvois, i. [313], [366], [369]
Lovat, Lord, ii. [49], [127]
Lowestoft, naval action off, i. [294]
Lowther, Colonel, ii. [58]
Lückner, General, ii. [505], [549]
Lumley, General, i. [426], [437]
Luxemberg, Marshal, i. [296], [356], [360], [369];
at Landen, [372-377], [453], [467], [526]
Macbean, Captain, at Minden, ii. [491]
Macdonald, of Glengarry, ii. [126]
Macdonald, of Keppoch, ii. [126]
Macdonald, Sir John, ii. [125]
Machiavelli's Treatise on War, i. [106]
Mackay, Sir Donald, i. [174];
at Killiecrankie, [339];
killed at Steenkirk, [364]
Macleane, Captain, ii. [449]
Madagascar, French settle at, ii. [172]
Madras, in 18th century, ii. [180];
siege of (1746), [181];
restored at Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, [191];
siege of (1758), [438]
Maestricht, ii. [183]
Mahmoud, Sultan, invades India, ii. [167]
Mahrattas, ii. [168], [178];
as British allies, [202]
Maillebois, Marshal, ii. [85]
Maissin, French commander in India, ii. [408]
Malines, i. [473]
Mansfeld, Count Ernest, i. [174]
Maphuze Khan (son of Nabob of Carnatic, 1746), ii. [182]
Mardyck, captured by Turenne, i. [268]
Margaret of Anjou, i. [73]
Maria Theresa, ii. [80], [105], [156]
Marines, first established, i. [387], [484], [511];
placed under Lord High Admiral, [581];
augmented in 1739, ii. [58];
and in 1757, [301]
Marischal, Lord, ii. [9]
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, i. [296]:—
1672, Colonel of the Second Foot, i. [297]
1688, swears fealty to James, i. [306]
1690, [334];
capture of Cork and Kinsale, [350];
dismissed by William III., [359]
1694, The Brest scandal, [377]
1702, Captain-General, [402];
operations on the Meuse, [403-408]
1703, campaign spoilt by Dutch, [409-414];
Marlborough and Eugene, [416]
1704, march to Bonn, [419];
outwits the French, [420];
the Schellenberg, [423];
Donauwörth, [427];
junction with Eugene, [430];
decides to give battle, [432];
advance on Blenheim, [433];
the battle, [434-446]
1705, faithlessness of his allies, [451];
passage of the Dyle, [455];
campaign again ruined by Dutch, [457]
1706, preparations for campaign, [464-466];
Ramillies, [467-473];
capture of Menin and Dendermond, [474]
1707, a tame campaign, [491]
1708, concentrates at Hal, [493];
marches after French, [494];
attack of fever, [495];
Oudenarde, [497-500];
encamps on the Lys, [502];
plan of invading France, [503];
siege of Lille, [503];
Wynendale, [509];
invests Ghent, [510];
capture of Minorca due to him, [511]
1709, beginning of opposition to him at home, [512];
accused of prolonging war, [513];
march on Tournay, [513];
dupes Villars, [515];
delayed by Dutch, [517];
Malplaquet, [519-526]
1710, asks to be made permanent Commander-in-Chief, [536];
abuse of in England, [538];
threatens to resign, [539]
1711, his last campaign, [540];
brilliancy of his tactics, [543];
penetrates French lines, [547];
charged with embezzlement and dismissed, [549];
Dutch deputies really responsible, [553];
his patience, [493];
and forethought, [589];
compared with Napoleon, [590];
and Wellington, [572];
his reforms, [557], [575];
upholds purchase, [579];
Master-General of Ordnance, [584];
a great artillerist, [587];
his character and work, [587-591];
return to England, ii. [4];
induced to resume his appointments, [5];
his death, [10];
his funeral, [11-13]
Marlborough, Charles Churchill, 2nd Duke of, ii. [288], [295], [340]
Marlborough, Duchess of, ii. [536], [538]
Maroons, ii. [40]
Marsin, General, i. [418], [429], [432]
Martin, François, ii. [174]
Martinique, taken from French, ii. [541]
Mary, Queen, army legislation under, i. [125];
her kindness to soldiers, [329]
Masham, Mrs., i. [536]
Massachusetts, ii. [244], [252], [257], [441]
Masulipatam, taken by French, ii. [169];
stormed by Forde, ii. [449]
Maubeuge, i. [516]
Maurice of Nassau, i. [3], [152], [153];
captures Oudenberg, [160];
Nieuport, [161], [165];
famous Englishmen in his army, [169];
a great engineer, [184]; ii. [249]
Maurice, Prince (brother of Rupert), i. [169], [202]
Mauritius, French colonisation of, ii. [176]
Mauvillon, opinion of British troops quoted, ii. [517], [588]
Maximilian I., i. [85-92]
Maxwell, Colonel, commands grenadiers at Warburg, ii. [512]
Mazarin, Cardinal, i. [266]
Men-at-Arms, i. [25], [37], [41];
decay of, [117], [125]
Mendoza, i. [139]
Menin, i. [513]
Middleton, Earl of, ii. [252]
Military Hospitals, Kilmainham, i. [328];
Chelsea, [329], [579]
Military music, band copied from Saracens, i. [14];
the drum, [14];
trumpets, [14], [30];
trumpet calls, [105];
drum-beat of the landsknechts, [91];
bands encouraged by Henry VIII., [124];
duties of trumpeters and drummers, [153];
drum calls, [214];
Lillibulero, [305];
black drummers in India, ii. [450];
regimental bands in 18th century, [583]
Military pamphlets, i. [136-139], [214]
Military punishments, i. [250];
the wooden horse, [281];
flogging with the cat, ii. [32-34];
picketting, [569]
Militia, developed from fyrd, i. [12], [123];
decay of under Stuarts, [194];
reorganised under Charles II., [292];
in colonies, ii. [39];
Militia Acts, [288], [299], [301];
increased under George III., [521]
Milton, John, affected by military spirit of his time, i. [279]
Minorca, taken by English, i. [511];
garrison at, [561];
question of governing, ii. [42];
loss of, [291]
Miosson River, i. [40]
