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training
(i)
,
(ii)

Kléber, Gen. Jean Baptiste
(i)

Kluck, Gen. Alexander von
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n
,
(iv)

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, portrait of Marlborough
66

Knox, Maj. Edward (18th Hussars)
(i)

Kohima, battle (1944)
(i)

komando
(Boer unit)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Korean War (1950–3)
(i)

Kosovo, NATO intervention and KFOR (1999)
(i)
,
(ii)

Kruger, Paul
(i)
,
(ii)

Kuwait

Iraqi invasion (1990)
(i)
,
(ii)

see also
Gulf War, First

La Haye Sainte (Waterloo)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Ladysmith, siege of (1899–1900)
(i)
,
(ii)

Langdale, Sir Marmaduke
(i)
,
(ii)

Lanrezac, Gen. Charles
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Le Cateau, battle (1914)
(i)

Leach, Admiral Sir Henry
(i)

Lennox, Charles,
(i)
rd duke of Richmond
(ii)

‘letters of marque’
(i)

Leuthen, battle (1757)
(i)

Libya

cleared of Axis by
(i)
th Army
(ii)

not available under Gaddafi
(i)

Liddell Hart, Capt Sir Basil
(i)
,
(ii)
n
,
(iii)

Life Guard of Horse (Cromwell’s)
(i)

Life Guard of Horse (the king’s)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Light Brigade, Charge of (1854)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

light troops
(i)
,
(ii)

at Freeman’s farm (1777)
(i)
,
(ii)

Ligny, battle (1815)
(i)

Ligonier, FM John,
(i)
st earl
(ii)

Limbu, L/Cpl Rambahadur, VC (10GR)
(i)
,
(ii)

Limerick, Treaty of (1691)
(i)

Lion
, HMS, intercepts Jacobite ship
(i)

Liverpool Pals
(i)
,
(ii)
n

Lloyd George, David
(i)

Minister for Munitions
(i)

Prime Minister (1916)
(i)
,
(ii)

Londonderry, ‘Bloody Sunday’
(i)
,
(ii)

Long Range Desert Group (LRDG)
(i)

Lonsdales (service battn Border Regt )
(i)

Loos, battle (1915)
(i)

Loudon, John Campbell, earl of, aborted attack on Louisbourg (1757)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Louis XIV, king of France
(i)
,
(ii)

territorial ambitions
(i)
,
(ii)

wars of aggrandizement
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Louis XV, king of France

alliance with Austria
(i)

support for Jacobites
(i)

Louis XVIII, king of France
(i)
,
(ii)

Louis of Baden, Prince
(i)

Louisbourg
(i)
,
(ii)

Louisiana
(i)

Loyalists (North American)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Loyalists (Northern Ireland Protestant)
(i)
,
(ii)

clashes with army
(i)

Lucan, Lt-Gen. George Bingham,
(i)
rd earl
(ii)
&
n
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n
,
(v)

Lucknow, Indian Mutiny
(i)

Ludendorff, Gen. Erich
(i)
&
n

Lumsden, Lt-Gen. Herbert (X Corps)
(i)

Luxembourg, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de
(i)

Luxembourgers, in Korea
(i)

Lyttelton, Maj.-Gen. Neville
(i)
,
(ii)

MacArthur, US Gen. Douglas
(i)

Macaulay, Thomas
(i)
,
(ii)

Macdonald of Boisdale
(i)

Macdonald of Sleat
(i)

Macdonald, Col. (
later
Maj.-Gen.) Hector
(i)
&
n
,
(ii)

Macdonald, Malcolm (commissioner-general South-east Asia)
(i)

Macdonalds, at Culloden (1746)
(i)
,
(ii)

Macdonnell, Lt-Col. James (Coldstream Gds)
(i)

Mackay, Maj.-Gen. Hugh
(i)

Mackenzie, George,
(i)
rd earl of Cromartie
(ii)

Macleod of Macleod
(i)

Macmillan, Harold
(i)
&
n

Madrid, Moore attempts to help
(i)

Mafeking, siege of (1899–1900)
(i)

Mahan, Alfred Thayer
(i)

Mahdi Army (Basra)
(i)

Mahdi revolt (1883–5)
(i)

Mahratta confederacy
(i)

Maida, battle (1806)
(i)
n
,
(ii)

Maitland, Maj.-Gen. Sir Peregrine (Gds Bde)
(i)

Major, John, search for ‘peace dividend’
(i)
,
(ii)

Majuba Hill, battle (1881)
(i)

Malaya

aboriginal tribes
(i)

Japanese invasion (1942)
(i)
,
(ii)

New Villages scheme
(i)

Malayan Communist Party (MCP)
(i)
,
(ii)

Malayan Emergency (1947–60)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA)
(i)

Malayan Races’ Liberation Army (MRLA)
(i)

Malayan Scouts
(i)

Malaysia, Confrontation with Indonesia (1962–6)
(i)
,
(ii)

Malaysian army, Indonesian Confrontation
(i)

al-Maliki, Nouri (Iraq prime minister)
(i)

Malplaquet, battle (1709)
66
Malta

garrison
(i)
,
(ii)

siege (1940–2)
(i)

Manningham, Col. Coote
(i)

Mao Tse-tung
(i)

Mar, John Erskine,
(i)
nd earl of
(ii)
,
(iii)

Margulies, Martin
(i)

Maria Theresa, archduchess of Austria and Empress
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Marlborough, duke of
see
Churchill, Lord John

Marling, Maj. Percival Scrope, VC (18th Hussars)
(i)

Marne,
(i)
st battle (1914)
(ii)
,
(iii)

Marston Moor, battle (1644)
(i)

Mary of Modena
(i)

Mary, Queen (joint ruler with William III)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Masefield, John, Gallipoli and Somme
(i)
,
(ii)
n

Mason, A. E. W.,
The Four Feathers
(i)

Mason, Philip, on the British army in India
(i)
&
n

Masséna, André, Marshal
(i)

Mau Mau
(i)
&
n
Maunoury, Gen. Michel
(ii)

Maurice, Maj.-Gen. J. F., comment on Wellington’s

command style
(i)

Maurice von Simmern, Prince
(i)

Maxse, Maj.
(later
Maj.-Gen.) Ivor

18th Kitchener Division
(i)

Egyptian army
(i)

McColl, Maj.-Gen.
(later
Gen. Sir) John
(i)
&
n

McGrigor, James (Wellington’s chief MO)
(i)

McIlwain, Sjt (
later
Sjt-Maj.) John (Connaught Rangers)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

McKay, Sgt Ian, VC (3 Para)
(i)
,
(ii)

McManners, Maj. Hugh (RA/Cdo)
(i)

McManners, John

at Tobruk
(i)

Fusilier
(i)
,
(ii)
n

medals

Arnhem
(i)

Boer War
(i)

Borneo
(i)

Bosnia
(i)

Bromsgrove School
(i)
n

Falklands
(i)

Iraq
(i)
,
(ii)
n
,
(iii)

Korea
(i)
,
(ii)

Mons
(i)

Rorke’s Drift
(i)
&
n

Somme
(i)

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