The Making Of The British Army (103 page)

media coverage

Afghanistan
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‘Bloody Sunday’
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)

effect on public opinion
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)

Iraq war
(i)
&
n

see also
press, the

Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF)
(i)

Meerut,
(i)
rd Bengal Cavalry
(ii)

Mellish, Revd Noel, VC (chaplain)
(i)

Melville
see
Dundas, Henry

Menou, Gen. Jacques-François de (‘Abdullah’)
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,
(ii)
n

mercenary troops
(i)

Brunswickers in N. America
(i)
,
(ii)

Hessians
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,
(ii)

Mérode-Westerloo, comte de
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Messines Ridge

all-arms assault (1917)
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,
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First Ypres (1914)
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Metemmah, battle (1885)
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Methuen, Lt-Gen. Paul,
(i)
rd baron
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Meyer, (Boer) Gen. Lucas
(i)

militarism

fear of in Britain
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,
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,
(iii)

Prussian
(i)

militias
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Campbell militia
(i)

defence of realm
(i)

recruitment source
(i)

see also
Special Reserve; Territorial Force (TF)

Miller, Lt-Col.
(later
Maj.-Gen.) David (KORBR)
(i)

Mills, Cpl Wayne, CGC (DWR)
(i)

Milne, Gen. Sir George (CIGS)
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,
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,
(iii)

Milosevic, Slobodan
(i)

Min Yuen (Min Chung Yuen Thong)
(i)

Minden, battle (1759)
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,
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,
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,
(iv)

Minorca
66
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(i)

Miranda, Gen. (Venezuelan revolutionary)
(i)

misbehaviour of troops

Iraq
(i)

Peninsular War
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,
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,
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,
(iv)

Mitchell, Lt Alasdair (Scots Gds)
(i)

Mitchell, Lt-Col. Colin (Argylls)
(i)

Miteirya Ridge (1942)
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Mohan al-Furayji, Iraqi Lt-Gen.
(i)

Möller, Lt-Col. Bernhard (18th Hussars)
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Mollwitz, battle (1741)
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Moltke, Col-Gen. Helmuth von
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,
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,
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,
(iv)

Monck, Lt-Gen. George (
later
duke of Albemarle)
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,
26
,
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,
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,
(iv)

return of the king
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,
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Observations on Political and Military Affairs
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Monck, Revd Nicholas
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&
n

Monmouth, James, duke of
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,
(ii)

Monongahela, battle (1755)
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,
(ii)

Monro, Gen. Sir Charles
(i)

Mons, battle (1914)
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Mont St Jean (Waterloo)
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)

Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Maj. Edward
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Montcalm, Louis-Joseph, Marquis de
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,
(ii)

Monte Cassino (1944)
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Montgomery, FM Bernard Law

Alamein
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,
(ii)

Arnhem
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,
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,
(iii)

attitude to casualties
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,
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‘battle reporting’ system
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conscription extended (National Service)
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disagreements with Eisenhower
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,
(ii)
n

dislike of ‘private armies’
(i)

at Dunkirk
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in France (1940)
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on Gort
(i)

at Le Cateau
(i)
&
n

Normandy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n

plan to envelop Ruhr
(i)

prepared for Second World War
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,
(ii)
n

push for Berlin wanted
(i)
n

staff college teacher
(i)

stature after Alamein
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Moore, Maj.-Gen. Jeremy (RM)
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Moore, Lt-Gen. Sir John
(i)
,
(ii)

at Alexandria (1801)
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)

lack of good intelligence
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light infantry training
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Portugal and Spain
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n
,
(v)
,
(vi)

retreat to Corunna
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

morale

Basra troops
(i)
,
(ii)

Marlborough and
(i)

military chaplains and
(i)

Somme, after
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Moran, Charles Wilson, Lord Moran, ‘Only the regiment matters’
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,
(ii)

Mordaunt, Sir John
(i)
&n
,
(ii)

Morgan, US Col. Daniel (11th Virginians)
(i)

Morning Post
(i)

Mount Harriet (E. Falkland), battle (1982)
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Mount Longdon (E. Falkland), battle (1982)
(i)
,
(ii)

Mount Tumbledown (E. Falkland), battle (1982)
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Mount Two Sisters (E. Falkland), battle (1982)
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Mountbatten, Lord Louis, murdered by IRA (1979)
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movement, exterior and interior lines
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&
n
,
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,
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Müffling, Baron (Blücher’s liaison officer)
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Muhammad ibn Abdalla (the Mahdi)
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Murphy, Timothy (American marksman)
(i)
&
n
,
(ii)

Murray, Lord George
(i)
,
(ii)

musket
see under
firearms

Musketry, Hythe School of
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,
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Mussolini, Benito
(i)
&
n

Nana Sahib (of Cawnpore)
(i)

Nantes, Edict of, revoked (1685)
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Napier, Lt-Gen. Sir Robert
(i)
n

Napier, Gen. Sir William
(i)

History of the War on the Peninsula
(i)
n
,
(ii)

Napoleon Bonaparte
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
&n
,
(iv)

abdication (1814)
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continental system
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escape from Elba
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in Spain
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,
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,
(iii)

Waterloo campaign (1815)
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,
(ii)

Napoleonic wars (1801–15)
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,
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,
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,
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Naseby, battle (1645)
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Natal, annexed by Britain (1845)
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Natal Carbineers
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&
n
Natal Mounted Police
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Natal Native Contingent
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National Service
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,
(ii)

Nationalists (Northern Ireland Catholic)
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)

Native Americans (Indians), in Seven Years War
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NATO
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,
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,
(iii)

Afghanistan
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Centag (Central Army Group)
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International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
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Kosovo
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,
(ii)

logistics in Western Europe
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Northag (Northern Army Group)
(i)

Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)
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n
,
(ii)

Nazi–Soviet non-aggression pact (1939)
(i)

Nebel, river, bridges
(i)

Nelson, Adm. Horatio
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,
(ii)

Nepal, Anglo-Nepalese War (1815–16)
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Netherlands

21st Army Group logistical problems (1944)
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German invasion (1940)
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William III’s priorities
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,
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