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

• Kaffir war, [254], [293], [454–459], [484]
• Keane, Lieutenant the Hon. H. F., [460]
• Kenmure, Viscount, [256]
• Kennett, Captain, [153]
• Kent, Duke of, [32], [42], [104], [138]
• Kerr, James, corporal, [91]
• ——, Ninian, corporal, [127]
• Kerstiman, Lieutenant, [50]
• Keville, Edward, corporal, [407]
• Kinnaird, Hugh, corporal, [117]
• Knapp, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Koehler, Brigadier-General, [121], [128]

• Labourers, [45], [66], [106]
• La Caille’s arc of the meridian, [362], [431–433]
• Lacy, Captain, [122], [128], [134]
• Landmann, Captain, [157], [165]
• Lanyon, Hugh, [309], [310], [402], [425]
• Laredo, fort of, [211]
• Lawford, James, private, [148]
• Lawson, Lieutenant, [93]
• ——, Andrew, [259]
• Lefance, Captain, [4]
• Lefebure, Lieutenant, [107], [108];
  • Captain, [152], [154];
  • Major, [176]
• Leghorn, [222]
• Letts, Thomas, private, [172]
• Levick, sergeant, [117]
• Lewis, G. G., Captain, [203];
  • Colonel, [484]
• Lewisham, [173]
• Lewsey, private, [122], [134]
• Liddle, William, private, [18]
• Lindsay, Andrew, private, [94]
• ——, George, sergeant, [423], [435], [440]
• Lisle, Peter, alias Mourad Reis, [19]
• Lomas, Edward, private, [220]
• London, Tower of, [77]
• Logan, Henry, corporal, [204]
• Lonergan, corporal, [452]
• Longitudes, [257], [424]
• Lough Foyle Base, [273]
• Low Countries. See “[Holland]”
• Lucca, [222]
• Lushington, Lieutenant, [310–321]
• Luttrell, Captain, [13], [28]

