Particulars concerning the Formation, Organization, Uniform, State of
the Corps, &c., are referred to under the head" Regiment."
ABBOTT, Lieut., at Pagoda point, 450 | An-war-oodean, Nabob of Arcot, his
Abercrombie, Gen., arrival of, Feb.
Abington, Major, (Bombay Army)
at Tellicherry, 304
Adams, Lieut., killed at Sittang, 487
Adams, Major, at Moorshedabad,
Mootejil, and Gheriah, 215; at
Patna, 217
Adnet, Capt., killed at Condore, 146
African slaves and topasses in the
forces, 2
Agnew,
- at Seringapatam, 381
Airey, Lieut., at Chingleput, 152; at
the Mount, 159; at Conjeveram,
164
"Aldercorn's" Regiment (now Her
Majesty's 39th) first regt. sent to
India, 118; retrospect of, 552
Aldercorn, Col., at Wandiwash, 135;
recalled, 137
Alighur and Thanah, capture of, 123
Allen, Ensign, at Banda, 401
Allam Khan, governor of Madura,
defends his fort against Captain
Cope, 32
Amalparrah taken by assault, 189
Amboor, assault of, under M. D'Au-
teuil, 23
relief of, 1767, 233
Amboyna, capture of, 368; in 1810,
war with Chundah Saib, 22
Arcot taken by the English 1751,
38; invested by Chundah Saib
and the French, 40; storm of by
the French, 43; capture of, 1760,
186; siege of (1780) raised, 275;
plunder of, 315
Arlier, battle near, 244
Armegon, English factory at, re-
moved to Madras, 2
Armstrong, Capt. (Bombay Eur. R.)
125
Arnee, battle of, 47; battle of 1782,
310; ambuscade near, 312
Artillery, part of the garrison of
Arras, battle of, 259
Fort St. George in 1690, 7; in-
creased in 1691, 8
Asseerghur, siege of, 429
Astrue, M., French commander at
Seringam, 91, 98, 101; wounded,
102
Avaracourchy, capture of, 325; again
in 1790, 336
Bahoor, battle of, 76
Bahar, campaign of Shah Zada, 211
Baillie, Col., at Perambaucum, 275;
prisoner and wounded at Pallilore,
279
Lieut., wounded and prisoner
at Pallilore, 280
Baird, Capt., (afterwards Sir David)
wounded, 281
Ballapah, son-in-law of Morai Row,
killed, 94
Ballipoor, affair near, 347
Banda, capture of, 368; in 1810,
399
Bangalore, disaster at, 243; opera-
tions before, 343; capture of,
344
Bannatyn, Capt., killed at Conje-
164
Bantam, detachments to, 1
Baramahal, sixteen hill-forts cap-
tured, 235
Barnet, Commodore, despatched with
a squadron in 1745, 13; his opera-
tions on Coromandel coast, and
death, 14
Barrabuttee, fort of, capture of, 386
Basden, Major, at Whitehouse Pa-
goda, 468, 469
Bassein, siege and capture of, 272
Beerboom, victory at, 214
Belcher, Mr., killed, 124
Bell, Lieut.-Col., at Hyderabad, 559
Bellacombe, M., French governor of
Pondicherry, 3d siege, 269
Bengal, Nabob of, intrigues of, 127;
operations in 1759, 206
Bermuth, pass of, 388
Bernadotte, (afterwards Marshal and
King of Sweden,) at Cuddalore,
Black, Capt., wounded, 155
Blair,
151
wounded at Black Town,
Blane, Col., at Cuddalore, 318
Bond, Dr., at Masulipatam, 326
Sergt., killed at Kemmendine,
Bonnivaux, Capt., at Cuddalore, 323
Boscomar, Admiral, at the siege of
Pondicherry in 1748, 18
Bourdonaise, M. de la, the French
admiral, his expedition to the
Coromandel coast, 14; his siege
and capture of Madras, 14
Boujour, Major, at Changama, 226;
(Lieut.-Col.) at Callacoil, 255
Bowa-Peer, affair at, 260
Bowser, Sir Thos. (Lieut.), wounded
and taken prisoner at Pallilore,
280; (Capt.) at Dindigul, 337;
(Lieut.-Gen.) takes the command
of the army, 435; takes leave, 516;
his death, 547
Boyce, Lieut., death of, 528
Braithwaite, Col., at Mahè, 270; at
Tanjore, 304; at Mahadapatam,
305; at Nagore, 305; his brave
defence at the Coleroon river, 307;
vote of thanks to him and the
forces at Pondicherry, 369; (Maj.-
Gen.) departure for Europe, 385
Brereton, Major, at Black Town,
150; takes the command of King's
troops, 163; (Col.) at Wandiwash
and Trivatore, 172, 180; death of,
185
Bridges, Capt., killed, 124
Ensign, at Cortalum and
Totcum, 174
Brooke, Lieut., killed, 155
Capt., at Mulwalgul, 239
Brown, Col., death of, at battle of
Pallilore, 294
Capt., at Arnee, 310; (Col.)
