The Victorians at War, 1815-1914

, by Raugh, Harold E., Jr.

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Capturing the strength of the British Army from 1815 to 1914, this groundbreaking reference presents the most recent research on the most significant wars, campaigns, battles, and leaders.

Preface

Introduction

xiii

Abu Klea, Battle of (17 January 1885)

(1)

Abyssinia

(1)

Abyssinian War (1867--1868)

(2)

Addiscombe, Military Seminary

(1)

Adjutant-General, British Army

(1)

Adye, General Sir John M. (1819--1900)

(1)

Afghan War, First (1839--1842)

(2)

Afghan War, Second (1878--1880)

(1)

Afghanistan

(1)

Aldershot

(1)

Alexandria, Bombardment of (11 July 1882)

(1)

Alison, General Sir Archibald (1826--1907)

(1)

Aliwal, Battle of (28 January 1846)

(1)

Alma, Battle of the (20 September 1854)

(1)

Amoaful, Battle of (31 January 1874)

(1)

Animals, Transport

(1)

Arabi Pasha, Ahmed (c. 1840--1911)

(1)

Arabi Rebellion (1882)

(3)

Army and Society

(1)

Army Estimates

(1)

Army Service Corps

(1)

Artillery, British Army---Organization

(1)

Artillery, British Army---Tactics

(1)

Artillery, British Army---Training

(1)

Artillery, British Army---Weapons and Equipment

(1)

Artists, War

(1)

Ashanti

(2)

Ashanti Expedition (1895--1896)

(1)

Ashanti Ring

(1)

Ashanti War (1900)

(1)

Ashanti War, First (1823--1826)

(1)

Ashanti War, Second (1873--1874)

(3)

Atbara, Battle of (8 April 1898)

(1)

Awards and Decorations

(3)

Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General Sir Robert S. S., First Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857--1941)

(1)

Baker Pasha, Lieutenant General Valentine (1827--1887)

(1)

Balaklava, Battle of (25 October 1854)

(2)

Balloons

(1)

Baltic Sea Operations, Crimean War

(1)

Bengal Army

(1)

Bitter-Ender

(1)

Blockhouses

(1)

Blood, General Sir Bindon (1842--1940)

(1)

Boer War, First (1880--1881)

(2)

Boer War, Second (1899--1902)

(2)

Boers

(2)

Bombay Army

(1)

Boomplaats, Battle of (29 August 1848)

(1)

Botha, Commandant-General Louis (1862--1919)

(1)

Boxer Rebellion (1900--1901)

(2)

Brackenbury, General Sir Henry (1837--1914)

(1)

Bromhead, Major Gonville, V.C. (1845--1892)

(1)

Bronkhorstspruit, Battle of (20 December 1880)

(1)

Brown, General Sir George (1790--1865)

(1)

Browne, General Sir Samuel J., V.C. (1824--1901)

(2)

Buller, General Sir Redvers H., V.C. (1839--1908)

(1)

Bullets

(1)

Buner Field Force (1898)

(1)

Burma

(1)

Burma War, First (1824--1826)

(2)

Burma War, Second (1852--1853)

(1)

Burma War, Third (1885)

(1)

Burnaby, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G. (1842--1885)

(1)

Butler, Lieutenant General Sir William F. (1838--1910)

(3)

Camberley, Staff College

(1)

Cambridge, Field Marshal H.R.H. Prince George F., Second Duke of (1819--1904)

(1)

Campaign Medals

(1)

Campbell, Field Marshal Colin, First Baron Clyde of Clydesdale (1792--1863)

(1)

Canada

(1)

Cape Frontier Wars, Southern Africa

(1)

Cardigan, Lieutenant General James T. Brudenell, Seventh Earl of (1797--1868)

(1)

Cardwell, Edward T., First Viscount Cardwell of Ellerbeck (1813--1886)

(1)

Cardwell Reforms

(2)

Cathcart, Lieutenant General Sir George (1794--1854)

(1)

Cavagnari, Major Sir Pierre L. N. (1841--1879)

(1)

Cavalry, British Army---Organization

(1)

