Destructive and Formidable: British Infantry Firepower 1642-1756

by David Blackmore

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  Index

  Abercromby, Major General 152, 155, 156

  Adolphus, Gustavus 13, 17, 35, 37, 39, 40, 46, 168

  Adwalton Moor 18, 19

  Ameixial 27, 168

  Amherst, Major General Jeffrey 104, 151, 152, 154–7, 159, 163

  Arundel 17, 29

  Aughrim 69

  Barrell’s regiment 2, 111, 114, 115, 118

  Barriffe, William 9, 10–13, 15, 23–5, 29–30, 38

  Basra 173

  Bath’s regiment, Earl of 54, 62, 69

  bayonet 3, 56–8, 62, 63, 67–8, 70–1, 74, 75, 77, 80, 85, 88, 96, 101, 103, 108, 112–16, 119, 122, 124, 136–9, 141–3, 144–5, 148–9, 151–2, 158, 160–2, 164–6, 169, 171–3

  Birch, Colonel John 17, 29

  Blakeney, Colonel 82, 129

  Bland, Humphrey 4, 52, 81, 95–105, 108, 111, 117–18, 127, 129, 143, 169, 171

  Blaythwayt, William 47 Blenheim 74–9, 94

  Bouquet, Henry 150, 151, 153–5, 160

  Boyne, battle of the 59, 60 Braddock, Major General 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 155–6

  Breitenfeld 13, 17, 39, 41 Brentford 16

  Bury, Colonel Lord 122 Bushey Run 160

  Cardonnel, Adam 79

  Carillon, Fort 156

  Carmarthen 26

  cartridges 33, 35, 42, 56, 70, 71, 81, 87, 97, 103–5, 119, 125–6, 129, 136, 141, 151, 152, 158, 169, 171

  Charles I 8, 16, 22

  Charles II 27, 33
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br />   Cobham, Major General 92–3

  Coldstream Guards 32, 155

  Cope, Lieutenant General Sir John 110

  Corbach 139, 141

  Cromwell, Oliver 20, 23

  Culloden 2, 6, 57, 111–16, 118, 119, 123, 129, 135, 170, 173

  Cumberland, Duke of 108, 110, 111, 113–14, 117, 122–3, 125, 126, 127, 129, 133, 152, 155–6, 157, 158, 170–1

  Cutts, Lord 76, 78

  Dettingen 6, 95, 96, 104, 105, 108–9, 118, 119, 121, 146, 170, 172

  Douglas, Lieutenant General 48

  Douglass, Brigadier General James 58, 63–8, 81, 83, 129

  Douglass, Sir Robert 61

  Dunes, battle of the 26–7, 29, 32, 168

  DuQuesne, Fort 146–7, 153

  Durant, George 138

  Duroure, Colonel 107–8, 119

  Edgehill 13–16, 18, 20–1, 26, 30, 167–8

  Elton, Richard 15, 23–7, 30, 41, 45–6

  Emsdorf 141

  Fairfax, Lord Ferdinando 18–19, 20

  Fairfax, Sir Thomas 19, 22

  Falkirk 111

  Fleurus 59–60, 68, 69–70, 71, 81

  flintlock musket 9–10, 33, 42, 56, 64, 70, 71, 80, 81, 87, 90, 169

  Fontenoy 2, 6, 104, 108–9, 115, 118, 119, 121, 136, 146, 172

  Forbes, Brigadier John 153–5

  Foster, Captain John 85–6, 89, 91

  Frederick the Great 120, 121–3, 139, 156

  Gage, Colonel Thomas 151

  ‘ga-pa’ 29–30, 60

  George II 102, 106–7

  Granby, Marquis of 142

  Gwynne, John 16

  Halle 54

  Hawley, Lieutenant General Henry 110–11, 126

  Hay, Captain Lord 109

  Horse Grenadiers, 2nd Troop of 131

  Ingoldsby, Lieutenant General 79–80, 82–5, 169

  Inverlochy 21

  Jacobite Rebellion 6, 95, 109–16, 119, 170

  James II 14–15, 27, 32, 36, 42, 47, 52, 59

  Kane, Brigadier General Richard 36–7, 74, 84, 88–9, 95, 101–3, 104, 117, 169–70

  Killiekrankie 48, 56–7, 60, 69, 71, 81, 109

  Klosterkamp 139, 141

  Knox, Captain John 150, 157–8, 163, 166

  La Belle Famille 161–2, 166, 173

  La Fausille, Colonel John 95, 104–5, 107, 116–19, 136, 170

  Laffeldt 3, 6, 96, 104, 116, 119, 170

  Landen 58, 65, 68, 71

  Laugherne, Major General Rowland 26

  Leeds 19

  Lesley, General Alexander 11

  Lockhart’s regiment 27

  locking up 52, 65, 118, 121

  Loudon, Lord 113, 150

  Louisbourg 152, 154, 156–7

  Lutzen 39

  Mackay, Major General Hugh 48–53, 54, 55, 56–7, 58–9, 60, 62, 63–9, 71, 80, 81, 83, 87, 89, 97, 109–10, 137

