Chapter LXIV: Appendix: VIII (3)

Montagu, Mr. John (Colonial Secretary at the Cape), 621, 650, 785, 791

Mont de Marsan, 166, 168, 751

Monteron, Conde de, 38

Monte Video, expedition to, 4-10, 79, 359-367;
storming of, 653

Mont Martre (Montmartre), 291

Montrose, 3rd Duke of, 330;
4th Duke, 571

Moodkee, battle of, 504-506, 556, 780, 781

Moore family, the, 711

Moore, Gen. Sir John, 3 _n._, 278, 555 _n._;
Swedish expedition, 14;
Peninsular expedition, 15-17

Moore, Rev. George, 1 _n._

Moore, Rev. T. C. C., 704, 709

Morell (staff-surgeon), 39

“Moro” (a Spanish greyhound), 38, 39, 61-63, 302

Moro Rock and Fort (Havana), 30, 257

Moroco (Chief of the Barolongs), 605

Moshesh (Chief of the Basutos), 590, 591, 606, 628, 635, 636

Moustache ordered to be worn by officers, 664

Mullins, Col., 244

Murchison, Major, 545, 547

Murphy, Major B. (88th), 34 _n._

Murphy (old soldier), 337

Murray, Capt. A. S. (Rifle Brig.), 601, 602

Murray, Capt. George (72nd), 388, 389, 398, 729, 733, 749, 753

Murray, Dr., 470

Murray, Sir George, 142, 143, 162, 163

Murray Castle, 757

Murray, Fort, 647

N

Nann, Sergeant P., 21, 22

Napier, Gen. Sir Chas. J., 556 _n._, 655, 656;
letter from, 496 _n._

Napier, Major-Gen. Sir George, 58, 455, 468, 583, 584, 590, 643 _n._

Napier, Gen. Sir William F. P., 569, 656, 680;
at Nivelle, 145;
_his History of the Peninsular War_, 43, 50, 117, 146

Napoleon I., 258, 263;
his tactics at Waterloo, 276, 277

Napoleon III., 660

Narinska, Prince and Princess, 305

Nassau, Island of, 351, 352

Natal, 464, 584, 593, 645, 786, 793;
Boers trek from, 592

National defence, 674-680

Nel (a Cape Boer), 626, 727

Nepaul, 493

Neuilly, 292, 293, 334

Newcastle-on-Tyne, 668

Newmarket, 261, 262, 700

New Orleans, expedition to, 226-247, 275;
discussed by Wellington, 304, 305

New Providence, 351

Ney, Marshal, masterly retreat of, 42;
execution of, 294

Nicolls, Gen. Sir Jasper, 471, 474, 480, 481, 770

Nicolls, Lady, 471

Night marches, condemned, 202, 203

Nive R., fighting near, 153

Nivelle, the, 140; battle of, 141-151

Nomsa (great wife of Hintza), 391, 429, 750

Nonibe (widow of Dushani), 434, 449

Noorpoor, 543

Norcott, Major-Gen. Sir Amos G., 318, 321, 340, 342

Norman Cross Barracks, French prisoners at, 2, 3

Northey, Lieut. E. R. (52nd), 100

Norton, Lord (formerly Mr. (Sir) C. Adderley), 637

Nott, Gen., 475-478

Nova Scotia, 338-344

O

O’Donnell (soldier of 95th), 88

Officers, British, 662

Officers and soldiers, kindly relations between, 26, 27, 88, 185, 254,
318, 321, 322, 337, 339, 340, 343, 344, 477 _n._, 580, 581, 586,
645, 646, 647, 657, 658, 668, 683, 687 _n._, 715-717, 730, 732, 734

O’Hare, Major P. (95th), 15, 41, 42, 65

“Old Chap” (war-horse), 93, 110, 133, 148, 220

Oldham, Capt., 635

Olite, 109

Olivença, 75

Onguala, 21

Orange, Prince of, 297

Orange River district, 584, 590.
_See next heading_

Orange River Sovereignty:
proclaimed, 593-596;
rebellion in, put down, 596-608;
progress of, 616, 644, 645, 786, 792;
trouble with Moshesh, 628, 635, 636, 640;
proposed abandonment deprecated by Sir Harry Smith, 636, 637;
abandonment, 637

