The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th

by William Henry Cope

Nana Sahib, pursuit of, [371]
Napier, Charles, [7]
Nash, W., [526]
Nawabgunge, battle of, [388]
Nelson, Lord, praises the Rifle Corps, and gives them medals, [8]
Nepaul, operations in, [418]
Nesbitt, Sergeant, [526]
Netherlands, embarkation for, [195]
New Brunswick, service at, [230]
Newdigate, E., [334], [526];
wounded, [322]
Newdigate, H. R. L., [381], [400], [437]
New Orleans, expedition to, [181];
attack on the lines before, [187]
Nicholl, C. R. H., [354], [421], [488], [496]
Ninety-fifth, the Rifle Corps numbered, [9]
Nive, battle of, [159]
Nivelle, battle of, [155]
Nixon, A., [334], [361], [376], [381], [432-450], [467], [526];
death of, [508]
Noble, C., wounded, [16];
killed, [38]
Noel, Hon. E., [489]
Nonadee, [443] [n.]
Norcott, Major-Gen. Sir Amos G., [14], [16], [17], [33], [34], [37], [67], [526];
wounded, [170], [205], [208], [212]
Norcott, Major-Gen. W. S. R., [304], [307], [308], [309], [311], [313], [335], [338], [340], [527]
Noseley, G. R., taken prisoner, [321]
Nova Scotia, service in, [226-233], [241]
Nuggur, fight near, [383];
panic at, [384]
Nutt, James, [527]

Obidos, [24]
O’Hare, Major P., [18], [51], [71], [527];
killed, [107]
O’Hea, I., [466], [527]
Oomria, fort captured, [415]
Orange river, [291]
Ordah, fight near, [495];
crossing the, [496]
Ordahsu, fight at, [497], [499]
‘Orinoco,’ steamship, [299];
on fire, [300]
Orthez, battle of, [166], [167]
Oude Field Force, [370]
Outposts of Riflemen, their good understanding with their opponents, [47], [61], [74], [75], [86], [158], [161];
sometimes interrupted, [161], [162]
Outram, Sir James, [374] et seq.
‘Ovens’ taken, [323], [327];
maintained, [327], [328]
Oxenden, C. V., [252], [392], [400], [403], [414]

Paialvo, skirmish at, [71]
Pakenham, Hon. H. R., wounded, [24]
Pandoo Nuddee, fight at the, [349]
Paris, Riflemen enter, [213]
Passo Chico, skirmish at, [16]
Patrols in Kaffraria, [289]
Pellew, Hon. B. R., wounded, [338]
Perceval, James, wounded, [147]
Percival, L., [388], [400]
Percival, William, [109], [527];
wounded, [62]
Piper, F., [413]
Pitt, Sergeant, killed, [384]
Playne, F. C., [354];
wounded, [339]
Plunket, T., shoots General Colbert, [34]
Pombal, skirmish at, [72]
Ponte da Murcella, skirmish at, [78]
Prah, crossing the, [485]
Pratt, M., killed, [57], [58]
‘Prince Consort’s Own,’ Rifle Brigade designated, [458]
Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, [469];
address to, [474];
and answer, [475];
Guard of Honour furnished by Riflemen in India, [509]
Promby, H., [527]
Puente Larga, defence of, [120]
Putarah, [365]
Pyrenees, [143]

Quarman, [491], [492]
Quatre Bras, [197], [199]
Quebec, fire at, [466]

Raglan, Lord, [309], [311];
letter, [324];
general order, [325];
his kindness to the Riflemen, [333];
his funeral, [337]
Rains, Charles, [527]
Ramgunga, operations on, [368]
Raptee, fight at the, [413];
operations on, [418] et seq.
Redan, attack on the, [334], [335]
Redinha, skirmish at, [73]
Reilly, P., killed, [57], [58]
Reserve battalion formed, [241];
disbanded, [267]
Retreat to Portugal, [123-125]
Return of the Rifle Corps on its formation, [2]
Reviews by the King of the Netherlands, [180];
by the Allied Sovereigns, [215];
by the Duke of Clarence, [229];
after the coronation of Queen Victoria, [235];
by French generals, [301], [341];
by Russian generals, [341];
by the Shah of Persia, [478];
by the Prince of Wales, [480], [509];
by the Czar of Russia, [481];
by the Sultan of Zanzibar, [509].
[See Victoria]
Reynolds, John, wounded, [190]
Ribton, Sir John, wounded, [170], [190]
Richards, H. E., [398], [399];
killed, [402], [403]
Ridgway, J. A., wounded, [152], [208]
Rifle, Baker, [238], [515];
Brunswick, [238], [516];
Lancaster, [292], [516];
Minié, [299], [516];
Enfield, long, [332], [452], [517];
Enfield, short, [347], [452], [517];
Whitworth, [464], [467], [517];
Snider, [467], [517];
Martini-Henry, [507], [517]
Rifle Corps, its formation, [1-4]
Riflemen mounted on gun-limbers, [408];
on horses, [71]
Riley, F. A., wounded, [338]
Roleia, [25]
Rooper, E., [305], [320];
wounded, [321];
death of, [322]
Rose, Sir Hugh, [see Strathnairn]
Ross, Sir J., [527];
wounded, [205], [209], [212]
Ross, Col. John, [307], [311], [312], [334], [359], [379], [381], [429], [450], [462], [477], [527]
Ross, Sergeant, [527]
Rowles, J., [334]
Rueda, [115]
Russell, Lord A. G., [340], [452], [480], [481], [508], [527]
Russian picquet relieved by Riflemen, [329]
Ryder, H. S., killed, [338];
account of, [339]

