Roederer, member of the Jacobins, ii. 1358. Rogers, Captain, i. 61, 745.
Lieutenant, i. 351.
Rohan, Prince of, i. 50. 1. Roize, General, i. 329.
Roland, minister of the home department dismissed, i. 17. Recalled, 18. Over- come by Robespierre's party, 38. Roleia, battle of, i. 621. Romana, death of, i. 758.
Rome.-See Pius. Young Napoleon made king of, i. 753. Romney, Lord, i. 240. Ronelle, i. 35.
Rosetta taken from the French, i. 231.
Ross, (Ireland,) attacked by the rebels, i 150.
Ross, General, ii. 1167. His death, 1471, Rostollan, General, i. 225.
Rotterdam occupied by the French, i. 54. Roveredo, battle of, i. 100.
Rousébrugghe taken by the French, i. 40. Roussilon, the, i. 42.
Royalty abolished in France, i, 21. Rualt, General, wounded, i. 32. Ruffo, Cardinal, i. 211.
Ruremonde, i. 51.
Rusca, General, i. 94.
Russell, an Irish rebel, i. 415.
Russia, conduct of Catherine on the exe- cution of the King of France, i. 36. Zeal of the Emperor Paul, in support of the confederacy, 202. Actions under Suwar- row, the Russian general, 209, 210, 214. Defection of the emperor from the con- federacy, 231. Disputes with, 294. His death, 310. Her victories, 816. Russians, the, defeated, 520. Rutherford, Lieutenant, i. 61. SABBATH-DAY abolished in France, i. 38. St. Bernard, passage of, by the French, i. 275.
St. Cyr, General, i. 315.
St. Domingo, i. 37. Successfully attacked
by the English, 62. Disputes, 63. Eva- cuated by the English, 180. State of, 229. Taken from the French, 421, 563, ii. 1145.
St. Fiorenzo (Corsica) taken by the English, i. 59.
St. Helena, Bonaparte sent to, by the Bri tish government, ii. 1532.
St. Hilaire, General, i. 460.
St. Januarius greets the arrival of the French at Naples, i. 183. Deposed in consequence thereof, 184.
St. Jean D'Acre.-See Acre.
St. Julien, Count, i. 281. Signs prelimi- naries of peace with France, which are 'disavowed by the emperor, 282. Disavows the negociation with Austria, 338. St. Lawrence, gulf of, i. 37. St. Lucia, conquest of, by the English, (1794,) i. 63. Re-captured by the French, 64. Attacked by the English, (1796,) 110. Its surrender, 111.
St. Menehould, Dumouriez's camp at, i. 20. St. Michael carried, i. 114.
St. Michel, fort of, taken by General Champ- morin, i. 31. Evacuated, ibid.
St. Payo, i. 669.
St. Roche, i. 42.
St. Sebastian captured, i. 855
St. Suzanne, General, i. 279.
St. Vincent, English expedition against, 1. 112, Action off the cape, 230. St. Vincent, Lord, bombardment of Cadiz, (1797,) 123. Expedition against Tene- His victory, 230.—See Jervis,
Saguntum, conquest of, i. 765. Salamanca entered by Lord Wellington, i. 773. Again, 814. Salm, General, i. 54.
Sanabria taken by the French, i. 706. San Germano, battle of, ii. 1327.
San Martino,village of, seized by the Frencn i. 113.
Santerre, an insurgent in Paris, i. 17. As. sists the mayor in guarding the king, 19. Santona, events at, i. 704. Saorgio, i. 55.
Sapineau, a Vendéan leader, i. 73. Saragossa, siege of, i. 642. Unsuccessfully attacked, 656. Enemy's post at, surren- dered to the English, 854.
Sardinia, state of, i. 34. Conduct of the court of Turin, 37. Incursion of the French into Savoy, 42. Their progress, 46.
Critical situation of the king, 47. His abdication, 179. Obtains Genoa, ii. 1142. A general arming in, 1301. Savary, General, i. 585, ii, 1358. Savoy.-See Sardinia. Saumarez, Sir James, i. 340. Saumur seized by the Vendéan royalists, (1793,) i. 45. Again, (1795,) 74. Saxe-Cobourg, Prince of, i. 34. His marriage to her Royal-highness the Princess Char lotte, ii. 1711.-See Cobourg. Saxony, King of, ii. 1141.
