Burgundy, John D. of, murdered, 92 — Philip D. of, sides with English, 92 — — abandons them, 99 — Charles D. of, helps Edward IV., 109 — Louis D. of, at Oudenarde, 170 Busaco, battle of, 208 Cabul, 306 Cadogan, Gen., at Oudenarde, 171 Calais, siege of, 64 — Henry V. marches for, 82 Calcutta, Black Hole of, 296 Cambuskenneth, battle of, 42 Campbell, Sir Colin, at Balaclava, 275 — at Chillianwalla, 313 — at Gujerat, 314 — relieves Lucknow, 316 Cannon. _See_ Artillery Captal de Buch at Poitiers, 77 Cardigan, E. of, at Balaclava, 277 Cardinerie, La, on field of Poitiers, 70 Cathcart, Gen., killed at Inkerman, 282 Cauveripak, Clive's victory at, 296 Cavalry, mailed. _See_ Men-at-Arms — cannot stand on defensive, 73 — most important arm in 17th century, 130 — at Edgehill, 131 — at Marston Moor, 138 — at Naseby, 143 — element of weakness in line of battle at Blenheim, 160 — — at Minden, 185 — not properly used after Ligny, 247 — French, at Waterloo, 260 — Russian, in Crimea not used, 274 — English, at Balaclava, 277, 278 — Mahratta, 300 Challenge to single combat sent by William I., 22 — — Henry V., 82 — to fight a battle sent to Henry V., 83 — — to James IV. of Scotland, 120 Chandernagore, 297 Charleroi, 242 Charles VI. of France, 81, 92 Charles I., precipitated civil war, 129 — at Edgehill, 131 — besieges Gloucester, 132 — drives Essex into Cornwall, 140 — mismanages Naseby campaign, 142 — takes refuge with Scots, 144 — executed, 145 Charles II. begins standing army, 151 Cheriton, battle of, 133 Chillianwalla, battle of, 312 Chroniclers, mediæval, their weak points, 16, 19, 20_n_, 32, 47, 72, 113 Church supported William the Conqueror, 14 Churchill, Gen., at Blenheim, 162 Ciudad Rodrigo, position of, 206 — sieges of, 207, 216 Civil War, peculiar character of, 128 — local division of parties in, 130 Clausel, Gen., at Salamanca, 226 Clifford, Ld., at Towton, 104 Clive, Robert, founded English power in India, 295 — sent to recover Calcutta, 296 — allies secretly with Meer Jaffier, 297 — wins Plassy, 299 Cnut divided England into earldoms, 11 Colborne, Col., at Waterloo, 262 Column, definition of, 176 — English, at Fontenoy, 181 — _versus_ line. _See_ Line Combination of different arms at Hastings, 25 — at Falkirk, 45 — at Crecy, 61, 73 Conquest, when impossible, 46 Contades, marshal, at Minden, 184 Coote, Eyre, at Plassy, 297 Cornwall, Essex driven into, 140 — Rd. Earl of, at Lewes, 31 Corunna, battle of, 198 Courtrai, battle of, 45 Craufurd, Gen. R., marches to Talavera, 202 — on the Coa, 206_n_ — at Busaco, 208 — killed at Ciudad Rodrigo, 217 Crawford, L., parliamentary general, 134