Artillery, developed before hand firearms, 115 — long of little use save in sieges, 116 — gave supremacy to crown, 116 — at siege of Harfleur, 82 — — Orleans, 97 — — Sebastopol, 286 — at Minden, 185 Artillery at Alma, 272 — at Gujerat, 314 — Sikhs strong in, 307 — earliest was breechloading, 115 Aspern, battle of, 205 Assye, battle of, 302 Atherton Moor, battle of, 132 Auberoche, battle of, 56 Auckland, Lord, Governor-General of India, 306 Audacity often the best policy: — at Oudenarde, 171 — at Talavera, 203 — at Balaclava, 278 — with Orientals, 290, 302 Axe, main weapon of English at Hastings, 21 Babinet, Col., his memoir on battle of Poitiers, 71_n_ Badajos, position of, 206, 218 — surrendered to French, 210 — sieges of, 211, 218 Baden, Margrave of, in Blenheim campaign, 157 Baillie, Scottish general at Marston Moor, 137 Baker of Swinbrook, 75_n_ — his account of Bannockburn, 47, 49 — — Crecy, 62 — — Poitiers, 76 Balaclava, flank march to, 274 — battle of, 276 Balliol, John, K. of Scotland, 41 Bannockburn, battle of, 4, 48 — consequences of, 50 — compared to Crecy, 67 Barbour, his life of Bruce, 47 Barnard, Gen., at Delhi, 318 Barnet, battle of, 111 _Bastide_, 93_n_ Battle Abbey, 23 Battles, nature of interest in, 1 _sqq._ — locality of, how determined, 4 — mediæval meaning of word, 30_n_ — cannot be understood if isolated, 3 — lessons from, 6 Bavaria, Elector of, in Blenheim campaign, 157 Bayeux tapestry, 20_n_ Bayonet, invention of, 116 Bedford, Regent, 92 Belgian troops in Wellington's army, 240 — at Quatre Bras, 243 — at Waterloo, 254 Bengal, conquest of, 299 Berar, rajah of, 301 Beresford, Gen., at Albuera, 211 Berkeley, Sir M., at Poitiers, 77 Berwick, captured by Edward I., 43 — James duke of, 169 Black Prince at Crecy, 64 — his raid through France, 68 — takes position at Poitiers, 70 — negotiates for peace, 74 — leads final charge in battle, 78 — his death, 79 Blake, Spanish general at Albuera, 211 Blenheim, French position at, 159 — scheme of allies for attacking, 161 — details of battle, 162 — importance of victory, 164 Blucher, marshal, in Waterloo campaign, 239 — co-operation with Wellington, 245, 249, 263 — defeated at Ligny, 246 — retreats on Wavre, 247 — his personal zeal, 259 Bohemia, John K. of, at Crecy, 64 Bosquet, Gen., at Inkerman, 283 _Boulevard_, 91_n_ Bretigny, treaty of, 78 Britons, conquered by Romans, 9 — — by Saxons, 10 Broglie, D. of, at Minden, 184 Bruce, Robt. K. of Scotland, 46 — his tactics at Bannockburn, 47 — his exploit before the battle, 48 Brunswick, D. of, killed at Quatre Bras, 244 Brussels, in Waterloo campaign, 243 Bulow, Gen., in Waterloo campaign, 242, 259, 262 Burgos, siege of, 227