=Martinique.=—An island in the Caribbean Sea which has seen encounters between the British and French in 1762, 1794, and 1809. =Masulipatam.=—This refers to a mutiny of troops of the Madras European Regiment during the month of May, 1809. =Meeanee.=—Sir Charles Napier defeated the Ameers on February 17th, 1843. =Minden.=—Defeat of the French, August 1st, 1759, during the Seven Years’ War. =Modder River.=—An engagement which occasioned a heavy list of casualties, fought by Lord Methuen on November 28th, 1899. Later, Lord Roberts, V.C., met the Boers here on February 9th, 1900. =Monte Video.=—Taken February 3rd, 1807; afterwards returned to Spain. =Moodkee.=—Lord Hardinge defeated the Sikhs December 18th, 1845. =Mooltan.=—Besieged during the second Punjab Campaign. The Sikhs were repulsed November 7th, 1848. =Mysore.=—See Mangalore. =Nagpore.=—Captured by the British, November 26th, 1807. =Namur, 1695.=—Then a strong fortress; taken by William III. from the French at the close of his brilliant campaign in the Low Countries. =New Zealand.=—Trouble in 1844 arose from the murder of British settlers by a native chief, Hone Heke. =Niagara.=—The English took this fort on July 24th, 1759; there was also another engagement against the Americans in 1812. =Nieuport.=—A centre of attack on the French army during the revolutionary war, 1793. =Nile, 1884–85.=—The campaign which was directed against the Mahdi to rescue General Gordon. We failed to reach Khartoum in time and Gordon perished. =Nive.=—Several encounters took place here between the British and the French. (December 10th-13th, 1813). =Nivelle.=—Soult defeated by Wellington whose strategy forced the former to retire to Bayonne. (November 10th, 1813). =North America, 1763–64.=—This battle honour refers to the fighting between the British, under Colonel Bradstreet, and certain Indian tribes. =Nundy-droog.=—A stronghold near Bangalore, assaulted by Cornwallis, which fell after a three weeks’ siege. (October, 1791). =Orthes.=—Wellington defeated Soult, February 27th, 1814. =Oudenarde.=—A Marlborough victory in Belgium. (July 11th, 1708). =Paardeberg.=—A battle of the Boer war in which Lord French beat Cronje and forced him to surrender a few days later (February 18th, 1900), on the anniversary of our defeat at Majuba, during the first Boer war. =Pegu.=—An issue of the second Burmese War, 1852. =Peiwar Kotal.=—One of the attacks of the Afghan War, 1878–80, successfully carried out by Lord Roberts, V.C. =Pekin, 1860.=—The “Arrow” incident brought matters to a head and the second Chinese War began in 1857. Owing to the massacre of English residents, Pekin was occupied by British and French troops and the famous Summer Palace razed to the ground. =Pekin, 1900.=—This refers to the Boxer rising.