Beresford, Major General (Marshal Lord,
G.C.B.), letter of recommendation to, 259;
the greater the power of, the better for the
public service, 373; battle of Albuera, 544,
545, 546, 547; position of, in the army, 705;
rank of, in the allied army, 706; second in
command, 710; rank of, 722, 733; march
to Bordeaux, 884; letters to, after the bat-
tle of Waterloo, 972, 985.

Berri, Duc de, letter to, on the morning of the
battle of Waterloo, 949.
Bidasoa, passage of the, 837.

Billet, complaint, answer, 433 (see Quarters);
difficulty in quartering officers in Lisbon
and other towns, 476; an obligation im-
posed by law upon the inhabitants of Por-
tugal, 574; a necessary inconvenience to
the Portuguese, 625; ladies have no right
to, 715.

Bills, upon honor, to be rarely permitted, 116.
Blacas, Comte de, approval of the conduct of,
in quitting Louis XVIII., 969.

Blame, justification from, excepting that of
having trusted to General Cuesta, 304;
accustomed to receive, but endeavors not
to deserve, 334.

Blow, first, advantage of, 63; important to

strike a, 91; recommendation to General
Campbell to strike, if he can, 719.
Blücher, Prince, anxious to commence opera-
tions, 942; battles of St. Amand and Lig-
ny; cordial and timely assistance of, on
the field of Waterloo, expression of thanks to,
951; on the propositions of the French
Commissioners, 970; attack of, near Vil-
lers Cotterets, 974; at St. Cloud, 975;
on the contribution on Paris, 977; on the
destruction of the bridge of Jena, and the
levy of a contribution of 100 millions of
franes on Paris, 978, 980.

Boasting, and national indolence of the Spa-
niards, 467.

Bombardment, opinion of, 634; never would
allow, of a Spanish town, 836.
Bombay, reasons for removal to, of the arma-
ment assembled at Trincomalee, 22, 23, 24;
fever at, 27, 28, 29; return from, to My-
sore, 31; proposition for a depôt at, in the
event of the march to Poonah, 37; cavalry
arrangements for, 116; answer to an ad-
dress from the inhabitants of, 175; takes
leave of the Governor of, on resigning the
command of the army, 196.

Bordeaux, instructions for the march on, 884;
march upon, 885; arrival at, 886; to keep
the troops clear of the town of, 888; conse-
quences of the occupation of, and of the
conduct of the Duc d'Angoulême, 890,
891; explanations on the occupation of,
when ambassador at Paris, 908.
Bounty, of an individual, to reward a brave
soldier, 984.

Bourbon, should prefer a wise, if one could be
found, for a Regent of Spain, 321; interests
of, 812; house of, opinions respecting, 852;
recommendations regarding, 859; advisable
to put one of them forward, and make a run
against Buonaparte in the spring, 871; feel-

Breach, of solemn promises, 72.

Bread, 3 days', always carried by the soldiers
in the British army, 654.

Breakfasts, in all well regulated regiments,
654.

Breeze, the misfortune at Tarragona will
create a, 789.

Brenier, General, escape of, from Almeida,
541, 542.

Brevet, promotion by, cannot be extended to
all deserving, 930.

Bribes, considered as an insult, 36; inhabit-
ants give to the soldiers, 457.
Bridge, pontoon, necessary, 59; can do nothing
without, 771.

Britain, Great (see Great Britain).
British Government in India, a phenomenon,

102; sovereigns of a great part of India,
protectors and mediators, popularity of,
from the nature of the institutions and the
justice of the proceedings of, 147; impo-
licy of, in having too much weakened the
native powers, 185.