Cavalry, British Army---Tactics

(1)

Cavalry, British Army---Training

(1)

Cavalry, British Army---Weapons and Equipment

(1)

Cawnpore, Siege and Relief of (1857)

(1)

Cetshwayo kaMpande (c. 1832--1884)

(1)

Chamberlain, Field Marshal Sir Neville B. (1820--1902)

(1)

Chaplains

(1)

Charasia, Battle of (6 October 1879)

(1)

Chard, Colonel John R. M., V.C. (1847--1897)

(1)

Charge of the Light Brigade

(1)

Charge of the 21st Lancers

(1)

Chelmsford, General Frederick A. Thesiger, Second Baron (1827--1905)

(1)

Chernaya, Battle of (16 August 1855)

(1)

Chesney, Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. (1826--1876)

(1)

Chillianwalla, Battle of (13 January 1849)

(1)

China

(1)

China War, First (1839--1842)

(2)

China War, Second (1856--1860)

100

(1)

Churchill, Sir Winston L. S. (1874--1965)

101

(1)

Civil-Military Relations

102

(1)

Coastal Fortifications

103

(1)

Colenso, Battle of (15 December 1899)

104

(1)

Commander in Chief, British Army

105

(1)

Commando System

106

(1)

Communications

107

(1)

Concentration Camps

108

(1)

Correspondents, War

109

(1)

Crimean War (1854--1856)

110

(3)

Cronje, Assistant Commandant-General Piet A. (1835--1911)

113

(1)

Curragh Camp

114

(1)

Curragh Incident (March 1914)

115

(2)

De la Rey, Assistant Commandant-General Jacobus (1847--1914)

117

(1)

De Wet, Chief Commandant Christiaan R. (1854--1922)

118

(1)

Delhi, Siege and Storming of (1857)

118

(1)

Dervishes

119

(1)

Discipline and Justice, British Army

120

(2)

Disraeli, Benjamin, First Earl of Beaconsfield (1804--1881)

122

(1)

Dongola, Capture of (23 September 1896)

122

(1)

Dost Mohammed (1793--1863)

123

(1)

Dundas, Admiral Sir James W. D. (1785--1862)

124

(1)

Durand, Sir Henry Mortimer (1850--1924)

124

(3)

Earle, Major General William (1833--1885)

127

(1)

East India Company

127

(1)

East India Company, Military Forces

128

(2)

Egypt

130

(1)

Egyptian Army

131

(1)

El Teb, Battle of (4 February 1884)

132

(1)

Engineers, British Army---Employment

132

(1)

Engineers, British Army---Organization

133

(1)

Engineers, British Army---Training

134

(1)

Engineers, British Army---Weapons and Equipment

134

(1)

Esher, Reginald B. B., Second Viscount (1852--1930)

135

(1)

Esher Committee (1904)

135

(1)

Eupatoria, Battle of (17 February 1855)

136

(1)

Evans, General Sir George de Lacy (1787--1870)

137

(2)

Fashoda Incident (1898)

139

(1)

Ferozeshah, Battle of (21--22 December 1845)

140

(1)

French, Field Marshal John D. P. First Earl of Ypres (1852--1925)

141

(1)

French Forces, Crimean War

142

(1)

Gatacre, Lieutenant General Sir William F. (1843--1906)

143

(1)

Ginnis, Battle of (30 December 1885)

144

(1)

Gladstone, William E. (1809--1898)

145

(1)

Gordon, Major General Charles G. (1833--1885)

145

(1)

Gordon Relief Expedition (1884--1885)

146

(3)

Gough, General Sir Hubert de la P. (1870--1963)

149

(1)

Gough, Field Marshal Hugh, First Viscount Gough of Chinkiangfoo in China and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej in the East Indies (1779--1869)

149

(1)

Graham, Lieutenant General Sir Gerald, V.C. (1831--1899)

150

(1)

Grant, General Sir James Hope (1808--1875)

151

(1)

Great Game

151

(2)

Greaves, General Sir George R. (1831--1922)

153

(1)