Scepaux, a Vendéan leader, i. 72. Schaffhausen taken by the Austrians, i. 204. Scherer, General, appointed to the com- mand of the Eastern Pyrenées, (1795,) i. 50. Dismissed, 207.
Scheveling, i. 54.
Schiner, General, i. 417. Schliengen, battle of, i. 105. Schomberg, Lieutenant, i. 291.
Schwartzenberg, General Prince, i. 151. His speech, ii. 1041.
Scott, Sir William, i. 295. Captain, i. 293.
Sebastiani, General, i. 466, 662. Sediman, (Egypt,) battle of, i. 171. Segur, M. i. 453.
Seringapatam, capture of, i. 228. Serrurier, General, i. 91, 438. Servan, minister-at-war, i. 17. 21.
Seville, junta of, i. 606. State of, 703. Seymour, Lord H. i. 56, 229.
Shagaramus Bay, Spanish ships burnt and captured in, i. 292.
Sheares, brothers, executed in Ireland for treason, i. 414.
Sherbrooke, Colonel, i. 662.
Sir John, ii. 1175,
Sheridan, R. B. an advocate for the French revolution, i. 25, 29.
Shepley, Major-general Sir Charles, ii. 1585. Sicilies, the, i. 34, ii. 1143. Return of the king, 1328.
Sieges. See names of the places besieged. Sieyes, Abbé, i. 7, 206.
Sillery, a Girondist, accused, i. 38. Silveira, General, his success, i. 730. Sinclair, Serjeant, i. 327. Slade, Major-general, i. 776. Sluys taken by the French, i, 51. Smidt, General, i. 466.
Smith, Sir Sydney, his services, i. 44. His captivity and escape, 143, 147. His gal- lantry at Acre, 193.
Lieutenant-colonel, ii, 1426. Major, i. 229.
Smolensko, battle of, 1. 93. Smyth, General, ii. 960. Soignies, action at, i. 50.
Somerset, Major-general Lord E. ii. 1407, 1426. Lieutenant-colonel Lord Fitzroy,
Somerville, Captain, i. 346. Souham, General, i. 40.
Soult, General, i. 269, 270. Defeated by Lord Wellington, 853. Dismission of, ii.
Spa possessed by the republicans, i. 51. Spain joins the confederacy against France, i. 34, 36, 46. Campaign in, 55. De- clares war against Portugal, 313. De- clares war against England, 451. De- scription of, 577. Bonaparte defains the king, through treachery, 58!. Arrival of Ferdinand, ii. 1125. Discontents in, 1129. The inquisition restored, 1130. Tumults and executions, 1134. A gene- ral arming in, 1302. Spencer, Colonel, i. 223.
Spandau surrendered, i. 515. To the Rus- sians, 836.
Spencer, General, i. 607.
Spies, Bonaparte's, detected, 1352-1353. Spires taken by the French (1792), i. 21. Again (1793), 45. Again (1794), 54. Stadtholder, the, in disguise, i. 59. His nar- row escape, 54.-See Orange. Stafford, an Irish rebel, i. 415. Stanhope, Major, i. 634. Starenberg, Count, i. 34.
Stark, Lieutenant-colonel, ii. 1585. Stehlin, Major-general, ii. 1535.
Steinberg invested and taken by the French, i. 30.
Stettin surrendered, i. 517.
Stevenson, Captain, i. 291.
Stevenswert, fort of, taken by the French, and evacuated, i. 31.
Stewart, Brigadier-general the Hon. C. i.
Suchet, Marshal, defeated by Sir John Mur- ray, i. 813.
Sultzbach, battle of, i. 105.
Surinam surrendered to the English, i. 229.
Sutton, Captain, i. 748.
Suwarow, or Suwarrow, account of, i. 202. Joins the allied army, ibid. His achieve- ments, 209, 210, 214. Obtains the title of Italiski, 215. Detached to Switzer- land, 217. His disasters, 218. Retreat, and disgrace, 219.