Oropesa, 19

Orthez, battle of, 162-166

Ostend, 262, 264

Ovens, Harry Smith’s invention of, 252, 253

Owen, Mr. Mostyn, 636, 644

P

Pack, Sir Denis, 7, 699

Padre, the. _See_ Vicalbaro, Vicar of

Paget, Sir Edward, 16, 84, 85

Painter (servant), 726-728

Pakenham, Gen. Sir E., 44, 52, 183, 221, 222, 328;
his bravery, 171;
expedition against New Orleans, failure and death, 226-237, 242-244,
247, 304, 305

Palencia, 94, 95

Pamplona, 104, 105, 114

Paris, the allied armies at and near, 2 _n._, 291-298;
a visit in 1824, 334, 335;
another in 1854, 660

Park (? E. Parker), 62

Parker, Adm. Sir Peter, 193

Partridge-shooting at the Cape, 365

Pato (chief of the T’Slambies), 587, 607, 620, 625, 626, 647, 737

Patuxen R., 197

Pauillac, 189, 190

Payne, Major C. W. M. (72nd), 667 _n._, 673, 681;
letters to, 471 _n._, 672, 680-682

Peacock, Dean of Ely, 574, 576

Pearson, Capt. (16th Lancers), 541

Peddie, Col., 723, 724

Pedro V. of Portugal, 666, 667

Pedroso, 33 _n._

Peel, Sir Robert, 557, 560-562, 571

Peniche, 15

Peninsular Army—
1st Division, 87, 152, 154
2nd Division, 170
3rd Division, 47, 57, 58, 61-63, 67, 96, 117, 162, 163, 174, 175, 178;
Wellington’s praise of, 216
4th Division, 52, 61, 63, 65-67, 96, 117, 131, 133, 146, 175, 177,
178, 563;
Wellington’s praise of, 216
5th Division, 46, 47, 61, 63, 67
6th Division, 165, 175, 177, 178
7th Division, 97, 98, 100, 115, 125, 152, 155
Light Division, 18-181 (_passim_), 229, 332, 337, 563-566, 580, 665,
717, 772;
organization of, 18, 28, 129;
inspected, 51;
Craufurd’s instructions, 18, 98, 109;
mode of warfare, 174, 180, 198, 199, 216, 217;
dinner given by the survivors to Sir Harry Smith (1847), 572-574, 580

Peninsular medal, 574, 778

Peninsular War, 15-181

Penla rivulet, 762

“Peterloo,” 328

Petit, Col. P. J. (50th), 513

Peyton, Rev. Algernon, 577

Philippolis, 600

Phillips, Lieut.-Col. H. S., 526, 527

Philour, 526, 527, 533-537

Picquets, the posting of, 140, 141, 145, 155, 172, 173, 179, 180.
_See_ Sentries

Picton, Sir T., 32, 47, 163;
at Toulouse, 176;
at Waterloo, 269, 270, 277, 278

Pine, Mr. (Sir) Benjamin, 645, 786, 793

Pinhel, 30, 32

Pitt, Mr., 676

Plate R., plains of the, 10, 11

Plymouth, 656

Pollock, Gen. Sir George, 474, 476, 477 _n._, 478

Pombala, 41

Ponsonby, Sir W., 270, 277

Poorein, 539

Portalegre, 63

Port Elizabeth, 586, 607

Port Natal, 464.
_See_ Durban

Portsmouth, 4, 17, 222, 223, 258, 323, 579-582, 652, 653;
addresses from, 579, 652;
George Inn at, 17, 209, 224, 258, 580, 652

Potter, Paul, his “Bull,” 294

Pottinger, Sir Henry, 585, 586, 592, 608 _n._, 609, 610

Power, Sir Manley, 244

Poza Velha, 49

Pratt, Lieut. (65th), 32, 33

Preston, Lancs, 663

Pretorius, Mr. A. W. J., 592, 593, 596;
heads the disaffected Boers, 597-604

Prince Regent. _See_ George IV.