Grenfell, Field Marshal Francis W., First Baron Grenfell of Kilvey (1841--1925)

153

(1)

Gujerat, Battle of (21 February 1849)

154

(1)

Gurkha War (1814--1816)

155

(1)

Gurkhas

156

(1)

Gwalior, Battle of (19 June 1858)

156

(1)

Gwalior Campaign (1843)

157

(2)

Haldane, Richard B., Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856--1928)

159

(1)

Hamilton, General Sir Ian S. M. (1853--1947)

160

(1)

Hamley, Lieutenant General Sir Edward B. (1824--1893)

161

(1)

Hardinge, Field Marshal Henry, First Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and of King's Newton (1785--1856)

162

(1)

Havelock, Major General Sir Henry (1795--1857)

163

(1)

Hazara Field Force (1888)

163

(1)

Henderson, Colonel G. F. R. (1854--1903)

164

(1)

Hicks Pasha, Major General William (1830--1883)

165

(1)

Hobhouse, Emily (1860--1926)

166

(1)

Home Defense

167

(1)

Horse Guards

167

(1)

Hunter, General Sir Archibald (1856--1936)

168

(3)

Imperial Service Troops

171

(1)

Imperialism

171

(2)

India

173

(2)

India, British Army in

175

(1)

Indian Army Operations

176

(1)

Indian Army Organization

177

(2)

Indian Mutiny (1857--1859)

179

(2)

Infantry, British Army---Organization

181

(1)

Infantry, British Army---Small Arms

182

(1)

Infantry, British Army---Tactics

183

(1)

Infantry, British Army---Training

184

(1)

Ingogo, Battle of (8 February 1881)

185

(1)

Inkerman, Battle of (5 November 1854)

186

(1)

Intellectuals, British Army

187

(2)

Intelligence

189

(1)

Isandlwana, Battle of (22 January 1879)

190

(3)

Jameson, Dr. Leander Starr (1853--1917)

193

(1)

Jameson Raid (29 December 1895--2 January 1896)

193

(1)

Japan

194

(1)

Japan, Operations against (1863--1866)

194

(1)

Joubert, Commandant-General Petrus J. (1831--1900)

195

(2)

Kabul to Kandahar March (August 1880)

197

(1)

Kandahar, Battle of (1 September 1880)

198

(1)

Kars, Siege of (June-26 November 1855)

199

(1)

Kashgil, Battle of (3--5 November 1883)

199

(1)

Khalifa (?--1899)

200

(1)

Kitchener, Field Marshal Horatio H., First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome (1850--1916)

201

(2)

Kofi Karikari (1837--1884)

203

(1)

Kruger, S. J. Paulus (1825--1904)

204

(1)

Ladysmith, Siege of (2 November 1899--28 February 1900)

205

(1)

Laing's Nek, Battle of (28 January 1881)

206

(1)

Land Transport Corps

206

(1)

Lawrence, Brigadier General Sir Henry M. (1806--1857)

207

(1)

Lines of Communication

208

(1)

Lockhart, General Sir William S. A. (1841--1900)

208

(1)

Long Service

209

(1)

Lucan, Field Marshal George C. Bingham, Third Earl of (1800--1888)

209

(1)

Lucknow, Siege and Relief of (1857--1858)

210

(1)

Lyons, Admiral Sir Edmund, First Baron (1790--1858)

211

(2)

Macdonald, Major General Sir Hector A. (1853--1903)

213

(1)

MacDougall, Major General Sir Patrick L. (1819--1894)

214

(1)

Machine Guns

215

(1)

Madras Army

216

(1)

Mafeking, Siege of (13 October 1899--17 May 1900)

216

(1)

Magdala, Capture of (13 April 1868)

217

(1)

Magersfontein, Battle of (11 December 1899)

218

(1)

Mahdi (1844--1885)

219

(1)

Maiwand, Battle of (27 July 1880)

220

(1)

Majuba Hill, Battle of (27 February 1881)

221

(1)

Malakand Field Force (1897)

222

(1)

Maneuvers, British Army

223

(2)

Maori War, First (1843--1848)

