=Peninsula.=—The campaign between the British and French; under the leadership of the Duke of Wellington. =Persia.=—A war which sprang from the relations of Persia and Russia and comprised the engagements of Reshire, Bushire, Koosh-ab, etc. 1856–7. =Plassey.=—Here Clive, to avenge the “Black Hole of Calcutta,” defeated the Nabob of Bengal, Surajah Dowlah, on June 23rd, 1757. Probably in no important battle have we met greater odds, which were nearly fifty to one. From this battle dates our paramount position in India. There was a prophecy that the “British Raj,” or rule, in India would last a century, and the Mutiny broke out in 1857. =Pondicherry.=—A French colony which has seen much fighting. The Dutch took it in 1693, but it came into French possession once more in 1697. In 1761, the British took it and restored it in 1763; took it again in 1778; French again possessed it in 1783 by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles; later, the British also took it in 1793 and in 1803. =Punjaub.=—The second Sikh war, a campaign necessitated by the murder of British officials on their arrival at the fortress of Mooltan where they were about to take up their appointments, 1848. =Punniar.=—One of the two successful battles fought in the Gwalior Campaign, 1843. =Pyrenees.=—Soult defeated by Wellington, July 28th, 1813. =Quebec, 1759.=—Wolfe was victorious but mortally wounded, September 13th. This success secured for us Canada from the French. =Queenstown.=—Americans who had invaded Canada were defeated October 13th, 1812. =Ramillies.=—The French defeated by Marlborough, May 23rd, 1706. =Relief of Kimberley.=—Boer War, February 15th, 1900. =Relief of Ladysmith.=—Boer War, February 28th, 1900. =Reshire.=—See Persia. =Rohilcund.=—A settlement of the Rohilla tribe, from Afghanistan, in North East India. They owed money to the Sultan of Oude, and as payment was refused, the latter obtained the use of a British force, lent by Warren Hastings, and conquered the settlement. Burke claims that Hastings was to be condemned for lending the force for such purposes. =Roliga.=—Often written “Roleria,” one of the first battles of the Peninsular War, August 9th, 1808. =Sahagun.=—Sir John Moore checked Soult here on December 20th, 1808. =St. Lucia.=—An island in the Windward group which has suffered much change of possession. By the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, it became neutral; became French in 1756; taken by British in 1778; given to the French in 1783 for Grenada; taken by British in 1794 and again in 1796 by Sir Ralph Abercromby. By the Treaty of Amiens, given to the French in 1802; taken from them by the British in 1803. =St. Sebastian.=—Stormed by Graham, August 31st, 1813.