Prinsep, Mr. H. Thoby, 472

Proctor, — (21st Dragoons), 364, 365, 367

Prussia, King of, 306, 307, 310

Prussians, the, at Waterloo, 276

Puniar, battle of, 488, 770

Punjaub, the, 477 _n._, 478, 494, 497, 777;
history of, 497-501;
war in, 501-569, 779-781

Purcell (settler murdered Ap. 1835), 750

Putney, 215

Pyrenees, 114-117, 725, 734, 745, 751, 752;
battles, 114, 115

Q

Quadraseyes, Quadrasies, 45, 47, 52

Quagga Flats, 759

Quatre Bras, 2 _n._, 266, 278

Queen Adelaide, Province of, 418, 419, 464, 583, 754, 756;
Harry Smith in command of, 420-461, 757-759;
abandoned by order of Lord Glenelg, 452-461, 583, 619

R

Rademeyer, Field-Commandant, 372, 626

Rae, Sir W., 327, 328

Raglan, Lord (Lord Fitzroy Somerset), 58, 66, 75 _n._, 131, 132, 151,
164, 216, 350, 355, 495, 496, 563, 660, 663, 689, 766

Ramsey, Hunts, 683

Ramsgate, 317

Rawstorne, Capt., 435, 443

Redinha, fighting at, 41-43, 76

Regiments (_British Army_)—
Guards, Brigade of, 17, 61, 315, 316
Grenadier Guards, 315, 316
7th Dragoon Guards, 587
7th Hussars, 325, 326
9th Dragoons, 13
14th Light Dragoons, 28, 33, 49
16th Light Dragoons, 28, 44, 52
17th Light Dragoons, 691
12th Lancers, 635, 789, 790
16th Lancers, 521, 525, 527, 543, 544, 547
Coldstream Guards, 315, 316
2nd (Queen’s), 34 _n._, 635, 789
3rd (Buffs), 278, 492
4th, 193, 199, 265, 268
7th Fusiliers, 233, 235, 238, 304
9th, 515
21st, 194, 232, 244
22nd, 346-348
27th, 244, 265, 266, 268;
loss at Waterloo, 271, 272
29th, 34
31st, 519, 528, 531, 540, 547, 779;
at Sobraon, 551, 552
33rd, 346-348
39th, 491
40th, 7, 244, 265, 268, 491, 691
43rd, 3 _n._, 15, 18, 28, 145, 789;
at the Coa, 31;
at Ciudad Rodrigo, 57;
on the New Orleans expedition, 233, 235, 238, 304
44th, 193, 199, 232
45th, 20, 599, 601
50th, at Maharajpore, 492;
at Moodkee, 505;
at Ferozeshah, 512-520, 779;
at Aliwal, 540, 547;
at Sobraon, 551, 552
52nd, 3 _n._, 15, 18, 21, 28, 45, 57-59, 85, 86, 98, 119, 120, 132,
134, 147-150, 152, 154, 164, 182, 564, 566;
in Nova Scotia, 339, 340
53rd, 527, 528, 531;
at Aliwal, 537, 541, 547
60th Rifles, 635
62nd, 517
72nd (Highlanders), 362, 376, 377, 379, 388, 398, 425, 719, 720, 723,
748, 756, 758
73rd, 618, 634, 789;
continuous marches, 635
74th, 626, 627, 638, 782, 789
75th, 378, 720
79th, 49
81st, 265, 268
84th, 346-348
85th, 193
86th, 320
87th, 20, 691
88th, 20, 58
91st, 598, 599, 601
95th (from 1816, Rifle Brigade), 2 _n._, 3-187 (_passim_), 325,
691-699, 719, 722, 730;
formation, 3;
confidence in support, 99, 119;
destructive fire, 174.
_See next heading_
Rifle Brigade, 329 _n._, 564-566, 587, 599, 616, 624, 657, 789;
in Ireland, 336, 337;
Nova Scotia, 338-344;
Sir H. S. appointed Col. of 2nd Battalion, 567;
transferred to the 1st Battalion, 661;
his last inspection, 668
98th, 362

Regiments (_Indian Army_)—
1st European Light Infantry, 513, 515
3rd Light Cavalry, 521, 523
19th Native Infantry, 515
24th, 515, 528
28th, 515
30th, at Aliwal, 537, 540, 541
36th, 537
42nd, 505
47th, 528, 548
48th, 505, 540
73rd, 515

Regiments (_German_)—
1st German Hussars, 24, 25, 28-30, 45;
stories of soldiers, 26, 27, 47, 48, 52;
at Waterloo, 269 _n._

Nassau and Frankfort desert from the French, 155;
at Waterloo, 269

Regiments (_French_)—
32nd Voltigeurs, 160, 161

Regiments (_Portuguese_)—
1st and 3rd Caçadores, 28, 30, 56 _n._, 130, 132, 133, 160, 184, 185

