Battle Honours of the British Army

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Author

Norman, Charles Boswell

Title

Battle Honours of the British Army From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- History, Military

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eBook-No.

49654

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49654

Release Date

August 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY — ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS — CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — INTRODUCTION
2. 2.CHAPTER I — - — Tangier , 1662-1680. — Gibraltar , 1704-05. — Gibraltar , 1727. — Gibraltar , 1779-1783. — Maida, July 4, 1806. — Mediterranean. — Mediterranean, 1901-02. — CHAPTER II — - — Namur , 1695. — The War of the Spanish Succession. — Blenheim, August 2, 1704. — Ramillies, May 12, 1706. — Oudenarde, June 30, 1708. — Malplaquet, September 11, 1709. — CHAPTER III — - — Dettingen, June 27, 1743. — Minden, August 1, 1759. — Emsdorff, July 16, 1760. — Warburg, July 31, 1760. — Wilhelmstahl, June 24, 1762. — CHAPTER IV — - — Louisburg, July 25, 1758. — Quebec, September 12, 1759. — Monte Video, 1807. — NORTH AMERICA, 1812-1814. — Detroit — Queenstown — Miami — Niagara — Bladensburg, August 24, 1814. — CHAPTER V — - — Arcot, August 31, 1751. — Plassey, June 23, 1757. — Condore, December 9, 1758. — Masulipatam, April 8, 1759. — Badara, November 25, 1759. — Wandewash, January 22, 1760. — Pondicherry, 1761, 1778, 1793. — Buxar, October 23, 1764. — CHAPTER VI — - — Rohilcund, 1774. — The Carnatic. — Guzerat, 1778-1782. — Sholinghur, September 27, 1781. — Mangalore, 1783. — Mysore. — Nundy Droog, October 19, 1791. — Rohilcund, 1794. — Seedaseer, March 6, 1799. — Seringapatam, May 4, 1799. — CHAPTER VII — - — Lincelles, August 18, 1793. — Nieuport, October, 1793. — Villers-en-Couches, April 24, 1794. — Beaumont, April 26, 1794. — Willems, May 10, 1794. — Tournay, May 22, 1794. — Egmont-op-Zee, October 2, 1799. — CHAPTER VIII — - — Guadeloupe, 1759. — Martinique, 1762. — Havana. — St. Lucia, 1778. — Martinique, 1794. — St. Lucia, 1794. — St. Lucia , 1796. — Surinam, 1804. — Dominica, 1805. — Martinique, 1809. — Guadeloupe, 1810. — CHAPTER IX — - — Egypt (with the Sphinx). — Mandora, March 13, 1802. — Marabout, August 17, 1802. — Egypt, 1882. — Tel-el-Kebir, September 12, 1882. — Nile, 1884-85. — Abu Klea, January 28, 1885. — Kirbekan, February 10, 1885. — Suakin, 1885. [11] — Tofrek, March 22, 1885. — Hafir. — Atbara, April 8, 1898. — Khartoum, 1898. — CHAPTER X — FIRST MAHRATTA WAR, 1803-04. — Ally-Ghur, September 3, 1803. — Delhi, September 11, 1803. — Assaye, September 23, 1803. — Laswarree, November 1, 1803. — Deig, November 13 to December 23, 1804. — Cochin, 1809. — CHAPTER XI — - — Roleia, August 17, 1808. — Vimiera, August 21, 1808. — MOORE'S CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN. — Sahagun, December 21, 1808. — Corunna, January 16, 1809. — THE PENINSULAR WAR (SECOND PHASE), 1809-1814. — Douro. — Busaco, September 27, 1810. — Barrosa, March 4, 1811. — Fuentes d'Onor, May 5, 1811. — Albuera , May 16, 1811. — Almaraz, May 19, 1811. — Arroyos dos Molinos, October 28, 1811. — Tarifa, December, 1811. — Ciudad Rodrigo, January, 1812. — Badajoz, March and April, 1812. — Salamanca, July 22, 1812. — Vittoria, June 21, 1813. — Pyrenees, July 28 to August 2, 1813. — San Sebastian, August, 1813. — Nivelle, November 10, 1813. — Nive, December 9 to 13, 1813. — Orthes, February 27, 1814. — Toulouse, April 10, 1814. — Peninsula, 1808-1814. — CHAPTER XII — - — Waterloo, June 18, 