Sweden, conduct of this state on the downfall of the French monarchy, i. 37. Treaty with Russia, 296. War with, 555. ii. 1082.
Sweden, Crown Prince of.-See Bernadotte, General.
Swiss, massacre of, at Paris, i. 17. Can- tons of the, ii. 1073,
Tarragona, attack on, 765. Its fall, 766. Tarvis, action at, i. 275.
Tayl taken by the English, i. 54.
Tchertchekoff, Lieutenant-general, i. 224. Telegraph, the, applied to military pur- poses, i. 50.
Teming, battle of, i. 106.
Teneriffe, English expedition against, i. 128. Ternate, island of, taken by the English, i. 747.
Teschan, peace of, 439.
Thaves seized by the French, i. 55. Thielman, General, ii. 1419.
Thionville, siege of, by the allies, i. 276. Thompson, Captain Sir T. B. i. 312. Thorn surrendered to the Russians, i. 836. Thouvenot, Colonel, i. 31-32.
Thuilleries, the, attacked by the mob, i. 16. Thureau, General, i, 267. Tierney, Mr. i. 302. Tilsit, peace of, i. 557.
Tippoo Saib defeated by the English, i 159. His intrigues, 227. Death, 228. Tirlemont taken by the French, i. 32. Tobago taken by the English, i. 37. Tolentino, the Neapolitans defeated at, ii. 1326.
Tombio, action at, i. 99.
Tone, Mr. Theobald Wolfe, i. 153.
Tooke, Horne, death and biography of, ii. 898.
Supposed to be im- pregnable, 42. Taken, 43. Royalists massacred at, 45. Civil war in, 46. Tournay occupied by the French, i. 21, Action at, 48. Evacuated, 50. Toussaint L'Ouverture, i. 129, 229, 352-
Tower of London fortified (1793), i. 29. Towry, Captain, i. 83.
Treaties, i. 33, 361, 363, 373, 505, 683, 863. ii. 1376.
Treaty, Definitive, of peace, between the allied powers and France, ii. 1011, 1539. Treillard, director, i. 231.
Treves occupied by the Prussians (1792), i. 16. Seized by the French (1794), 76. Treviso, artistice at, i. 276.
Trinidad taken by the English, i. 126, 127. Trip, General, ii. 1426.
Tripstadt, i. 55.
Trollope, Captain, i. 109.
Trouchet, M. pleads for the king, i. 23. Trowbridge, Captain, i. 128.
Truguet, Admiral, i. 46.
Truxillo, General, i. 603.
Tuam (Ireland), French invaders march to, i. 158.
Tudela, battle of, i. 626. Turcoing, action at, i. 48.
⚫ Turgot, ministry of, i. 2.
Turin, court of, i. 37. Surrendered to the allies (1799), 210.
Turkey declares war against France, i. 176. Rupture between Russia and, 523.
Tuscany, the French ambassador dismissed by the grand duke (1793), i. 36. Con- cludes a treaty with France (1795), 75. French declaration of war against, 208. Their innovations, 209. Counter-revolu- tion in, 212. Seized by the French (1800), 276. Archduke of, 509. VABOIS, General, i. 100.
Vadier, accused, i. 69. Valence, General, i. 31. Wounded, 32. Valencia taken, i. 769.
Valenciennes invested by the allies, i. 35. Surrendered, 36. Re-taken by the French,
Valetta, description of, i 165.
Valeze accused and stabs himself, i. 38. Valentina, battle of, i. 793. Valette, General, i. 99. Vandamme, General, i. 54. ii. 1401. Vandeleur, Major-general Sir J. ii. 1408. Van Dockum, Captain, i. 295. Vanhope, General, ii. 1426.
Vansittart, Rt. Hon. N. i. 307, 786. Varennes accused, i. 69.
Vaubau fort, i. 54.
Vaubois, General, i. 97, 293.
Vaux, Colonel, enters Gertruydenberg with a flag of truce, i. 31.
village of, i. 47. Vendée.-See La Vendée. Venice, disputes with, i. 122.
Venloo occupied by the Prussians, (1793) i. 31. Taken by the French, (1794) i. 51. Verdier, General, i. 460.