British Army (see Army, British).
British Officers (see Officers, British).
Bruxelles, mayor of, thanks for the care of the

wounded after the battle of Waterloo, 989.
Bulow, General, operation of, upon the ene-
my's flank, decisive, at Waterloo, 951.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, does not despair of a
check to, 376; impatience of the temper
of, 409; the disgusting tyranny of, 548;
must lower his tone, 599; resistance to,
614; conduct of, 623; cannot succeed,
if the Russians will fight, 671; declaration
of the Allies respecting, 812; position of,
with the Allies, 816; opinions respecting
the position of, in France, recommendation
to make peace with, 852; desire of the
people to shake off the yoke of, 868; with
less pride, and more common sense, would
have succeeded; after the battle of Leipsic,
placed himself in a position that any other
officer would have avoided, 871; the Spa-
nish government will be at the feet of,
if the Allies do not interfere, 873; public
sentiment strong against, as the army ad-
vances into France, 882; position of, with
regard to a treaty, 885; hatred of the yoke of,
886; quits Elba, 924; invades France, 925;
desire for war brings him back to France,
928; treaty of alliance against, 931;
placed hors la loi, 933; the power of,
founded in the army alone, 939; the situ-
ation of, with the nations of Europe, 943;
collects the French army, and attacks the
Prussian and British armies in the Nether-
lands, his defeat, 951; finished at Waterloo,
955; his army destroyed, and Generals

withdrawing from, 958; proposed abdica-
tion of; object of the allies respecting, 960;
no authority to give a passport to, 964;
will not be his executioner, 965.
Burgos, investment of the castle of, 682; diffi-
cult job, 683; continuation of the siege,
684; uncertain of final success from in-
adequate means, 686; continuation, 689;
siege of, raised, and retreat from, never was
sanguine in expectations of success, 694; got
well out of the scrape, 695; retreat from,
696; the blame of the failure not in the
government, but in the want of transport of
means, and the instructions for the attack
being known to the enemy, 703; blown up
by the French on the advance of the British
army in 1813, 780.

Burhampoor, contribution at, question of its
propriety and necessity, 143, 144, 149.
Burne, Colonel, 36th regt., old and meritorious
soldier, recommended, 245.

Busaco, battle at, 444.

Business, very well carried on by accommo-
dation, 47; desiring an officer to confine
himself to his own, 70; of the world, half
of it done by accommodation, 320; pre-
tence of, to obtain leave of absence, 492,
494; to oppose the French, 769.

C.

CADIZ, the continuation of the contest in Spain
confined to, 363; would not hold out a
month, 369; conditions of the occupation
of, 382; affairs at; highly interesting to
Great Britain and the world, 390; diffi-
culties at, 396; opinion at, 578; trumpet
of alarm at, 724; the press at, the most
ignorant and licentious, 766.

Cadogan, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. H., his
mortal wound at Vitoria, 784.
Calcutta, answer to an address from the in-
habitants of, 184.

Calumnies, of the press, accustomed to, in
England, 462; no end to, and no time to
notice, 841.

Cambrai, surrendered, 966.

Cameron, Lieut. Colonel, 79th regt., his mor-
tal wound at Fuentes de Oñoro, 539.
Campaign, not to enter upon a, 700 miles from
resources, 54; would have been lost with-
out money, 143; anticipations of making
a fine, in the spring, 617, 618; the result not
so favorable as expected, but great advan-
tages attained, 701; the soldier who has
served through one, worth 2 or 3 who have
not, 713; wishes to open the, in May, 752;
proposed operations in, 771; about to open;
prospect of the Spanish army, 773.
Campbell, Major General (Sir Alex., K.C.B.),
takes leave of, on his departure for India, 611.
Canada, on the defence of, must be preceded
by a naval superiority on the lakes, 879.
Cant, of humanity, 65,

Caprice, duties of the highest description in
Spain, sacrificed to, 874.

Captains, discipline and efficiency to be re-
stored and maintained by, 704; many who
have conducted themselves in a very me-

ritorious manner, excluded from the Order
of the Bath and medal, 968.
Captured property, how to be disposed of, 111;
at Baroach, opinion on, 124; troops deserv-
ing favor, 149; carried to the public ac-
count, 194; at Oporto, 273; at Bordeaux,
908.

Cartel, conduct recommended in a, 833.
Carts, bullock, cannot keep up in the intended
retreat, 422; practice regarding, by the
troops escorting taking bribes, 457.
Castaños, General, the removal of, an insult,
790, 804.

Catalans, unconquerable spirit and determined
resistance of, 801.

Cattle, rapid movements to be made only
with good, 204.