1815. — The Order of the Bath. — CHAPTER XIII — THE SECOND MAHRATTA WAR, 1817-18. — Kirkee, November 5, 1817. — Seetabuldee, November 26, 1817. — Nagpore, December 16, 1817. — Maheidpore, December 23, 1817. — Corygaum, January 1, 1818. — Nowah, January 21, 1819. — Medal for the Second Mahratta War. — Bhurtpore, January, 1826. — Hindoostan. — India. — CHAPTER XIV — - — Amboyna, 1796 and 1810. — Ternate, 1801 and 1810. — Banda, 1796 and 1810. — Arabia, 1809. — Bourbon, July 8, 1810. [18] — Java, 1811. — Persian Gulf, 1819. — Beni Boo Alli, March, 1821. — Aden, 1839. — Persia, 1856-57. — Bushire, December 5, 1856. — Reshire, December 7, 1856. — Koosh-ab, February 8, 1857. — CHAPTER XV — - — Ava, 1824-1826. — Kemmendine, November 30 to December 9, 1824. — Arracan, 1825. — Pegu. — Burmah, 1885-1887. — CHAPTER XVI — - — Afghanistan. — Ghuznee, 1839. — Khelat, November 13, 1839. — Kahun, 1840. — Jelalabad. — Khelat-i-Ghilzai. — Candahar , 1842. — Ghuznee , 1842. — Cabool , 1842. — Cutchee, 1839-1842. [22] — CHAPTER XVII — - — Scinde, 1843. — Meeanee, February 17, 1843. — Hyderabad, March 24, 1843. — THE GWALIOR CAMPAIGN. — Maharajpore and Punniar, December 29, 1843. — CHAPTER XVIII — - — Moodkee, December 18, 1845. — Ferozeshah, December 21, 1845. — Aliwal, January 28, 1868. — Sobraon, February 10, 1846. — Punjaub. — Chillianwallah, January 13, 1849. — Mooltan, January, 1849. — Goojerat, February 21, 1849. — CHAPTER XIX — - — Alma, September 20, 1854. — Balaclava , October 25, 1854. — Inkerman, November 5, 1854. — Sevastopol. — The Victoria Cross. — CHAPTER XX — INDIA, 1857-1859. — Delhi, May to September, 1857. — Lucknow. — Relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell, November, 1857. — Siege and Capture of Lucknow. — Central India, 1857-58. — Defence of Arrah—Behar, 1857. — CHAPTER XXI — - — China, 1840 (with the Dragon). — Canton (1858). — China (1857-1860). — Chinese Expeditionary Force of 1860. — Taku Forts (August 12, 1860). — Pekin (October 12, 1860). — China, 1900. — Pekin , 1900. — CHAPTER XXII — - — Cape of Good Hope , 1806. — Cape of Good Hope, 1806. — South Africa, 1835. — South Africa, 1846-47. — South Africa, 1851-52-53. — South Africa, 1879. — CHAPTER XXIII — - — Jersey, 1781. — A Naval Crown, superscribed April 12, 1782. — A Naval Crown, superscribed June 1, 1794. — St. Vincent, February 14, 1797. — Fishguard, February 24, 1797. — 1800. — Copenhagen, April 2, 1801. — Copenhagen, 1807. — NEW ZEALAND. — New Zealand, 1846-47. — New Zealand, 1860-61. — New Zealand, 1863-1866. — Abyssinia, 1867-68. — Ashantee, 1873. — Sierra Leone, 1898. — WEST AFRICA. [28] — West Africa, 1887. — West Africa, 1892. — West Africa, 1893. — West Africa, 1894. — British East Africa, 1896-1899, 1901. — Ashanti, 1900. — CHAPTER XXIV — - — Afghanistan, 1878-1880. — Ali Masjid. — Peiwar Kotal, December 2, 1879. — Charasiah, October 6, 1879. — Kabul, 1879. — Kandahar, September 1, 1880 . — CHAPTER XXV — - — Defence of Chitral, 1895. — Chitral, 1895. — Punjab Frontier. — Malakand, 1897. — Samana, September 12-14, 1897. — Tirah, 1897-98 — CHAPTER XXVI — - — South Africa, 1899-1902. — St. Helena. — Medals granted for the War in South Africa. — Battle Honours for the Campaign. — Modder River, November 28, 1899. — Relief of Kimberley, February 15, 1900. — Paardeburg, February 18 to 27, 1900. — Relief of Ladysmith. [32] — The Defence of Ladysmith, [33] October 29, 1899, to February 27, 1900. — CHAPTER XXVII — - — APPENDIX I — APPENDIX II — APPENDIX III — APPENDIX IV — INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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