Rifles: Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters
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escapes from Rodrigo 1, 2
captured and executed after a trial 1, 2, 3
Alps 1
Alten, Major General von
new commander of the Light Division 1
programme of marches, firing practice
and field days 1
row over firewood 1
efforts to catch the French at Yanzi 1
on the Rhune 1
Waterloo 1, 2
American War of Independence 1, 2
Arbuthnott, Lieutenant Duncan 1, 2
Arcangues 1, 2
Ariñez 1, 2, 3
Army of Portugal 1, 2
Arruda 1, 2, 3, 4
Atalaya 1, 2, 3
Atlantic Ocean 1
Austerlitz, battle of 1, 2
Austrians: locked in battle with Napoleon 1
Badajoz fortress 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Wellington resolves to take it quickly 1
firing on the trenches 1
compared with Rodrigo 1
sniping 1
Forlorn Hope 1, 2, 3
storming party 1, 2
rope party 1, 2, 3
defences 1
a ravelin stormed in error 1
heavy losses 1
3rd Division succeed in their attack 1
plunder and rape 1, 2
casualties 1, 2
anger of Light Division officers 1
the aftermath 1
Baillie, Lieutenant 1
Baixa Beira 1
Baker rifle see under rifles
Ballard, Corporal George 1
Baller, George 1
Baltic expedition (1807) 1
Bandle, Tom 1
Barba del Puerco 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Ferey leads the attack on 1
Mercer’s death 1
Beckwith’s reinforcements 1
French flee across the bridge 1
casualties 1
success of 1, 2
reorganisation after 1
Barclay, Lieutenant Colonel 1, 2
Barnard, General Andrew 1, 2, 3
joins the Light Division 1
senior to O’Hare 1
Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2, 3
in charge of the Light Division 1
Badajoz 1, 2
Kempt replaces 1
commands 1st/95th 1
ambition 1
Vitoria 1, 2, 3, 4
confidence 1, 2
wounded at the Nivelle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
reappears at Arcangues 1
Tarbes 1
gives Simmons a gold watch 1
leads his battalion to Hilsea Barracks 1
ordered to prepare 1st/95th for
embarkation (1815) 1, 2
the Pitt affair 1
offers to share his billet with Simmons 1
Waterloo 1, 2, 3
promotion 1
Barossa, Battle of 1
Barquilla 1
Bassussarry ridge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
bayonet, the 1
Bechaud, Colonel Jean-Pierre 1, 2
Beckwith, Charlie 1, 2, 3
Beckwith, General Sidney 1, 2
a natural leader 1
understands soldiers’ mentality 1
his approach compared with Crauford’s 1
seeks qualities of initiative in riflemen 1
and Plunket’s flogging 1
at Barba del Puerco 1, 2, 3, 4
restructures his battalion 1
Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3
and the wounded officers 1
Busaco 1, 2, 3
friendship with Simmons 1
at Redinha 1
Foz de Arouce 1
at Sabugal 1, 2, 3
and promotions 1, 2
and Layton 1, 2
pleads Simmons’ case for promotion 1
returns home with Guadiana fever 1
Barnard to replace 1
saves Cummings 1
unable to resume command of 1/95 1
and Almond’s fate 1
sent on service to America 1
regimental wives ban 1, 2
use of incentives 1
Beira frontier 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Belem Barracks 1, 2, 3, 4
Belem Rangers 1, 2, 3
Bell, Major General 1
Bell, Lieutenant Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Betts, Sergeant Tuttle 1, 2
Bidassoa defence line 1, 2, 3
Bidassoa River 1, 2
Black Legion 1
Black Watch (42nd Highlanders) 1, 2
Blakiston, Major 1
Blanco, Lazarro 1, 2, 3
Blucher, Field Marshal 1
Blues 1
Board of Ordnance 1
Bordeaux 1, 2
Boveda River 1
British army units
1st Division: at Talavera 1; Fuento
d’Onoro 1, 2; Guards 3, 4 ; King’s German Legion 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
1st Dragoons 1
2nd Rifles 1
2nd Royal Surrey Militia 1, 2