Regiments. _See_ also Cape Mounted Rifles, Corps of Guides, Hottentots,
Marines

Reid, Lieut. W. (R.E.), 134, 135

Rendo, Heights of, 53

Renny, Col. (21st), 235, 237

Rentell, Lieut. (52nd), 21, 22

Rex, Mr., 598, 602

Reynell, Major-Gen. Sir T., 330, 495

Reynier, Marshal, 45, 46

Rhune La Petite, 140, 143-146

Richmond, Duke of (Lord March), 164, 165, 302, 572

Riet R., 584, 590

Rio Janeiro, 4, 696-698

Rio Mayor, 37, 38

Ripon, Earl of, 571

Rivers, Harry, 371

Roadmaking in the South African bush, 643

Robb, Dr. John, 23, 222, 223, 239, 240, 243

Robertson, Mr. Thomas Campbell, 114, 116

Robledillo, 54

Roborough Downs, 658

Robson, James (Assistant-Surgeon), 147

Roncesvalles, Pass of, 114

Rondebosch, 370, 720, 723-725, 741;
address from, 648

Ross, Capt. C. (Cape Mounted Rifles), 398, 410, 414

Ross, (Sir) Hew D. (R.H.A.), 76, 88, 99, 463, 572

Ross, Col. John (Rifle Brigade), 212

Ross, Major-Gen. Robert:
Washington and Baltimore expedition, 183, 191-208, 213, 214, 221, 222;
criticized, 197, 207

Ross, Mrs. Robert, 207, 217

Rowan, Col. Sir Charles, 51, 54, 151;
K.C.B., 556 _n._, 569

Runjeet Singh, 472, 498, 499, 766

Runjoor Singh, 526, 527, 536, 544

Russell, Lord John, 642, 652

Russia, Emperor of, 310

Ryan, Col. T. (50th), 513

Ryneveld (civil commissioner), 376, 626

S

Sabugal, battle of, 45, 46

St. Arnaud, Marshal, 660

St. Cloud, 660

St. Denis (Paris), 291

St. Germain, 294-297

St. Jean de Luz, 140

St. Michael, Island of, 193, 194

St. Sever, 167

Salamanca, 16, 17, 34 _n._, 48, 49, 78, 83, 254;
battle of, 75, 76, 127, 151, 277, 778

Sale, Gen. Sir Robert, 475, 477 _n._, 505, 780

Salis, Lieut. (C.M. Rifles), 600

Sandflies, a remedy for, 254

Sandford (Commissary), 727

Sandilli (Gaika chief), 434, 446, 585, 587, 607, 635;
stirs up the war of 1850, 617-619

Sand River Convention, 644

San Estevan, 112

San Felices el chico, 89

Sanguessa, 109, 111, 112

San Millan, 97

San Muños, 84

San Pedro, Fort of (Monte Video), 8 _n._

San Sebastian, siege of, 113, 114, 117, 125, 131, 658

Santa Barbara, 112

Santarem, 37, 38

Sargant, Mrs. (Jane Alice Smith), 1 _n._, 2 _n._, 356, 357, 703;
letter from, 712, 713;
letters to, 550, 555, 556, 629, 766-781

Scinde, 479, 493

Scinde R., 485

Scott, Gunner (R.H.A.), 542

Scott, Sir Walter, 332

Scovell, Sir George, A.Q.M.G., 268

Seapoys, 492, 495, 499

Seaton, Capt. (Indian army), 513, 515

Seaton, Lord (Col. Colborne), 37, 55, 57, 120-123, 126, 127, 131, 133,
140, 142-144, 152-154, 156, 170, 197, 199, 200, 201, 234, 661,
686, 715;
severely wounded, 58, 59;
commands a Brigade of the Light Division, 124;
military qualities of, 130;
recommends H. Smith for a majority, 131, 132;
a bold venture, 134-136;
storms La Petite Rhune, 144-146;
captures a fort, 147-150;
shot through his cap, 160;
interests himself in Harry Smith, 182, 183

Sea-voyage, its effect on troops, 199, 204

Sedgwick, Prof. Adam, 5 _n._, 558 _n._, 574-579

Sentries, unnecessary, 320, 321, 362.
_See also_ Picquets

Seyolo, 458

Shadwell, Col. L., 681-683

Shaw, Mr. (Corps of Guides), 404

Shekawattee Brigade, 534, 537-543

Shepstone, Mr. (Sir) Theophilus (Interpreter), 394, 743, 747, 750;
story told by, 605 _n._

