by Mark Urban
bivouacked on the Rhune 1
depleted forces 1, 2
Spanish experiment 1, 2
Salamanca 1
Madrid 1
Alemada 1
uniform 1
Barnard commands 1
Vitoria 1, 2, 3
attack on the Mouiz fort 1, 2
Gilmour as acting commander 1
the Nive 1, 2
Tarbes 1, 2, 3
and the murder in Plaisance 1
ordered to embark for England 1
sails home 1
statistics 1
embarks at Dover (25 April 1815) 1
Quatre Bras 1
Waterloo 1, 2, 3
campaigns come to an end 1
sent to Scotland, then Ireland 1
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles): 2nd
Battalion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Colborne leads 1
reorganisation of the 95th 1
at Shorncliffe camp 1, 2
Tarbes 1, 2
95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles): 3rd
Battalion 1, 2, 3, 4
newly formed 1
training 1
at Shorncliffe camp 1, 2
four companies join the Light Division 1
blooded at Barossa 1
Uniacke in 1
desertion 1
attack on the Mouiz fort 1
Tarbes 1, 2, 3
ordered to embark for America 1
end of 1
Ninon, Captain 1, 2
Nive, Battle of (9 December, 1813) 1
Nive River 1
Nivelle, Battle of (10 November, 1813) 1, 2
Nymph (frigate) 1
O’Hare, Major Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
background 1
joins the Rifles 1
and reorganisation of the battalion 1
embarks from Dover (May 1809) 1, 2, 3
promotion 1, 2, 3
ambition 1
surrender at Buenos Aires 1
field days at Campo Maior 1
and Guadiana fever 1
and Simmons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
pursuit of the maid of Hythe 1
appearance 1
at Barba del Puerco 1, 2
Combat of the Coa 1, 2
at Arruda 1, 2
stops a man’s gin ration 1
at Redinha 1
last battle at the head of 3rd Company 1
Fuentes d’Onoro 1, 2
acting commander of the battalion 1
illness 1
and Almond’s fate 1
Badajoz 1
death 1, 2
O’Hare, Marianne 1, 2
O’Hare, Mary 1, 2
Old Slaughter’s Coffee House, London 1
O’Reilly, Lieutenant 1
Oropesa 1, 2
Ostend 1
Pack, General 1, 2
Paget, General Sir Edward 1
Pakenham, Colonel Edward 1
Pakenham, Captain Hercules 1
Palencia 1
Pampluna 1, 2
Paris 1
Patriotic Fund 1
Peninsular Army
impressed by the Light Division’s actions 1, 2
and promotion 1
the 95th as its hardest fighting corps 1
desertion 1
Colour Sergeants 1
Petite Rhune, La 1, 2, 3
Phillipon, General 1
Picton, General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Picurina redoubt, La 1
Pinhel 1, 2
Pitt, Corporal George 1, 2
Plaisance 1, 2
Plate River 1
Plunket, Sergeant Tom
rewarded for shooting a French general 1, 2, 3
humour 1
drunken behaviour and punishment 1, 2
matchseller 1
Pombal 1, 2
Portina River 1, 2, 3
Portsmouth 1, 2
Portugal
brief 1808 campaign 1
95th lands in (1809) 1
Wellesley commands British forces 1
Guadiana marks the frontier 1
Wellington’s treatment of people and
property 1, 2
French atrocities 1
Portuguese army units
1st Cacadores 1, 2, 3
3rd Cacadores 1, 2, 3
17th Regiment 1
Portuguese light infantry 1
Portuguese Navy 1
Powers, Major 1
Pozo Bello 1, 2
Pratt, Lieutenant 1, 2
Prussian army 1, 2, 3
Public Record Office, Kew 1
Punhete 1
Pyrenean frontier 1
Pyrenees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Quatre Bras
Wellington’s army 1
Underwood holds back 1, 2
the 95th opens fire 1
injuries 1, 2
cuirassiers 1
fate of the Black Watch (42nd) 1, 2
Redinha, Combat of 1, 2, 3
Redoubt of San Francisco 1, 2, 3, 4
Revenge, The (play) 1
Reynier, General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Rhine River 1
Rhune mountain 1, 2
Rifle Brigade, The (previously 95th Rifles) 1
Rifle Corps 1, 2
riflemen
limited role in combat 1
as an arbiter of life and death 1, 2
training 1
quick-loading 1
as universal soldiers 1
