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this work from its commencement, and to those in particular who have assisted and encouraged the Editor to persevere in this enlarged edition, his thanks are most sincerely offered: he assures them that their support has induced him to sacrifice personal convenience to what they have been pleased to consider as greatly advantageous to the whole Army; and from that consideration the personal labor of collating the numerous and various statements this Edition contains, has been rendered a source of gratification. In placing on record, and at one view, the achievements of the most distinguished Officers of the Army, together with the progress of promotion of all the General and Field Officers, the Editor might, in point of accuracy, boldly challenge a comparison with any work of a similar description; although in the present undertaking he could not obtain assistance by a reference to other publications.

The Editor has finally to observe with the greatest satisfaction, and the circumstance reflects the highest credit on the Army, that out of so numerous a body of Officers as this undertaking embraces, scarcely an Officer has shown a disinclination that the public should be acquainted with what duty he has executed for the rank he holds, the honors and rewards he may have received. Whilst, on the contrary, Officers of long or active service have expressed the greatest desire that a statement of what they actually have performed, of the rewards they have received, and of the hardships they have endured, in the course of their service, should fairly and without comment appear before the British nation, and be preserved as a public record.

Military Library, Whitehall.

GENERAL INDEX

TO SOME

PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

Albuhera, battle of, official account, vol. 2. p. 240.

Barrosa, battle of, official account, vol. 2. p. 154; and Vide Gen.
Dilke's Memoir, vol. 3. p. 37.

Buonaparte Napoleon, his escape from Elba, vol. 4. p. 220.
Busaco, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 179.

Cape of Good Hope, narrative of operations against in 1795, vol.
2. p. 258.

Chateauguay, action of, America, official account, vol. 4. p. 432.
Chrystler's Farm, action of, America, official account, vol. 4. p.
273.

Commissions, origin of the purchase and sale of, vol. 3. p. 309.
Corunna, battle of, official account, vol. 4. p. 72 and 93.

Courts Martial, Vide vol. 2. p. 21; vol. 3. p 362; vol. 4. p. 51;
273.

Ciudad Rodrigo, (assault and capture of in 1812) official account,
vol. 1. p. 198.

Desertion, Vide M.-Gen. Sir F. Robinson's memoir, vol. 3. p. 211.
Estremaduran army, narrative of its operations, vol. 4. p. 57.
Fort Detroit (capture of) America, official account, vol. 3. p. 241.
Fuentes D'Onor, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 185.
George the 4th, His Majesty. Letters to the Duke of Wellington,

vol. 1. p. 124, and 162, to Alexander Davison, Esq., on the
death of Lord Nelson, vol. 4. p. 135.

German Legion, bravery during the last war, and orders on its
disbandment, vol. 1. p. 265; vol. 2. p. 178.

Guadaloupe, (attack and capture of in 1810) official account, vol.
2. p. 38.

Helder, expedition to in 1799, Vide Duke of York's Memoir, vol.
1. p. 1.

Java (attack and capture of in 1811) official account, vol. 2. p. 275.
India, Campaign of 1780, Vide Sir D. Baird's Memoir, vol. 2. p.
60; of 1802, Vide Duke of Wellington's Memoir, vol. 1. p. 71;
of 1817, Vide Marquess of Hasting's Memoir, vol. 1. p. 326.
Ireland, rebellion of 1798, Vide Sir Jas. Steuart's Memoir, vol. 1.
p. 305; and Sir Geo. Nugent's Memoir, p. 394.
Maida, battle of, official account, vol. 2. p. 309.

Manœuvres, Military (Sir D. Dundas) vol. 1. p. 292, 297, 298, 323,
Sir Jas. Steuart's, 307; Sir W. Howe's, 320.

Martinique, (attack and capture of in 1809) official account, vol. 2.
p. 31.

Moore, L.-Gen. Sir John, account of his death, vol. 4. p. 126.
Netherlands, campaigns of, 1793 and 1794, Vide Duke of York's
Memoir, vol. 1. p. 1.

Nive, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 239.
Nivelle, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 234.
Orthes, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 244.

Parliamentary votes and thanks, Duke of York, vol. 1. p. 38, 39,
41, Duke of Kent, p. 45; Duke of Wellington, p. 77, 78, 80,
81, 89, 99, 104, 108, 113, 118, 140, 158; Earl Cathcart, 356;
Lord Hutchinson, Vol. 2. p. 1, 4; Sir George Beckwith, p. 27,
31; Sir D. Baird, p. 74; Lord Lynedock, 163; Lord Comber-
mere, 214; Sir R. C. Ferguson, 264; Sir S. Auchmuty, 270;
Sir G. L. Cole, 306; Sir Wm. Stewart, 323; Sir Henry Clinton,
394; Lord Stewart, 418; Sir H. Fane, vol. 3. p. 25; Sir Geo.
Anson, 30; Sir W. H. Pringle, 206; Lord R. E. H. Somerset,
289.

Perinbancum, Sanguinary battle of, Sept. 1780, vol. 2. p. 68.
Pyrenees, battles of, official account, vol. 1. p. 224.

Recruiting Service, Vide M.-Gen. Sir F. Robinson's Memoir, Vol.

3. p. 211.

Roleia, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 164.

Sahagun, Benevente, &c., actions of, cavalry, official account, vol. 2.
p. 113.

St. Sebastian, (assault and capture of) official account, vol. 2. p.
165.

Salamanca, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 209.

Scotch Brigade, history of, vol. 3. p. 73.

Spain and Portugal, campaigns of, Vide Duke of Wellington's Me-
moir, vol. 1. p. 71; Sir John Oswald's Memoir, vol. 3. p. 46;
official accounts of battles and sieges, and Memoirs of General
officers who served at them.

Talavera de la Reyna, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 173.
Toulouse, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 251.

Villers en Couché, action of, details and attestations respecting,
vol. 3. p. 151.

Vimiera, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 169.

Vittoria, battle of, official account, vol. 1. p. 217.

Walcheren expedition, Vide Lord Chatham's Memoir, vol. 1.
375.

p.

Waterloo, battle of, Vide Duke of Wellington's Memoir, vol. 1.
71; official account, vol. 1. p. 256; Dutch account vol. 2.
81; Hanoverian account, vol. 3. p. 107.

ERRATA.

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Vol. iii. p. 319. for M.-Gen. Taylor, read M.-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, M.P.
Vol. iv. p. 147. for Col. Barnaby, read Col. Burnaby.

Vol.iv. p. 319. for Lt.-Col. John Grane, read Lt.-Col. John Grant.
Vol.iv. p. 405. for Lt.-Col. H. W. Brooke, read Lt.-Col. H. W. Rooke.
Vol. v. p. 163. for Lt.-Col. A. W. Macdonald, read Lt.-Col. A. W. Mac-

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