Still, as I have said, there are records of many failures and we are too fond of passing over our weak points and dwelling on the strong. In the case of the Mutiny we recall with pride the deeds of Nicholson and Havelock, and are never weary of the old stories of the siege of Delhi and the relief of Lucknow. All honour to those who quitted themselves like men; but I am afraid there are many episodes of the Mutiny which are little creditable to the British, whether civilians or soldiers. A great many individuate were found unequal to the occasion; and this is true of every war and probably of the majority of actions. There was certainly one instance of misbehaviour at Trafalgar, one ship did not respond to Nelson's famous signal; and Collingwood spoke his mind about it at the time, though few people know it. We must therefore never be satisfied with the fame of our fore-runners, and suppose that it suffices for us. Let us by all means be kindled by their example to the utmost fulfilment of our duty; but let us know also when and where and why they failed. Let us study their defeats as well as their victories; let us ask ourselves whether some of the failings which brought about those defeats may not still be present among us. If we can truly and conscientiously say that they are not, then we may—but always with caution—presume to criticise and even to censure; always remembering that it is not enough for us to emulate the deeds of our ancestors. If we are not to fall below them, we must endeavour to surpass them, for there is no such thing as a stationary Empire.
[INDEX]
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, in the W. Indies, [126-7]
Acre, mentioned, [43]
Adams, Major Thos., in India, [164]
Addington, Henry, mentioned, [86-8], [127]
Afghanistan, mentioned, [163];
campaigns in, [187-90], [197]
Africa, South, early wars in, [131-5];
Zulus in, [41];
last war, [27], [45], [98], [112]
Africa, West, fighting in, [143-4]
Agra, capture of, [175]
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, [76], [155]
Akbar, the Emperor, [152]
Albemarle, Lord, in the W. Indies, [123]
Albuera, battle of, [39]
Alexander the Great, mentioned, [40]
Aligarh, capture of, [175]
Aliwal, battle of, [193]
Allahabad, capture of, [164]
Alsace, mentioned, [43]
America, War of Independence, [28], [80-2], [110-12], [135];
the British in N., [55], [59], [76], [80], [102-5];
character of settlers, [104-5], [107], [109-12];
war of 1812, [113];
and see under [Canada]
Amherst, Gen. Jeffery, in Canada, [109]
Amherst, Lord, in India, [183], [185]
Amir Khan, mentioned, [179]
Anne, Queen, mentioned, [109]
Aracan, capture of, [184]
Arcot, [156]
Argaum, battle of, [175]
Army, the British, foreign nomenclature in, [52];
reductions in, [58], [61-2], [72], [96], [134];
under Ch. II, [56-7];
under Will. III, [59-63];
under Anne, [65];
under Geo. I, [72];
under Geo. II, [74-9];
under Geo. III, [80], [82-3];
in the 19th cent., [97-8];
confused organisation of, [61];
ill-treatment of, [73], [83];
introduction of short service, [134-5];
weapons of, [48-50], [60];
appreciation of officers, [144-9];
early organisation of, [47-9], [54];
the New Model, [54]
Assam, capture of, [184]
Assaye, battle of, [175]
Assiento, Treaty, [117]
Auckland, Lord, in India, [187]
Aurungzib, the Emperor, [153-4]
Austrian Succession, War of, [74], [106], [155]
Ava, British at, [183-4]
Badajoz, capture of, [25]
Bahama Is., [80]
Barbados, [116], [124]
Barlow, Sir George, in India, [176], [178-9]
Barrington, General, in W. Indies, [123]
Bentinck, Lord Wm., in India, [186-7]
Bermuda, [80], [130]
Bhurtpore, assaults on, [175], [185]