Mitchelburne, Colonel, i. [410]
Modyford, Colonel Thomas, i. [258]
Moguls, Indian invasion of in 1193, ii. [167]
Mohammed Ali (Nabob of Carnatic, 1752), ii. [196], [198], [215], [218]
Molesworth, Captain, A.D.C. to Marlborough, i. [470]
Monckton, Colonel, ii. [270], [282], [321], [360], [499];
commands troops in West Indies, [539], [570]
Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, volunteer in Low Countries, i. [169];
in Parliamentary Army, [211], [239];
as a sailor, [249];
his reduction of the Highlands, [252];
genius in mountain warfare, [254];
his policy after Cromwell's death, [275];
brings back Charles II., [277];
his scheme for disbandment of army, [290];
first Commander-in-Chief after Restoration, [308];
death, [309], [325]
Monmouth, James, Duke of, serves under Turenne, i. [296];
insurrection of, [299]; ii. [38]
Monro, Colonel, ii. [306]
Mons, ii. [121], [150]
Monstrelet, i. [24], [63]
Montcalm, Marquis of, ii. [297], [305], [327]
Montecuculi, ii. [279]
Montjuich, i. [460]
Montrose, Marquis of, victory at Auldearn, i. [223];
other successes, [228]
Moore, Commodore, ii. [347]
Mordaunt, Lord, i. [425]
Mordaunt, Sir Henry, ii. [307]
Moreton, Colonel, ii. [58]
Morgan, Sir Thomas, i. [141], [252], [267], [274], [353]
Morpeth, Lord, ii. [20]
Morse, Mr., ii. [180]
Mortiz, Ali (Nabob of Carnatic, 1742), ii. [176], [179], [223]
Mothe, Count de la, i. [412]
Munden, Colonel, i. [425]; ii. [11]
Munro, Hector, i. [176]
Munro, Robert, i. [174], [193], [304]
Murray, Lord George, ii. [127], [133]
Murray, James, Brigadier, under Wolf, ii. [361];
at Quebec, [385], [390];
defeated at Sainte Foy, [394];
advance on Montreal, [397];
vote of thanks to, [498], [570]
Murzapha Jung (Viceroy of Deccan, 1743), ii. [193], [197]
Musket. See [Arms and Armour]
Mutiny Acts, first Act, i. [335];
under William III., [348];
not renewed in 1699, [387];
the Act of 1701, [400];
of 1703, [563], [570]; ii. [5], [18];
inns only quarter allowed under, [22];
opposition to, [261];
new clause added to in 1741, [562]
Nantes, Edict of, i. [307]
Nasir Jung (claimant to Deccan, 1748), ii. [193], [195]
Nassau, Prince of, i. [402]
Natzmar, General, commands Prussian cavalry at Oudenarde, i. [499]
Nebel, River, i. [433]
Neipperg, Marshal, ii. [90], [99]
Nell Gwynne founds Chelsea Hospital, i. [329]
New Jersey, ii. [257]
New Model, i. [3], [208], [214-223];
effects of first felt at Naseby, [227];
soldiers rebel against disbandment of, [232-235];
its work, [277]
New Plymouth, ii. [243]
New York, British troops in, i. [560]; ii. [41], [245], [257]
Newcastle, Duke of, ii. [21], [60];
letters to, [62];
responsible for Spanish Main disaster, [78], [136], [259], [268], [286];
indignation against, ii. [298];
resignation of, [299]
Niagara, expedition against, ii. [284]
Nicolls, Colonel, ii. [245]
Nimeguen, i. [401]
Nizam Ali, ii. [457]
Nizam-ul-Mulk (Viceroy of the Deccan), ii. [176], [193]
Noailles, Marshal, ii. [89];
commands French at Dettingen, [93]
Norfolk, Duke of, Yorkist leader, i. [74]
Normandy, lost to English, i. [70]
Norris, Sir John, his volunteers, i. [143];
serves under Leicester, [147], [151]
North America, our colonies in, ii. [254];
our struggle with France for:—
before Aix-la-Chapelle, [246-260];
after Aix-la-Chapelle, [263-288];
from 1756, [296] et seq;
reverts to British, [306];
Pitt's organisation of war in, [314];
expedition against Quebec, [329];
conquest of Canada, [360-405]
North, Lord, i. [148]
Nova Scotia, garrisons at, ii. [42], [243], [263]
Noyelles, Count of, i. [453]
Oberglau, i. [433]
Ogle, Admiral, Sir Chaloner, ii. [64]
Ogle, Sir John, i. [192]
Okey, Colonel John, i. [256]
Opdam, General, i. [404], [413]
Orange, Prince of, i. [520];
at Malplaquet, [522], [526]
Ordnance, Office of, i. [111], [309], [328];
Marlborough, Master-General of, [584], ii. [44], [563], [571]
Orkney, Lord, i. [472], [515], [519], ii. [53]
Ormonde, Duke of, i. [407];
appointed Commander-in-Chief in Marlborough's place, [549], [572], ii. [8], [13]
Osborne, Admiral, i. [315]
Ostend, siege of, i. [165];
Marlborough's base (1708), [507];
Cumberland's (1745), ii. [123]
Oswego, ii. [285], [297]
Ottomond, tomb of, i. [470]
Overkirk, General, i. [412], [419], [451];
besieges Ostend, [474];
at Oudenarde, [560]
Overton, Colonel, Parliamentary leader, i. [256]
Pappenheim, General, i. [187]
Paradis, Lieutenant, ii. [183], [188], [190]
Parke, Colonel, A.D.C. to Marlborough, i. [442], [552]
Parliament and the Army:—
1640-1660, Commons levy soldiers, i. [199];
the Parliamentary army during Civil War, [201];
the New Model, [208-222];
crippling influence of Parliament on army, [223];
tries to disband it, [230];
victory of army over Rump, [250];
return of Rump after Cromwell's death, [274]
1660-1701, Unwillingness of Parliament to recognise army, i. [310-313];
attitude of under William III., [381-393]
1702-1713, Parliament's attitude to Marlborough personally, i. [408], [539], [549];
votes money for the wars, [450], [514];
recruiting Acts, [563];
impatience over increased expenditure, [580]
1714-1739, attempts to disband army after Utrecht, ii. [3];

encroachments on war administration, [18-21];
meanness to soldiers, [45]
1755-1763, adds to establishment, ii. [288], [299], [520];
Pitt's influence on Commons, [358];