departure for Europe, 385; (Maj.-
Gen.) death of, 527
Browne, Lieut.-Col., at Mahè, 270
Bruce, Maj.-Gen., at Cuddalore, 318
Bucannan, Capt., Bombay Eur. R.,
125
Budge-Budge, capture of, 122
Bullock, Lieut., killed at Black Town,
151
Burmah, embarkation for, 439; cam-
paign in, 440
Burr, Capt. D., at Cuddalore, 317;
(Col.) at Ternate, 384; (Maj.-
Gen.) death of, 535
Bussy, Marquis of, at the assault of
Amboor, 23; at Arcot, 174; pri-
soner at Wandiwash, 182
Butler, Lieut., wounded at Rangoon,
Buxar, battle of, 218
Callacoil, in Marawah, surprise of,
Calcutta, taken by the Nabob of
Bengal, 121; retaken by Col.
Clive, 123; invested by the French
in 1757, 124
Callender, Capt., at Condore, 145;
killed at Masulipatam, 168.
Calliaud, Capt., at Trichinopoly, 102,
104; convoy affair at Trichinpoly,
114; at Madura, 134; at St. Thome,
156; (Major) takes command of
Company's troops, 163; at Con-
jeveram, wounded, 164; in Ben-
gal, 170; (Col.) at Patna, 211,
214; (Brigad.-Gen.) death of, 402
Campbell, Capt., escort French pri-
soners, 75
Col., at Cuddalore, 318
Sir A., takes the command,
436; his death, in Dec. 1824, 516
Surgeon, notice of, 326
Candeish, hill-forts, reduction of, 423
Cannon, Capt., killed near Donabew,
469
Carberry, Lieut., his death at Ternate,
409
Carnac, Major, at Gyah-Maunpore, | Clive, Lord, (then Mr.) a prisoner of
214; at Patna, 218
Carnatic, war with Doost Ally, in
1741, 11; operations in the, in
1757, 137; movements in Dec.
