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by Bryan Perrett


  Dak To, 201, 215

  Darby, Lt Col William O., 164, 171

  Dargai, 8–9, 113–122

  Dearborn, Maj Gen Henry, 39, 40

  Delhi, 67, 73, 80, 84, 85, 110

  Detroit, 38, 40, 41

  Dilkusha palace and park, 86

  Donaldson, Sgt J., 121

  Dobell, Lt Gen Sir Charles, 144, 145

  Drummond, Lt Gen Gordon, 40, 51–53, 56–62

  Duffy, Private, 82

  Eberbach, General Hans, 191, 192

  Edwards, 2/Lt J. W., 159, 160

  El Caney, 129, 131, 132, 133, 136–137

  El Mughar, 160

  El Pozo Hill, 131, 132, 133

  Elgin, Lord, 96, 97

  ‘Epsom’, Operation, 176–183

  Eterville, 184, 188, 189, 191

  Esquay, 184, 185, 194, 197

  Evans, Major Thomas, 48

  Evrecy, 174, 197

  Ewart, Lt Col, 87, 88

  Eyre, Major Vincent, 80, 82

  Falkenhayn, General Erich von, 147, 156

  Fatehpur, 75

  Fawcett, Captain Ralph, 26

  Fawzi Pasha, 147, 157

  Findlater, Piper George, 119, 120, 121, 122n

  Fitzgerald, Brig Gen Gerald, 151, 152, 153, 157

  Fitzgibbon, Hosp Appr Andrew, 107, 108

  Fontenay, 176

  Forester, HMS, 97

  Fort Ali Musjid, 111

  Fort Erie, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 61, 62

  Fort George, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 47, 51, 52, 53, 61

