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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 ;

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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

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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

See Welling-

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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