1759, 174; campaign of 1765, 219;
invasion of by Hyder, 1780, 274;
the passes into secured, 350
Caroor, capture of, 325
Carrangooly, capture of, 173; storm
of, 283; destroyed, 314
Cathcart, Lieut.-Col., at Cuddalore,
317
Caveripatam, affair of, 225; surren-
der of, 250
Ceylon, corps formed for, 1796, 369;
flank companies there, 404
Chadds, Capt. (R.N.), at Pegue, 453;
at Kemmendine, 460, 465
Chamberlain, Gunner, commended,
456
Chambers, Lieut., at Sittang, 508,
514; (Maj.) at Kemmendine, 449
Champness, Lieut., at Vellore, 301
Chandernagore, skirmish at, 123;
capture of, 125; affair with the
Dutch, 207
Changama, battle of, 225
Charlton, Lieut., wounded at Sittang,
507; again wounded at Sittang,
514, 515
Charnock, Mr., his
Hooghly, 6
Chase, Capt., at Trivadi, 88
Ensign, wounded at Black
Town, 151
Cheape, Capt., at Kemmendine, 449
Chillamberam, capture of, 190; at-
tack of, 286
Chingleput, surrender of, 80; rein-
forced, 144
Chinsurah, hostilities of the Dutch
at, 207
Chisholm, Lieut., at Conjeveram, 176
Chittagong attack, 6; 1689, 7
Chittapet, capture of, 185
Chittoor, capture of, 302
Chouke, battle near, 273
Chundah Saib, proceedings in the
Carnatic, 22; surrenders to the
Tanjore General, and afterwards
assassinated, 74; his character, 75
Civil servants, in the army prohibit-
ed, 3
Clarke, Capt., at Sugarloaf Rock, 62
Ens., killed at Pallilore, 280
Clifford, Capt., artillery, at Mahè,
270
war at capture of Madras in 1745;
escapes, 15; made ensign, 16;
(Ensign), distinguishes himself at
siege of Pondicherry, 18; (Lieut.),
at Devi Cottah, 19; at Volcondah,
34; at Verdachellum, 37; (Capt.),
at Arcot, 38, 40, 46; at Arnee, 47;
at Samiaveram, 66; at Volcondah,
72; at Covelong and Chingleput,
79; on furlough in Nov. 1751,
80; (Col.), arrives from England,
Oct. 1755, 120; serves against
Pirate forts, 120; defence of Cal-
cutta, 124; made Omrah of the
Mogul empire, with Jaghire of
30,000l. per annum, now "Clive's
Fund," 207; Governor-General in
May 1765, 220; return to Eng-
land, 1767, 222; honours awarded
him, 222; Sir J. Malcolm's eulo-
gium on him, 222; his death in
London, Nov. 1774, 261; review
of his career, 261; his conduct
questioned in Parliament, 263;
his dignified vindication, 263, 265
Close, Sir Barry, at Seringapatam,
381; death of, 403; his monu-
ment in St. Mary's, Fort St.
George, 404, 433
Coconadah, affair at, 174
Coiladdy, affair at, 62
Colar, capture of, 236
Cole, Capt., (R. N.) at Banda, 399
Coleman, Lieut., killed at Mahid-
Colla Abdulla, Nabob of Arcot,
poor, 416
poisoned, 13
Colombo, capture of, 368
Collins, Capt., at Cuddalore, 323
Condore, battle of, 37; battle of,
1758, 145
Conflans, M. French, commander at
Rajamundry, 145
Conjeveram, affair at, 39; taken from
the French, 49; operations near,
58, 59; defence of, 135; capture
Conroy, Lieut.-Col., assumes com-
of, 164; fired by Hyder Ali, 275
mand of the Regt. 472; killed at
Cook, Major, at
Sittang, 486
Black Town,
(wounded), 151; at Mahè, 270
Coote, Sir Eyre, at Calcutta, 123;
Coombes, Capt. at Rajdier, 423
at Gutwah, 127; at Plassey, 129;
at Madras, 1759, 169; at Caran-
gooly, 173; battle of Wandiwash,
177; at Permacoil (wounded),
