Colonel, 186; tribute to Wellesley on leaving for Europe, 188; expedition to Mauritius, 191; capture of the island, 192; ordered home, 194; recruiting in England, 195; Wellington ceases to be Colonel, 196; General Sher- brooke succeeds him, 197; ordered for service in the Netherlands, 197; join Graham's army, 199; movements against Napoleon, 199 et seq.; in the attack on Bergen- op-Zoom, 201; failure and corres- pondence, 202, et seq.; fall of Antwerp, 214; ordered to Dender- mond, 220; Clinton's tribute, 220; movements on Napoleon's return from exile, 222; Battle of Quatre Bras, 227; Ney's defeat, 227; Waterloo, 232; advance on Paris, 249; enter Paris, 253; return to England, 254; at Hull, 257; in the Channel Islands, 258; departure for Jamaica, 259; dealing with the rebel blacks, 261; Colonel Sherbrooke's death, and appointment of Lord Charles Henry Somerset as Colonel, 262; Somerset's death and appointment of Lieut.-General Wale, 263; further insurrection of negroes, 263; embarkation for England, 263; service in riots in Midlands, 264; Gibraltar, 264; West Indies, 265; death of Lieut.-Col. Knight, 265; death of Wale, 266; Lieut.- Gen. Sir H. Sheehy Keating, the new Colonel, 266; his death, 266; Major-Gen. Henry D'Oyley his successor, 266; arrival at Leith, 267; attend the funeral of Welling- ton, 268; the regiment named after him, 269; departure for the Crimea, 273; at Scutari, 274; en route to Sebastopol, 277; Battle of the Alma, 280; approach Sebastopol, 290; Battle of Bala- clava, 291; Battle of Inkermann, 298; winter hardships, 306; dis- tribution of the 33rd, 309; attack on the Redan pits, 313; engaged in the Battle of Tchernaya, 318;
in the final assault on Sebastopol, 327; officers present in the June attack on the Redan, 331; losses during the siege, 331; sail for home, 334; reduction of the regiment, 334; outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, 334; go to Bombay, 336; broken into detach- ments for various destinations, 339; arduous marches in Central India, 340; no recognition of their services, 342; to prepare for Abyssinian service, 347; em- bark for Abyssinia, 350; advance work during the marchto Magdala, 352; at Antalo, 354; why put into the 2nd Brigade, 356; in the assault on Magdala, 362; Private Bergin and Drummer Magner win the Victoria Cross, 363; garrison Magdala, 364; casualties in the expedition, 365 ;
Abyssinia" to be placed on the colours, 367; Brig.-General Col- lings retires, and Lt.-Col. Cooper becomes Colonel, 368; Lt.-Col. Fanshaw succeeds him, 368; new colours presented, 368; back in India, 368; settlement of the regimental title, 370; "Dettin- gen" on the colours, 371; Lt.- General Cureton's tribute to the 33rd, 371; Lt.-Gen. Biddulph's tribute, 373; tribute of Prince Leopold of Prussia, 373; ordered to Aden, 374; title granted, "Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment," 375; "My- sore" added to the colours, 375; Duke of Cambridge's tribute, 375; leave Southampton for Malta, 375; at Dover, 375; Major-Gen. Rundle's tribute, 375; orders for South Africa, 376; actual strength on embarkation, 377; landed at Cape Town, 384; assist in man- œuvring Cronje out of Magers- fontein, 385; in the 6th Division, under Kelly-Kenny, 386; arrival at Modder River, 386; to Graspan, 387; movements, 388; pursuit of Cronje, 390; fight at the Klip
Kraal Drift, 392; Cronje's stand, | Victoria Cross, Private Bergin and
394; attack on his laager, 394; battalion orders by Lt.-Col. Lloyd as to 33rd's brilliant service, 400, also as to attack near Paardeberg, 401; movements of Col. Clements and Mounted Infantry, 401; Capt. A. F. Wallis killed at Plowman's Farm, 402; Sergeant Frith wins the Victoria Cross, 402; advance on Bloemfontein, 403; De Wet commences his elusive policy, 405; guard baggage in the advance, 406; fight at Abraham's Kraal, 406; Boer retreat, 407; capture of Bloem- fontein, 408; Driving" cam- paigns, 409, et seq.; under Major- Gen. Paget, 410; description of Rhenoster Kops, 410; fight there with Viljoen, 411; Lt.-Col. Lloyd killed, 412; Gen. Paget's tribute, 413; also Gen. Barton, 413; regiment's work in garrisoning the blockhouses, 415; appreciation of their conduct, 416; list of deputation of regiment for the Coronation, 416; return to South- ampton, 417; Kelly-Kenny dis- tributes medals at York, and his tribute, 417
Thistlethwaite, Lieut., died of cholera in the Crimea, 332 Tippoo Sahib, his correspondence with Napoleon, 157; menace to the Indian Government, 158; challenged by the Indian Govern- ment, 161; decision to march against him, 161; British advance, 163; attacks Wellesley's force, 164; combined assault on Seringa- patam, 172; Tippoo's death, 172; prize money, 173 Treaty of Bassein, between Peishwa
