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

by T. W. J. Connolly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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