188; at Villenore, 192; at Pondi-
cherry, 198; his return to the
command, order by him, 271;
commander-in-chief in the Car-
natic, 281; at Carrangooly, 283;
at the Pollams, 298; illness of,
314
Cope, Captain, service at Porto Novo
in 1749, 19; at Valdore, 26; at
Trichinopoly, 31; at Tinnevelly
and Madura, 31; wounded at
Kistnaveram, 56
Cornwallis, Lord, assumes command
of the army in Mysore, 342; at
Seringapatam, 348; at Oossoor,
350; at Seringapatam, 359
Cosby, Ensign, (afterwards Sir Henry)
at Oulgarry redoubt, 197; at Arian-
copang redoubt, 198; (Capt.) at
Changama, 226; Mysore camp,
236; at Oossoor, 242; wounded
near Arlier, 245; (Lieut.-Col.) at
Tinnevelly, 327
Cossimbazar and Patna taken by the
Moguls, 7
Cotgrave, Major, at Paniani, 314;
killed at Cuddalore, 322
Cotton, Gen, at Panlang, 467; let-
ter of retirement, 522
Court, Capt., (Artill.) at Amboyna,
392, 393
Covelong, surrender of, 79
Coverpauk, battle at, 59
Covin Sing, Subadar, gallantry at
Pondicherry, 199
Cowly, Capt., at Changama, 226
Crie, Lieut., killed at Rayacotta, 352
Crillon, French General, 171; his
barbarity, 172
Crowe, Lieut., killed at Seringam,
82
Crowly, Ensign, at Poonamallee, 149
Cuddalore, surrender of to the
French, 139; attacked by the
French 1748, 17; defence of, 190;
surrender of to the French, 308;
battle before, 316; French fleet
appear in the offing, and rein-
forced it, 321
Cufley, Capt., at Mahidpoor, 418
Cuppage, Capt., at Vellore, 302;
(Major) at Damicotta, 363
Cursham, Capt., killed at Sittang,
508, 515
Cuttack, capture of, 385
Cutwah, capture of, 127
Daboun, battle of, 259
Dacca, Nabob of, war against in
1685, 5
D'Ache, Count, French Admiral, en-
gagement with Admiral Pollock,
Dallah, capture of, 440; stockades
carried, 451, 463
Dallas, (afterwards Lieut.-Gen. Sir
Thos.) his fame as a swordsman,
311
Dalrymple, Maj., at Seringapatam,
362
Dalton, Capt., at Volcondah, 34; at
Utatoor, 35; at Kistnaveram, 56;
at Trichinopoly, 50; at Sugar-loaf
Rock, 62; at Elmiseram, 64; at
Utatoor, 69; at Putchanda, 70;
quells a plot at Trichinopoly, 78;
escapes assassination, 78; sor-
ties, 89
Damal Cherry, action at, 11
Damas, Chevalier de, at Cuddalore,
322
Damicotta and Sattimungulum, cap-
ture of, 363
Daood Khan, treachery of, 9
D'Auteuil, M., commands the French
at Amboor, 23; at Villanore, 26;
his defence of Volcondah, 73
Davaporam, capture of, 325
Davies, Capt., at Carrangooly, 283
Lieut., killed at Mallygaum,
425
Deare, Surgeon, notice of, 325
Deccan, the corps employed in the
Mahratta war in 1817, 409
Dencanicota, capture of, 236
D'Estaigne, Count, French Admiral
with a fleet at Madras, 137; taken
prisoner, 152
D'Esterre, Lieut., wounded at As-
seerghur, 432
De Vassevot, Capt., at Wandiwash,
183; Pondicherry, 185
Devi Cottah, fort of, attack of, 19
Dickinson, Capt., at Sittang, 488,
515
Dindigul, capture of, 325; again in
1790, 336
Donabew, operations before, 470;
capture of, 471
Donaghue, Lieut.-Col., stockade near
Donabew, 469
Doost Ally, Nabob in 1732, 10
D'Orres, arrival of a fleet under at
Pondicherry, 285
Doveton, Captain, at Nundidroog,
354; (Brigadier) in the Deccan,
409; (Gen.) his pursuit of Bajee
Rao, 422; at reduction of Candeish