objection of to Mutiny Act, [562];
efforts to establish short service, [572]
Partab Singh (Rajah of Tanjore, 1749), ii. [195]
Partisan. See [Arms and Armour]
Passe-Volant, the, i. [319]
Paston Letters, i. [73]
Pauncenars, i. [27]
Pay, William Rufus first misappropriates, i. [9];
contracts under Edward II. and III., [21];
pay of all ranks in 1346, [30], [31];
of archers, [54];
of gunners, [66];
of artillery, [77];
embezzlement by officers, [70], [86], [110], [124], [128], [157], [319], [337], [346];
stoppages of, [110];
pay raised under Mary, [126];
troops defrauded by Elizabeth, [130];
attempts at reform in, [153];
pay of privates under Elizabeth, [156];
coat and conduct money, [197];
unwillingness of Parliament to pay men, [230];
under Cromwell, [284];
poundage licence, [311];
under Charles II., [314-321];
peculations at pay office, [329];
corruptness of officials, [348];
arrears of under William III., [381-385];
petitions to Parliament on, [389];
embezzlement of Paymaster-General, [409];
Controllers of Accounts appointed, [410];
Marlborough's reforms in, [571];
frauds of regimental agents, [576];
regimental debts, [577];
of colonial troops in 18th century, [561];
George I. tries to stop illegal deductions, ii. [30];
mutinies owing to stoppages, [579];
table of pay, 1739-1763, [580];
of artillery, [587]
Paymaster-General, i. [310], [408]
Pedro the Cruel, i. [44]
Pelham, Henry, ii. [262], [268]
Pelham, Sir William, i. [149]
Peninsular War, i. [447-456], [458-464]
Penn, William, i. [260]; ii. [57], [295]
Pennsylvania, apathy of colonists in, ii. [270]
Pepperrell, Sir William, ii. [258], [269]
Pepys, Samuel, i. [312]
Perth, James Drummond, Duke of, ii. [127]
Pescayra, Marquis of, i. [97];
in command of Spaniards at Zutphen, [149], [179], [184]
Peterborough, Earl of, character, i. [459];
Barcelona, [462];
methods of warfare, [477], [480], [488];
opens road to Madrid, [482];
different opinions of, [489]
Petition of Rights, i. [198]
Petronel. See [Arms and Armour]
Peyton, Commodore, ii. [180]
Philip of Anjou, i. [397], [447], [481];
King of Spain, [483], [531]
Phipps, Sir William, ii. [252]
Pigot, Mr., ii. [199]
Pike. See [Arms and Armour]
Pioneers, i. [219]
Pistol. See [Arms and Armour]
Pitt, Mr. Thomas, advocates short service, ii. [573]
Pitt, William. See [Chatham]
Placentia, troops in, ii. [44]
Plasencia, i. [482]
Pocock, Admiral, ii. [429];
defeats French, [434];
judgment of, [456], [541]
Polier, Major, ii. [431]
Pompadour, Madame de, i. [298], [339]
Pondicherry, ii. [173];
surrender of to English, [473]
Port l'Orient, expedition to, ii. [156]
Porteous, Captain, ii. [31]
Portland, Duke of, i. [390]
Portugal, King of, joins Grand Alliance, i. [415]
Portuguese first to gain a footing in India, ii. [168]
Powder. See [Arms and Armour]
Prideaux, Brigadier, ii. [369]
Pulteney, William, ii. [5], [17]
Purchase, i. [578]; ii. [30]
Quebec, ii. [242];
Wolfe's expedition, against, [359], [388]
Queen's shilling, origin of, i. [9]
Quesnoi, i. [548]
Raja Sahib (Nabob, 1752), ii. [201], [203], [216]
Rajahmundy captured by British, ii. [445]
Ranelagh, Lord, ii. [469]
Recruits, origin of Queen's shilling, i. [9];
fictitious recruits, [86];
Spanish system of recruits, [100];
English press-gangs, [145];
under Charles I., [194];
Cromwell's, [203];
kidnapping resorted to, [382];
discouragement to, [560];
abuses of recruiting, [565];
Recruiting Acts, [564], [566];
short service, [567];
maladministration of recruiting under Harley, [568];
mere boys enlisted, [572];
faggots, [573];
expense of obtaining, [574];
Secretary-at-War enforces recruiting, [583];
character of under George I., ii. [32];
fraudulent enlistment, [34];
abundance of in 1739, [57];
ill-faith of authorities to, [290];
Pitt's endeavours to obtain, [476];
Recruiting Acts, 1743, 1759, [573-579]
Redoubt d'Eu, the, at Fontenoy, i. [113]
Regiment, name comes into use, ii. [136]
Regiments:—
Cavalry—
First Life Guards, i. [291], [324], [375]; ii. [95]
Second Life Guards, i. [291], [321]
Royal Horse Guards (Blues), i. [291], [321], [388]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [119] (Fontenoy), [344], [511] (Warburg)
First Dragoon Guards (King's), i. [300], [388], [511], [525]; ii. [22], [95] (Dettingen), [349], [501], [511] (Warburg), [527], [555]
Second Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays or Bays), i. [300], [344], [447], [458], [482], [487] (Almanza), [530]; ii. [7], [501], [511] (Warburg), [527]
Third Dragoon Guards, i. [300], [388], [442], [471], [475], [511], [525]; ii. [340], [501], [511] (Warburg)
Fourth Dragoon Guards, i. [300], [388]
Fifth Dragoon Guards, i. [300], [388], [455], [511], [525]
Sixth Dragoon Guards (Carbiniers), i. [300], [388], [442], [471], [475], [511], [525]; ii. [501], [511] (Warburg)
Seventh Dragoon Guards, i. [337], [388], [422], [511] (Oudenarde), [525]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [511] (Warburg), [527]
First Dragoons (Royals), i. [292], [298], [306], [375], [388], [417], [447], [477], [530]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [119] (Fontenoy), [501], [509], [514], [527], [555]
Second Dragoons (Greys), i. [323], [388], [426], [441], [475], [511] (Oudenarde), [525] (Malplaquet), [563]; ii. [7], [95], [133], [153], [161], [346], [511] (Warburg), [527]