3rd Division 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
3rd Hussars 1
4th Division 1, 2, 3
5th Division 1
7th West Indian Regiment 1
10th Hussars 1
13th Royal Veteran Battalion 1
14th Light Dragoons 1
27th Inniskilling Regiment 1
42nd Highlanders (Black Watch) 1, 2, 3
43rd Light Infantry Battalion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
51st Light Infantry Regiment 1
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
52nd Light Infantry Battalion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
60th (Royal American) Regiment of
Foot (5th Battalion) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of
Foot 1
71st Highland Light Infantry 1, 2
79th Cameron Highlanders 1, 2, 3, 4
88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught
Rangers) 1
92nd Highlanders 1
94th Regiment of Foot 1, 2
see also 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)
British Empire 1
Brooks, James 1
Brotherwood, Corporal William 1, 2, 3
at Vimiero 1
from the Leicestershire Militia 1, 2
brought into the 1st Battalion 1
field days at Campo Maior 1
iron constitution 1
Combat of the Coa 1
Sarsfield made a fool of 1
Badajoz 1
in 2nd Company 1
Vitoria 1
the Nive 1, 2, 3
death 1
Brown Bess 1
Brunswick, Duke of 1
Brunswick deserters 1
Brunswick Jagers 1
Brussels 1, 2, 3
Buenos Aires 1, 2, 3, 4
Burgos fortress 1
Burke, Private James 1, 2, 3
Busaco, Battle of (27 September 1810) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Masséna decides to attack the ridge 1
the French advance 1, 2, 3
Wellington’s long position 1
French attack falters 1
Simon taken prisoner 1
casualties 1, 2, 3
psychological impact of Masséna’s
defeat 1
Cacadores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Cadoux, Captain 1, 2
Calabria 1
Cameron, General Alexander 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
background 1
in the Coa 1, 2
desertion issue 1
promotion 1, 2
Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2
Badajoz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and a daily regimen 1
acting commanding officer 1
enlists Kinc
aid’s help as adjutant 1
crossing the Huebra 1
altercation with Gairdner 1
and Mitchell 1
limitations of his command 1
understands the soldier’s mentality 1
displaced by Barnard 1
retires several older men 1
Waterloo 1, 2
promotion through seniority 1
Cameron (of the Royal Horse Artillery) 1
Campbell, Sir Archibald 1
Campo Maior 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
cantonments 1
carabiniers 1
Caribbean 1
Cartaxo 1
Cary, Lieutenant 1
Caseda 1
Castel Sarrazin 1, 2, 3, 4
Castello Branco 1
Castello de Vide 1
Castille 1
Castrillo 1
Catalonia 1
Catholic emancipation of Ireland issue 1
Caya river 1, 2
Cazal Noval 1
Ceira River 1
Charity, Private 1
Charleroi 1
Charles, Archduke, of Austria 1
Chelmsford Assizes 1
chevaux de frises 1, 2
‘chosen man’ 1
Church, Second Lieutenant 1
Ciudad Rodrigo fortress 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
French take (1810) 1
successful storming of the redoubt 1
digging of siege trenches 1, 2, 3
the defenders’ cannon 1
vulnerable to assault 1
the defenders 1, 2, 3
sniping party 1
storming party 1, 2, 3, 4
Forlorn Hope 1, 2, 3
Craufurd shot 1
Kincaid climbs a ravelin in error 1, 2
victory celebrations 1
search for plunder 1, 2
casualties 1
deserters arrested 1
Vandeleur wounded 1
Light Division returns 1
Clausel, General 1
Coa, Combat of the (July 1810) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Craufurd’s error 1
O’Hare’s men start to surrender 1
bridge clogged with wagons and men 1
desperate defence of the position 1
Craufurd orders men to leave Simmons 1
