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
Salamanca, 128, 129, 130, 147, 148, 149, 172, 178, 205, 206, 208, 210,
222, 223, 224;
campaign of, chap. x.;
battle of, 211, 212
Saldanha, 132
Salisbury, troops trained at, 1774, 109
Salvatierra, 236, 237, 238
Sanchez, Don Julian, 179
Sandhurst, 253 _n._
"Sans culottes," 30, 59
Santarem, 145
Sarre, 258, 260, 300 _n._
Sault de Navailles, 269
Saxons, 275
Scheldt R., 142, 277
Schweidnitz, Gen., 276
Seaton, Lord. _See_ Colborne, Sir J.
Senlis, 298
"Sepoy General," Napoleon's name for Wellington, 291
Septinsular Republic (Ionian Isles), 308
Seringapatam, 90 _n._;
capture of, 92
Seville, 162, 195
Shawe, Capt. R., 51st, killed in Corsica, 76
Shorncliffe, 135, 250;
Sir J. Moore's camp at, 114-120
Siborne, Capt. W., the historian, 288;
his model of Waterloo, 293
Sicily, 308;
Sir J. Moore goes to, 117
Sickness of troops, in Corsica, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 60, 61, 65, 69;
in India, 93;
in Ceylon, 98, 99;
in Walcheren, 142, 145;
in Peninsula, 177, 178, 179, 194, 219, 224, 258
Sierra de Gata (Gaeta), 183
Simancas, 216
Simonstown, South Africa, occupied by British in 1795, 91
Skirmishers, Croats as (1757), 106;
Mesnil Durand advocates use of (1774), 106, 107;
Red Indians as, 107;
Highlanders as, 107 _n._;
training of British, 112-120;
at Waterloo, 284, 285, 289, 295.
_See also_ Light Infantry;
Jägers;
Voltigeurs.
Smellie, Capt. P., 51st, 208
Smith, Gen. Sir Harry, 222
Soldiers, British, amusements of, 123, 180;
characteristics of, 250, 252, 257;
conduct of, 20, 21, 36, 94, 95, 134, 189, 190, 191, 199, 200, 223,
224, 237, 238, 243;
punishment of, 22-24, 198, 201, 203, 204, 223
Soult, Marshal, Duc de Dalmatie, Moore's adversary in Corunna campaign,
131-140;
defeated by Wellesley at the Douro, 143;
commands French in South Spain, 150;
moves towards Badajoz, 152, 157;
defeated at Albuhera, 157;
joined by Marmont, 161;
retires to Seville, 162;
encounters Graham outside Badajoz, 186;
in Andalusia, 195, 196, 197;
cut off by destruction of Almaraz bridge, 205;
advances on Madrid with King Joseph, 222;
commands French army in the Pyrenees, 239;
attempts to relieve Pampeluna and San Sebastian, 239-245;
holds the line of the Nivelle, 258;
defeated by Wellington, 260;
holds Bayonne and the line of the Nive, 265;
defeated at Orthes, 268;
retires to the north-east, 269;
defeated at Toulouse, 270;
quits Waterloo with Napoleon, 291;
collects the French army at Laon, 296;
retreats on Paris, 297
South Africa, British and Dutch in, 1794-1814, 90-92
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