Shere Singh, 766, 768

Shorncliffe, 3 _n._, 299, 318-320

Sidbury (S. Africa), 586

Sikhs, the, 473, 474, 478, 777;
account of, 497-503;
war with, 503-568, 779-781

Sikonyela (Chief of the Batlokuas), 606

Simla, 480, 497, 566;
memoranda dated from, 476 _n._;
letters from, 488, 563, 767-781

Simmons, Major George (95th), 32-34, 39, 40, 48, 146 _n._, 171 _n._, 330;
death, 667;
letters to, 563, 567, 663

Skelton, Gen., 477 _n._

Skerrett, Gen., 113, 118-128

Slaves in Jamaica, 349

Smith, Miss Anna Maria, 2 _n._, 686, 700, 701, 707, 712, 713, 776

Smith, Lieut. Band, 527, 532

Smith, Capt. Charles (95th), 2 _n._, 261, 263, 272, 357, 576 _n._,
578 _n._, 661, 700, 701 _n._, 707-710, 712, 777

Smith, Eleanor (Harry Smith’s mother), 1 _n._, 325, 701, 703;
her parting command, 158, 159, 577;
letter from, 702;
her death intimated in a dream, 156;
her death, 157, 705-707;
her grave, 221

Smith, Eleanor Moore, 2 _n._, 703, 705, 712;
letters from, 700, 706, 711

Smith, Elizabeth, 2 _n._, 703, 707

Smith, George Moore, 664, 682

Smith, Lieut. Harry, 771

Smith, Sir Henry George Wakelyn (Sir Harry), _passim_

Smith, Lieut.-Col. Hugh, 659, 683, 770

Smith, Jane Alice. _See_ Sargant, Mrs.

Smith, John (Harry Smith’s father), 1 _n._, 156, 223, 259, 262, 263,
683, 691, (dedication), 701, 702, 703, 707, 726, 767, 769;
meets Juana Smith in London, 217-219;
visits Cambray, 313, 314;
his death, 712, 713;
letters from, 157, 288, 705, 708, 710

Smith, John Stona, 2 _n._;
his marriage, 700, 701

Smith, Juana Maria de los Dolores (Lady Smith):
meeting with Harry Smith, 68-71;
described, 70-74;
beloved by the soldiers, 77, 340;
her riding, 75-77, 220, 308;
her relations, 75, 76, 159;
her enjoyment of Madrid, 78, 79;
the lost doubloons, 80-83;
at Salamanca, 77, 78;
campaigning adventures, 85, 86, 89, 90, 101, 102, 108, 116;
false alarms, 100, 133, 137, 260, 286, 287;
lame, 94-96, 110, 111;
a night in a mud hut, 141;
forebodings of evil, 144, 151;
in danger, 154;
on field of Orthez, 166;
a brave ride, 167-169;
attacked by a mad woman, 172;
at Toulouse, 179, 180;
separation from her husband, 182-188;
reunion in London, 212, 213;
visit to Bath, 217;
meets her father-in-law, 218, 219;
at Whittlesey, 220;
fresh separation, 222, 223, 228, 251;
reunion, 259, 260;
departure for Waterloo campaign, 261-267;
her adventures, 280-288, 709;
at Paris, 292-297;
serious illness, 298, 299;
at Cambray, 301-316, 711;
coursing, 302;
dancing, 305, 306;
accomplishments, 308;
presented to the Emperor of Russia, 310, 311;
wins back “Lochinvar” in a raffle, 312;
her dresses, 317;
to Gosport, 320;
to Scotland, 323;
in Edinburgh, 324, 325, 333;
leaving Glasgow, 335, 336;
in Nova Scotia, 340;
voyage, 344;
in Jamaica, 344-350;
at Nassau, 352;
voyage to Liverpool, 352-357;
at the Cape, 361, 364, 365, 370;
letters to, 718-759;
journey to King William’s Town, 422, 423, 754-759;
her life there, 423, 449, 458;
return to Cape Town, 461;
voyage to Calcutta, 465, 468-470;
journey by _dâk_, 480, 770;
at Maharajpore, 495, 486, 771;
Sikh war, 563, 564, 568, 780;
in England, 572 _n._, 574, 579;
at Cape Town, 585, 628, 629, 631, 649;
in England, 655, 657, 659, 661, 663, 664, 666, 668, 669, 672, 681,
682, 684 _n._, 689;
death, 685;
described by her husband, 490, 577, 586, 671, 740, 752, 753