and the British Government, 183; See Mahratta War
Valencia, assault by 33rd, 14; surrender of the city, 15 Verplanks, Americans driven out, 116; 33rd garrison it; failure of Americans to recapture it, 118
Drummer Magner received it for conduct at Magdala, 363; won by Sergeant Firth of the 33rd at Plowman's Farm, 402 Viljoen, General B., beaten at Rhenoster Kops, 411; retreat, 412
Wade, Col. George, becomes Colonel of the 33rd, 15; wounded at the Convent of St. Francis, 16; appointed Colonel of the 3rd Dragoons, 35
Wade, General, succeeds Stair as Commander-in-Chief in Flanders, 46; resigns, 46; Commander-in- Chief in Scotland to meet the Young Pretender, 54
Walden, Lord Howard de, becomes Colonel of the 33rd, 72
Walker, Sergeant H., promoted from Lance-corporal and awarded D.C.M., 413
Wallis, Capt. A. F., killed in the fight at Plowman's Farm, 402 Walpole, his attitude towards the Austrian Succession, 38
Warburg, Battle of, Hereditary Prince defeats the French, 74-5 ; Ferdinand makes Warburg his headquarters, 77
Warden, Major, his task of provision- ing the army in Abyssinia, 351 War Medals, Crimean, distribution of these, 331
Washington, General, gathers his army, 91; strengthens his defences 94; evacuates Long Island, 96; hesitates to set fire to New York, 97; his strong position, 97; Putnam's retreat, 97; retires from the Heights of Harlem, 98; changes his camp on Howe's advance to the White Plains, 99; Howe's attack, 99; surrender of Fort Washington, 100; takes advantage of Howe's dilatoriness, 102; given a free hand by Con- gress, 102; strength of his army, 102; dash on Trenton, 103; recrosses the Delaware, 103; overruns Jersey, 104; his elusive
policy, 105; march to Phila- delphia, 105; his genius for strong positions, 105; serious defeat at Brandywine, 107; determines to attack Germantown, 108; de- feated, 109; British successes at Edge Hill, Mud Island, and Red Bank, 109; pursues a Fabian policy, 110; cuts off British food supply in Philadelphia, 113; beaten in the Battle of Freehold, 115; abandons Verplanks, 116; loses La Fayette, 117
Waterloo, Battle of, Wellington falls back from Quatre Bras to Waterloo, 228; description of the battle, 232; order to place "Waterloo on the colours and appointments of regiments that fought in the battle, 244; Ensign Howard's description of the battle, 248; Wellington's dispatch on move- ments after Waterloo, 249; Water- loo metal, 254
Webster, Lt.-Col., commands the 33rd at Charlestown, 121; defeats Americans and completes the investment of Charlestown, 122; reinforced, 122; beats Gates before Camden, 123; demonstra- tion to mislead the enemy, 127; routs Greene's right at Guildford, 130; death, 132 Wellesley, Arthur. ton, Duke of Wellington, Duke of, his early
career, 148; joins the 33rd, 148; his first experience under fire, 151; stand at Geldermalsen, 153; con- templates leaving the army, 156; Tippoo Sahib refuses to receive him as envoy, 161; corresponds with the Governor-General as to the campaign, 161; advance on Seringapatam, 163; attacked by Tippoo, 164; night attack, 167;
storming and capture of Seringa- patam, 172, et seq.; congratula- tion to Wellesley of the 33rd, 177; his treatment of plunderers, 178; prepares to invade Scindia's coun- try, 183; asks leave to return to Europe, 186; becomes Colonel of 33rd, 186; tribute of the 33rd on his departure for Europe, 188; made an Extra Knight of the Bath, 189; response to the 33rd, 189; raised to the peerage, and becomes Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards, 195; his farewell to the 33rd, 196; plan of campaign against Napoleon on return from Elba, 223; the disposition of his army, 223; strength of army, 224; orders an advance on Quatre Bras, 226; defeats Ney, 227; retires to Waterloo, 228; the battle, 232, et seq.; advance on Paris, 249; dispatch on his course after Waterloo, 249; enters Paris, 253; commands the Army of Occupa- tion, 253; suggests a Waterloo medal for rank and file, 254; death, 267; tribute to his worth, 267; 33rd called after him, 269. Whiteboys, The, 144
William III and Balance of Power, 4; Commons vote an army for him to frustrate Louis XIV, 5; death, 5
Worrell, Private Richard, Heroic effort to save Lieut. Heyland's life, 323
York, Duke of, commands in the Netherlands campaign of 1794, 150
Zappaburg, captured by Prince Ferdinand, 82 Zierenberg, captured by the Here- ditary Prince, 76
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