  Mahoney, Ensign Brian 85–7, 99

  Malplaquet 74, 87–90, 91, 94, 95, 169, 172

  Manchester, Earl of 20

  Marlborough, Duke of 5, 36, 47, 48, 52, 55, 66, 73–5, 78, 79–80, 82–3, 85, 87, 91, 94, 118, 127, 168

  Marston Moor 20, 30, 172

  Massey, Lieutenant Colonel Eyre 161–2

  matchlock musket 8–10, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 50, 56, 63, 64, 70, 71, 80, 81, 87, 90, 169

  Minden 1, 2–3, 101, 120, 139–41, 172

  Monck, George, Duke of Albemarle 34, 43

  Monongahela 146–9, 172

  Monro, Robert 37–41, 45–6

  Monro’s regiment 2, 113–15

  Montcalm 1, 162, 164

  Montrose, Earl of 21, 170

  Mordaunt, General Sir John 123, 132–3, 137, 138, 147

  Morgan, Major General Sir Thomas 27, 32

  Murray, Brigadier General James 164

  Naseby 22–3, 172

  Nassau, Maurice of 9, 13, 29, 40

  New Model Army 22–3, 24, 27

  Newburn 8

  Newbury, first battle of 17

  Newbury, second battle of 16

  Newcastle, Earl of 11–12, 18–19, 20, 34

  Niagara, Fort 161

  Nordlingen 29

  Orkney, Lord 91, 97

  Ormsby, Lieutenant Eubele 164–5

  Orrery, Earl of 9, 35, 41–3, 50, 95

  Oudenarde 83, 87, 94

  Paan, Louis 46–7

  Parker, Robert 77, 83–5, 88–90

  Pitt, Fort 153, 155, 160

  Plains of Abraham 1, 162

  Preston 23, 29

  Prestonpans 110, 172

  Quebec 1, 3, 144–5, 152, 157, 159, 160, 162, 164–6, 173

  Ramilles 79

  Ramrods 103, 119, 171

  Rhe, Isle de la 8

  Richmond, Duke of 122–3, 132–4, 137, 142, 156

  Rocoux 116

  Rogers, Major Robert 149, 152, 155

  Rowe, Brigadier 76–7

  Royal American Regiment 153

  Royal Irish Regiment 83–4, 88–9

  Royal Scots Fusiliers Regiment 114

  Royal Scots Regiment 111

  Royal Welch Fusiliers 107

  Rupert, Prince 11, 20

  Russell, Lieutenant Colonel 106–7

  Ruthven, Patrick, Earl of Forth 17

  Sackville, Lord George 138, 141, 152

  St Frederic, Fort 149

  Sainte Foy 164, 166

  Saxe, Field Marshal Maurice de 69, 70, 120–1, 131, 155

  Schellenburg, storming of the 75–6

  Schomberg, Duke of 47

  Scott, Major George 150–1, 168

  Skippon, Major General Phillip 22

  Stair, Lord 106–7

  Steenkirk 48, 61, 66, 68, 69, 90

  Stuart, Prince Charles Edward 109, 113

  Swedes Way 30, 31, 44–6

  Swedish Brigade 38–40

  Tadcaster 19

  Tangiers, siege of 33–4

  ‘tap loading’ 104–5, 114, 119, 129, 162

  Tippermuir 21, 170

  Todd, Corporal 138–9, 141–2

  Townshend, Brigadier Henry 163–4

  Turner, Sir James 10, 32, 39–41, 43, 47, 95

  Turnham Green 16

  Vellinghausen 139, 142

  Voltaire 109

  Walcourt 60–1

  Waldeck, Field Marshal von 59–61

  Waller, Sir William 17, 32

  Warburg 3, 139, 141

  Wilhelmsthal 139

  William Henry, Fort 149

  William III 36, 42, 47–9, 54, 55, 59–61, 63–4, 65, 71, 73, 74, 75, 168

  Wolfe, James 1, 4, 107, 122–5, 130, 132–3, 135, 137, 142, 144–5, 147, 148, 152, 155–9, 162–4, 170, 172

  Wolfe’s regiment, Colonel Edward 115–16

  Wynendael 82–3, 94

  York, Duke of 3