by Rory Muir
Clinton, Maj-Gen. Henry (i), (ii)
biographical sketch (i)
and attack on El Sierro (i), (ii)
conduct in the attack (i)
line in succession to Wellington (i)
letter attributed to (i)
see also Sixth Division under army, allied
Clinton, Maj-Gen. William (i)
Clowes, Lt-Col W. L. (3rd Dragoons) (i)
Cocks, Maj. E. C. (16th Light Dragoons) (i), (ii)
Cole, Lt-Gen. L. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
biographical sketch (i)
returns to army (i)
orders Wachholtz to advance (i)
anxious over exposed flank (i)
wounded (i), (ii)
Collins, Lt-Col. R. (C.O. Portuguese brigade, Seventh Division) (i)
colours
guarding the (i), (ii), (iii)
of 2/53rd (i), (ii), (iii)
Sous-Lieutenant Guillemot captures (i)
Colville, Maj-Gen. C. (i)
Combermere, Viscount see Cotton, Sir S.
Combermere, Viscountess (i)
Connelly, Sgt. Michael (i)
Coruña, Battle of (16 January 1809) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Cortes, (i)
Costello, Private E. (95th Rifles) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Cotton, Lt-Gen. Sir S.
on 18 July (i), (ii)
on Wellington's refusal to attack in June (i)
as second-in-command (i)
tension with Le Marchant (i)
possibly opposes midday attack (i)
quarrel with Le Marchant (i), (ii)
unpopular with heavy cavalry (i), (ii)
role in Le Marchant's charge (i), (ii), (iii)
Wellington's supposed praise of (i)
wounded (i), (ii)
orders cavalry not to pursue (i), (ii)
Cowper, Col. L. I. (historian) (i)
Craufurd, Maj-Gen. R. (i)
Croker, J. W. (politician and author) (i), (ii)
Crookshank, Maj. (12th Caçadores) (i), (ii)
Curto, Gen. J. B. T. (i), (ii)
see also under army, French
Cuyler, Lt-Col G. (1/11 th) (i)
Dalbiac, Lt-Col J. C. (4th Dragoons) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dalmer, Maj. T. (23rd Fusiliers) (i)
Daniel, J. E. (commissariat) (i)
D'Arcy, Lt. J. (1/88th) (i), (ii)
Davey, Sgt R. (R.A.) (i)
dead, treatment of the (i), (ii)
De Champlimond, Col. (i)
Decken, Capt. von der (i)
De Lancey, Lt-Col. W. (staff) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
on attack on El Sierro (i)
Desgraviers, Brig. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dickens, Capt. Frederick (12th Light Dragoons) (i)
Dickson, Lt-Col. A. (R.A.) (i)
Donaldson, Sgt. (94th) (i), (ii)
Douglas, Col. J. (3/1st)
on early morning skirmishing (i)
on being bombarded (i), (ii), (iii)
Wellington sends 3/1st forward (i), (ii)
on General Leith (i)
feelings on preparing to advance (i)
advance and attack of Fifth Division (i), (ii), (iii)
on capture of French Eagle (i)
on Le Marchant's charge (i)
on attack on El Sierro (i)
on night after the battle (i)
Dowson, Capt. William (ADC to Leith) no, (i), (ii), (iii)
Drouet, Gen. J. B., Comte d'Erlon (i), (ii), (iii)
Duplan, V. M. (i)
D'Urban, Brig. B. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
dust (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dyneley, Capt. T. (R.H.A.)