• Macauley, Captain, [278]
• Maclean, Major-General, [343]
• Mackelcan, Colonel, [132], [157]
• Mackenzie, Sub-Lieutenant, [158], [199]
• ——, Richard, sergeant, [209]
• Maclear, Mr., Astronomer-Royal, [362], [431]
• Macleod, Lieutenant, [154]
• Macpherson, Thomas R., [462], [463]
• McAlpine, private, [373]
• McArthur, John, sergeant, [132]
• McBeath, corporal, [111]
• McCarthy, James, private, [210]
• McDonald, Archibald, private, [299]
• ——, Dr., [293]
• ——, Edward, sergeant, [5], [18]
• ——, Findlay, corporal, [204]
• ——, John, private, [103]
• McFadden, John, private, [424], [425]
• McFarlane, Donald, private, [438]
• McGregor, William, corporal, [347]
• McGuckin, sergeant, [450]
• McKay, James, private, [219];
  • quartermaster-sergeant, [345]
• ——, John, sergeant, [180]
• McKeer, John, private, [219]
• McKerlie, Captain, [480]
• McKerras, Lieutenant, [21];
  • Captain, [103], [110];
  • Major, [136]
• McKnight, John, private, [214]
• McLaughlin, Hugh, [104]
• McLaren, James, sergeant, [283]
• McLean, Sub-Lieutenant, [237], [241]
• McLeod, Alexander M., sergeant, [484]
• McNaughton, John, [36]
• McQueen, John, corporal, [347], [357], [378]
• Madeira, [164], [185]
• Madrid, [194]
• Maerk, bridge over the, [217]
• Mahomed Sidi, Sultan of Morocco, [6]
• Mahmoud II., [304]
• Maida, [154]
• Maine, expedition to State of, [224]
• ——, disputed territory in the State of. See “[America]”
• Makin, sergeant-major, [20], [132]
• Malta, [127], [155]
• Maltese military artificers, [155], [170], [171], [227], [228];
  • sappers, [243]
• Manchester, Duke of, speech against formation of corps, [61]
• Mann Gother, Captain, [83], [95]
• March, Samuel, sergeant, [373]
• Markey, Nicholas, [294]
• Marques, Antonio, [35]
• Marseilles, [228]
• Martinique, [91], [169], [227]
• Matson, Lieutenant, [195], [200], [201], [203];
  • Captain, [283];
  • Major, [371]
• Maule, Captain (Lord Panmure), [276]
• Mauritius, [287], [291–293], [362]
• Maxwell, Joseph, private, [409]
• Mayhead, Abraham, [92]
• Mealey, John, corporal, [459]
• Melhuish, Lieutenant, [180];
  • Captain, [276]
• Melville, Ninian, sergeant, [213]
• Mercer, Colonel, [73];
  • Major-General, [112], [132]
• ——, Cavalie, Captain, [255]
• Mercury, brig, wreck of the, [46]
• Messina, [152], [162], [170], [222]
• Meyers, Joseph, [358]
• Michael, Grand Duke, [428]
• Milan, [228]
• Milburn, Thomas, sergeant, [218]
• Millar, John, private, [172]
• ——, Jonathan, private, [204]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [215], [216]
• Miller, sergeant, [190]
• ——, Robert, corporal, [192]
• Militia-men, [151]
• Milman, Samuel, private, [127]
• Milne, Alexander, private, [250]
• ——, Peter, private, [204]
• Minorca, [119], [132]
• Missouri, steamer, burning of, [427]
• Mitchell, George, private, [145];
  • sergeant, [169]
• ——, Henry, corporal, [326]
• Models, [9], [35–38], [254]
• Moffatt, William, private, [370]
• Moggeridge, Lieutenant, [442]
• Moir, James, sergeant, [111]
• Moncrief, Colonel, [65], [73], [78], [83], [86]
• Montebello, Marquis Di, daughter of, [68]
• Montgomery, Walter, [47]
• Montmartre, domiciliary visit to, [240]
• Monument to Wolfe, [272]
• Moody, Governor, [388–391], [412–415], [434], [446]
• ——, H. C. B., Captain, [461], [463]
• Moore, John, corporal, [364]
• Morocco, Sultan of, [7]
• Morris, James, private, [204]
• ——, John, sergeant, [93]
• Morrison, John, corporal, [21]
• Morse, Colonel, [65], [73]
• Morshead, Captain, [164]
• Mortality, [82], [93], [103], [109], [118], [119], [127], [133], [146], [173], [199], [255], [256], [279], [292], [367], [426]
• Morton, David, private, [94]
• Motto of corps, [292]
• Mudge, Colonel, [347]
• Muir, Andrew, corporal, [284]
• Mulcaster, F. G., Colonel, [65], [73]
• ——, F. W., Lieutenant, [105];
  • Sir Frederick, [292]
• Mulligan, sergeant, [448], [454]
• Munro, Hugh, [295]
• ——, James, private, [219]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [185]
• Murphy, John, private, [442]
• ——, Lieutenant, [298]
• Mustard, Robert, private, [311], [313], [314], [319], [320], [328]
• Mutinies, [110], [112], [114], [138]
• Mutiny Act, corps first included in the, [61]
• Myers, Samuel, private, [87]

• Nancarrow, John, private, [119]
• Napier, James, private, [201]
• Naples, [152], [171], [227]
• Natal, [384–388]
• Needham, Samuel, private, [213]
• Negroes, enlistment of, [110]
• Nepean, Captain, [87];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [132]
• Netherlands. See “[Holland]”
• ——, engineer establishment in the, [236], [237], [239]
• New Brunswick, [185]
• Newell, Robert, corporal, [20]
• Newfoundland, [163], [166], [174], [184]
• New Holland, [310–321], [328–340]
• Newman, George, corporal, [407]
• New Orleans, [223]
• New Zealand, [480]
• Niblock, corporal, [204]
• Nicolay, Sir William, [293]
• Nicolls, Captain, [224]
• Nieuport, [86]
• Niger expedition, [368], [371], [403]
• Nive, [206], [207]
• Nivelle, [206]
• Northfleet, [114], [177]
• North Pole expedition, [481–483]
• Nova Scotia. See “[Halifax].”
• Nowlan, John, private, [206]