Smith, Mary (Mrs. Charles), 701

Smith, Mary Anne, 2 _n._

Smith, Samuel, 2 _n._, 708

Smith, Col. Thomas L., 2 _n._, 21, 22, 78, 121, 123 _n._, 701-705, 709,
712, 572, 683;
gazetted, 14;
severely wounded, 31-33;
at Ciudad Rodrigo, 56, 57;
with Colborne after Vera, 135;
goes home, 184, 187;
at Waterloo, 272;
a good adjutant, 704;
death, 686

Smith, Mrs. T. L., 686

Smith, Wakelyn, 1 _n._

Smith, William, 2 _n._, 713

Smith family, 1 _n._

Smithfield, 606

Smith, Fort, 755

Smith’s Tower, 395

Smoking, 254, 752

Smugglers, 126

Smyth, Capt. Charles, 287

Smyth, Major (16th Lancers), 541

Sobral, i. 35

Sobraon, 545;
British position at, 521, 522, 548, 549;
battle of, 549-553, 557, 561

Soldiers in confinement, treatment of, 715-717

Somerset, Major Arthur, 495, 512, 766, 780

Somerset, Lord Charles, 363

Somerset, Lord Fitzroy. _See_ Raglan,
Lord

Somerset, Col. (Major-Gen.) Henry:
in the war of 1835, 374, 375, 379, 385, 392, 393, 723, 733, 741;
in the war of 1850, 620-641, 782, 792

Somerset, Mount, 719

Somnauth, the Gates of, 769

Sonnact, 529

Soult, Marshal, 48, 50, 84, 113, 114, 319, 704

Southampton, 570, 571

Southey, Richard (Corps of Guides):
Kafir war of 1835, 400, 727;
shooting of Hintza, 404-406, 418;
Boomplaats expedition, 598, 604, 606

Spanish hatred of the French, 106-108

Spanish soldiers, 185

Spanish Town, Jamaica, 345

Sparks, Capt. M. G. (49th), 378

Speirs, A., Esq., 336

Spencer, Sir Brent, 47

Spencer, Lord Charles (95th), 170

Sport, 15, 20, 21, 38, 39, 55, 61, 63, 82, 89, 92, 162, 293, 295-298,
301-304, 308, 318, 319, 340, 343, 363-368, 462, 710

Stackpoole, Capt., 227, 228

Stag-hunting:
in Portugal, 21;
at St. Germain, 295-297

Stanley, Lord, 609.
_See_ Derby, Lord

Stanway (Provost Marshal), 82

Stedman, Brig., 537

Stephanie, Queen of Portugal, 667

Steuart, Capt. (95th), 184

Stewart, Capt. the Hon. James (95th), 20, 38, 39, 41, 62, 63, 79, 92,
93, 110

Stewart, Lieut. (88th), 58

Stewart, Lieut, and Adj. James (95th), 29, 35, 43

Stewart, Major Jas., 348

Stewart, Major John (95th), 43

Stewart, the Hon. Sir W., 3, 87;
organizes the 95th, 3 _n._;
anecdote of, 170;
his bravery, 170, 171