forts, 423
Dowse, Lieut., at Nundidroog, 356
Draper, Col., at Black Town, 150;
at Wandiwash, 180
Dupleix, M., the French governor of
Pondicherry in 1745, 13
"Dupleix Tatha Bad," (Dupleix's
Town of Victory,) inscribed pillar
destroyed, 61
Edmondston, Col., at Cuddalore, 318
Eiser, Lieut., at Pondicherry, 195
Elderton, Lieut.-Col., at Kamptee,
Elliott, Lieut., killed at Conjeveram,
164
Lieut.-Col., at Cuddalore, 318
Ellis, Mr., wounded, 124; murdered
at Patna by the German Sumroo,
216
Elmiseram, affair near, 62; capture
of, 64
Elphinstone, Col., at Cuddalore, 318
Eroad, capture of, 340
Evans, Major, at Kemmendine, 449
Faqueer's Tope, affair, 92
Felix, Lieut., shot at Kistnaveram, 56
Fermosa, detachment to, 1
Ferrier, Capt., death of, 280
Field-deputies of the Nabob of My-
sore encumber Gen. Smith, 241
Fisher, Capt., at Masulipatam, 167;
at Coconadah, 174
Fitcher, French commander, 118
Fitzgerald, Capt., at Singarpetta
pass, 234; (Major) at Bangalore,
Fitzpatrick, Lieut., wounded, 155
Fletcher, Col., Sir Robt., campaign
in Benares, 219; wounded at Tan-
jore, 256; slain at Pallilore, 279
Flint, Lieut., at Wandiwash, 284;
(Capt.) defends Wandiwash, 309
Floyan, Col. Sir A., at Hyderabad,
409
Floyd, Col., affair near Sattamungul,
340; wounded at Bangalore, 343;
against Syed Saib, the Mysore
General, 337; at Sattamungul,
340
Forbes, Capt., notice of, 118.
Capt. D., at Amboyna, &c.,
392, 399; notice of his exploits,
407; his death, 408
Forbes, Capt. death of, 526
Forde, Col., at Condore, 145; at
Masulipatam, 165; at Chander-
nagore and Bedarrah, 207
Fraser, Lieut.-Col., killed at Asseer-
ghur, 431
Freer, Corporal, forlorn hope, near
Kemmendine, 446
French, Capt., at Malacca, 537
French Rock, affair at, 54; battle of,
in 1754, 115
Fulerton, Dr., spared in the massa-
cre at Patna, 217
Fullarton, Col., at Davaporam, 325;
at Madura and Tinnevelly, 326
Lieut., wounded at Sittang,
Galway, Ens., killed at Pallilore, 280
Gauh, Major, at Plassey, 129
Geddes, Surgeon W., complimented,
538
Gen. Orders :-Gen. Coote's at Pal-
lilore, 295; by Sir Eyre Coote at
Arnee, 312; Gen. Stewart's at
Cuddalore, 322; of Lord Corn-
wallis' at Nundidroog, 355; of
Lord Cornwallis at Seringapatam,
360; another, 363; thanks of
Court of Directors for Pondi
cherry, 369; of Gov.-Gen. con-
cerning Cuttack, 387; by Govt.
concerning Amboyna, 393; hono-
rary badge for Mahidpoor, 433;
for Pindarrie and Mahratta cam-
paign, 434; by Govt. on Major
Gowdie's departure, 401; of Lieut.-
Gen. Abercrombie, 1814, at Wal-
lajabad, 402; of Govt. concern-
ing the detachment from the
eastern islands, 405; list of the
officers mentioned in, 407; of Sir
T. Hyslop, at Mahidpore, 417;
of Gov.-Gen. to Sir A. Campbell,
466; by the Gov.-Gen., for the
Burmese campaign, 516; by Lord
Combermere, 520; by Gov.-Gen.
to Brigad.-Gen. Cotton, 523; by
Court of Directors, thanks for
Ava campaign, 529; by Gov.-in-
Council of Madras, on late Sir T.
Monroe, 530; by Govt., honours
to the regt., 555
Ghee, Capt., death of, near Colar, 237
Gheira, pirate fort of, capture, 120
Gheriah, battle of, 215
Gibson, Capt., thanks of Governor
to, 437
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