• O’Connell, Daniel, M.P., [472]
• O’Hara, General, [36], [50]
• O’Kean, Patrick, private, [250]
• Oldfield, Lieutenant, [99], [166];
  • Captain, [221], [229];
  • Major, [235], [250];
  • Colonel, [402]
• Olivenza, [178]
• Oporto, [170]
• Origin of corps, [1]
• Orthes, [213]
• Ostend, [118]
• Oswego, [222]
• Owen, Lieutenant, [457], [458]

• Page, Lieutenant, [283]
• Painter, William, corporal, [184]
• Palermo, [222], [228]
• Palmer, sergeant-major, [132]
• Pampeluna, [201]
• Parsons, Adam, private, [28]
• ——, Joseph, private, [33]
• Pasley, Major, [187], [188];
  • Lieut.-colonel, [255], [261], [264], [266];
  • Colonel, [303], [325], [348–353], [358–362], [372], [380];
  • Major-General, [392], [419–424], [435]
• Patterson, John, private, [47]
• ——, John, private, [457]
• ——, Philip, private, [122]
• Patton, Captain, [179]
• Paul, Thomas, [167]
• Pay, regimental, [3], [64], [113], [156], [157], [228]
• ——, working, [3], [64], [159], [267], [345], [356]
• Payne, Captain, [227]
• Pembroke, [480]
• Pendennis Castle, [288], [290]
• Penhorwood, private, [204]
• Penman, William, private, [393], [398]
• Penton, Robert, private, [424], [425], [462–464]
• Perdita, removal of, by divers, [393]
• Perexil, [167]
• Peronne, [237]
• Philipville, [239]
• Phillpotts, Lieutenant, [199], [222];
  • Major, [324];
  • Colonel, [480]
• Phipps, John, Captain, [4];
  • Colonel, [65], [161]
• Phipps, W. G., Lieutenant, [72]
• Picurina, fort, [192]
• Pilkington, Lieutenant-Colonel, [173];
  • Major-General, [290]
• Piper, Lieutenant, [205]
• Pipon, Lieutenant, [355], [415];
  • Captain, [449], [450], [465]
• Pisa, [222]
• Pitts, Captain, [206]
• Plattsburg, [222]
• Plymouth, [65], [73], [132], [157], [184], [254], [258], [272], [289]
• ——, riot at, [73–76]
• Pollock, David, sergeant, [135]
• Pontoneers, sappers recognized as, [231]
• Pontoon train, [236], [237]
• Pontoons, [261], [266], [278], [289], [303], [343], [416], [418]
• Porchester, Lord, speech of, against formation of corps, [62]
• Porto Rico, [107]
• Portsmouth, [65], [73], [99], [132], [157], [184], [254], [290], [292], [484]
• Powis, sergeant, [203]
• Power, Patrick, corporal, [214]
• Pratts, Simon, [28]
• Precedence of corps, [65]
• Pringle, Captain, [50]
• Privileges of corps, [50]
• Procida, [171]
• Prussian tactics, [78]
• Puntal, fort of, [211]
• Puntales, [176]
• Purcell, John, sergeant, [230]
• Purfleet, [291]
• Pyrenees, [201], [205]

• Quebec, [272], [275], [291], [292]
• Queue, the, [167]

