=Blenheim.=—(August 13th, 1704). One of the greatest of Britain’s victories; fought by Marlborough to prevent the capture of Vienna by the Marshals of the French King, Louis XIV., and the Bavarians. =Bourbon.=—A French island, near Mauritius, taken by the British during the Peninsular War in order that our shipping might be protected from enemy raiding vessels which issued from the island harbours. =Burma, 1885–87.=—A war occasioned by the treatment with which the native King Theebaw harassed British traders. =Busaco.=—(September 27th, 1810). A battle fought just prior to Wellington’s withdrawal to the lines of Torres Vedras. =Bushire.=—One of the battles of the Persian War, 1856–7. =Buxar.=—The army of Oude was defeated by Munro here on October 23rd, 1764. =Cabool, 1842.=—Town in Afghanistan entered by General Pollock after he had defeated Mahomed Akbar Khan. =Candahar, 1842.=—The stronghold of General Nott during the Afghan War. He advanced from this town to assist General Pollock and found him in Cabul, where the British flag was flying victoriously. =Canton.=—Bogue Forts surrendered to Sir Hugh Gough in the first China War, 1841. Bombarded in 1857 after the “Arrow” incident. =Cape of Good Hope, 1806.=—Date of British occupation; formerly in possession of the Dutch. =Carnatic.=—Hyder Ali invaded this southern portion of Hindostan with 80,000 troops in 1780, and was thrown back by Sir Eyre Coote in the following year, but completely defeated in 1782. Tippoo Sahib overran this district in 1790, but with little success to his credit. =Central India.=—Refers to the fighting, under Lord Straithnairn, which took place during the first six months of 1858, following on the Indian Mutiny. [Statue in Knightsbridge bears on this campaign.] =Charasiah.=—Lord Roberts met the Afghans here and routed them, 1879, after an outrage had been committed on British plenipotentiaries in Cabul. =Chillianwallah.=—A bloody encounter of the second Punjab War (January 13th, 1849), in which the 24th Regiment (South Wales Borderers) lost heavily. =Chitral.=—Sir George Robertson’s campaign against Umra Khan and Amir-ul-Mulk, when the latter murdered his brother, whom the British considered to be the rightful ruler. =Ciudad Rodrigo.=—A siege of the Peninsular War, January, 1812. =Condore.=—An Indian engagement in which the British, under Ford, met the French, under Conflans. By misleading the French, Ford was able to entice them to charge and then brought into action a regiment of British soldiers which had been hidden in a field of Indian corn. The result was a victory for the British. =Copenhagen.=—The occasion when Nelson placed a telescope to his glass eye and claimed that he could not see Sir Hyde Parker’s signal to cease the action. (April 2nd, 1801).