close-range fighting 1
rifles
firing 1
shooting practice 1
Baker rifle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
rate of fire 1
Craufurd’s comments 1
French attitude to 1
Rivals, The (Sheridan) 1
Roberts, Bob 1
Robinson, Private 1
Rodrigo fortress 1, 2, 3
Rottenburg, Colonel 1
Royal Artillery 1
Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Royal Navy 1
Royal Surrey Militia 1, 2, 3
Rueda 1
Rules and Regulations (1792) 1, 2
Russia: Napoleon marches his army into 1
Sabugal, Battle of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Beckwith’s Right Wing fords an icy river 1
dense fog 1, 2
Wellington’s plan 1
Simmons’ company faces a French regiment
and runs 1
British heavily outnumbered 1
French howitzers shoots canister into the
British line 1
furious British advance 1
French withdrawal 1
casualties 1
Saint Benoit redoubt 1
Salamanca 1, 2
Battle of 1, 2, 3
San Felices 1, 2
San Francisco redoubt 1, 2
San Miguel ridge 1, 2, 3
San Millan valley 1, 2, 3
San Munoz 1
San Sebastian 1, 2, 3
Sanchez, Don Julian 1
Sandgate 1
Santa Barbera 1
Santa Cruz 1
Santa Maria bastion, Badajoz 1, 2
Santa Marta breach, Badajoz 1
Santarem 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sarsfield, Second Lieutenant Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sebastiani, General 1, 2
sharpshooters 1, 2
Sherbrooke, General 1, 2
shooting practice 1, 2
Shorncliffe camp, Kent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Short, Private 1
Sierra de Busaco 1, 2
see also Busaco, Battle of
Sierra de Gata 1
Sierra de Guadalupe 1
Sierra de Segurilla 1, 2
Sierra d’Estrella 1, 2
Simmons, Second Lieutenant George 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
embarks from Dover (May 1809) 1, 2, 3
his militia
regiment 1, 2
financial motives 1, 2
Battle of Talavera 1
told to arrest the provost marshal 1
field days at Campo Maior 1
Guadiana fever 1
and O’Hare 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
attack on Barba del Puerco 1, 2
Combat of the Coa 1, 2, 3
wounded 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
returns to 3rd Company 1
friendship with Beckwith 1
at Cazal Noval 1
promotion issue 1, 2, 3
Sabugal 1
Sarsfield affair 1
commands the 5th Company 1
Ciudad Rodrigo 1
Badajoz 1, 2, 3, 4
battalion reorganisation 1
his pack mule 1, 2
worried about brother Joseph 1, 2
seeks promotion 1
training 1
Vitoria 1, 2
row over firewood 1
the Nivelle 1
and the wounded Barnard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tarbes 1, 2, 3
the fortunes of war 1
blood money due to him 1
returns to London 1
oversees the companies 1
goes to 10th Company 1, 2
the Pitt affair 1
on entering Brussels 1
Quatre Bras 1, 2
refuses Barnard’s offer of a billet 1
Waterloo 1, 2, 3, 4
comes through the Belgian campaign
with honour 1
eventually gets his own company 1
marriage 1
writes about Fairfoot 1
journals and letters 1
in retirement 1
Simmons, Joseph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Simmons, Lieutenant Maud 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Simon, General 1, 2
‘Sir John Moore’s System’ 1
Skerrett, Major General John 1, 2, 3
skulkers 1, 2, 3, 4
Smith, General Harry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
buys his commission 1
a natural gentleman 1
wounded at the Coa 1, 2
helps organise a party of the wounded 1, 2
hunger for advancement 1
convalescents’ march to the lines of
Torres Vedras 1
in pain from ball in his heel 1
commands 2nd Company at Redinha 1
Sabugal 1
becomes Brigade Major 1
Ciudad Rodrigo 1, 2
deserters’ executions 1, 2
Badajoz 1, 2
marriage 1
dislikes Skerrett 1, 2
the Nive 1