• Rabling, private, [370]
• Rae, John, corporal, [373], [377], [393], [398], [415], [420], [424], [440], [459]
• Rawdon, Lord, [63]
• Read, sergeant-major, [353], [360]
• Reductions, [228], [243], [247], [253], [287], [290], [306], [356], [382], [403]
• Reed, John, sergeant, [287], [288]
• Reid, Lieutenant, [194];
  • Captain, [243];
  • Major, [264], [265], [284];
  • Lieutenant-Colonel, [441]
• ——, William, private, [350], [353]
• Reis, Mourad (Peter Lisle), [19]
• Relief works, Ireland, [471–476]
• Repeal, [425]
• Reynolds, William, private, [293], [362]
• Richardson, Sir John, [481–483]
• ——, William, corporal, [304], [390]
• Richmond, Duke of, [20], [55–63], [67]
• Richmond, John, sergeant, [6], [28]
• ——, Thomas, Lieutenant, [33–36]
• Rideau canal, [272], [285–287]
• Riot at Plymouth, [73–76]
• Ritchley, William, corporal, [293]
• Roberts, Benjamin, corporal, [117]
• ——, Evan, private, [120], [127];
  • sergeant, [162], [170]
• ——, Lieutenant, [324], [402]
• Robinson, Lieutenant, [323], [343];
  • Captain, [415], [449], [451];
  • Major, [465], [466]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [171]
• ——, William, corporal, [109]
• Rock, Daniel, [295], [448]
• Rocroy, [239]
• Rogers, Lieutenant, [248]
• ——, William, private, [109]
• ——, William, sergeant, [179]
• Roliça, [166]
• Roncesvalles, stockades at, [201]
• Rooney, corporal, [192]
• Ross, Lieutenant, [85];
  • Captain, [163], [178]
• ——, John, sergeant, [326]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Round Down cliff at Dover, [415]
• Rowley, Lieutenant, [98];
  • Major, [161]
• Royal Engineers to command the corps, [3], [65]
• —— George, [348–353], [358–362], [372–378], [392–399], [419–424], [435–440]
• —— Military Artificers, formation of, [58–63], [64]
• —— staff corps, [124], [327]
• Rutherford, Lieutenant, [255]

• St. Domingo, [101], [103], [110], [119]
• — Helena, [242], [254], [257]
• — Julian, [180]
• — Lucia, [92], [102], [142], [248], [255]
• — Marcou, [104], [133]
• Salamanca, [194]
• Sanders, C. K., Lieutenant, [232]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [221], [231]
• Sandham, Captain, [309], [348], [371]
• Sandhurst, [279], [309], [343], [357], [379]
• San Sebastian, [202–205], [303]
• Santa Maura, [177]
• Santona, [210]
• Sappers recognized as pontoneers, [231]
• Sapping and mining, instructions in, [187]
• Sargent, William, [295]
• Savage, Captain, [272];
  • Colonel, [463]
• Savona, [222]
• Scoble, James, private, [250]
• Schools, [221], [245]
• Scrafield, Henry, corporal, [223]
• Scylla castle, [154]
• Second-corporals introduced, [158]
• Seine, bridges over the, [238]
• Serrada bridge, [194]
• Servants, [173]
• Sevenoaks, [121]
• Seville, [195]
• Shambrook, Charles, private, [284]
• Sharp, Adam, private, [28]
• Sheerness, [261], [444]
• Shepherd, Robert, [28]
• ——, George, sergeant, [442]
• Sheridan, Mr., [58–59], [63]
• Sherriff, sergeant, [46]
• Shetland islands, [483]
• Shipley, Major, [107];
  • Colonel, [132], [142], [144];
  • Brigadier-General, [169]
• Shipwrecks, [46], [76], [209], [269], [288], [299]
• Shirres, sergeant-major, [35], [120], [132], [139]
• Shornmead, [96]
• Shorter, quartermaster-sergeant, [261]
• Shot and shell boys, [33–36]
• Sicily, [154], [162], [167], [185]
• Sierra Leone, [267]
• Sim, sergeant, [274], [297], [298]
• Simpson, William, private, [91]
• Sinclair, David, private, [108]
• ——, Sir John, [189]
• Sirrige, Hugh, corporal, [20]
• Sirrell, Thomas, corporal, [270]
• Skelton, John, private, [351–353];
  • corporal, [359], [373], [375–377], [440]
• Skene, Lieutenant, [256]
• Skinner, Ensign, [6];
  • Lieutenant, [13], [50]
  • Lieutenant-colonel, [157]
• ——, W. C., Captain, [50]
• Slieve-snacht, [268]
• Smart, Lieutenant, [50]
• ——, John, private, [94]
• Smith, Alexander, private, [269]
• ——, Captain C. F., [181];
  • Sir Charles F., [244], [363]
• ——, Captain J. C., [153]
• ——, Captain W. D., [222], [255], [256]
• ——, Edward, sergeant, [86]
• ——, Frederick, Mr., [328], [331], [335], [339]
• ——, Hugh, corporal, [365], [479]
• ——, James, sergeant, [19]
• ——, James, sergeant-major, [132]
• ——, James, private, [479]
• ——, John, sergeant-major, [171]
• ——, John, corporal, [260];
  • sergeant, [276], [277]
• ——, Joseph, sergeant, [445]
• ——, Sir Frederic, [441]
• ——, Thomas, private, [398], [415]
• Smyth, J. C., Captain, [166];
  • Colonel, [234], [235], [236];
  • Sir James, [245], [248], [249], [274]
• ——, Captain R. N., [19]
• Southampton, [94], [391], [411], [470], [476]
• Spain, [302], [306–308], [321–323], [341], [354]
• Spalding, Robert, [407]
• Sparks, Sub-Lieutenant, [231]
• Spence, sergeant-major, [68], [132]
• Spencer, B. Keen, corporal, [425]
• Spike island, [143], [157], [184], [248]
• Spry, Colonel, [65], [73]
• ——, William, [294], [304]
• Squire, Captain, [162], [166], [171], [178]
• Stack, William, corporal, [192]
• Staff corps. See “[Royal Staff Corps]”
• Stanway, Lieutenant, [178], [192];
  • Captain, [205];
  • Major, [281], [283]
• Stapleton, Lieutenant, [60]th rifles, [32]
• State, assistance to the, [117]
• Stephens, Thomas, corporal, [173];
  • sergeant, [213]
• Stephenson, Sub-Lieutenant, [199]
• Stephens, Sub-Lieutenant, [218], [241]
• Stewart, Alexander, private, [94]
• ——, Lieutenant, [103]
• Sticklen, private, E. I. Co., [438]
• Stokes, Lieutenant, [455], [457], [484]
• Storie, John, private, [181]
• Stratton, Sub-Lieutenant, [202], [206], [207], [213], [216], [231], [237]
• Streatfeild, Captain, [259]
• Sub-Lieutenants, [158], [160], [185], [228], [247]
• Sullivan, private, E. I. Co., [442]
• Surinam, [119], [144]
• Survey, [264–265], [265–266], [273], [291], [293], [301], [308], [323], [342], [343], [344], [348], [355], [362], [403–411], [415], [445], [447], [465–469], [476], [480]
• Sutherland, Captain, [83]
• Symon, Charles, private, [359]
• Symonds, Lieutenant, [349], [350], [353], [358], [361], [364], [365]
• Syria, [363–368]