Cause, in Spain, character of the Spaniards
respecting, 231; lost by ignorance, pre-
sumption, and mismanagement, in fighting
great battles, 340; any misfortune to the
British army would be fatal to, 358; the
choice of the people, 583.

Caution, to prevent plunder, 158; required
in a desultory system of operations, 399;
system of, the consequence of perseverance
in, 432.

Cavalry, a small body of infantry in order has
nothing to fear from (see G. O., page 94);
recommendation for the formation of, at
Bombay, 116; formation and discipline of,
difficult and tedious, 147; memorandum
for the drill of (see G.O., page 166); undis-
ciplined, 342; attention called to the
condition of the, 357; always to be kept
out of action as long as possible, 503;
undisciplined order of, 520; anxiety re-
specting, attention to be paid to the feeding
and watering, and to the backs of the
horses, 551; annoyed at an affair of; in
what manner it should charge, 657; be-
haved well at Salamanca, 669; horses of,
may be put down in peace, 1000; instruc-
tions on the employment of, 1009.
Cazal Novo, affair at, 507.
Celerity, of movements, advantages of, 109;
freebooters distressed in proportion to the
power of moving on them with, 191; im-
portance of, 204.

Censure, an officer who feels, should take care
not to incur, 287; of an officer of the com-
missariat who corresponded with his supe-
rior at home, without the knowledge of his
superior abroad, 849.

Chance, of saving Portugal, 353.
Change, of officers and battalions, prejudicial
and expensive, 332; constant inconvenience
of, 709, 711.

Channels, private, recommended when not
proper to meet the public eye, 73; for cir-
culating defamation in England, 286.
Chaplains, respectable and efficient, required,
500, 561.

Character, anxiety about, 144; national, the
necessity of preserving, 155; of the British
government, respect for, 166; no selfish
desire of acquiring, 337, 554.

Charity, how best applied, 179, 186; for

the Portuguese recommended, 452; not
to have reference to military operations, 557;
distribution of the subscription, 605, 636.
Chatillon, congress at, 885; ignorance of the
state of negotiations at, 895.
Cheated, intolerably, 581.

Circular letter, after the retreat from Burgos,
704.

Circulation, of false reports, how to get the
better of, 412,

Ciudad Rodrigo, assistance will be given, if
circumstances permit, 393; defence of,
409; impossible to relieve, or raise the
siege of, without fighting a general action,
413: the fall of, and consequences, 419;
did not deceive the governor of, 4545
project to besiege, 569, 570, 588; relief of,
by Marshal Marmont, 600; intention to
attack, 617; invested, and capture of out-
works, 619; continuation of the siege, 620;
assault and capture of, 621; repairs of,
626; thanks for, 628; at a stand, 632.
Civil power, officers to be amenable to, 192;
to invest military men with, may be wrong
in principle, 707.

Civilians, who exercise military authority,
must take the consequences, 982.
Clamor, public, will not permit it to influence
his system and plan, 435.
Clashing, of independent authorities, should
be provided against, 714.
Clergy, the real power in Spain, 913.
Clergymen, respectable, desire that the num-

ber of, in the army, may be increased, 500.
Clive, Lord, to decide upon the military com-
mand to Batavia, 1, 2, 3, 4; acknowledg-
ment of his favor and confidence, 30.
Coast, navigation of the, to be protected by
sea, 792, 793, 795.

Cocks, Major the Hon. C. S., his death at
Burgos, letter to his father, Lord Somers,
691.

Code, of regulations, difficult to form for any
department, especially for the commissariat,
402, 403.

Coffeehouses, idle and malicious reports cir-
culated by officers', 418.
Collected, British army to be, 281.
Colonies, of Spain, free trade with, impolicy
of demanding, 430; and Great Britain,
568; unfortunate situation of, 773.
Command, on being superseded in, 25; of the
detachment to march to Poonah, memo-
randum, 38; of the army in Portugal, on
hearing that he was to be superseded in,
234; assumes the, on arrival at Lisbon, 263;
permits a General Officer to resign his, 277.
Command, of the Spanish armies, disap-
proved of, 533; a subject of delicacy
with General Castaños, his forbearance
acknowledged, 538; under present circum-
stances, will not voluntarily accept of, 643;
cannot accept of, without the consent of
the Prince Regent, 688; an Herculean la-
bor, 707; orders issued independent of,
734; impossible to continue in, 741; will
resign it with more pleasure than he ac-
cepted it 747 must resign it, 754; im-

possible to retain, 790; engagements re-
specting, broken, 791; disinclination to
relinquish, 804.