French unable to cross the bridge 1
large number of casualties 1
fate of the Coa wounded 1
Craufurd despondent after 1
leaves Portugal 1
Coa river 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
see also Combat of the Coa
Coane, Lieutenant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Colborne, Lieutenant Colonel John 1
Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2
acting commander of the Left Brigade 1
attack on the Saint Benoit redoubt 1
bluffs the French 1
attack on the Mouiz fort 1
the Nive 1
Waterloo 1
Connor, Jack 1
Cooke (of the 43rd) 1
Copely, Jemmy 1
Cornwell, Bernard xi
corporal’s duties 1
Corunna campaign (1809) 1, 2, 3
Costello, Corporal Edward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
admires Plunket 1, 2
craving for adventure 1
shooting practice 1
field days at Campo Maior 1
Guadiana fever 1, 2
attack at Barba del Puerco 1, 2
wounded at the Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
at Redinha 1
at Cazal Noval 1
on the supply shortages 1
Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2
Uniacke’s funeral 1
Almond’s fate 1, 2
Badajoz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
goes to 2nd Company 1
and Blanco 1
on the retreat from Madrid 1
95th’s uniforms 1
Vitoria 1, 2, 3, 4
Yanzi 1
stops Fairfoot deserting 1
the Nive 1
Tarbes 1
social life in Castel Sarrazin 1
in Portsmouth 1
remains under Leach 1
injured at Quatre Bras 1, 2
invalided out 1
in the Spanish civil war of 1835 1
Yeoman warder, Tower of London 1
memoirs 1
Cowes, Isle of Wight 1
Cox, Lieutenant John 1, 2, 3
Cox, Captain William 1, 2
Crampton, Captain Jeremiah 1, 2, 3
Craufurd, Fanny 1, 2, 3, 4
Craufurd, Major General Robert (‘Black Bob’) 1, 2, 3, 4
commands the Portuguese enterprise 1, 2
a disciplinarian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
appearance 1
character 1, 2
surrenders his brigade in Buenos Aires 1, 2
grasp of military theory 1, 2
ambition 1, 2
Standing Orders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Battle of Talavera 1, 2, 3
a loving correspondent with his wife 1
finds his match in Beckwith 1
his approach compared with Beckwith’s 1
shooting practice 1
chain of look-outs idea 1, 2, 3, 4
delighted at Barba outcome 1
lobbies Wellington for more exciting
missions 1, 2
Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Wellington chooses to keep Craufurd 1
on skulkers 1
Busaco 1, 2, 3
pursues the Army of Portugal 1
checked by Wellington 1
asks for more troops 1
returns to England on leave 1
absence from Sabugal 1, 2
Fuentes d’Onoro 1
constant presence 1
promotion 1
clashes with Wellington 1, 2
and supply shortages 1, 2, 3
desertions 1, 2, 3
Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
death and burial 1, 2
Crawley, Private Tom 1, 2, 3
Cromwell, Oliver 1
Cuesta, General 1
cuirassiers 1, 2, 3
Cummings, Allan 1
Cummings, Joseph 1
Davy, John 1
Denmark 1
d’Erlon, General 1, 2
Desert Rats xi
desertion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dough Boy Hill camp, Almaraz 1, 2
Douro river 1
Dover, Kent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Drummond, Colonel 1, 2, 3, 4
Duas Casas River 1
Duero River 1, 2
Duero wines 1, 2
Dundas, General Sir David
author of Rules and Regulations for the
Army 1
becomes Commander in Chief 1
his nickname 1
Duthilt, Captain 1, 2
Ebro 1
Egerton’s Military Library 1
Egypt 1, 2
El Bodon 1, 2
Elba 1
Elder, Lieutenant Colonel George 1
Elvas garrison 1, 2
English Channel 1
Erskine, Major General Sir William 1, 2
appointed 1
short-sightedness 1, 2, 3
Wellington on 1
Sabugal 1, 2, 3, 4
the Almeida garrison fiasco 1
and Alten 1
Fabius 1