Military History: Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, CambridgeFortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
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Military History: Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge
Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
Great Britain -- History, Military; Military history
Ramnuggar, action at, 194
Rangoon, British at, 183, 195
Ranjit Singh, mentioned, 182, 192
Reunion, Is. of, 36
Roberts, F.M., Earl, mentioned, 159
Rohilla War, 166
Rome, sack of, 24-5
Russia, mentioned, 28, 51-2, 187
St Domingo, mentioned, 115-6;
expedition to, 119-20
St Kitts, 57
St Lawrence R., French colonies on, 102-3;
expedition to, 106
St Lucia, mentioned, 82, 123, 126-7
St Thomas, 115
St Vincent, fighting in, 117, 126
St Vincent, John Jervis, Earl, in the W. Indies, 125
Saratoga, defeat at, 112
Saul, King of Israel, 25
Schellenberg, battle of the, 68
Scinde, operations in, 188, 190-1
Scindia, mentioned, 171, 174-5, 191
Scotland, rebellion in, 72, 74-6
Senegal, 82
Seringapatam, sieges of, 26, 169-71, 173
Shah Shuja, 187-8
Shakespeare, William, 52
Shelley, P. B., mentioned, 33
Shore, Sir John, in India, 172
Sikhs, the, their growth, 171, 182, 188;
war with, 191-4
Simonstown, 131
Siraj-ud-Daula, 160
Sitabaldi, battle of, 181
Sivaji Bonsla, mentioned, 153-4
Smith, Sir Harry, in S. Africa, 133;
in India, 193
Smith, Col. Joseph, in India, 165
Smollett, Tobias, 122
Sobraon, battle of, 193
Spain, her wars, 8, 23, 25, 52, 82;
colonies, 116, 120;
mentioned, 63, 73, 89, 102
Spanish Succession, War of the, 64-8
Sparta, 41
Stirling, mentioned, 43, 75
Strategy, definition of, 42-3
Stuart, General James, 168
Suffren, Admiral, 168
Suti, battle of, 164
Swiss, the, as soldiers, 50
Tactics, definition of, 43-4;
changes in, 47-50, 60
Talents, Ministry of All the, 88
Tangier, mentioned, 56-7, 65
Tennasserim, capture of, 184
Tippoo Sahib, mentioned, 168-73
Tobago, mentioned, 82, 127
Tournay, fighting at, 68
Trafalgar, 199
Trichinopoly, fighting at, 156, 161
Trinidad, 115, 127
Tugela R., fighting on the, 134
Undwa Nala, battle of, 164
Utrecht, Peace of, 71, 106
Vellore, mutiny at, 176-7
Vendôme, Louis Joseph, Duke of, mentioned, 68
Vienna, mentioned, 67
Virginia, 57
Volunteers, the, under Addington, 87-8
Walpole, Sir Robert, 72
Wandewash, battle of, 162
Warburg, battle of, 77
_Warren Hastings_, the troop-ship, 36-7
Washington, George, 4, 107
Waterloo, battle of, 79, 95
Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, in India, 172, 174, 176, 179
Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, character of, 95-6;
in India, 173-5;
his scheme for the Peninsular War, 90-5;
mentioned, 25, 41-2, 68, 159, 182, 186, 198
William III, the army under, 59;
W. Indian expedition, 120
William, Duke of Cumberland, mentioned, 74-5
Wolfe, General James, mentioned, 109
Xavier, François, mentioned, 40
York, Frederick, Duke of, 85
Zizka, John, mentioned, 52
Zulus, the, wars with, 134-5
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