Birkenhead, the, mentioned, [36], [46]
Bismarck, [43]
Blenheim, battle of, [68]
Blues, Regt. of, their origin, [56]
Bombay, mentioned, [56], [153], [166], [168]
Bonsla, mentioned, [181]
Braddock, General, in N. America, [107-9]
Burgoyne, General, in N. America, [110-11]
Burke, Edmund, [80]
Burma, campaigns in, [182-5], [194-5], [197];
annexed, [197]
Bussy, de, in India, [161]
Buxar, battle of, [164]
Caesar, Julius, [40]
Calais, [47]
Calcutta, [154], [160]
Canada, French in, [102];
fighting in, [104-5], [109];
American invasion of, [110], [113], [137];
and see [America]
Capetown, capture of, [131]
Caribs, the, fighting with, [117-8]
Carnot, mentioned, [40]
Carthagena, expedition to, [121-2]
Castlereagh, Lord, at the War Office, [88]
Chaka, king of Zulus, [41]
Chandernagore, [154]
Charles II, mentioned, [56], [117]
Charles of Bourbon, [24]
Charles Ed. Stuart, in Scotland, [74-6]
Chillianwalla, action at, [194]
Chitu, [182]
Clive, Robert, in India, [156], [159], [160-4]
Coldstream Guards, origin of, [56]
Colonies, character of campaigns in, [99-102]
Commerce, in war, [1-3];
its cruelty, [16-18]
Condé, Prince of, [65]
Continental System, the, [2]
Coomassie, British at, [143]
Coote, Sir Eyre, in India, [159], [162], [167-8]
Cornwallis, Lord, in India, [169-172], [176]
Cotton, Sir Stapleton, in India, [185]
Crimea, war of, [97]
Cromwell, O., mentioned, [3], [22], [58];
reforms of, [53-4];
expedition to the W. Indies, [119-20]
Cuba, mentioned, [115-6], [123], [130]
Cuddalore, action at, [168]
Culloden, battle of, [75]
Dalhousie, Lord, in India, [194-5]
Danube R., campaign on, [67]
David, king of Israel, [44]
Deig, battle of, [175]
Delhi, mentioned, [43], [151-2], [171], [175], [199]
Dettingen, battle of, [74]
Dost Mohammed, [187-8]
Dubba, action at, [191]
Dupleix, Joseph, in India, [155-7]
East India Co., its troops, [57], [83], [154], [178], [186], [198];
mentioned, [153], [171], [176], [196]
Edward III, [48]
Egypt, mentioned, [51], [86]
Elizabeth, Queen, mentioned, [47], [52]
Ellenborough, Lord, in India, [189-92]
England, military backwardness, [48];
growth of empire, [55-6], [58], [77];
position in 1660, [55];
projected invasion of, [86]
Ferdinand of Brunswick, [77]
Ferozeshah, battle of, [193]
Flanders, wars in, [60], [63], [65], [75];
and see [Netherlands]
Fontenoy, battle of, [74]
Forde, Col., [162]
France, the Revolutionary War, [23-4], [27], [38], [41-2], [83-4];
her colonies, [56], [58], [76-7], [102-4], [107], [123-4], [128];
French in India, [154-62];
our connection with, [47], [55];
as ally of America, [112-3];
aids the Stuarts, [75]
Franklin, Benjamin, [109]
Frederick the Great, mentioned, [41-2], [77]
Frederick, Duke of York, [85]
Gawilghur, capture of, [175]
Geete R., [68]
George I, [72]
Germany, mercenaries in British pay, [75-7], [81-2];
mentioned, [25], [32], [74], [77]
Ghurkha war, [180]
Ghazni, [188-9]
Gibraltar, mentioned, [65], [72-3], [80-1]
Gideon, his tactics, [44-5]
Gillespie, Col. Rollo, in India, [177], [180]
Goliath, [44]
Goree, [82]
Gough, Sir Hugh, in India 192-4, [198]
Grenada, [126]
Grey, General W., in the W. Indies, [125-6];
General H., in India, [192]
Guadeloupe, mentioned, [123], [126], [128]
Guiana, Dutch, capture of, [127]
Gujerat, action at, [194]
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, his military reforms, [53]
Haiti, mentioned, [120], [124], [126]
Halifax, British at, [107]
Hannibal, [38]
Hardinge, Sir Henry, in India, [192-3]
Harris, General, in India, [173]
Hastings, Warren, in India, [161], [165-9]
Hastings, Marquis of, in India, [180-1]
Havana, siege of, [123]; mentioned, [77]
Henry V, mentioned, [48], [54]