Command, second in, an irresponsible person,
652; gives pretensions without responsibi-
lity, 705; government think it necessary,
officer useless, 710.

Command, temporary, senior officer present,
543; on being relieved from, necessity
for a proper successor, 750; improper feel-
ing of mortification on resigning, 770; of
the army in Catalonia, inducement to
Lieut. General W. Clinton to continue
in, 864.

Commander in Chief, inadequacy of pay to
the expenses of, 677.
Commanding officer, the channel of commu-
nication, 286 (see G.O., page 384); no
one can be allowed to insult a, 576; com-
plaint against a, 585.
Commissariat, difficulty in organizing, the
existence of an army depends upon it,
237; ill composed, 239; neglect and in-
capacity of some of the officers of, how
to be noticed, 291; British, justification
of those irregularities attributed to it by
the Spanish government, 330; discovery
made to prove knavery and folly in, 347;
arrangements, no doubt but that they
could be improved, but no alteration to be
made in, without reference, 391; quan-
tities of vouchers required in, inexperience
and faults in, 394; difficulty of forming
a code for, 402, 403; object to render
efficient, qualifications necessary; to be
formed on a civil rather than on a military
system, as to promotion, 471; the law of
Portugal in no instance infringed by, 486;
no excuses for failures in, 552; arrange-
ments between the British and Portuguese,
declines, 565; the only public accountants,
responsibility too great for the Commissary
General, 761; cannot permit the inferior
officers of, abroad, to give information to
the superior at home, without the knowledge
of the superior abroad, 849.
Commissary General, the only public ac-
countant, responsibility too great for, 761;
testimony to the merits of Sir R. Kennedy,

917.

Commission, Portuguese, the comparative
rank of, 278.

Commission, Royal, evidence given before,
respecting military punishments, 1014.
Commissioners, French, correspondence and
conversations with, on the suspension of
hostilities, 963, 964, 966, 970, 971; reca-
pitulation of interviews and conversations
with, 974, 979.

Common Council of the City of London, con-
duct of, 349, 350.

Commons, House of, opinion of the, 363;

proposed motion in, to attack the govern-
ment for the affairs of the Peninsula, 721;
thanks of, and answer to, 903 (see De-
bates, and Parliament).
Commotions, popular, preparations against,

367.

Communications, civil, recommended, 177; |
through the medium of the immediate
commanding officer, 288; although sent
by an officer, to be written, 421; French,
indifferent about their own, although they
act invariably on those of their enemies,
462; French very regardless of, 667;
French, with S. Sebastian, 819, 820;
channel of, for the conveyance of orders,
pointed out, 904.

Communication, by sea coast, want of, com-
plained of, 687, 792, 793, 795, 815, 819,
820, 821, 844, 861.

Comparative, rank of military and civil offi-
cers, 1010; discipline and punishments of
the British and other armies, before the
Royal Commission, 1014.

Compensation, improper demands for, 509,

1003.

Complainant, must have a clear case, and not
be guilty of a breach of the General Or-
ders, 830.

Complaints, considered, 45; groundless, 433;
from one who ought not to make, 509;
readiness of the Portuguese Government
to forward, 574, 575; frivolous, 581, 680;
always attends to, 732; against General
Longa, 735; of General Morillo, hopes
that he will withdraw, being made in a
moment of irritation, 869.

Conciliation, recommended, 71; personal ex-
ample of, 148, 177, 190, 210, 214; recom-
mended, in the communications of officers
of high rank, 904.

Condolence, letters of, on the death of Lieut.