Castel Sarrazin 1
sails for America 1
promotion 1
Smith, Juana Dolores (née de Leon) 1
Smith, Lieutenant Tom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Somerset, Lord Fitzroy 1, 2, 3
Soult, Marshal Jean de Dieu 1, 2, 3, 4
appointed to reorganise Napoleon’s
southern armies 1
his prediction 1
on British method of firing at officers 1
Nivelle 1
falls back on Toulouse 1
and desertions 1
Battle of Toulouse 1
appears sullen and dejected 1
South America 1, 2
South Lincoln Regiment of Militia 1, 2
Spencer, Lord Charles 1, 2, 3, 4
Stewart, Sir Charles 1
Stewart, Colonel 1
Stewart, Captain the Hon. James 1
Stewart, Major 1, 2, 3
Stewart, Sir William 1, 2
Stratton, Private George 1
Suchet, Marshal 1
Sula 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Surrey 1
Surtees, Quarter Master William 1, 2, 3
Tagus River 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Talavera 1, 2
Talavera, Battle of (28 July 1809) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Wellington chooses his position with
care 1
French advance under Lapisse and
Sebastiani 1
French aim to unsettle British troops 1
successful British musket shooting 1
fresh French defences 1
victory with heavy losses 1, 2
the 95th observe the consequences of the
battle 1, 2
Craufurd’s distress at arriving too late 1
Tarbes, Battle of 1, 2, 3, 4
Tarn River 1, 2
Times, The 1, 2
tirailleurs 1, 2, 3
Tirailleurs de Siège 1
Torrens, Major General Sir Henry 1
Field Exercise and Evolutions of the
Army 1, 2
Torres Vedras 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Toulouse 1, 2, 3
Tower of London 1
Travers brothers 1
Treacy, Tom 1, 2
Trespuentes bridge 1
Trinidad bastion, Badajoz, La 1, 2
Turon stream 1, 2
Tyrolean montagnards 1
Underwood, Sergeant Daniel 1, 2
Uniacke, Eliza 1, 2
Uniacke, Captain John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
United Service Club 1
United Service Journal 1, 2
United States of America: declares war (Jun 1 1812) 1
Val Puesta 1
Vallada 1
Vandeleur, Major General John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Vandermaesen, General Lubin-Martin 1
Vera pass 1, 2, 3, 4
Verdun prison 1
Verner, Colonel Willoughby 1-2
Victoria, Queen 1
Villa Nueva 1
Ville de Paris (battleship) 1
Villodas bridge 1, 2, 3
Vimiero, Battle of 1
Vitoria 1, 2
Army moves ahead in three great
columns 1
outflanking movements 1
Wellington orders the attack 1
Barnard’s successful gamble 1
heavy firing from French cannon 1
first French gun captured 1
emphatic British triumph 1
plundering 1, 2, 3
French rearguard 1
Vogt, Captain 1
voltigeurs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Waterloo, Battle of 1
British position 1
Napoleon’s position 1
casualties 1, 2, 3
cuirassiers 1, 2, 3
British cavalry charge 1
Duthilt’s temporary capture 1
French gain possession of La Haye
Sainte farm 1, 2
defeat of the Imperial Guard 1
arrival of the Prussians 1
Colborne’s success 1
Wellington’s victory 1
the 95th’s conduct 1, 2, 3
use of the bayonet 1
Waterloo medal 1
W.D.B. (writer in the United Service Journal) 1
Weddeburne, Sergeant William 1, 2
Wellesley, Lieutenant General Sir Arthur
see Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, lst
Duke of
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of 1
in Denmark 1
commands the British forces in the
Iberian Peninsula 1
and Craufurd’s qualifications 1
Talavera 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and British Army principles 1
withdrawal of 1
and thefts from civilians 1
and teaching soldiers to read and write 1
reason for keeping his army at the
Guadiana 1
and Craufurd’s observing parties 1