History, Military, definition of, [1-14], [45];
use of, [19-22], [29], [39], [43]
Holkar, mentioned, [174-5], [181]
Holland, soldiers of, [52], [60];
commerce of, [18], [55];
wars in, [64], [67], [84], [86];
colonies of, [102-3], [162]
Howe, General, [111]
Hyder Ali, mentioned, [164-5], [167-8]
India, mentioned, [43], [57], [77];
military history of, [150-200];
adventurers in, [154], [171], [179], [196];
campaigning in, [157-8];
the presidencies, [160];
administrative reforms in, [165], [169], [176], [196];
the Mutiny, [195-6], [199]
Indies, the West, British in, [55], [72], [77], [80], [84-5];
character of country, [114-6], [118];
ruin of, [128-9];
Cromwell's expedition to, [119-20];
later expeditions, [120-2], [124-8];
the French in, [116], [123], [128]
Inkermann, [51]
Ireland, mentioned, [54], [59], [61], [64-5], [72]
Italy, the French in, [86]
Jamaica, mentioned, [115-6];
capture of, [120]
James II, mentioned, [57-59], [64-5]
Japan, mentioned, [28], [52]
Jelalabad, mentioned, [189]
Jesuits, the, as colonists, [35], [103]
Kabul, British at, [188-9], [197]
Kaffir wars, [133-4]
Kandahar, British at, [188-9], [197]
Karachi, [190]
Katharine of Bragança, mentioned, [56], [154]
Katwa, battle of, [164]
Kirkee, battle of, [181]
Korigaon, battle of, [182]
La Bassée, [68]
Lake, General Gerard, in India, [174-5], [185], [198]
Lally Tollendal, count, in India, [161-2]
Laswari, battle of, [175]
Latimer, Hugh, [48]
Lawrence, Major Stringer, in India, [155-6], [162]
Lee, Robert, [4]
Lisbon, Wellesley at, [90-1]
Lorraine, mentioned, [43]
Louis XIV, mentioned, [63-5], [71], [104]
Louisburg, French at, [106-7];
capture of, [109], [155]
Lucknow, [164], [199]
Luther, Martin, [40]
Luxemburg, Francis Henry, Duke of, [65]
Lycurgus, [41]
Madras, French at, [155];
mutiny in, [176-8];
bad administration, [164-5], [167-8];
mentioned, [107], [130], [153]
Maharajpore, battle of, [192]
Mahidpur, battle of, [181]
Mandalay, British at, [197]
Manila, [77]
Maoris, the, wars with, [101], [138-43]
Marathas, the, their origin, [153];
their growth, [163], [171];
British wars with, [166], [174-5], [181], [191-2];
mentioned, [195]
Marengo, battle of, [86]
Maria Theresa, the Empress, [74]
Marlborough, John, Duke of, appreciation of, [65-71];
mentioned, [94-5]
Martinique, mentioned, [116], [123-5], [128]
Miani, battle of, [190-1]
Militia, the, Pitt's Bill, [78];
as recruiting-ground, [85], [88];
under Addington, [87];
the Local, [89];
mentioned, [72], [83], [85], [89]
Minden, battle of, [77]
Minorca, mentioned, [72], [76], [80-2]
Minto, Gilbert, [1]st Earl of, in India, [178-81]
Mir Jaffier, [160-1]
Mogul Empire, [152-4]
Moltke, General, [43]
Monk, George, [56], [100]
Monmouth, James, Duke of, [57]
Monson, Colonel, in India, [175]
Montecuculi, Raimondo, Conte de, [65]
Moodkee, battle of, [193]
Mornington, Lord, see under [Wellesley, Marquis of]
Moses, mentioned, [40]
Munro, Major Hector, in India, [164], [167]
Mutiny Act, [60]
Mysore, fighting in, [165], [167], [169], [173]
Napier, Sir Charles, in Scinde, [190-1]
Napoleon, mentioned, [1], [12], [24], [41-2], [86], [89], [94], [187]
Navy, the British, mutiny in, [85];
in war of 1812, [113-4]
Nepal, fighting in, [180-1]
Netherlands, the Austrian, fighting in, [66], [74]
Newfoundland, [72-3]
New York, settlers of, [104-5];
mentioned, [57], [102-3], [110]
New Zealand, war in, [137-43]
Nizam, the, mentioned, [165], [167], [172]
Nova Scotia, mentioned, [72-3], [106]
Ochterlony, Sir David, in India, [180-1], [185]
Omdurman, battle of, [22]
Oudenarde, battle of, [68]
Oudh, annexation of, [195]
Panipat, battle of, [163]
Pegu, annexation of, [195]
Peninsular War, the, mentioned, [42];