Verdun taken by the allies, i. 20. By the French, 21.
Vergniaud, a Girondist, accused, i. 30. Verona taken, i. 96. Battle of, 208. Victor, General, i. 276, 800. ---, Hughes.-See Hughes. Victories obtained by the French, i. 30. By the Imperialists and Prussians, 31. By the British flag, 38. By the French, 44, 45. By the English, ii, 1411. Viellaud, a Vendéan chief, i. 73. Vienna attacked by the French, i. 97, 119. Treaty of, 505. Declaration from the congress at, ii. 1266, 1332. Vignolé, General; i. 96, 97. Villaret-Joyeuse, Vice-admiral, i. 56, 57, Villeneuve, Rear-admiral, i, 293, 480. Tourette, commander of the
Villers en Couchée, the French defeated at, i. 40.
Vimiera, battle of, i. 622. Vincent, Colonel, i. 977. Vincke, Colonel, ii, 1407
Vinegar Hill, (Ireland) insurrection in, i. 150. Vittoria, splendid victory of, i. 815. Vivian, Major-general Sir Hussey, ii. 1408, 1426.
Vorthuisen, i. 54.
ULM blockaded, i. 280.
United Irishmen, society of, i. 154. States. See America. Urfart, surrender of, i. 514. Utrecht evacuated by the allies, i. 54. Uxbridge, Earl of, ii. 1401.—See Anglesea, Marquis of.
Waal, passage of the, by the French, i. 53. Wadsworth, General, capture of, ii. 945. Wales, prince of.-See Regent.
Wallachia invaded by the Russians, i. 523. Walmenhuysen, capture of, 224. Walmoden, General, driven behind a canal, i. 40. Obliged to abandon Bruges, 50. Assumes the command of the allied forces in Holland, 53. Assists in attacking Hanover, 417.
War between France and Germany, i. 18. Between France and Great Britain, 28, Preparations for, 46–49. Warmarthe, port of, seized, i. 40. Warrand, Captain, i. 786. Warren, Sir John Borlase, his actions, i, 109, 340. Correspondence with Munroe, ii. 918, 944.
Warsaw, arrival of the Russians at, i. 520, Wartensbleden, i. 105..
Washington, resignation and death of, 262, 265, ii. 914.
, (America) entered by the Bri tish army, ii. 1168. Description of, ibid. Waterloo, i. 49. The allies retreat to, ii. 1401. Battle of, 1411. Official Accounts of, 1431.
Wattignies, village of, i. 40.
Wauzenau taken by the Austrians, i. 45. Weischelnunde surrendered, i. 548. Weissembourgh, the lines of, attacked by the allies, i. 45. Re-taken by the French,
Weissig, battle of, i. 839.
Wellesley, Sir Arthur, i. 620. Biography, of, 664. His expedition, 665-667.-See Wellington, Lord.
Wellington, Lord, i. 671. His zeal and ac- tivity, 720. Abandons the siege of Bada- joz, 761. His conduct, 763. Enters Sa- lamanca, 814. His motives for invading France, 856. His victories, 859. lava- sion of France, 870. Appointed ambas- sador in Paris, ii. 1022. Addressed by the lord-chancellor, 1038. By the spea- ker, 1040. His letter in vindication of Murat, 1324. Named field-marshal of the United Netherlands, 1371. His gallan- try, 1394. Ditto at the battle of Waterloo, 1417. His services rewarded by parlia ment, 1469.
Wertingen, action at, i. 460. Werwick taken by the French, i. 48. Westcott, Captain, i. 175. ·
Westermann, General, i, 55, 65. Westminster meetings, i. 139.
Westphalia, i. 51. Invasion of, 519. Wexford, (Ireland) taken by the rebels, i 153. Evacuated by them, 155.
Whitbread, Samuel, i. 241. His death, ii. 1695.
Whitelock, Lieutenant-colonel, i. 37. Whitworth, Lord, i. 296. His conversa. His departure
tion with Bonaparte, 381. from France, 392. Whyte, Major-general, i. 62. Wickham, Mr. i. 137, 278. Wilkinson, General, ii. 1150. William V.
Stadtholder. - See Orange,
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