  Fort Gulistan, 111, 113

  Fort Jamrud, 111

  Fort Landi Kotal, 111

  Fort Lockhart, 111, 112

  Fort Maude, 111

  Fort Niagara, 38, 40, 43

  Fry, Major, 5DCU, 196–197

  Fuentes de Oñoro, 15

  Furnace, Ensign Edward, 25

  Gaza, 9, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 156, 160, 161

  Gavrus, 180

  Gazan, Maj Gen, 17, 23

  Gerow, Maj Gen Leonard T., 165

  Giap, General Vo Nguyen, 215

  Girard, Maj Gen, 17, 23

  Godinot, Brig General, 17, 35n

  Gordon, Lt Col John, 48, 50

  Gough, Sergeant, 31, 35n

  Grandcamps les Bains, 169

  Grafton, Major Joseph, 50

  Grant, Lt Gen Sir James Hope, 84, 91, 103, 104, 107

  Grant, Brig Gen William, 151, 152, 153, 155

  Gray-Cheape, Lt Col Hugh, 157, 158, 159

  Greathead, Brig Gen, 86

  Hamilton, Maj Gen Sir John, 16, 19, 28, 31

  Hampton, Brig Gen Wade, 41

  Hardinge, Col Henry, 29

  Harmel, SS Maj Gen Heinz, 189, 192

  Harrison, Major, 153

  Harrison, Maj Gen William, 41

  Haughty, HMS, 97, 101

  Hausser, SS Col Gen, 182

  Haut du Bosq, 179

  Havelock, Brig Gen Sir Henry, 74–85, 90, 91

  Hay, Lt Col John, 48, 50

  Hay, Lt Col Leith, 87

  Hearst, William Randolph, 124

  Henry, Cpl, 190

  Hill 112, 10, 174–198

  Hill 113, 181

  Hill 823, 203, 204, 206

  Hill 875, 10, 206–215

  Hill 1070, 149

  Hill 1180, 153

  Hindman, Major Jacob, 44, 50

  Hitler, Adolf, 182, 183

  Hodgson, Maj Gen Sir Henry, 151, 152

  Hope, Brig Gen the Hon Adrian, 86–91

  Hope, Rear Admiral Sir James, 97–104, 107

  Horton, Lt William, 45

  Huj, 9, 157–160, 162n

  Inglis, Brig Gen J. E. W., 69, 71–72, 77, 79, 83

  Inglis, Lt Col William, 25, 34, 35n

  Ismet Bey, 155

  Izard, Maj Gen George, 62

  Izzet Bey, 161

  Jackson, Ensign, 26

  James, Lt Col R. W., 191–196

  Janus, HMS, 97

  Jerusalem, 140, 146, 156, 161

  Jesup, Major Thomas, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 63

  Johnson, Lt Col James H., 203, 204, 205, 209, 211, 214

  Joscelyne, Major Richard, 179, 192, 193

  Junot, General Andoche, 11, 12

  Jupiter, Operation, 184–197

  Kaisarbagh, the, 82

  Kaufman, Captain Harold J., 207, 208, 209, 210

  Kavanagh, Thomas, 84–85

  Kearsage, USS, 123

  Kelly, Brig Gen Philip, 157

  Kelly, Major Willam, 212

  Kempster, Brig Gen F. J., 113, 114, 117, 118, 122n

  Kent, Brig Gen J. F., 127, 131, 133

  Kestrel HMS, 97, 101

  Ketchum, Captain Daniel, 57

  Kettle Hill, 9, 131, 133, 134, 136

  Kiley, Captain Michael, 207, 208

  Kress von Kressenstein, General, 144, 147, 156, 161

  Kuhn, Sgt, 169

  Lane, Private Thomas, 106, 108n

  Las Guásimas, 128, 134

  Latham, Lt Matthew, 21–22, 33–34, 35n

  Latour-Maubourg, Lt Gen Marie, 16, 17, 19, 20, 29, 31, 35n

  Lawrence, Brig Gen Sir Henry, 67, 69, 72, 74, 79, 83

  Lawrence, Col T. E., 141, 162n

  Lawson, Private, 119, 120, 121

  Lawton, Brig Gen H. W., 127, 128, 131, 132

  Leavenworth, Major Henry, 49, 56

  Le Bon Repos, 184, 185, 197

  Lee, Gen Fitzhugh, 125

  Lee, HMS, 97, 101

  Lenon, Lt Edmund, 106

  Leonard, Captain Ronald R., 211–214

  L’Estrange, Major Guy, 23, 33, 35n

  Linares, Lt Gen Arsenio, 129, 131, 132, 137

  Lipscomb, Lt Col C. G., 196

  Lloyd George, Prime Minister David, 145

  Lockhart, Lt Gen Sir William, 113, 115, 117, 121

  Lomell, Sgt, 169

  Lozada, PFC Carlos, 209, 211

  Lucknow, 8, 67, 69–74, 75, 78, 79, 80–93

  Lumley, Maj Gen the Hon Sir William, 16, 19, 20, 21, 29, 31

  Lundy’s Lane, 8, 52, 53–62, 63

  Macbean, Major, 119

  Macdonnell, Col George, 41

  Mackay, Sgt J., 121

  Mackie, Colour Sergeant J., 120, 121

  Mackonochie, Captain James, 47

  Maclachlane, Captain James, 54, 55, 58

  MacMillan, Maj Gen G. H. A., 176, 180

  McClure, Brig Gen George, 40

  McDougall, Private John, 106