summary of, [89-95]
Pennsylvania, Quakers in, [11-12]
Persia, [187]
Peshwa, [181-2]
Philadelphia, capture of, [111]
Pindaris, the, fighting with, [179-82]
Pitt, Earl of Chatham, William, war policy, [76-80];
mentioned, [108], [122]
Pitt, William, military policy, [83-8];
W. Indian policy, [125-8]
Plassey, battle of, [160]
Police, the, connection with Army, [9], [54], [56], [72]
Pompadour, Mme de, [4]
Pondicherry, French at, [154-5], [160-1]
Porto Novo, battle of, [167]
Porto Rico, mentioned, [115-6], [127]
Portugal, British in, [90-1];
mentioned, [42]
Prome, capture of, [184]
Punjab, the, annexation of, [194]
Punniar, battle of, [192]
Quebec, mentioned, [102], [105], [109]
Ramillies, battle of, [68]
Ramnuggar, action at, [194]
Rangoon, British at, [183], [195]
Ranjit Singh, mentioned, [182], [192]
Reunion, Is. of, [36]
Roberts, F.M., Earl, mentioned, [159]
Rohilla War, [166]
Rome, sack of, [24-5]
Russia, mentioned, [28], [51-2], [187]
St Domingo, mentioned, [115-6];
expedition to, [119-20]
St Kitts, [57]
St Lawrence R., French colonies on, [102-3];
expedition to, [106]
St Lucia, mentioned, [82], [123], [126-7]
St Thomas, [115]
St Vincent, fighting in, [117], [126]
St Vincent, John Jervis, Earl, in the W. Indies, [125]
Saratoga, defeat at, [112]
Saul, King of Israel, [25]
Schellenberg, battle of the, [68]
Scinde, operations in, [188], [190-1]
Scindia, mentioned, [171], [174-5], [191]
Scotland, rebellion in, [72], [74-6]
Senegal, [82]
Seringapatam, sieges of, [26], [169-71], [173]
Shah Shuja, [187-8]
Shakespeare, William, [52]
Shelley, P. B., mentioned, [33]
Shore, Sir John, in India, [172]
Sikhs, the, their growth, [171], [182], [188];
war with, [191-4]
Simonstown, [131]
Siraj-ud-Daula, [160]
Sitabaldi, battle of, [181]
Sivaji Bonsla, mentioned, [153-4]
Smith, Sir Harry, in S. Africa, [133];
in India, [193]
Smith, Col. Joseph, in India, [165]
Smollett, Tobias, [122]
Sobraon, battle of, [193]
Spain, her wars, [8], [23], [25], [52], [82];
colonies, [116], [120];
mentioned, [63], [73], [89], [102]
Spanish Succession, War of the, [64-8]
Sparta, [41]
Stirling, mentioned, [43], [75]
Strategy, definition of, [42-3]
Stuart, General James, [168]
Suffren, Admiral, [168]
Suti, battle of, [164]
Swiss, the, as soldiers, [50]
Tactics, definition of, [43-4];
changes in, [47-50], [60]
Talents, Ministry of All the, [88]
Tangier, mentioned, [56-7], [65]
Tennasserim, capture of, [184]
Tippoo Sahib, mentioned, [168-73]
Tobago, mentioned, [82], [127]
Tournay, fighting at, [68]
Trafalgar, [199]
Trichinopoly, fighting at, [156], [161]
Trinidad, [115], [127]
Tugela R., fighting on the, [134]
Undwa Nala, battle of, [164]
Utrecht, Peace of, [71], [106]
Vellore, mutiny at, [176-7]
Vendôme, Louis Joseph, Duke of, mentioned, [68]
Vienna, mentioned, [67]
Virginia, [57]
Volunteers, the, under Addington, [87-8]
Walpole, Sir Robert, [72]
Wandewash, battle of, [162]
Warburg, battle of, [77]
Warren Hastings, the troop-ship, [36-7]
Washington, George, [4], [107]
Waterloo, battle of, [79], [95]
Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, in India, [172], [174], [176], [179]
Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, character of, [95-6];
in India, [173-5];
his scheme for the Peninsular War, [90-5];
mentioned, [25], [41-2], [68], [159], [182], [186], [198]
William III, the army under, [59];
W. Indian expedition, [120]
William, Duke of Cumberland, mentioned, [74-5]
Wolfe, General James, mentioned, [109]
Xavier, François, mentioned, [40]
York, Frederick, Duke of, [85]
Zizka, John, mentioned, [52]
Zulus, the, wars with, [134-5]
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