occupies Lesser Arapile (i), (ii)
fire wounds Marmont (i)
on French artillery on Greater Arapile (i), (ii)
and Pack's attack (i)
catches fleeing Portuguese officer (i)
Eadie, Private R. (79th) (i), (ii)
Eagles, French
Captain Mottier's defence of (i), (ii)
capture of (i), (ii), (iii)
their reception in England (i), (ii)
El Bodon, action at (i), (ii)
Ellesmere, Earl of, reminiscences of Wellington (i)
Elley, Lt-Col J. (cavalry staff) (i), (ii), (iii)
Ellis, Lt-Col H. (23rd Fusiliers) (i)
El Sierro (i), (ii), (iii)
fighting at (i)
Encinas, fords at (i), (ii), (iii)
España, Mariscal de Campo, Don Carlos (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Fabvier, Capt. (staff) (i)
Fanions, French, capture of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Farrington, Joseph (artist and diarist) (i)
Faunce, Maj. (4th King's Own) (i)
Fearon, Maj. P. (4th Caçadores) (i), (ii)
Ferrol, rejoicings in (i)
Ferey, Gen. C. F. (i)
biographical sketch (i)
mortally wounded (i), (ii), (iii)
handles division with skill (i)
Fitzclarence, Lord Frederick (i)
Flags, Allied
guarding the (i), (ii), (iii)
of 2/53rd (i), (ii), (iii)
Sous-Lieutenant Guillemot captures (i)
Fortescue, Hon. J. W. (historian)
on 18 July (i)
on Thomières's march (i)
on Chauvel's cavalry (i)
maps of (i)
Pakenham's route across Tormes (i)
time Marmont wounded (i)
time Wellington decides to attack (i)
on Pakenham's formation (i)
on Thomières's death (i)
on 2/58th (i)
on Eagles captured (i)
on fighting between Clinton and Bonnet (i)
on timing of Pack's attack (i)
and 70th Ligne (i)
lends Oman transcripts from French archives (i), (ii)
criticizes Campbell (i), (ii)
on strength of 5th Dragoon Guards (i)
on French strength and losses (i), (ii)
doubts Wellington's claim of prisoners captured (i)
Foy, Gen. M.
in the Council of War (i)
criticism of Marmont (i), (ii)
biographical sketch (i)
on the French army (i)
early morning, 22nd July (i)
guards flank of the army (i)
blames Marmont for French defeat (i)
withdraws under pressure (i)
his own account of withdrawal (i), (ii)
exaggerates role of British cavalry (i), (ii)
praised by Napier (i)
might have succeeded to command of army (i)
praises Clausel (i); at Garcia Hernandez (i)
praises Wellington (i)
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (i)
French army see army, French
Fririon, Brig. (i), (ii)
Fuentes de Oñoro, Battle of (3–5 May 1811) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Fusilier brigade
broken by Clausel (i), (ii)
casualties (i), (ii), (iii)
rally and drive Clausel back (i), (ii)
‘Be ashamed, Fusiliers!’ (i)
joins attack on El Sierro (i), (ii)
see also Fourth Division under army, allied
gangrene (i)
Garcia Hernandez, combat of (23 July 1812) (i), (ii), (iii)
Garrett, Ensign R. (2nd) (i)
George, Prince Regent (later George IV) (i), (ii)
Girard, Gen. J. B. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Gleig, G. R. (soldier, chaplain and historian) (i)
Gomm, Capt. W. M. (ADC to Leith)
on Leith (i)
on French bombardment (i)
on Maucune's formation (i)
on Leith's attack (i)
on Leith's advance (i)
wounded (i)
Gordon, Maj. Alexander (ADC to Wellington) (i), (ii), (iii
)
Gower see Leveson Gower, Lord Granville
Graham, Lt-Gen. Sir T. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Grattan, Lt. W. (1/88th)
credibility of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Wellington's orders to Pakenham (i), (ii)
misconduct of caçadores (i)
attack of Third Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
and Le Marchant's charge (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
after the battle (i)
Greater Arapile (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
altitude (i)
Pack's attack on (i)
French evacuate (i)
Green, Private J. (68th) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Gregory, Lt. (4th Dragoons) (i)
Greville, Lt-Col. C. (1/38th) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Greville, Charles (diarist) (i), (ii), (iii)
Grüben, Maj. (1st KGL Hussars) (i), (ii)
Guards brigade
and defence of Los Arapiles (i)
see First Division under army, allied
Guarena, combat on the (18 July 1812) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
guerrillas, role of the (i), (ii), (iii)
Guillemot, Sous-Lieutenant (118th Ligne) (i)
Haddock, Maj. R. (12th Caçadores) (i)
Hale, Sgt J. (1/9th) (i), (ii), (iii)
Hamilton, Capt. Thomas (author) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
see also ‘Moggridge, Spencer’
d'Hautpoul, Capt. A. (59th Ligne) (i), (ii), (iii)
Hay see Leith Hay, A.