Third Dragoons (now Hussars), i. [375], [388], [487], [484], [503]; ii. [7], [98] (Dettingen), [133]
Fourth Dragoons (now Hussars), i. [366], [375], [388], [484], [487], [503]; ii. [7], [95], [162] (Lauffeld)
Fifth Dragoons (now Lancers), i. [342], [511] (Oudenarde), [563]
Sixth Dragoons (Inniskillings), i. [342], [375], [563]; ii. [7], [95] (Dettingen), [153], [162] (Lauffeld), [341], [511] (Warburg), [514], [521]
Seventh Dragoons (now Hussars), i. [376], [388], [563]; ii. [4], [7], [95], [153], [162] (Lauffeld), [501], [509], [527]
Eighth Dragoons (now Hussars), i. [368], [388], [479], [530], [563], [575]; ii. [4], [133]
Ninth Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. [6], [7], [140]
Tenth Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. [6], [340], [511] (Warburg), [527]
Eleventh Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. [6], [501], [511] (Warburg), [527]
Twelfth Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. [6]
Thirteenth Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. [6], [128], [140]
Fourteenth Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. [6], [128], [140], [261]
Fifteenth Light Dragoons (now Hussars), ii. [476], [501], [504] (Emsdorff), [514]
Sixteenth Light Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. [500], [546]
Seventeenth Light Dragoons (now Lancers), ii. [500]
Royal Artillery, ii. [49], [188], [236], [300], [321]
Foot Guards—
Grenadiers (First), i. [291], [373], [388], [437] (Blenheim), [427], [443], [449], [459], [511] (Oudenarde), [525]; ii. [113] (Fontenoy), [162] (Lauffeld), [251]
Coldstream, i. [3], [240];
origin of name, [276], [291], [307], [324], [374] (Landen), [388], [449], [459], [511] (Oudenarde), [525] (Malplaquet); ii. [113] (Fontenoy), [251]
Scots Guards, i. [302], [373], [388], [530], [534], [563]; ii. [115] (Fontenoy), [556]
Infantry—
First Foot (Royals), origin, i. [63], [189], [262], [302], [335], [364] (Steenkirk), [371-376] (Landen), [388], [399], [453], [459], [469], [499], [511], [514], [525], [556], [563]; ii. [75], [114] (Fontenoy), [125], [140], [156], [300], [316], [396], [424], [427]
Second Foot (Queen's), i. [292], [327], [342], [417], [447], [458], [486]
Third Foot (Buffs), i. [295], [297], [302], [306] (Steenkirk), [371], [453], [471], [499], [511], [514], [521], [525] (Malplaquet); ii. [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy), [140], [307], [356], [521], [546]
Fourth Foot, i. [372], [449]; ii. [125], [140], [292], [354], [541]
Fifth Foot, i. [300], [388], [529]; ii. [307], [340], [501], [527], [549] (Wilhelmsthal)
Sixth Foot, i. [300], [367], [388], [459], [487] (Almanza), [511] (Oudenarde), [530]; ii. [4], [75], [125], [143]
Seventh Foot (Fusiliers), i. [300], [375], [388]; ii. [293], [527]
Eighth Foot, i. [300], [388], [390], [475], [496] (Oudenarde), [511], [514], [525]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy), [153], [307], [340], [501], [521]
Ninth Foot, i. [300], [342], [388], [399], [417], [447], [458], [487] (Almanza)
Tenth Foot, i. [300], [366], [369], [388], [437] (Blenheim), [453], [469], [475], [511], [514], [525]
Eleventh Foot, i. [300], [388], [417], [447], [487], [541]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy), [341], [486] (Minden), [501], [524]
Twelfth Foot, i. [300], [303], [388], [398], [503]; ii. [42], [95] (Dettingen), [112] (Fontenoy), [491] (Minden)
Thirteenth Foot, i. [300], [339], [388], [399], [417], [447], [449], [459], [477], [529]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [112] (Fontenoy), [133]
Fourteenth Foot, i. [300], [388]; ii. [4]
Fifteenth Foot, i. [300], [388], [399], [442], [511], [514]; ii. [60], [69], [71] (Carthagena), [75], [156], [307], [316], [361], [374], [541]
Sixteenth Foot, i. [305], [388], [399], [442], [504], [511], [514], [521], [525]; ii. [7]
Seventeenth Foot, i. [305], [342], [388], [399], [447], [458], [487]; ii. [300], [316], [541]
Eighteenth Foot (Royal Irish), i. [336], [379] (Namur), [388], [399], [469], [475], [496], [504], [511] (Oudenarde), [523] (Malplaquet), [563]
Nineteenth Foot, i. [388], [492], [525]; ii. [114] (Fontenoy), [153], [521]
Twentieth Foot, i. [337], [388], [484], [529]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy), [307], [340], [359], [486], [491] (Minden), [524], [527]

Twenty-First Foot (Scots Fusiliers), i. [364] (Steenkirk), [371], [388], [437] (Blenheim), [442], [471], [504], [511], [525], [563]; ii. [7], [25], [107], [115] (Fontenoy), [161] (Lauffeld)
Twenty-Second Foot, i. [337], [388], [398]; ii. [4], [42], [304], [316], [361]
Twenty-Third Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), i. [337], [388], [399], [424], [427], [437] (Blenheim), [443], [496] (Oudenarde), [504], [511], [525]; ii. [7], [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy), [161] (Lauffeld), [292], [340], [491] (Minden), [514], [528], [541]
Twenty-Fourth Foot, i. [337], [388], [437] (Blenheim), [399], [469], [509], [511], [525]; ii. [60], [69], [75], [292], [307], [340], [501], [527]
Twenty-Fifth Foot, i. [339], [363], [371], [388], [563]; ii. [7], [114] (Fontenoy), [296], [307], [340], [491] (Minden), [514], [527]
Twenty-Sixth Foot (Cameronians), i. [340], [363], [371], [388], [442], [511], [525], [563]