Sabugal, combat of, [80];
panic at, [87]
St. Sebastian stormed, [147]
Salamanca, battle of, [118];
retreat to, [121];
Lieut. Firman killed there, [122]
San Francisco stormed, [92]
San Millan, skirmish at, [133]
San Munoz, fight at, [124]
San Pedro, [16] [n.]
San Pedro, in Portugal, [83]
Sasseram, [438]
Saugur, [448]
Sault Ste. Marie, Riflemen shipwrecked at, [262]
Saunders, G. R., [335], [527]
Scanlan, C., wounded, [14]
Scott, Henry, wounded, [156]
Scott, J., [527]
Scott, Hon. T. C., [491], [495], [498]
Scriven, H. A., [381], [435];
killed, [443]
Seaton, Lord, [see Colborne]
Sebastopol, [312]
Seville, skirmish at the bridge, [120]
Shaw, S., [391], [527]
Shenley, G. H., wounded, [209]
Shenley, William, wounded, [208]
Shergotty, [438]
Sherston, C. D., wounded, [489], [493]
Shots, remarkable, by Riflemen, [34], [103], [314], [355]
Shubkudder, fight at, [462]
Sidka Ghât, fight at, [418]
Simmons, George, [62], [89], [95], [96], [103], [108], [124], [151], [156], [164], [197], [199], [210], [211] [n.];
wounded, [57], [170], [208]
Simmons, Joseph, [124]
Simpson, Sergt.-Major, obtains a commission, [77]
Sinde, crossing the, [448]
Singer, J., [412], [421]
Small, Sergeant, [527]
Smith, Sir Harry, [110], [193], [255], [256], [257], [258], [259], [261], [265], [266], [527];
wounded, [57];
last inspection of Riflemen, [451];
death of, [454]
Smith, Lady, [110], [111]
Smith, Major P. (of the Bays), killed, [374];
his body recovered by Riflemen, [375]
Smith, Thomas, [97], [99], [100], [149], [150], [212], [213];
wounded, [57]
Smith, Charles, [195]
Smyth, C., wounded, [156];
killed, [199]
Smyth, Hon. Leicester, [290], [294], [527]
Smyth, W. J., wounded, [490], [493]
Sobral, skirmish at, [62]
Soita, retreat to, [91]
Somerset, A. H. T. H., [489], [494]
Somerset, Major-General Edward, [320], [329], [338], [340], [345], [452], [527]
Sotheby, F. E., [408], [419], [425], [488], [492]
Soult, Colonel, captured by Riflemen, [72]
Soult, Marshal, [235]
Spaniards recruited for Riflemen, [128];
their ferocity, [138]
Standing orders of the Regiment, [6]
Staples, Sergeant, [527]
Stephens, A. H., [400], [486], [489], [500];
wounded, [493]
Stewart, Archibald, [527]
Stewart, Allen, wounded, [208], [211] [n.]
Stewart, D., wounded, [107]
Stewart, James, [52];
his death and character, [79]
Stewart, Hon. J. H. K., [56], [527]
Stewart, Major John, [527];
killed, [75]
Stewart, the Hon. W., proposes the formation of a corps of Riflemen, [1];
account of him, [6-8] [n.], [43], [49], [515], [527];
his death, [228]
Stilwell, J., killed, [208]
Stokes, J. M., killed, [107]
Stopford-Sackville, L. R., [497]
Storey, Assist.-Surgeon, [404]
Strathnairn, Lord, [430] et seq.
Strode, Lieut., killed, [75]
Struck, H., [527]
Stuart, the Hon. James, [335], [527]
Subhadar’s tank, [362]
Suddlers, Corporal, [350]
Sufferings of Riflemen, [322], [330], [331], [332], [362], [363], [387], [392], [396], [426]
Sukreta, fights at, [441], [442], [443]
Sundeehlah, [397]
Sunstroke, [392], [433]
Supper, French, eaten by Riflemen, [77]
Surtees, William, [11], [29] [n.], [30] [n.], [109], [169], [172];
wounded, [170]
Sweden, detachment of Riflemen embark for, [22]
Swinley, Rifle Corps encamped there, [3]

