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130–2
    Orléans, Duc d’ 208, 281
    Orrock, Lt Colonel William 77, 78, 79
    Orthez, battle of (1814) 192–3, 202, 262
    Oxford University 288
    Paget, Lt General Henry, Lord
see
Uxbridge, Lord
    Paine, Tom:
The Rights of Man
258
    Pakenham, Edward (Ned) 25, 165, 166–7, 181, 199, 206–7
    Pakenham, Captain Hercules 112
    Pakenham, Captain Thomas 33, 34
    Pamplona, siege of (1813) xv, 189
    Panipat, battle of (1761) 68
    Parma, Marie-Louise, Duchess of 265
    Pauli, James 94
    Pearse, Lt William 145
    Peel, Sir Robert 260
    becomes prime minister 280, 289, 292
    and Catholic Emancipation 273–4, 276
    opposes Canning 269
    and Wellington 271, 272, 283
    Peninsular War 103–9, 112, 214
    battles and sieges:
    Albuera 151–3, 154
    Almeida 146, 148, 149, 153
    Badajoz 115, 151–3, 152, 154, 158–63
    Burgos xvi, 170–3, 184
    Busaco 146, 148
    Ciudad Rodrigo xvii, 155–7, 290
    Coruña, La 124, 129
    Fuentes de Oñoro xvii, 148–50, 153, 154, 170
    Maguilla 117–18, 163–4
    Oporto 130–2
    Orthez 192–3, 202, 262
    Roliça 112–13, 123, 180
    Salamanca 115, 165–8, 268
    San Sebastian 188
    Sorauren 187–8
    Talavera 115, 134–41, 142
    Toulouse 193
    Vimiero 113–14, 115, 116–18, 120, 123, 124
    Vitoria 170, 186–7, 189, 200
    casualties 132, 137, 138, 140, 146, 148, 151, 153, 156, 170–1, 186, 192, 193
    see also
Torres Vedras
    Perceval, Spencer 143, 157, 158
    Perponcher, General 226, 227, 230
    Phillipon, Major General Armand 158, 161
    Phipoe, Maria 11
    Picton, General Sir Thomas 161, 162, 210, 238, 241
    leads 3rd Division 155, 159, 160, 161, 186, 209, 223, 230, 231
    Pignerolle, M. de 19, 20
    Pistrucci, 287
    Pitt, William, the Younger 27, 41, 91, 92–3, 94, 98
    Plassey, battle of (1757) 38
    Pococke, Private Thomas 149
    Pohlmann, Colonel 71, 75, 77, 79, 81
    Ponsonby, Colonel Frederick 171. 193
    Ponsonby, Sir William 241
    Porteous, Captain John 12
    Portland, Duke of 98, 143, 262
    Princess Charlotte
(Indiaman) 40
    Prussian army: Waterloo campaign 208, 212, 213, 216–17, 218, 222–3, 225, 226, 228–30, 233, 236, 237–8, 245, 247, 249
    Punch
302
    Purneah 63
    Quatre Bras, battle of (1815) 226, 227, 228–9, 230–2, 233, 234, 238
    Rainier, Admiral 85
    Ramsay, Captain Norman 170
    Rao, Peshwa Baji 68–70, 74
    Reform Bills/Reform Act (1832) 284, 285, 286,
286
, 287, 302
    Reille’s corps 239
    Reynier, General 98, 146
    Richmond, Duchess of 215, 226, 227
    Richmond, Duke of 98, 180, 227–8, 238, 284
    Wellington to 100, 109
    Ridge, Lt Colonel Henry 161
    Roach, John 71
    Roberts, Andrew:
Napoleon and
Wellington
xix, 42, 219–20
    Rocket
(train) 281–2
    rockets, use of 16, 44
    Roliça, battle of (1808) 112–13, 119, 123, 180
    Rolland, Gabrielle Hyacinthe 24
    Rosario
(sloop) 201
    Russell, Lord John 284, 286
    Wellington to 302
    Rutland, Duke of 20, 21
    Rye, Sussex 94
    St Germans, Lord 288
    St Helena 85
    St James’s Chronicle
252–3
    St Jean de Luz 190
    St Pierre, battle of 189, 191
    Salabut Khan 65
    Salamanca 163
    battle of (1812)
115
, 165–8, 268
    Saleur, Colonel 71
    Salisbury, Lady 183, 282
    San Sebastian, battle of (1813) 188
    Saussure, César de 11
    Saxe-Weimar, Prince Bernhard of 226–7, 228
    Schaumann, Commissary August 175
    Schom, Alan 197
    Schwarzenberg, Prince 208
    Scindia, Daulat Rao 68, 70–1, 74, 82, 83
    Scott, Sir Walter 139
    Sebastiani, General 134
    Ségur, Philippe de 205
    Seringapatam, India:
    advance on (1799) 47, 49, 50, 51–4, 55, 56–63
    British cemetery 39
    Wellington at 83–5
    Seven Years’ War 9, 11, 44
    Shaw, George Bernard 3
    Shaw, Major Merrick: Wellington to 84
    Shawe, Lt Colonel 56, 57
    Shee, Major John 46, 57
    Shelley, Lady 252, 262, 263
    Wellington to 254, 261
    Sherbrooke, John Cope 41, 138, 139, 140
    Shore, Sir John 40
    shrapnel 16, 114
    Shrapnel, Lt Henry 16
    Slade, Major General John 163–4
    Smith, Anne (
née
Wesley) 7, 22, 107
    Smith, Bobus 8
    Smith, Charles 107
    Smith, Lt Harry 159, 186, 188
    Somerset, Lord Edward 241
    Somerset, Lady Emily (
née
Wellesley-Pole) 202
    Somerset, Lord FitzRoy (
later
Lord