Twenty-Seventh (Enniskillens), i. [342], [388], [398], [424], [563]; ii. [7], [42], [75], [125], [133], [300], [325], [541]
Twenty-Eighth Foot, i. [400], [487]; ii. [4], [114] (Fontenoy), [156], [300], [316], [361], [374] (Quebec), [541], [575]
Twenty-Ninth Foot, i. [400], [469], [484], [503]; ii. [4], [114], [259]
Thirtieth Foot, i. [400], [450], [479]; ii. [4], [42], [156], [259], [307], [340], [521]
Thirty-First Foot, i. [400], [448]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy)
Thirty-Second Foot, i. [400], [448]; ii. [4], [95] (Dettingen), [114] (Fontenoy)
Thirty-Third Foot, i. [400], [447], [459], [487] (Almanza), [530]; ii. [4], [95] (Dettingen), [153], [340], [501], [514]
Thirty-Fourth Foot, i. [400], [459], [479], [481] (Barcelona); ii. [4], [60], [64], [69], [114] (Fontenoy), [133], [340], [521], [541]
Thirty-Fifth Foot, i. [398], [459], [477], [487]; ii. [306], [316], [361], [374], [541]
Thirty-Sixth Foot, i. [398], [459], [487]; ii. [7], [60], [64], [69], [340], [521]
Thirty-Seventh Foot, i. [400], [469], [496] (Oudenarde), [511], [514], [525], [541]; ii. [95] (Dettingen), [341], [327], [491] (Minden)
Thirty-Eighth Foot, ii. [356], [538], [541], [565]
Thirty-Ninth Foot, i. [400], [529]; ii. [156], [236], [419]
Fortieth Foot, ii. [42], [316], [541]
Forty-First Foot, ii. [6]
Forty-Second Highlanders (Black Watch), ii. [50], [112] (Fontenoy), [156], [296], [325], [354], [541]
Forty-Third Foot, ii. [83], [153], [155] (Roucoux), [300], [361], [379] (Quebec), [541]
Forty-Fourth Foot, ii. [83], [125], [268], [273], [297], [325]
Forty-Fifth Foot, ii. [43], [83], [259], [316]
Forty-Sixth Foot, ii. [83], [125], [300], [325]
Forty-Seventh Foot, ii. [83], [125], [316], [361], [374] (Quebec)
Forty-Eighth Foot, ii. [83], [140], [268], [273], [277], [316], [361], [541]
Forty-Ninth Foot, ii. [43], [260], [300]
Fiftieth Foot, ii. [289], [307], [501], [527]
Fifty-First Foot, ii. [259], [357], [341], [491] (Minden), [501], [514], [521]
Fifty-Second Foot, ii. [259]
Fifty-Third Foot, ii. [289], [293]
Fifty-Fourth Foot, ii. [289], [293]
Fifty-Fifth Foot, ii. [289], [300], [325]
Fifty-Sixth Foot, ii. [219], [541]
Fifty-Seventh Foot, ii. [289], [293]
Fifty-Eighth Foot, ii. [289], [316], [361], [374], [543]
Fifty-Ninth Foot, ii. [289]
Sixtieth Foot, ii. [289], [316], [325], [334], [361], [374], [578], [591]
Sixty-First Foot, ii. [299], [356]
Sixty-Second Foot, ii. [299], [384], [385]
Sixty-Third Foot, ii. [299], [351], [356]
Sixty-Fourth Foot, ii. [300], [356]
Sixty-Fifth Foot, ii. [300], [356], [541]
Sixty-Sixth Foot, ii. [300], [346]
Sixty-Seventh Foot, ii. [300], [521], [546]
Sixty-Eighth Foot, ii. [300]
Sixty-Ninth Foot, ii. [300], [385], [521], [541]
Seventieth Foot, ii. [300]
Regiments since Disbanded.—
72nd (Richmond's), ii. [541]
75th (Boscawen's), ii. [321]
80th (Gage's), ii. [324]
83rd (Sebright's), ii. [358]
84th (Coote's) ii. [358]
85th (Crawford's), ii. [500], [521]
86th (Worge's), ii. [500]
87th (Keith's Highlanders), ii. [500]
88th (Campbell's), ii. [500]
89th (Morris's), ii. [472], [500]
90th (Morgan's) ii. [500]
91st (Blayney's), ii. [500]
92nd (Gore's) ii. [500]
93rd (Bagshawe's), ii. [500]
94th (Vaughan's), ii. [500], [521], [538]
95th (Burton's), ii. [520]
96th (Monson's), ii. [520]
97th (James Stuart's), ii. [520], [521]
98th (Gray's), ii. [520], [521]
99th (Byng's), ii. [520]
100th (Colin Campbell's), ii. [520]
101st (Johnston's), ii. [443], [536]
102nd (Wedderburn's), ii. [443], [536]
103rd (Oswald's), ii. [537]
104th (Tonyn's), ii. [537]
105th (Graeme's), ii. [537]
106th (Barré's), ii. [537]
107th (Beauclerk's), ii. [537]
108th (Macdougall's), ii. [537]
109th (Nairn's), ii. [537]
110th (Deakin's), ii. [537]
111th (Markham's), ii. [537]
112th (Hamilton's), ii. [537]
113th (M'Lean's), ii. [537]
114th (Crawford's), ii. [537]
115th (Ogle's), ii. [537]
Regiments not numbered but known by Colonels' Names—
Aberdour's (Light Dragoons), ii. [500]
Argyll's (foot), i. [369]
Barrymore's (foot). See [Pearce's dragoons]
Bolton's (foot), i. [337]
Bowles's (dragoons), i. [487], [530]; ii. [5]
Bradshaw's (foot), i. [464]
Brazier's (foot), i. [492]
Bretton's (foot), i. [450], [487]
Brudenell's (foot), i. [398], [458]
Caldwell's (light dragoons), ii. [501]
Carles's (foot), i. [492]
Castletown's (foot), i. [369]
Caulfield's (foot), i. [459], [503]
Churchill's (dragoons), ii. [6]
Clayton's (foot), i. [541]
Collier's (foot), i. [334], [388]
Cutts's (foot), i. [363], [367]
Dalzell's (foot), i. [530], [536]
De Grangue's (foot), ii. [82]
Delaune's (foot), i. [492]
Deloraine's (foot), i. [417]
Dormer's (foot), i. [503], [530]; ii. [6]
Draper's (foot), ii. [314], [469]
Drogheda's (light dragoons), ii. [501]
Dubourgay's (foot), ii. [6]
Dungannon's (foot), i. [417]
Elliot's (foot), i. [411], [459]
Erle's (dragoons), i. [417]
Evans's (foot), i. [411], [475], [496], [514], [525]
Fenwick's (foot), i. [239]
Fitzpatrick's (foot), i. [334], [364]
Fraser's (foot), ii. [300], [316]
Goff's (foot), i. [249]
Gore's (foot), i. [530]; ii. [5]
Gorges's (foot), i. [411], [459]
Granby's (light dragoons), ii. [501]
Grant's (foot), ii. [7]
Hamilton's (foot), i. [388], [503]
Hazelrigg's (foot), i. [239]
Hill's (foot), i. [484]
Honeywood's (horse), ii. [5]
Hotham's (foot), i. [450]; ii. [6]
Ikerryn's (foot), i. [417]
Inchiquin's (foot), i. [417]