Tainst, Ed., [527]
Tantia Topee, pursuit of, [445];
captured, [446];
hanged, [447]
Tarbes, battle of, [169]
Tarifa, [65]
Tarsac, combat of cavalry at, [168]
Taylor, [498], [507], [527]
Taylor, M. B. W., [489]
Tchernaya, [310], [311]
Tents first provided in the Peninsula, [129]
Thorpe, Sergeant, [528]
Thynne, W. F., killed, [378]
Tilbey, T., [528]
Torres Vedras, [61]
Toulouse, battle of, [173]
Tournefeuille, skirmish at, [172]
Travers, James, [92], [182], [192], [528];
wounded, [190]
Travers, Nicholas, wounded, [150], [190]
Travers, Sir Robert, [3], [5], [16], [23], [27], [29], [528];
wounded, [18]
Travers, W. S., wounded, [352]
‘Trent’ affair, [456]
Tryon, Henry, [320], [323], [324], [325], [326]
Turner, Brigadier, [437] et seq.
Turner, P., killed, [18]
Turner, W., [528]

Uniacke, J., wounded, [84];
killed, [96];
his funeral, [97];
his character, [97]
Uniform, change of, [231], [333], [381], [435], [455], [470], [474], [479]

Vandeleur, Sir H., [112]
Varna, [300], [302]
Vera, bridge of, defended by Riflemen, [149]
Vera, pass of, forced, [151]
Vickers, Gentle, wounded, [152]
Victoria, Queen, guards furnished by Riflemen, [239], [262];
distributes Crimean medals to Riflemen, [334];
reviews them, [235], [238], [343], [346], [478], [506]
Victoria Cross won by Riflemen, [314], [324], [327], [333], [366], [378], [391];
distributed by the Queen to eight Riflemen, [346];
recommendations for, [309] n., [319] [n.], [336], [466]
Victories, names of, to be borne, [221], [509], [460], [510]
Vimiera, battle of, [27]
Vittoria, battle of, [135]

Wade, Hamlet, [10] [n.], [19], [29], [48], [66], [196], [528]
Walcheren, expedition to, [48];
effects of the climate of, [50]
Wales (South), disturbances in, [238], [239]
Walker-Myln, H., [528]
Waller, Sergt.-Major, [528]
Walpole, Sir Robert, [355], [365], [370], [378], [528]
Walsh, J. P., wounded, [209]
Warren, A. F., [334], [356], [378], [407], [412], [421], [479], [494], [500], [528]
Waterkloof, [277], [279], [286]
Waterloo, [201] et seq.
Webb, Vere, wounded, [209]
Wellington, Duke of, first service of Riflemen under, [19], [20];
praises them, [21], [24], [27], [53], [58], [73], [77], [82], [85];
present with them in action, [61], [118], [123], [133], [136], [198], [204], [205], [206], [207];
orders them rations, [76];
orders them into houses, [58], [83];
inspects them, [92], [113], [215], [235];
for the last time, [269];
protected by Riflemen, [74], [116];
severe order after the retreat from Portugal, [126];
escorted by Riflemen, [158], [159], [295];
appointed Colonel-in-Chief, [218];
certifies the names of their victories, [221];
his death, [295];
his body guarded by Riflemen, [295];
his funeral attended by them, [295]
Weymouth, Rifle Corps trained there, [8]
Wheatley, Francis, [314], [346], [528]
Wilbraham, Richard, [234]
Wilkins, G., [528];
wounded, [208]
Wilmot, Sir Henry, [365], [378], [528]
Windham, General, [349] et seq.
Wiseman, R., [528]
Wives of Riflemen outraged, [223]
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, [479] et seq.
Wood, J., [528]
Woodford, Charles J., [347], [348], [350], [351], [528];
wounded, [338];
killed, [354], [355], [357]
Woodford, E. S. G., killed, [336]
Worsley, T. T., wounded, [107], [209], [210]
Wright, William, [178], [180] [n.];
wounded, [208]