Latimer, Hugh, 48 Lawrence, Major Stringer, in India, 155-6, 162 Lee, Robert, 4 Lisbon, Wellesley at, 90-1 Lorraine, mentioned, 43 Louis XIV, mentioned, 63-5, 71, 104 Louisburg, French at, 106-7; capture of, 109, 155 Lucknow, 164, 199 Luther, Martin, 40 Luxemburg, Francis Henry, Duke of, 65 Lycurgus, 41 Madras, French at, 155; mutiny in, 176-8; bad administration, 164-5, 167-8; mentioned, 107, 130, 153 Maharajpore, battle of, 192 Mahidpur, battle of, 181 Mandalay, British at, 197 Manila, 77 Maoris, the, wars with, 101, 138-43 Marathas, the, their origin, 153; their growth, 163, 171; British wars with, 166, 174-5, 181, 191-2; mentioned, 195 Marengo, battle of, 86 Maria Theresa, the Empress, 74 Marlborough, John, Duke of, appreciation of, 65-71; mentioned, 94-5 Martinique, mentioned, 116, 123-5, 128 Miani, battle of, 190-1 Militia, the, Pitt's Bill, 78; as recruiting-ground, 85, 88; under Addington, 87; the Local, 89; mentioned, 72, 83, 85, 89 Minden, battle of, 77 Minorca, mentioned, 72, 76, 80-2 Minto, Gilbert, 1st Earl of, in India, 178-81 Mir Jaffier, 160-1 Mogul Empire, 152-4 Moltke, General, 43 Monk, George, 56, 100 Monmouth, James, Duke of, 57 Monson, Colonel, in India, 175 Montecuculi, Raimondo, Conte de, 65 Moodkee, battle of, 193 Mornington, Lord, see under Wellesley, Marquis of Moses, mentioned, 40 Munro, Major Hector, in India, 164, 167 Mutiny Act, 60 Mysore, fighting in, 165, 167, 169, 173 Napier, Sir Charles, in Scinde, 190-1 Napoleon, mentioned, 1, 12, 24, 41-2, 86, 89, 94, 187 Navy, the British, mutiny in, 85; in war of 1812, 113-4 Nepal, fighting in, 180-1 Netherlands, the Austrian, fighting in, 66, 74 Newfoundland, 72-3 New York, settlers of, 104-5; mentioned, 57, 102-3, 110 New Zealand, war in, 137-43 Nizam, the, mentioned, 165, 167, 172 Nova Scotia, mentioned, 72-3, 106 Ochterlony, Sir David, in India, 180-1, 185 Omdurman, battle of, 22 Oudenarde, battle of, 68 Oudh, annexation of, 195 Panipat, battle of, 163 Pegu, annexation of, 195 Peninsular War, the, mentioned, 42; summary of, 89-95 Pennsylvania, Quakers in, 11-12 Persia, 187 Peshwa, 181-2 Philadelphia, capture of, 111 Pindaris, the, fighting with, 179-82 Pitt, Earl of Chatham, William, war policy, 76-80; mentioned, 108, 122 Pitt, William, military policy, 83-8; W. Indian policy, 125-8 Plassey, battle of, 160 Police, the, connection with Army, 9, 54, 56, 72 Pompadour, Mme de, 4 Pondicherry, French at, 154-5, 160-1 Porto Novo, battle of, 167 Porto Rico, mentioned, 115-6, 127 Portugal, British in, 90-1; mentioned, 42 Prome, capture of, 184 Punjab, the, annexation of, 194 Punniar, battle of, 192 Quebec, mentioned, 102, 105, 109 Ramillies, battle of, 68
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