Ingoldsby's (foot), i. [337]
Johnson's (foot), i. [503]
Jones's (foot), i. [492]
Kane's (foot), i. [541]
Kerr's (foot), i. [464], [484], [487]
Kingston's (foot), i. [337]
Kingston's (later Cumberland's) light dragoons, ii. [162]
Lauder's (foot), i. [363]
Leigh's (foot), i. [390]
Lepell's (foot), i. [450]
Lisburn's (foot), i. [337]
Lovelace's (foot), i. [464]
Lucas's (foot), ii. [6]
Macartney's (foot), i. [484], [487]
Macclesfield's (horse), i. [368], [388]
Mackay's (foot), i. [363], [371]
Mohun's (foot), i. [400]
Molesworth's (dragoons), ii. [6]
Moore's (foot), i. [503]
Montgomery's (foot), ii. [300], [400]
Mordaunt's (foot), i. [400]
Mountjoy's (foot), i. [398], [459], [477], [487]
Munden's (dragoons), i. [530]; ii. [5]
Nassau's (dragoons), i. [530]
Newton's (foot), ii. [6]
Orrery's (foot), i. [417], [492], [496], [525]
Paston's (foot), i. [417], [529]
Pearce's (dragoons), i. [411], [480], [487]
Pepperrell's (foot), ii. [284], [296]
Peterborough's (dragoons), i. [464], [487]
Pocock's (foot), ii. [6]
Prendergast's (foot), i. [514]
Price's (foot), i. [464]
Rich's (foot), ii. [6]
Rochford's (dragoons), i. [530]
Rooke's (foot), i. [417]
Roscommon's (foot), i. [337]
Shannon's (foot), i. [400]
Shirley's (foot), ii. [296]
Slane's (foot), i. [492]
Soames's (foot), i. [450]
Stanhope's (foot), ii. [6]
Stanwix's (foot), i. [464], [529]; ii. [6]
Strathnaver's (foot), i. [388]
Stringer's (foot), i. [400]
Sutherland's (foot), ii. [500]
Sybourg's (foot) i. [464]
Temple's (foot), i. [400], [514], [521]
Townsend's (foot), i. [464], [503]
Tunbridge's (foot), i. [464]
Tyrell's (foot), ii. [6]
Wolfe's (foot), ii. [58], [75]
Wynne's (foot), i. [450], [503]; ii. [5]
Reiters, i. [102], [138];
superseded by cuirassiers, [183]
Renaissance, the, and the art of war, i. [106]
Reynolds, John, i. [255];
commands Cromwell's force in French army, [267];
lost on Goodwin Sands, [269]
Rhode Island, ii. [250]
Rich, Barnaby, i. [138]
Richard I., army under, i. [13]
Richard II., i. [50], [52]
Richards, Colonel John, i. [342], [528]
Richelieu, Duke of, ii. [292]
Richmond, Duke of, ii. [136]
Riedesel, Colonel, ii. [549]
Ripon, Treaty of, i. [198]
Robinson, Colonel, ii. [58]
Robinson, Sir T. (Secretary of State 1754), ii. [268]
Rochelle, expedition to, i. [193]
Rodney, Captain George, R.N., ii. [316]
Rollo, Lord, ii. [321], [397], [536]
Ronçevalles, Pass of, i. [45]
Rooke, Admiral Sir George, i. [407], [448]
Roquemaure, French officer in Canada, ii. [398]
Roses, Wars of the, i. [5];
changes in warfare during, [76]
Ross, Christian (the female dragoon), i. [572]
Ross, Ensign David, i. [176]
Rottmeister, i. [181]
Row, Brigadier, at Blenheim, i. [437]
Rumsdorf. See [Landen]
Rupert, Prince, i. [169], [199];
at Edgehill, [200];
at Marston Moor, [205];
influence on cavalry, [215];
at Naseby, [225], [228]
Rushworth, John, i. [311]
Russell, Sir William, i. [148]
Russia, Treaty of George the Second with, ii. [291]
Ruvigny. See [Galway]
Ryswick, Peace of, i. [379], [399], [563]; ii. [181], [253]
Sabine, Brigadier, at Oudenarde, i. [496-498]
Sackville, Lord George, ii. [290], [307], [341], [345], [481];
at Minden, [488-493];
dismissed from army, [496]
St. Clair, General, ii. [156]
St. Germain, Count of, ii. [502]
St. Ghislain, i. [515]; ii. [150]
St. John, Henry (Bolingbroke), i. [416], [551], [582], [538], [571], [591];
tampers with army after Utrecht, ii. [3], [255]
St. Helena, ii. [171], [188]
St. Kitts, ii.

[62]
St. Lazare, ii. [67]
St. Lucia, ii. [347]
St. Pierre, ii. [349]
St. Ruth, General, i. [349]
St. Thomé, ii. [194]
Salabat Jung (Viceroy of Deccan 1759), ii. [197], [408], [448], [457]
Salières, Marquis of, ii. [160]
Samiaveram, ii. [211]
Sandford, Brigadier, i. [527]
Sauhojee (Ruler of Tanjore 1749) ii. [192]
Sankey, Brigadier, i. [530]
Santiago di Cuba, British attack on, ii. [74-79]
Saunders, Admiral, ii. [385], [499]
Saunders, Mr., Governor of Madras, ii. [202], [405]
Saxe, Maurice, Maréchal de, i. [503]; ii. [105], [106];
at Fontenoy, [110-121], [150];
action at Roucoux, [153];
notable march from Louvain, [158];
Lauffeld, [159-163]
Schellenberg, the, Marlborough's march on, i. [423]
Schomberg, Mainhard, Duke of, i. [447]
Schomberg, Marshal, i. [268];
Colonel of Royal Scots, [334], [338];
commands expedition to Ireland, [343];
his complaints of administration, [345];
Irish campaign of 1690, [348];
killed at the Boyne, [349], [381], [573]
Schulemberg, General, at Malplaquet, i. [519]
Schwartz, Martin, i. [77]
Scots, in French army, i. [65], [67], [70];
defeated at Flodden, [117];
in Dutch army, [43], [160], [295];
in Danish army, [173];
bravery of, [176], [186];
under Gustavus Adolphus, [179];
capture of Rügenwalde, [185];
heavy losses at Nuremberg, [189];
rebellion of 1639, [194];
allies of Parliament, [204];
fight for Charles, [234];
defeated at Dunbar, [244];
and Worcester, [247];
army establishment of 1693, [385];
amalgamated with English at Union, [580]
Scott, Major, ii. [316]
Seaforth, Lord, ii. [9]
Secretary-at-War. See [War Office]
Secretary of State, responsibility of, for army, ii. [21]
Sedgwicke, Major, i. [264]; ii. [243]
Segur, Count of, ii. [160]
Sepoy Army, ii. [177]
Sergeants, origin of, i. [24], [94]
Seringham, ii. [210]
Sevajee (Mahratta leader), ii. [168]
Seven Years' War, i. [326]; ii. [31], [80] et seq.
