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, 454;
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Command, on being superseded in, 25; of the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hearing that he was to be superseded in,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; il 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,
410; 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, on receiving
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.O. 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-

Egypt, reasons for removing the armament
destined for, from Trincomalee to Bombay,
22, 23, 24; superseded in the command of
the expedition to, 25; memorandum on
the operations in, 29.
Elba, arrangements consequent on Buonaparte
quitting, 924.

El Bodon, the affair of, admiration of, 600.
Embarkation, a secure and desirable, pointed
out, 328; possibility of, after defeat, 331,
332; in the event of, 364; to be the last re-
source, 375; satisfied with the arrange-
ments for, 395, 521.
Embassy, at Paris, 896.

Emigration, from Portugal, not to be en-
couraged, 362.

Empire, in India to be guarded everywhere,
or will crumble to atoms, 213.
Enemy, difficulty in procuring subsistence,
419; willdo the, all the mischief possible,
533; not less prudent than powerful, 540;
not hitting hard, strange policy of, 882.
Engagements, not to be made with people who
have no faith, honor, or honesty, 48; with
the Spanish government, broken, 791, 804.
Enmity, between Portuguese and Spaniards,
371; like cat and dog, 555.
Enthusiasm, in Spain, 231; attempts to govern
Spain by; was the name only, but force
actually carried the French through their
revolution, 314; plenty of, 397; never
saved any country, 525; definition of; not
to be trusted, 614; an example of, 626.
Envoy (see Vakeel).

Escalade, the attack of forts in India by, 43.
Escorts, for stores, 457.

Establishments, military; of Scindiah, of the
Peshwah, of the Nizam, and of the Rajah of
Mysore, required to preserve tranquillity
and order, 141, 145; the allies to be
forced to preserve, 167; public, camp
equipage, stores, &c., in, recommended to
public attention, 197; the general question
of, 200; of cattle strongly recommended,
204; the inhabitants of Portugal depending
upon the maintenance of, 616.
Estremadura, the host of French Marshals in,
opposed to the British army, 304.
Europe, prospect of service in; more likely
to get forward, 193; the leading principles
in the political state of, 816.
Europeans, question of the policy of excluding,
from the service of Dowlut Rao Scindiah,
125.

Evacuation, of Portugal, the supposed con-
sequences of, 404.

Evidence, unwillingness of the inhabitants

of Portugal to give, before a court mar-
tial, 283, 378; on military punishments,
1011.

Example, the effect of, in punishment, 380,
740; in obeying orders, necessity of, 744;
the real meaning of punishment, 854, 1013,
1014.

Expediency, bound to consider, 341; respect-
ing a remedy in the Spanish army, 832.
Expectations, extravagant, 826.

Expense, of the army, personally interested

in keeping down, 354; on account of,
should regret the necessity of withdrawing
the army from Portugal, 515; complaints
of, 521; of the war in the Peninsula, 591;
great reduction of, in the army, 805.
Experience, has proved that a soldier who has
served through a campaign is worth 2 or 3
who have not, 713.

Expressions, injurious, animadverted on, 111;
insulting (see G.O. page 542).

F.

FACT, a, having been reported, ought not to
have been referred for an opinion of its
probability, 119; respecting the losses sus-
tained in 2 months by the Spaniards, 507.
Failure, or success, a British army cannot
bear, 279, 280; responsibility for, 353,
354; arising from mistakes and inexperi-
ence, 418; responsible for, 552; at Bada-
joz, 566; at Burgos, 694.

Faith, national, importance of preserving,
163, 168, 176; good, principles of, to be
introduced, 189.

Falsehood, respecting himself and operations,
never takes notice of, 480.

False reports, the evils resulting from, how to
get the better of, 412, 418.

Famine, opinion on the proper relief to be
afforded, 179, 186; consequences to the
army in the Deccan, 188.

Fancy, no bounds to, in uniforms or appoint-
ments, 692.

Fault, guilty of, 703.

Favor, marks of, conferred on officers, never
solicited one, 828; required, 1015.
Favorites, has none in the army to promote,

excepting for services performed, 285.
Ferdinand VII., King of Spain, if he has any
spirit, will overturn the whole fabric, 827,
memorandum on the policy to be pursued
by, 900; letter to, on resigning the com-
mand of his armies, and recommendation
of the officers and soldiers, 902; unpopu-
larity of, in London, in consequence of the
slave trade, 905; will not allow foreign
interference, 912; letter to, respecting the
Cortes, 914.

Fever, at Bombay, 27, 28, 29; recovery
from, 30.

Field, reasons for not keeping the, 719; doubt as
to the resources of Great Britain equipping
and maintaining two armies in the, 736.
Finances, of Great Britain, too much for
Buonaparte, 614; of Portugal, must be re-
organised, 659; the next campaign depends
upon, 752.
Firmness, something more than, to overcome
the contending opinions of others, 550.
Fleet, in the Tagus, necessity for a large, 432.
Fleetwood, Lieut. R.N., recommended for his

zeal, activity, and intelligence, as agent of
transports, 247.

Fletcher, Lieut. Colonel (Sir Richard), me-
morandum for, on the lines in front of Lis-
bon, 327; testimony in favor of, 463; killed
at S. Sebastian, 824.