Stirling, Sir James, 255-258, 339

Stockenstrom, Capt. (Sir) Andries, 453, 455, 457, 458, 614, 647

Stovin, Lieut.-Col. F., 228, 233

Strachey, Lieut., 538

Stretch, Capt., 434

Strode, Lieut. (95th), 43

Struvé (a man of science), 578

Sturgeon, Major, 174

Suchet, Marshal, 161

Superstition, 721

Suta (widow of Gaika), 434, 444, 446, 449

Sutlej (Sutledge) R., 502, 520, 521, 527, 533, 537

Swaine, Capt. (R.N.), 228

Sweden, expedition to, 14, 15

Swellendam, 371, 387, 726

Swetenham, Lieut. H. D. (16th Lancers), 532

T

Tabendoda (Tab ’Indoda), Mts., 421, 624

Tafalla, 109

Taggart, Lieut. (43rd), 64

Tagus, the, 20, 50

Talavera, battle of, 18, 19, 75 _n._, 159, 778

Talbot, Col. (14th), 29

Tambookies, 641

Tarbes, battle of, 174, 175

Tarsac, 171

Taylor, Brig., 534, 535

Taylor, Col. Brook, 660

Tej Singh, 500, 503

Thackeray, W. M., on the Aliwal dispatch, 557

Theopolis, 628

Thomson (? R.E.), 746, 747

Thornton, Col. (85th), 195, 198, 199, 234, 235, 238, 239

Thunderstorm in S. Africa, 739

“Tiny” (Juana Smith’s horse), 76, 77, 85, 92-94, 102, 109, 111, 169,
220, 260

Tormes R., 76

Toro, 94

Torres Vedras, 33

Toulouse, 76, 130, 167, 171, 179-183, 216;
battle of, 130, 176-179;
battle criticized, 178

Trafalgar, battle of, 192, 304

T’Slambies, 431, 435, 441, 626, 634, 790

T’solo R., 742

T’somo R., 392, 742, 753, 754

Tucker, Col. (29th), 34

Tudela, 151

Tugela R., 593

Tulwun, the Ghat of, 536, 537

Turton, Capt., 541, 543

Tyalie (son of the Chief Gaika):
in 1835-6, 427-429, 434, 437, 444-446, 448, 457, 458, 460, 724, 747,
748, 755, 764;
in 1852, 641

Tylden, Capt., 625, 633

Tylden, Major Sir G., 233, 237

Tyrol, 655

U

Uitenhage, 372-374, 631, 759

Umdizini bush, 387

Umhala (chief of the T’Slambies):
in 1835-6, 431, 434, 435-437, 441-446, 458, 764;
in 1848, 607

Umlanjeni (Kafir prophet), 617

Umritsir, 498

Umtata R., 409, 411, 755

Umtini (Hintza’s councillor), 393, 394, 400-402, 407, 747, 748, 753

Uniacke, Capt. (95th), 56, 57

United Service Club, 654

Upton, Hon. Arthur, 87

Ustaritz, 162

V

Vadana, 747, 753, 756

Valde Mula, 30

Valenciennes, 298, 300, 311

Valiant, Major-Gen., 491

Vallada, 37

Vallé, 37, 38, 40

Vandeleur, Major-Gen. Sir H., 51, 58, 63, 79, 80, 89, 93, 97, 98, 101,
104, 111, 113, 126;
stories of, 82, 105

Van der Byl (a horse-breeder), 367

Van Diemen’s Land, 613

Van Reenen (a horse-breeder), 363, 367

Van Wyk, Field Commandant, 626, 723, 751

Vera, 112, 113, 117, 131, 137;
attack at the bridge of, 118-125;
storming of the Pass of, 133-136, 159

Vernais, 298

Vet R., 605, 606

Veterans, 337;
discharge of, 321, 322

Vicalbaro, Vicar of, 79-92 (_passim_)

Vic Begorre, 174

Victoria, Queen, 571, 578, 659, 660, 664

Victoria, district of, 587

Villa de Ciervo, 24, 25

Villa de Lobos, 24

Villalba, 108

Villa Viçosa, 16

Vimiero, battle of, 15

Vittoria, 93, 94;
battle of, 97-100, 105, 125, 277, 778

“Vittoria,” a pug dog, 101, 102, 154, 213, 220, 260, 281-283, 340

Vivian, Gen. Sir Hussey, 269 _n._, 302, 329, 330, 333

Volunteers in the Duke’s army, 261

Volunteer Movement, 675-680

W

Wade (A.D.C. to Gen. Cole), 78

Wade, Col., 715

Wade, Lieut. John (72nd), 396

Wainwright, Capt. (R.N.), 206, 209

Waldemar, Prince (of Prussia), 548, 663

Waltham Cross, 259

War, the horrors of, 16, 17, 46, 67, 68, 102, 210, 274, 275;
the science of, 734

Ward, Mrs. Harriet, 586, 588 _n._

Warden, Capt. (Major) Henry D., 426, 427, 756;
British Resident at Bloemfontein, 584, 590, 594, 597-600, 635, 786, 792

Washington, 151, 182, 203;
capture of, 200, 201, 206, 215, 309

Waterkloof, the, 635, 636, 638, 641

Waterloo, battle of, 268-280, 309;
criticized, 276-279;
the field after the battle, 273-276, 279, 286, 287;
the gazette, 709;
field revisited, 309, 310;
anniversary 1819, 322;
do. 1840, 469;
do. 1851, 629;
do. 1852 (Waterloo Banquet), 654, 655;
do. 1855, 663