(See also [French].)
Sexby, i. [256]
Seymour, Edward, i. [301]
Shahab-ud-Din (1023), ii. [167]
Shah Jehan (Mogul Emperor), ii. [168], [170]
Shakespeare, as historian of army, i. [140]
Shales, Commissary, corruptness of, i. [348]
Shell. See [Arms and Armour].
Shield. See [Arms and Armour]
Shipman, Sir Abraham, ii. [171]
Shippen, "Downright," ii. [15], [58]
Shirley, William (Governor of Massachusetts 1744), ii. [255], [269], [282], [285]
Short Service, first tried in India, i. [566]; ii. [172], [572]
Shrewsbury, Earl of, i. [71]
Shrimpton, General, i. [487]; ii. [296]
Sidney, Sir Philip, i. [147]
Skelton, Brigadier, at Fontenoy, ii. [119]
Skippon, Philip, i. [168];
Parliamentary Chief of Staff, [212]
Slingsby, Sir Charles, i. [169]
Smith, Captain Joseph, ii. [237], [427], [435]
Smyth, Sir John, defends bows and arrows, i. [138]
Soldier, origin of word, i. [8]
Sollerets. See [Arms and Armour]
Solmes, Count, i. [364];
killed at Landen, [376]
Somers, Lord, pleads for standing army, i. [384], [536]
Soubise, Prince of, ii. [480], [524];
feebleness of, [530], [547], [553]
Southwell, Sir Robert, i. [349]
Spaar (Dutch General), i. [413]
Spain, medieval army of, i. [96];
campaigns of Allies in, [407], [447], [459], [476], [528];
reasons of success of Bourbons in, [535]
Spaniards, in Low Countries, i. [140];
opposed to French and English under Turenne, [270];
defeated at Dunkirk, [273]
Spanish Succession, War of, i. [397-480];
authorities on, [553]
Spear. See [Arms and Armour]
Spörcke, General von, ii. [491], [504], [509];
victory at Langensalza, [523], [530], [549]
Spottiswoode (Governor of Virginia), ii. [59]
Spynie, Lord, i. [178]
Stair, John, Earl of, i. [552]; ii. [53], [83];
a clever diplomatist, [85];
hampered by Home Government, [88];
not responsible for our position before Dettingen, [90-92], [102];
his force badly equipped, [563];
his plan for recruiting, [576]
Standish, Miles, ii. [249]
Stanhope, General James, i. [460];
captures Minorca, [511], [529], [532-534]; ii. [4]
Stanley, Edward, daring courage at Zutphen, i. [150]
Stanley, Sir William, i. [147]
Staremberg, General, commands in Peninsula, i. [511];
defeats Spanish, [530]
Statute of Winchester, i. [4], [16-23], [112], [125], [191], [199], [292]
Stevens, Commodore, ii. [429]
Stephen, King, army under, i. [11]
Stollhofen, lines of, i. [418], [421]
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, i. [199]; ii. [19]
Strozzi, Filippo, i. [101]
Strozzi, Piero, i. [102]
Sufder Ali (son of Nabob of Carnatic 1732), ii. [176], [179]
Surajah Dowlah (ruler of Bengal 1756), ii. [409];
Plassey, [416-425]
Surat, first French factory in India, ii. [173]
Surrey, Thomas, Earl of, at Flodden, i. [115]
Swabian infantry, i. [85-92]
Swedes, in Royalist army, i. [206]
Swiss, medieval army of, i. [83-85]
Sword. See [Arms and Armour]
Symonds, Ensign, ii. [206]
Taisnières, Forest of, i. [518]
Talbot, John, i. [66], [71]
Tallard, Marshal, i. [403], [412], [415], [419], [429];
encamps at Blenheim, [431];
his formation, [434];
defeated and taken prisoner, [440-445]
Tangier, i. [297]
Tanjore, British in, ii. [192]
Tassets. See [Arms and Armour]
Taviers, i. [468]
Temple, Lord, story of Wolfe told by, ii. [360], [536]
Tencin, Cardinal, ii. [124]
Terheyden, ii. [150]
Tessé, Marshal, i. [449], [481]
Thackeray's Esmond, i. [569]
Thanes, i. [5]
Thirty Years' War, i. [3], [168];
English and Scots fight in, [173] et seq.