225

(1)

Maori War, Second (1863--1869)

226

(1)

Maoris

227

(1)

Maps

227

(1)

Master-General of the Ordnance, British Army

228

(1)

Maurice, Major General Sir (John) Frederick (1841--1912)

229

(1)

McNeill, General Sir John C., V.C. (1831--1904)

230

(1)

Methuen, Field Marshal Paul S., Third Baron (1845--1932)

230

(1)

Military and Popular Culture

231

(1)

Military Medicine, British Army---Enlistment Physical Standards

232

(1)

Military Medicine, British Army---Hospitals and Soldier Treatment

233

(1)

Military Medicine, British Army---Medical Personnel

234

(1)

Military Medicine, British Army---Sanitation

235

(1)

Military Medicine, British Army---Venereal Disease

235

(1)

Military Music

236

(1)

Militia

237

(1)

Miranzai Field Force (1891)

237

(1)

Mobilization Planning

238

(1)

Modder River, Battle of (28 November 1899)

239

(1)

Mohmand Field Force (1897)

240

(1)

Nana Sahib (c. 1821--?)

241

(1)

Napier, Admiral Sir Charles (1786--1860)

241

(1)

Napier, Field Marshal Robert C., First Baron Napier of Magdala and Carynton (1810--1890)

242

(1)

Napier, General Sir Charles J. (1782--1853)

243

(1)

Nicholson, Brigadier General John (1822--1857)

244

(1)

Nightingale, Florence (1820--1910)

244

(1)

North-West Frontier

245

(4)

Officers, British Army---Pay

249

(1)

Officers, British Army---Retirement

250

(1)

Officers, British Army---Social Background

250

(1)

Officers, British Army---Sources of Commissioning

251

(1)

Officers, British Army---Training and Education

252

(1)

Officers, British Army---Uniforms and Equipment

252

(1)

Officers, Indian Army---Pay

253

(1)

Officers, Indian Army---Retirement

253

(1)

Officers, Indian Army---Social Background

254

(1)

Officers, Indian Army---Sources of Commissioning

254

(1)

Officers, Indian Army---Training and Education

255

(1)

Officers, Indian Army---Uniforms and Equipment

255

(1)

Omdurman, Battle of (2 September 1898)

256

(2)

Outram, Lieutenant General Sir James (1803--1863)

258

(1)

Paardeberg, Battle of (18--27 February 1900)

259

(1)

Pacific Ocean Operations, Crimean War

260

(1)

Peiwar Kotal, Battle of (2 December 1878)

260

(1)

Penjdeh Incident (30 March 1885)

261

(1)

Perak, Punitive Expedition to (1875--1876)

262

(1)

Persia

263

(1)

Persian War (1856--1857)

264

(1)

Photographers, War

265

(1)

Pistols

266

(1)

Pomeroy-Colley, Major General Sir George (1835--1881)

266

(2)

Punjab Frontier Force

268

(1)

Purchase System

268

(3)

Quartermaster-General, British Army

271

(2)

Raglan, Field Marshal Fitzroy J. H. Somerset, First Baron (1788--1855)

273

(1)

Railways

274

(1)

Rank and File, British Army---Enlistment

275

(1)

Rank and File, British Army---Pay

276

(1)

Rank and File, British Army---Retirement

276

(1)

Rank and File, British Army---Social Background

277

(1)

Rank and File, British Army---Training and Education

277

(1)

Rank and File, British Army---Uniforms and Equipment

278

(1)

Reconquest of the Sudan (1896--1898)

279

(2)

Recruiting

281

(1)

Red River Expedition (1870)

282

(1)

Religion

283

(1)

Rhani of Jhansi (c. 1828--1858)

284

(1)

Rhodes, Cecil J. (1853--1902)

284

(1)

Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick S., V.C., First Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford (1832--1914)

285

(2)

Rockets

287

(1)

Rorke's Drift, Defense of (22--23 January 1879)

288

(1)

Rose, Field Marshal Hugh H., First Baron Strathnairn of Strathnairn and Jhansi (1801--1885)

