Chapter 12

Adams, General,126,136—— Sergeant-Major,230Adour, river,253,254—— valley of the,264,269Adventure, transport,316Agueda, river,88Ainhoe, the heights of,260,261Alba de Tormes,55Albuera, battle of,41;Beresford at,277Alexander, Emperor,314Allenquer, town,34,37Alost,327Alton, General Count,57,114,115;at Salamanca,71;at Quatre Bras,122,123;at Waterloo,128Andover,149,150Anglesey, Marquis of,seeunder Uxbridge, LordArenas,59Arinez,75Armstrong, ——,219Arruda,35Ascot Heath,344Assche,330Astorga,179Atalya,52Auchmuty, General,147Austrian Emperor,314Badajos,5,41,86,104,225;the great breach at,11,25,215;the siege of,95sqq.Baker, ——,211,213Barnard, Sir Andrew, at Quatre Bras,120,121,124;at Waterloo,125,127,132;in Spain,232—— Colonel,82;at Vittoria,75,76;at Ciudad Rodrigo,93;at Badajos,98,99,102;in the Pyrenees,108,110Barnes, Sir Edward,20Barossa, battle of,223Bath,149Bathala, convent of,34Bawdsey,317Bay of Biscay,111,265Baynes, Captain,385Bayonne,109,111,266;the fighting before,113,263,264Bean, Major,371Beckwith, Sir Sidney at Sabugal,63,64,65Belgian skirmishers,291;allies,120,300,302,322;horse artillery,330Bell, ——,230—— Lieutenant,374Benevento,188Bengal Horse Artillery,16Bera, village of,105,106,107Beresford, Marshal, at Salamanca,71;sketch of,210-213;at Orthez,266;at Toulouse,276sqq.Berri, Duc de,331Bidassoa, river,105;passage of the,81,107,108Blandford Downs,143,144Blucher, Prince, interviewed by Wellington at Ligny,120;his defeat at Ligny,123,336;retreats to Wavre,124;at Waterloo,311;at Quatre Bras,335sqq.Bock, General,74Boer and Highlander in South Africa,12Bolton, Captain,378,379"Boney's Invincibles,"168Braine le Comte,341Brander, Lieutenant,263Breton, Lieutenant,391,398Brooks, James,197sqq.Brotherwood, ——,168,171Brunswick, Duke of,117,119Brunswick allies at Quatre Bras,292;at Waterloo,364,384sqq.Brussels,116,117,287sqq.,298,305,315,330,364,366,372;Duchess of Richmond's ball at,118,287Buenos Ayres, the fiasco at,142,147,309Bull, Major,341,403Bunbury, Lieutenant,156Burgos, the retreat from,18,41,54,55Burrard, Sir Harry, supersedes Sir Arthur Wellesley,153,154,163;at Vimiero,215Busaco, battle of,31Butterworth, Gunner,387Cadiz,153Cameron, Colonel, at Ciudad Rodrigo,89,93,98;at Badajos,102;at Waterloo,132Campbell, Sir Colin,102—— Captain, at Toulouse,281,282;at Quatre Bras (Brevet-Major),293,294Cardo, ——,177Caridad, convent of,58Cashel,148,149Castanos, General,70Castre,339Ceira, passage of the,49Charleroi road,335,349,350,383,403Chatham, Earl of,28Chelsea,212Chichester,145,147Ciudad Rodrigo,5,25,41,52,58,98;leader of the forlorn hope at,6,10;Marmont marches to the relief of,53;the storming of,86sqq.Clichy,312Clinton, Sir Henry,309Clonmel,149Coa,51;river,63Coates, ——,337,338,349Cochan, Mrs.,161,162Coimbra,30,33Colborne, Colonel,87Colchester Barracks,311Cole, Sir Lowry,113,115Combermere, Lord,72Condacia,33,48Cooke, Colonel,84Copenhagen, expedition to,151,228Cork,154,228,287Corunna, Moore's retreat to,6,142"142,178sqq.,223,227,228,313;sufferings of the retreat,194sqq.Cowel, Major,268Cox, Lieutenant,152,200,206Crammond, Driver,401Craufurd, General,141sqq.;in