Watin, Mons., 312-315

Waugh, Capt. (16th Lancers), 538

Wellesley, Sir Arthur. _See next heading_

Wellington, Duke of, 18-181 (_passim_), 263-316 (_passim_), 355 _n._,
704, 778;
his discipline, 32, 116, 136, 137, 150, 307, 308;
his humane warfare, 200;
his justice, 132;
gives a hint of intended movements, 80;
plays a safe game, 155, 546;
his reticence, 124;
knowledge of the enemy, 37, 38, 142, 175, 176;
use of spies, 104;
sense of his own dignity, 300;
trusted by his army, 94, 126, 307;
as a sportsman, 55, 92, 297, 301, 304;
stories of, 51, 52, 307, 356;
compared with Marlborough, 290;
his opinion of the Light Division, 216, 580;
a maxim of, 766;
plans battle of the Nivelle, 142, 143;
before battle of Orthez, 162, 163;
before Waterloo, 267-270;
at Waterloo, 272, 276;
after the battle, 291;
at Cambray, 301-311;
as Prime Minister, 165, 356;
conversation on New Orleans disaster, 304, 305;
his brother, 216;
his praise of Sir H. S. after Aliwal, 556 _n._, 558-560, 562, 563,
684, 685, 688;
at Cambridge, 578;
letter to Sir Harry on the Kafir war, 627, 628, 631, 632;
defends Sir Harry’s conduct of the war, 642, 643;
gives last Waterloo Banquet, 654, 655;
death, 656;
his letter on national defence, 674, 675;
relations with Harry and Juana Smith, 54, 150, 213, 299-310, 350,
488, 489, 563, 571, 579, 654, 655, 656;
Harry Smith’s master and pattern, 555 _n._, 562, 563, 670, 686

Wellington, Fort, 443, 627;
built, 756

Wessels, Field Cornet, 605

West (soldier of 95th, Harry Smith’s servant), 77, 85, 89, 100, 111,
168, 169, 172, 189, 211, 223, 224, 253, 254, 258, 259, 262,
281-286;
discharged from the army, 322

Westminster, 654

Wheeler, Brig. H.M.:
at Moodkee, 505;
at Aliwal, 534, 537, 540, 547, 548, 559

White, Major (Burgher force, 1835), 398, 410, 411, 753, 756

White, Brig., 503

White, Fort, 621, 623, 624, 790

Whitelock, Gen., 7 _n._, 8, 9, 10;
criticized, 246, 247

Whittlesea (Whittlesey), Cambs., 1-3, 6 _n._, 77, 217, 357, 661, 664,
777, 778;
Harry Smith’s first departure from, 158;
visits to, 159, 220-222, 259-263;
thoughts of, 108;
dream of, 156, 157;
a wedding and a funeral at, 700-703;
Yeomanry Cavalry of, 2, 3, 576, 578;
visit to, in 1847, 574-577;
Sir Harry and Lady Smith buried at, 682, 683, 685;
letters from, 6 _n._, 288, 700-713

Whittlesea, Cape Colony, 625, 633, 641, 651;
its founding, 590 _n._

Williams, — (R.E.), 754

Willshire, Fort:
during Kafir war of 1835, 376, 377, 379, 387, 388, 423, 430, 720-723,
725, 737, 758, 759

Wilson, Brig., at Aliwal, 537, 540

Winburg, 584, 591, 596, 597, 599, 605, 606

Winterbottom, John (Adjutant 52nd), 135

Wisbeach (Cambs.), 683

Woburn (S. Africa), 588 _n._, 619

Woodville, Mr. (Havana), 256

Wounded, kindness to the, 88, 101, 137-139, 171, 172, 204

Wright, Brig. (39th), 491

Wyld, Brig., 475

Wylly, Major A., 243

Wyvill, Commodore, 789

X

Xabecca (Gnabecca) R., 44, 45

Xuramenha, fort of, 16

Y

Yellow fever, 344-348

Yeomany Cavalry, 331;
Whittlesey troop, 2, 3, 576, 578;
Scottish, 330, 331;
Lord de Tabley’s regiment, 671

Yorke, Gen. Sir Chas, 681

Z

Zamora, 38

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