Thurloe, John, i. [312]
Thurot (French privateer), descent on Ireland, ii. [501]
Tilbury, camp at, i. [150]
Tilly, victory at Lutter, i. [174];
defeat at Breitenfeld, [186]
Tilly, Count Tscerclaes de, i. [412], [469]
Tolmach, General, at Landen, i. [375];
expedition to Brest, [377]
Tolpatches, ii. [147]
Tongres, ii. [152]
"Tories," ii. [38]
Tournament, its military uses, i. [11]
Tournay, Marlborough's siege of, i. [513]; ii. [121]
Townley, Francis, ii. [135]
Townsend, Brigadier George, ii. [301], [361];
at Quebec, ii. [382];
at Vellinghausen, [527]
Train-bands, i. [119], [128], [135], [195]
Transport vessels, horrors of, i. [560], [570]
Trelawny, Colonel, i. [306]
Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica, ii. [76]
Trichinopoly, ii. [208];
French and English contest for, [198], [221]
Trichinopoly, Rajah of, ii. [176]
Trincomalee, ii. [180]
Tullibardine, Lord, ii. [9]
Turenne, i. [266];
commends English soldiers, [270], [274], [296], [406]; ii. [279]
Tyrawley, Lord, ii. [564]
Tyrconnel, Richard, Earl of, i. [303], [336]
Underhill, Captain John, ii. [249]
Unterglau, i. [433]
Utrecht, Peace of, army disbanded after, ii. [3], [32];
North America and, [256]
Valencia, taken by Peterborough, i. [481]
Vasco da Gama, ii. [168]
Vauban, i. [359], [474];
fortresses of, [513]; ii. [292]
Vaudreuil (Governor of Quebec), ii. [322], [378]
Vegetius, quoted, i. [32]
Velasco, i. [460]
Venables, General Robert, i. [255], [260]
Vendôme, Marshal, i. [475], [491];
sends detachment to Oudenarde, [495];
but out-marched by Marlborough, [496];
differences with Burgundy, [497];
at Oudenarde, [500];
campaign in Spain, [522]
Vere, Francis, i. [147];
his ancestors great soldiers, [155];
siege of Ostend, [156];
exposes corruption in army, [157], [159];
at Nieuport, [161-165];
death, [167]
Vere, Horace, i. [156], [164], [166]
Vere, Robert, i. [156]
Vergor, French commander at Quebec, ii. [374]
Vernon, Admiral, capture of Porto Bello, ii. [58];
Carthagena expedition, [64], [79]
Vezon, ii. [111]
Villadarias, Marquis, i. [530]
Villars, Marshal, i. [406], [412];
successes in 1703, [415];
replaced by Marsin, [418], [465];
recalled from the Rhine, [474];
commands again in 1709, [513];
wounded at Malplaquet, [532], [536];
campaign of 1711, [541];
out-generalled by Marlborough, [546]
Villeroy, Marshal, i. [411], [413], [418], [421], [429];
captures Huy, [451];
errors at Ramillies, [466], [473];
superseded by Vendôme, [475], [491]
Villiers, Elizabeth, i. [390]
Virginians, clever irregular troops, ii. [281]
Vlytingen, ii. [160]
Von Imhoff, General, ii. [481]
Wade, General, ii. [20], [26];
roads in Highlands, [49], [83], [87], [102], [104], [107], [132], [137]
Waldeck, Prince of, i. [338]
Waldegrave, Brigadier, at Minden, ii. [491];
at Warburg, [510];
at Wesel, [518]
Wallace, William, i. [17]
Wallenstein, i. [178], [188]
Waller, Sir William, i. [205]
Walpole, Sir Robert, Paymaster of Forces, ii. [5];
and army, [16], [18];
Excise Bill, [20], [48], [55];
against war, [57], [80], [567]
Walpole, Horace, appreciation of Cumberland, ii. [567]
Walsh, Brigadier, ii. [539]
Wambais. See [Arms and Armour]
Wandewash, Brereton's attack on, ii. [457];
Coote's victory at, [464]
Wangenheim, General, at Minden, ii. [485-490], [555]
War Office and Army Organisation—
In its early stages, i. [219];
defects in organisation, [556];
its want of consideration for soldiers, [562];
laziness of Board of Generals, ii. [31];
bad provision for Colonial troops, [43];
civilian element strong at, [561];
faulty records of, [562];
becomes more military in 18th century, [567]
Secretary-at-War—
First appointed, i. [311];
accompanies Commander-in-Chief on active service, [359], [392];
change in his functions, [409];
under Anne, [554], [581];
powers of, [583];
Walpole, St. John, Granville, Lansdowne, Wyndham, and Gwynne as, [582];
Pulteney as, ii. [5];
list of from 1714-1735, [21];
increasing influence of, [21];
difficulties of, [25];
abuse of his powers, [27];
effect on army, [28]
Warren, Commodore, ii. [258]
Warwick, Earl of (the King-maker), i. [73]
Washington, George, ii. [265], [270], [277], [285], [323]
Watson, Admiral, ii. [236], [411]
Webb, Colonel, ii. [296], [306]
Webb, General Richmond, i. [507], [538], [577]
Wentworth, General, ii. [59], [62];
letters to Newcastle, [63];
Carthagena expedition, [64-74];
Cuba, [75]
West Indies, first British expedition to, i. [265];
our troops in, [560]; ii. [42].
See [Barbados], [Cuba], [Dominica], [Grenada], [Guadeloupe], [Jamaica], [Martinique], [St. Kitts], [St. Vincent]
Wesleyans in Cumberland's army, ii. [121]
Westphalen, General, Chief of Staff to Ferdinand of Brunswick, ii. [496]
White Company, the, i. [44]
William I., i. [6], [7]
William II. (Rufus), i. [8]
William III. (of Orange), i. [296];
invades England, [305], [330];
increases army, [336];
conquest of Ireland, [341];
as a general, [356];
war with France, [357];
Steenkirk, [361-367];
Landen, [372-376];
invests Namur, [378];
bullied into disbanding army, [385-388];
disposal of Irish lands, [390];
estimate of his character, [392];
refuses to recognise Philip of Anjou, [398]
William of Nassau, i. [142]
William of Ypres, i. [23]
William the Silent, i. [145]
Williams, Roger, i. [139], [142];
in Leicester's army, [147]
Willoughby, Lord, i. [147], [193]
Wilmington, Lord, ii. [82]
Wimbledon. See [Cecil]
Winslow, Edward, i. [260]

Withers, General, i. [519]
Wolfe, Colonel Edward, ii. [53]
Wolfe, Colonel James, ii. [53], [58];
mentioned in Cumberland's despatches, [157], [308], [315], [319], [359];
operations against Quebec, [368-382];
death, [383];
criticisms on his generalship at Quebec, [387];
his monument, [498];
his humane qualities, [569]
Wolseley, Colonel, i. [342]
Worcester, ii. [38]
Worge, Colonel, ii. [346]
Würtemberg, Duke of, commands advance guard at Steenkirk, i. [362], [369], [422], [456], [470]
Wutgenau, General, ii. [528]
Wynyard, Colonel, ii. [58], [69]
Xavier, Prince of Saxony, as ally of French, ii. [507], [527], [532], [547]
Xenophon, Hipparchicus of, i. [106]
Yeomanry, the, i. [133]
Yeomen of the Guard, i. [110]
Young, Sir William, ii. [17]
York, Duke of, at Agincourt, i. [58-62], [77]
York, James, Duke of, i. [270], [287], [294].
See [James II].
Yorke, Captain, ii. [449]
Zastrow, General, ii. [555]
Zinghis Khan, ii. [167]
Zizka, John, his tactics copied at Roveray, i. [68];
his military genius, [82], [188];
compared with Cromwell, [281]

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