Colonel the Hon. G. A. T. Lake, 242; of
Lieut. Colonel Cameron, 79th regt., 539;
of Major the Hon. S. C. Cocks, 691; Lieut.
Colonel the Hon. H. Cadogan, 784; Lieut.
Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, 952.
Conduct, subordinate, to a governor or the
government, anxiously recommended, 136;
disorderly, in the Spanish army, 501.
Confidence, of Lord Clive, 30; of the powers
in India, 163, 168; of Lieut. General
Stuart acknowledged, 183; reasons for
withdrawing, 203, 215; a want of, exists,
252; not possessing that of those who would
employ him, 256, 258; not insensible of
that manifested by the government and the
public, 435; always hitherto possessed it,
440; wishes the garrison of Abrantes would
have, 464; in the discipline and gallantry
of the troops, 681; of the Cortes and go-
vernment of Spain, 688; advantage of, 796.
Confirms, but does not approve, 12.
Confusion, troops in, at Argaum, 133.
Conquest, of Spain, inadequacy of French
means for, 409.

Conscription, Portuguese army raised by, 579.
Consent, the Prince Regent's, required for the
acceptance of honors from foreign powers,
688.

Considerations, private, out of the question,
25, 26; to be laid aside, when great public
interests are in charge, 171.
Constant de Rebecque, Baron, letter to, on the
works of Sir F. d'Ivernois, 623.

Constitution, of Spain, folly of the, 724,
foolish, people of Cadiz vain of, 788;
praise of their stupid, 794.
Contempt, to view anonymous accusations
with, 778.

Contest, the Spaniards have neither numbers,
efficiency, discipline, bravery, nor arrange
ment, to carry on the, 315; the Spaniards
have never prepared for a lengthened, 361;
still continues in the Peninsula, notwith-
standing, 368; in the Peninsula, astonish-
ing, when all things are considered, 369;
Great Britain did not bring Spain into the,
578; to persevere in, 591; does not despair
of the result of the, 612.

Contractors, English, dishonest, and no re-
liance to be placed on, 771.

Contribution, levied at Burhampoor, question
of its propriety, 143, 144; on Paris, request
to suspend it, until the arrival of the Allied
Sovereigns, 977, 980.

Convenience, to decide according to public,
1, 2; private, must be sacrificed to public
duty, 26, 171, 214.

Convention, after the battle of Vimeiro, annoy-
ance at, 248, 249; had nothing to do with
it, 251, 255; letter to Lord Castlereagh on,
260; address and narratives on the inquiry
into, 261; with the Spanish government,
conditions of, 630; of Toulouse (see G.
O., page 813); of Paris, narrative of inter-
views with the French Commissioners
which led to, 974; decides all the military
questions, and touches nothing political,
975; copy of the, 976; binds nobody but
the parties to it, 983.

Convoys, risk in the delay of, 123.
Co-operation, of the armies of the Allies, 265,

284; determination not to continue, with
the Spanish armies, 295; what circum-
stances can warrant further, 313; cannot
enter into, 333; useless to think of, between
the British and Spanish armies, 573; with
British troops, no want of invitations for,
644; with Lord W. Bentinck, at an end,
666; from the eastern coast expected, 672,
673.

Copenhagen, reply to the Speaker, onreceiving
from, the thanks of the House of Commons,
228.

Copies, of his dispatches, reasons for asking
for, 267.
Correspondence, too voluminous to copy in
busy times, 83; to be avoided when bu-
siness can be done verbally; about nothing,
should be forbidden, 120; a plain and
short abstract of facts, 288; private, of the
officers of the army, consequences of, 429;
improper, in the Portuguese medical de-
partment, 485; of officers, impossible to
prevent, 510; improper, between 2 officers,
585; rules for, of inferiors through supe-
riors, 849; voluminous and improper, 1011.
Corruption, the Marhattas famous for, 106.
Cortes, how to enjoy safety under, 321;
thanks of, for Ciudad Rodrigo, acknow-
ledged, 628; plans of, nonsense; their de-
crees cruel, absurd, and impolitic, 697;

speech in, 716; described; have formed
a constitution to be looked at like a
picture, 724; discussions in, 746; impos-
sible to calculate upon the plans of, 766;
acting upon Republican principles, no
amelioration to be expected from, 788;
want of men capable of conducting busi-
ness, 802; recommends the discontinuance
of democratical principles and measures
by, 827; the acts of the, 914.