  McFarland, Major Daniel, 50, 58

  McKinley, President, 124

  McNeil, Major John, 49

  Mad Fakir, the, see Sadullah

  Madison, President, 43

  Maine, USS, 123, 125

  Maizar, 110–111

  Maltot, 184, 189–191, 196, 197

  Mangalwar, 79

  Marshall, Gen George C, 163

  Mattinière School, 69, 86

  Masséna, Marshal Andre, 14, 16

  Mathers, Sgt D., 121

  Mathias, Lt Col H. H., 9, 112, 115, 117–121

  Maude, Captain Francis, 75, 81, 93n

  Meerut, 66, 67

  Megiddo, 9, 161

  Meinertzhagen, Captain Richard, 147, 162n

  Mercer, Lt W. B., 159

  Mess House, the, 89–90

  Michel, Maj Gen Sir John, 103, 104

  Müler, Lt Col Joseph, 58

  Milne, L/Cpl (Piper), 119, 121

  Mondrainville, 180

  Montagnards, 203, 215n

  Montgomery, Field Marshal Viscount, 10, 175, 176, 182, 183, 184

  Moravian Town, 41

  Morrison, Colonel J. W., 41, 52, 58

  Moti Mahal, 89–90

  Muldoon, Captain James, 205, 206, 211, 213

  Murat, Marshal Joachim, 11

  Murray, Lt Gen Sir Archibald, 141–142, 143–145

  Nana Sahib, the, 74, 76, 78, 90, 93n

  Nanking, Treaty of, 95, 96

  Napier, Maj Gen Sir Robert, 103, 104, 105, 107n

  Neill, Brig Gen James, 81, 83
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  Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), 40

  Newton, Lt Col Stewart, 156

  Ngok Kom Leat, 10, 203–206

  Nicholas, Col Robert, 57

  Nimrod, HMS, 97

  O’Connor, Lt Gen Sir Richard, 176, 181, 182, 184

  O’Leary, Lt Bartholomew, 207, 208, 210–212

  O’Leary, Trooper T., 155

  Odon river, 174, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181

  Olpherts, Captain William, 82

  Omaha Beach, 164, 165, 170, 171, 173

  Opossum, HMS, 97, 100, 101

  Ord, Lt Jules, 135

  Orne river, 174, 175, 176, 184

  Outram, Maj Gen Sir James, 79–85, 89–92

  Palmer, Lt Gen Sir Power, 114, 115

  Parker, Lt, US Rangers, 172

  Parker, Lt John, 135

  Pearson, Lt Col Thomas, 45, 51, 52

  Peel, Captain William, RN, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92

  Peers, Maj Gen William R., 201

  Peh-tang, 103

  Peking, 96, 97, 103, 107, 108n

  Pershing, Gen John J., 134

  Pike, Brig Gen Zebulon, 39

  Plover, HMS, 97, 100

  Pointe du Hoe, 10, 164–167, 169, 170, 173

  Porter, Brig Gen Peter, 44, 48, 51, 58–61, 63

  Prevost, Lt Gen Sir George, 39

  Proctor, Brig Gen Thomas, 40, 41

  Queenston Heights, 38, 39, 42, 51, 52, 53

  Rauray Spur, 177, 179, 180

  Ray, Lt Col D. W. G., 189, 190

  Raz de la Percée, 165, 166

  Reeves, Brig Gen, 105

  Renaud, Major, 75, 76

  Rensselaer, Col Solomon Van, 38, 42

  Riall, Maj Gen Phineas, 40, 45, 47–49, 51–53, 55, 57

  Ripley, Brig Gen Eleazar, 44, 47, 57, 59–61, 63

  Ritchie, Sgt F., 121

  Ritchie, Captain John, 50

  Roberts, Maj Gen G. P. B., 176, 181

  Roberts, Major, 5 DCU, 192, 193, 196, 197, 198

  Roberts, Lt (later Field Marshal Lord Frederick), 90

  Roberts, PFC Harry W., 167

  Roberts, HMS, 176

  Rogers, Lt Robert, 106, 108n

  Roliça, 11

  Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 175, 183, 191

  Roosevelt, Lt Col (later President) Theodore, 9, 125, 129, 132, 134, 136, 138–139

  Rudder, Lt Col James E., 163, 166, 167, 169, 170–173

  Russell, Brig Gen, 86

  St Manvieu, 179

  St Martin, 185, 194

  St Pierre du Mont, 172, 173

  Sackett’s Harbour, 39, 41, 42, 43

  Sadullah, Mullah of Swat, 110

  Samana Ridge, 111, 112, 113

  Sampson, Rear Admiral William T., USN, 126, 128, 131, 138

  San Juan Ridge, 9, 129, 131–137

  Santiago de Cuba, 126, 128, 129, 131, 137

  Saragarhi heliograph station, 111, 113

  Satterlee, USS, 166, 167, 169

  Schneider. Lt Col Max E., 163, 167, 171, 172

  Schweiter, Brig Gen Leo, 203, 206, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214