289

(1)

Royal Army Medical Corps

289

(1)

Russian Forces, Crimean War

290

(3)

Sale, Major General Sir Robert (1782--1845)

293

(1)

Sandhurst, Royal Military College

293

(1)

Sardinian Forces, Crimean War

294

(1)

Sevastopol, Siege of (8 October 1854--9 September 1855)

295

(1)

Sher Ali Khan (1825--1879)

296

(1)

Sherpur, Battle of (23 December 1879)

297

(1)

Short Service

297

(1)

Sikh War, First (1845--1846)

298

(2)

Sikh War, Second (1848--1849)

300

(1)

Sikhs

301

(1)

Simpson, General Sir James M. (1792--1868)

302

(1)

Sind, Operations in (1843)

303

(1)

Sirdar

303

(1)

Sittana Field Force (1858)

304

(1)

Slavery

305

(1)

Smith, Lieutenant General Sir Harry G. W. (1787--1860)

306

(1)

Smuts, Assistant Commandant-General Jan Christian (1870--1950)

306

(1)

Sobraon, Battle of (10 February 1846)

307

(1)

Soldier's Pocket Book for Field Service

308

(1)

Spion Kop, Battle of (23--24 January 1900)

308

(1)

Sports and Recreation

309

(1)

Stanhope, Edward (1840--1893)

310

(1)

Stanhope Memorandum

311

(1)

Stephenson, General Sir Frederick C. A. (1821--1911)

311

(1)

Stewart, Field Marshal Sir Donald M. (1824--1900)

312

(1)

Stewart, Major General Sir Herbert (1843--1885)

313

(1)

Steyn, Marthinus T. (1857--1916)

314

(1)

Stormberg, Battle of (10 December 1899)

314

(1)

Sudan

315

(1)

Suez Canal

315

(2)

Tamai, Battle of (13 March 1884)

317

(1)

Tantia Topi (c. 1819--1859)

318

(1)

Taranaki War (1860--1861)

318

(1)

Tel el-Kebir, Battle of (13 September 1882)

319

(1)

Theodore, Emperor (c. 1818--1868)

320

(1)

Tibet, Expedition to (1903--1904)

321

(1)

Tirah Field Force (1897--1898)

322

(2)

Tochi Field Force (1897--1898)

324

(1)

Tofrek, Battle of (22 March 1885)

324

(1)

Toski, Battle of (3 August 1889)

325

(1)

Transvaal

326

(1)

Turkish Forces, Crimean War

327

(2)

Ulundi, Battle of (4 July 1879)

329

(2)

Vaal Krantz, Battle of (5--7 February 1900)

331

(1)

Victoria Cross

332

(1)

Volunteers

333

(2)

War Office

335

(2)

Warren, General Sir Charles (1840--1927)

337

(1)

Wauchope, Major General Andrew G. (1846--1899)

338

(1)

Wellington, Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of (1769--1852)

339

(1)

White, Field Marshal Sir George S., V.C. (1835--1912)

340

(1)

White Sea Operations, Crimean War

340

(1)

Wilson, Major General Sir Charles W. (1836--1905)

341

(1)

Wingate, General Sir (Francis) Reginald (1861--1953)

341

(1)

Wolseley, Field Marshal Garnet J., First Viscount Wolseley of Cairo and Wolseley in the County of Stafford (1833--1913)

342

(3)

Women and the Army

345

(1)

Wood, Field Marshal Sir (Henry) Evelyn M., V.C. (1838--1919)

346

(1)

Woolwich, Royal Military Academy

347

(2)

Yeomanry

349

(1)

Younghusband, Colonel Sir Francis E. (1863--1942)

349

(2)

Zulu War (1879)

351

(3)

Zululand

354

(1)

Appendix One: Chronology

355

(10)

Appendix Two: British Army Commanders in Chief

365

(2)

Appendix Three: Indian Army Commanders in Chief

367

(2)

Appendix Four: A Note on Currency

369

(2)

Bibliography

371

(20)

Index

391

(14)

About the Author

405

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The Victorians at War, 1815-1914

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