The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman)
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The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815
Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman)
Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820; Rice, Samuel, 1775-1840
Punishment of soldiers, 21, 198, 201, 203, 204, 223
Purchase system, 15-18, 37, 77, 253, 311
Pyrenees, 128, 130, 228, 230, 238, 239, 246, 255, 256, 257, 259;
battles of the, 238-258
Quatre Bras, 278, 281, 286;
Ney attacks Wellington at, 279, 280
Quebec, Sir W. Howe at, 109
Ramsay, Norman, at Fuentes d'Onor, 155
Rangers, the first regular light troops, 108
Recreations. _See_ Amusements
Recruiting, 1793, 24
Red Indians, methods of fighting of, 107, 108, 109
Redinha, combat at, 145
Reform, Army, 1802-7, chap. vi.
Regiments, condition of, 1793, 37, 38, 39; 90, 103, 114, 135, 141, 178,
190, 191, 199, 250, 252, 254, 305
Regiments, British, or in British pay:--
12th Light Dragoons, 57, 61
13th Light Dragoons, 149, 151, 152
1st Foot (Royals), 45, 46
11th, 48, 159
13th, 108 _n._
14th, 292, 293
18th (Royal Irish), 50, 81
19th, 98
23rd, 123 _n._, 292, 293, 297
25th, 48
26th, 165
30th, 48
35th, 281 _n._
43rd, 108 _n._, 114, 243, 248, 272 _n._
50th, 32, 50
51st, 2nd West York, 14;
uniform of, 18, 123, 305;
commanded by Lt.-Col. John Moore, 19, 35, 64, 141, 309;
proceeds to Gibraltar, 19;
prepares for active service, 32;
embarks for Toulon, 32;
loses its baggage, 33;
joins Lord Hood's fleet, 40;
in the attack on Corsica, chap. iii.;
at the capture of St Fiorenzo, Bastia, and Calvi, 44-52;
leaves Corsica for Elba, 79;
withdrawn from the Mediterranean, 83;
quartered at Lisbon, 85, 86;
ordered to India, 89;
lands at Cape Town, 89;
arrives at Madras, 92;
proceeds to Ceylon, 95;
at the capture of Kandy, 98;
garrisons Colombo, 99;
returns to England, 99;
proceeds with Baird to Corunna, 127;
fights at Lugo, 136;
in the retreat to Corunna, 137, 138;
at the battle of Corunna, 139, 140;
arrives in England, 141;
made Light Infantry, 141;
in the Walcheren Expedition, 143;
joins Wellington's army in the Peninsula, 145;
at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, 154, 155;
marches to Badajoz, and twice assaults St Christoval, 159, 160;
with the covering force at Ciudad Rodrigo, 182, 183;
with Graham outside Badajoz, 185;
at the surprise of Llerena, 187;
at the battle of Salamanca, 206-212;
enters Madrid at the head of the army, 213;
at the capture of the Retiro, 213;
covers the siege of Burgos, 215;
in the retreat to Ciudad Rodrigo, 215-224;
attacked at the Valladolid bridge, 216;
fights at San Muños, 224;
fords the Esla R., 230;
at the battle of Vittoria, 234-238;
engaged in the Pyrenees, 238;
fights at the Peña de Haya, 242;
at the battle of the Nivelle, 260, 261;
at the battle of Orthes, 268, 269;
accompanies Beresford to Bordeaux, 269;
returns to England, 270;
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