• Tabb, corporal, [28]
• Talavera, [170]
• Tarifa, [177], [181]
• Tarragona, [181], [193], [196]
• Tay steamer at Bermuda, [440]
• Taylor, Hugh, sergeant, [103]
• ——, Thomas, private, [128]
• Teaff, Stephen, private, [204]
• Thackeray, Major, [196]
• Thomas, George, private, [169]
• ——, Lady, [338]
• Tholen, [217]
• Thompson, Alexander, Captain, [238]
• ——, James, [272]
• ——, W., Corporal, [393], [398]
• Thomson, Daniel, [47]
• ——, R., Lieutenant, [169];
  • Captain, [216], [221]
• Tibbs, Richard, private, [386], [387]
• Tides, observation of the, [391]
• Tilbury Fort, [96], [114]
• “Times, The,” testimony to the corps of, [481]
• Tobago, [143], [255]
• Torres Vedras, [175], [178]
• Toro, [201];
  • bridge of, [201]
• Torrince, Robert, private, [92]
• Tournai, [222]
• Toulon, [86], [93]
• Toulouse, [213]
• Tower of London, [77], [283]-285
• Townshend, Lieutenant and Adjutant, [275]
• Transfers from the Line, [151]
• —— to the Artillery, [105]
• Trevail, Philip, private, [421], [438]
• Trevethick, William, private, [82]
• Trinidad, [107], [255]
• Tucker, Captain, [445]
• Turkey, [121]-123, [128], [133]-138, [303]
• Turner, Samuel, private, [379], [414]
• ——, Sub-Lieutenant, [195], [196], [201], [202], [204], [231], [232]
• Tuscany, [222]
• Twiss, Major-General, [149]
• Tylden, Major, [236], [244]