Hennell, Ensign G. (1/43rd) (i), (ii), (iii)
Hervey, Lt-Col. (14th Light Dragoons) (i)
Hill, Lt-Col. N. (1st Portuguese) (i), (ii)
Hill, Lt-Gen. Sir R. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Hinde, Col. S. V. (i)
Hope, Maj-Gen. John (i), (ii), (iii)
see also Seventh Division under army, allied
Hope, Lt-Gen Sir John (i)
hospitals, conditions in (i)
Huerta, fords at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Hugonin, Maj. J. (4th Dragoons) (i)
Hulse, Maj-Gen R. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Ingilby, Lt. W. B. (R.A.) (i)
Jackson, Col. R.D. (Coldstream Guards) (i)
‘Jingling Johnny’ (i)
Joseph, King of Spain (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Jourdan, Marshal J. B. (i), (ii)
Kincaid, Lt. J. (95th Rifles) (i), (ii), (iii)
King's German Legion see under army, allied
Knight, Charles (author and publisher) (i)
Knollys, Capt. (author) (i)
Krauchenberg, Maj. G. (1st K.G.L. Hussars) (i)
Lamartinière, Gen. (chief of staff), his table of casualties
discussed (i), (ii), (iii)
mentioned (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Lawford, Col. J. P. (historian) see Young & Lawford
Lawrence, Sgt. W. (1/40th) (i), (ii)
Lawson, Capt. (R.A.) (i)
Leach, Capt. J. (95th Rifles) (i)
Leith, Lt-Gen. James
and Wellington's refusal to attack in June (i)
biographical sketch (i)
attacks Maucune (i), (ii);
receives orders from Wellington (i)
encourages troops under bombardment (i)
regulates advance of division (i), (ii)
orders troops to fire and charge (i), (ii)
wounded (i), (ii), (iii)
Leith Hay, Lt. Andrew (ADC to Leith)
credibility (i)
Salamanca before the battle (i)
weather and dust (i)
French bombardment (i)
time of events (i)
Lawson's battery forced to retire (i), (ii), (iii)
sent forward to skirmishers (i)
Maucune's formation (i), (ii), (iii)
Leith's attack (i)
on British tactics (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Oman's misquoting of (i), (ii)
Wellington's orders to Leith (i)
praises Sympher's battery (i)
Le Marchant, Ensign Carey (ADC to Le Marchant) (i), (ii)
Le Marchant, Denis (author) (i)
Le Marchant, Maj-Gen. J. G.
biographical sketch (i)
charge of his brigade (i)
orders from Wellington (i), (ii)
quarrel with Cotton (i), (ii)
blood up (i); death of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Lemonnier-Delafosse, M. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
credibility (i), (ii)
Lesser Arapile (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
altitude (i)
Leveson Gower, Lord Granville (i)
Light, Lt. William (staff) (i), (ii), (iii)
Light Division see under army, allied
Lightfoot, Capt. (1/45th) (i)
Lillie, Maj. J. Scott (7th Caçadores) (i), (ii), (iii)
Lingsingen, Capt. (K.G.L.) (i)
Liverpool, Earl of (Prime Minister) (i), (ii), (iii)
Londonderry, Charles Stewart, Marquess of (soldier, diplomat and historian) (i), (ii), (iii)
Longa, F. (guerrilla leader) (i)
Los Arapiles (village) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Maucune attacks (i)
altitude (i)
Loverdo, Col. (59th Ligne) (i)
Luard, Lt. J. (4th Dragoons) (i)
lunch, Wellington's (i), (ii)
Macdonald, Maj. (R.H.A.) (i)
Maclean, Lt-Col. J. (3/27th) (i)
McGrigor, Dr James (i), (ii)
Mackie, Capt. W. (1/88th) (i)
Madrid (i)
Maguilla, combat of (11 June 1811) (i)
Maguire, Lt. F. (1/4th) (i)
Majadahonda, combat of (11 August 1812) (i)
Manners, Maj. Lord Charles (i)
maps
of battlefield, discussed (i)
in papers of Maj-Gen. Ashworth (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Marcel, Capt. (i)
Marindin, A. H. (historian) (i)
Marlborough, Duke of (i)
Marmont, Marshal A. F. L. V. de
biographical sketch (i)
before the battle
assumes command of the Army of Portugal (i), (ii)
