Church, influence of, on war, 52, 185-193, 204-16, 252 Churches, destruction of, 48 Church parade, 219 Cities, fate of, in war: Amiens, surprise of, 148 Badajoz, storming of, 27 Barcelona, siege of, 138 Brescia, storming of, 103 Calais, siege of, 44 Constantine, storming of, 27 Copenhagen, bombardment of, 15, 268 Dinant, storming of, 102 Gaza, storming of, 107 Grammont, massacre at, 35 Gravelines, massacre at, 36 Haarlem, siege of, 97 Liège, storming of, 102 Limoges, massacre at, 37 Londonderry, siege of, 197-8 Magdeburg, massacre at, 27, 112 Malta, siege of, 97 Meaux, surrender of, 45, 101 Mirandola, siege of, 197 Oudenarde, siege of, 47 Pekin, English at, 237 Persepolis, burning of, 108 Poitiers, massacre at, 34 Rome, sack of, 103 Rouen, surrender of, 47, 101 San Sebastian, storming of, 28 Strasburg, bombardment of 15, 17, 106 Terouanne, destruction of, 137 Thebes, sack of, 103 Toledo, siege of, 42 Tyre, siege of, 108 Ulm, surprise of, 149 Washington, English in, 16 Conference stratagem, 136 Conscription, the, 242-8 Consecration of banners, 201 Contraband, 88 Contributions, military, 20, 118 Costume, military, 222-3 Crossbow, 4, 133 Cruelty and courage, 110 Custom of war, character of, 186, 210 Decimation, story of, 222 Declaration of Paris, 73, 78, 86-9 Declaration of St. Petersburg, 2, 3, 81 Declaration of war, 19, 198 Desertion, 230-1 Discipline, 7, 218, 234, 236 Dress, philosophy of military, 229 Duty, 74, 121, 264 Embargoes, 89 Explosive bullets, 1-2, 81 False flag, stratagem of the, 128-130 False information in war, 152 Fecials, Roman, 271 Firearms, feeling against, 5, 226 Fireships, 84-5 Flogging, 234-5 Forged despatches, 151 Free Companies, 60, 260 Free ships, free goods, 87 Fruit-trees, 16, 17, 47, 161 Germans, the, in war, 40, 106, 115-9 Greek fire, 83-4 Grenadiers, 223 Hanging in war, 44-7 Honour, variable notions of, 155-6, 267 Hostages, taking of, revived, 117 Innocent III., 206 Invention of the bayonet, 6 Jomini, Baron, President of Brussels Conference, 95 Julius II., story of, 196 Jus Angariæ, 90 Justice in war, 208, 258-9, 271, 273-80 Khonds, theory of war, 203 Kidnapping soldiers in Germany, 241 Kissing the earth, custom of, 201 Lateran Council, Third, 4 Laws of war among savages, 159 Lent, observation of, in war, 51, 205 Leo the Great, 204 Letters of marque, 74, 78 Letters, military contempt for, 156 Limoges, Council of, 203 Loha Pennu, an Indian war-god, 203 Macedonian warfare, 133 Magic, use of, in war, 199 Malingering, 231-4 Marriage, restrictions on, 218-9 Mercenary service, 260-3 Military cant, 21, 105-6, 118, 163 -- vandalism, 16, 48, 163, 237 Missionaries, 176-182 -- failure of, 177 -- legal control of, 181 Missionaries, Norwegian, in Zululand, 179