  Scott, Col Hercules, 52, 53, 57

  Scott, Brig Gen Winfield, 8, 42–51, 53–58, 60–61, 63, 64n

  Secundrabagh palace, 86–89

  Seymour, Rear Admiral Sir Michael, 96, 97, 99

  Shadwell, Captain, RN, 101, 102

  Shafter, Maj Gen William R., 126–133, 135, 137, 138

  Shea, Maj Gen Stuart, 157, 158, 160

  Shah Najaf mosque, 88–89

  Shannon, HMS, 85, 88

  Sherer, Captain Moyle, 15, 23, 24, 26, 27–28, 33

  Shinawari, 115

  Siboney, 128, 129, 137

  Sigsbee, Captain Charles D., USN, 123

  Silent Toast, The, 35–36n

  Singh, Havildar Ishan, 111

  Soult, Marshal Nicolas, 7, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 27, 28, 31, 33

  Starling, HMS, 97, 100

  Steverson, Major James, 206, 208, 210, 211

  Stewart, Maj Gen the Hon William, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28

  Stony Creek, 39, 40

  Street’s Creek, 47, 48

  Sumner, Brig Gen S. S., 129, 132

  Symons, Lt Gen W. P., 113

  Taku Forts, 8, 96–107

  Talybont, HMS, 166, 169

  Tantia Topi, 90, 91, 92

  Tattnall, Commodore Josiah, USN, 100

  Tecumseh, Chief, 38

  Tel es Saba, 149, 155

  Tel es Sakaty, 149

  Texas, USS, 123, 165, 166, 169

  Thomas, Maj Gen G. I., 176, 184, 191

  Thomas, Ensign Edward, 21

  Tientsin, 96, 97, 107; Treaty of, 96, 103

  Tirah Maidan, the, 113, 121

  Toral, Maj Gen Jos, 137, 138

  Torres Vedras, Lines of, 14

  Tourmauville, 180

  Tourville, 180

  Towson, Captain Nathan, 49, 50, 53, 55, 60, 61, 63

  Truscott, Brig Gen Lucian, 163

  Unao, 77

  Ultra, 182

  Utah Beach, 164, 165

  Valintine, Captain R., 158, 159, 160

  Vance, Ensign Richard, 25

  Vara del Rey, Maj Gen, 132, 137

  Veitch, Ensign, 26

  Vierville-sur-Mer, 164, 165, 167, 169, 172

  Vimeiro, 11

  Vincent, Brig Gen John, 39

  Wadi el Sheria, 147

  Walsh, Ensign Charles, 21

  Watters, Father Charles, 207, 209, 210

  Wellington, Duke of, 11–16, 32, 43

  Werle, Brig Gen, 17, 23, 28

  West Point Military Academy, 63

  Westmacott, Brig Gen R., 114, 117

  Weyler y Nicolau, Gen Valeriano, 124, 129

  Wheeler, Maj Gen Joseph P., 126, 128, 129, 131, 137, 139n

  Wheeler, Sir Hugh, 74, 77, 93n

  Wiggin, Major Edgar, 157, 158, 160

  Wilkinson, Brig Gen James, 41–43

  Willcocks, Joseph, Canadian renegade, 40, 51, 64n

  Willes, Captain George, RN, 99, 100, 101

  Willson’s Tavern, 53, 61

  Winder, Maj Gen William H., 39, 62

  Windham, Maj Gen, 91, 94n

  Wolseley, Captain (later Field Marshal Lord), 89, 90, 120

  Wood, Col Leonard, 129, 132

  Yeatman-Biggs, Maj Gen A. G., 113, 117, 118, 120

  Yeo, Captain Sir James, 43

  York (Toronto), 39

  Young, Brig Gen S. B. M., 128, 129

  Zayas, Maj Gen, 17, 19

 

 

 


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