Cotton, Lieut. General Sir S. (Viscount Com-
bermere, G.C.B.), red riband asked for; re-
commendation of, in command of the ca-
valry, 669.

Courtiers, influence of, 1005.

Court of Directors, conduct of, 214, 753.
Courts Martial, when held, under civil
authority, 10; sentences of, confirms, but
does not approve, 12; time of, taken up
with private quarrels, with which the public
has no concern, 87; the attention of the
Officers of the Army to be directed to public
matters, rather than to their private con-
cerns, 88; the object of punishment by, to
deter others, 192; unwillingness of the
Portuguese to appear as witnesses at, 283;
must not allow justification for military
crime, 292; difficulty to prevail upon
inhabitants to give testimony before, 378;
the proceedings of, in a great measure,
founded on the proceedings of courts of
law, 392; concern, on differing with the
members of, 473; an irregular sentence of
punishment to depend upon future be-
haviour, remitted, 650; regret on differing
with, 740; no soldier to be placed on duty
with the sentence of, hanging over him, 759;
on the improper recommendation to mercy,
in the face of a conviction of scandalous
and infamous conduct, 767; private quar-
rels, subjects for investigation before, 830;
do not punish the individual but the
crime, 834; punishments for the sake of
example, and recommendations of, instead
of supposed mercy, turn out to be extreme
cruelty, 854; have a right to pass sen-
tence, but may safely reserve the justifica-
tion of it, until called upon; duty of a,

tions of the armies of the Allies, and future
co-operation, 265.

Currycomb and brush, to resume the use of,
in the cavalry, 357.

D.

DAILY states (see G.O. page 503), upon the
irregularity of their transmission, 572 (see
G.Ö. page 842).

Dalrymple, Sir H., Lieut. General, has told,
that he cannot go into the Asturias, 253;
dissatisfied with him, 254; wish to be use-
ful to him, 256; the only one of whom he
had not been the right hand man, 258.
Damage, compensation asked for, 508; done
by the troops, compensation for, 1003.
Danger, Spain out of, if his advice had been
followed, 375.

Darwar, importance of, 19.
Dealings, fair and open, proof of, 746.
Debates, fruitless, in the Cortes, 578; has
heard so many that he never reads one,
826; different from those reported in news-
papers, 839.

Debts, honesty in the payment of, 659; over-
whelmed with, 861.

Deccan, acknowledgment of a present of
plate from the army of the, 172; force
in the, 188; request to be allowed to re-
linquish the command in the, 193; reason
for not returning there, 214; resigns the
command in the, 220, 221.

Declaration, on the intentions of Dowlut Rao
Scindiah, 62.

Dedication, of works, has no objection to, but
cannot give a formal sanction to, 352.
Defamation, channels for circulating, not
wanting in England, 286.

Defeat, of Colonel Monson detailed, 206; con-
vinced of being able to embark at Lisbon,
after, 332; of the Spanish army at Ocaña,
338.

Defence, of the territories of the Nizam and

the Peshwah, 110; the plan recommended
for Spain, 266, 305; of Portugal, not justifi-
able to neglect the means of, 323; hopes to
send to the government a satisfactory re-
port of, 324; memorandum for the lines,
327; means for, thought sufficient, 331;
of a Spanish fortress, not to be reckoned
upon by ordinary rules, 409; line of, daily
strengthened, 459.

Defensive, how to act on the, 53; warfare
will be ruinous, 78, 79; position, in all
quarters, strongly recommended to the
Spanish armies, 266, 305; operations, ne-
cessarily, 337; recommended, 342.
Deference, to the opinion of one having a better
opportunity of forming a correct judgment,
381.

Definition, of military law, 383.

Delay, in military operations, time every thing,
11; reasons for, with the confederates, 61.
Demands, proposed to be made on Dowlut
Rao Scindiah, 121.

Democracy, principles of, the natural course
of all popular assemblies, 460; recom-