Buenos Ayres,147;in the retreat to Corunna,179sqq.,230;described by a private who served under him,215sqq.Crosby, Sergeant-Major,230Cuesta, General,83Cunningham, Corporal,255,256Czar, Wellington's despatch to the,335Dalheath, near Falkirk,25Dalrymple, Sir Hew,154,215Dance, Captain,339Davidson, Brevet-Major,293Deben, river,317Demon, ——,230sqq.Denburn, river,239Dendermonde,329D'Erlon, General, at Waterloo,129,299,300Devine, ——,225,226Dick, Colonel,293Dickson, Captain,147—— Sir Alexander,352Doury, ——-,271,272Downs, the,28Drummond, Major,320Dundas, Sir David,47Dutch troops at Waterloo,300Ebro, valley of the,59Echelar, mountain,107Elba,116,143,311Eleder, Captain,147Elvas,96,102Enghien,337,339,341,343Epsom,344Ers, river,277Erskine, Sir William,63,64Essling, Prince of,36Fane, General,164,168Farquharson, Lieut. D.,248,284Fermoy,226Fez d'Aronce,49Figuera, Bay of,29Flinn, Rifleman,65Flushing,226,227Fontainebleau,116Franklin, ——,189,190Fraser, Sergeant,158,159Fraser, ——,248Frasnes, village of,350,352Frazer, Sir Augustus,21,354,362,382;at Waterloo,383,384,385,405Freire, General,82,276Fuentes d'Onore, battle of,25,41,52,66Fyfe, Smith,295Garges,314Gave, river,265Gembloux,355Genappe,119,124,360,362,366German Legion,189;at Waterloo,375,380Ghent,242,320,327Ghystelle,320Gibraltar,230Gosport,145Gould, Colonel,381,382Gourgaud, General (quoted),357Graham, Sir Thomas, at Vittoria,79,81;at Ciudad Rodrigo,88;at San Sebastian,106,230Gramont,311Great Rhune,81Gregory, Lieut.-Colonel,320Grouchy, General,336Guarda,51Guardiana, river,96,102Guards at Quatre Bras,289sqq.Hall, Quarter-master,348,366,405Hart, Captain,225,226Hart, the brothers John, Mike, and Peter,226,227,228Harwich,315,316Hautain le Val,347Henderson, ——,271,272Higgins, Thomas,187,223,224Hill, Sir Dudley,199—— Sir Rowland,75-78,115—— General (afterwards Lord Hill), at Roliça,158;"Farmer" Hill described,209,210;at Orthez,269;at Toulouse,276—— Lieutenant,184,185,191—— Captain,318,319Hilsea barracks,145,146Hincks, Lieutenant,398Hitchins, Surgeon,342,347,377,383Holland, expedition to,28Hope, Sir John,81Hopewood, ——,114Hopwood, Lieutenant,171Hougoumont,128,300sqq.,375,383,403;the garden of,14,399,406,408;the attack on,129Houssaye (quoted),15,336Howans, Dan,216sqq.Huerta,74Hunt, Gunner,377,379Hussar, frigate,28Hythe,29,224,225,229,232—— barracks,28Innes, Lieutenant,269Inniskilling Dragoons at Waterloo,129,299sqq.,410Isle of Wight,145Jackman, ——,226Jagger, Ben,216Janca,107Jenkinson, Captain,71Junot, General,40,163Kellerman, General,169Kempt, Sir James,80,114,115;at Waterloo,131,300Knight, ——,65La Belle Alliance,15,136,300,365La Haye Sainte,125,126,133,300sqq.,372La Rhune,111,112Ladysmith,104Lake, Colonel,157Lambert, Sir John,132,135Landguard fort,316Langeveldt,354,371Latta, Ensign,284Le Secca,106Leathes, Lieutenant,333,398Lebbeke,330Leech, Captain,152,161,164,165Lefebvre, General,186,189Leith,95,116Leria,34Life Guards at Quatre Bras,124;at Waterloo,129,131,299,361,372,410


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