detaches troops to aid Suchet (i)
demonstration in northern Portugal (i)
attempts to relieve Salamanca forts (i), (ii)
withdraws to the Duero (i)
decides to advance (i), (ii)
crosses Duero (i)
drives allies back to the Guarena (i)
decides not to attack (i)
gains initiative (i)
resumes advance (i)
crosses Tormes (i)
measures to strengthen his cavalry (i), (ii)
difficulties with subordinates (i), (ii), (iii)
Foy's opinion of (i), (ii), (iii)
criticism of Maucune (i), (ii), (iii)
On 22nd July and after
early morning (i), (ii), (iii)
decides not to attack (i), (ii)
shifts army to left (i), (ii), (iii)
seizes Greater Arapile (i), (ii)
joins Bonnet on Greater Arapile (i), (ii)
encouraged when Wellington aborts his attack (i)
his account of this (i), (ii)
hopes to maul allied rearguard (i)
orders of, in early afternoon (i), (ii), (iii)
orders Maucune to halt attack on village (i)
recognizes danger of Thomières's march (i), (ii)
orders Taupin to support Maucune (i), (ii)
wounded (i), (ii), (iii)
time when wounded (i), (ii), (iii)
responsibility for defeat (i), (ii), (iii)
states that Bonnet was second-in-command (i)
and Sous-Lieutenant Guillemot (i)
exaggerates Pack's casualties (i)
carried to Alba de Tormes when wounded (i)
Napoleon's criticism of (i)
defeat destroys his reputation (i), (ii)
claims to have suffered only 6,000 casualties (i)
Martinien, A. (historian)
discussed (i), (ii), (iii)
mentioned (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Masséna, Marshal A. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Massey, Lt. J. (3rd Dragoons) (i)
Maucune, Gen. A. L. P.
favours attacking at San Cristobal (i)
biographical sketch (i)
advances onto Monte de Azan (i), (ii)
attacks Los Arapiles (i), (ii), (iii)
moves further west (i), (ii)
establishes battery and bombards allies (i)
role in French defeat (i), (ii), (iii)
division defeated by Leith (i)
and Le Marchant's cavalry (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
and French retreat (i)
Maurice, Sir F. (historian) (i)
medical services (i)
Menne, Brig. (i)
Mercier (French engineer officer) (i)
Miles, Lt. (5th Dragoon Guards) (i)
Mills, Ensign J. (Coldstream Guards) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Mitchell, Sir T. L. (soldier and surveyor) (i)
‘Moggridge, Spencer’ (pseudonym of Thomas Hamilton)
on discontent with Wellington in June (i)
Wellington's orders to Pakenham (i), (ii)
credibility (i), (ii)
Pakenham's advance (i)
on Curto's charge (i)
Pakenham's objections to attack on El Sierro (i)
see also Hamilton, Capt. Thomas
Money, Col. A. (11th Light Dragoons) (i), (ii)
Monro, Lt. F. (R.A.) (i), (ii)
Monte de Azan 52–4, 59–60, 75, 271–2 altitude (i)
Moore, Lt-Gen. Sir John (i), (ii), (iii)
Moriarty, Lt. T. (1/88th) (i)
Morley, Sgt. S. (1/5th) (i)
Mottier, Capt. (82nd Ligne) (i), (ii)
Murphy, Maj. B. (1/88th) (i), (ii)
Murray, Maj-Gen, Sir G. (i), (ii), (iii)
Napier, Maj. W. (1/43rd, soldier and historian) (i)
and the lull on the Duero (i)
on 18 July (i), (ii), (iii)
criticizes Marmont's plan of campaign (i)
criticizes Victor Alten (i)
on Marmont (i)
on strength of the armies (i)
and failure to seize Greater Arapile (i), (ii)
Wellington decides to attack (i), (ii)
on when Marmont wounded (i)
Wellington having a siesta (i)
and D'Urban's charge (i)
and Cotton's role in Le Marchant's charge (i)
strength of Le Marchant's brigade (i)
does not blame Portuguese for Pack's failure (i)
on timing of Pack's attack (i)
on the attack on El Sierro (i), (ii)
leads 43rd in its advance (i), (ii)
receives orders from Wellington (i)
criticizes Henry Campbell (i)
formation of Light Division (i)
threat to Foy's flank by Fourth Division (i)