The War of Wars (142 page)

siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
723–5

siege of San Sebastian
752–3
,
754

significance of
758–60

start of
582–8

Wellington crosses into France
755–6

Wellington takes and loses Madrid
740–1
,
744–6

Perceval, Spencer
675
,
705–6
,
726

Percy, Dr
521

Perladi, Colonel
798

Perrin, Claude-Victor
79

Persia
523
,
530
,
582

Peru
653
,
911

Pétion de Villeneuve, Jerome
25
,
26

Petiot, Citizen
40

Peyrusse, André
320–1
,
323

Phélipaux, Louis-Edmond le Picard de
317–18
,
320

Piave
663
,
665

Pichegru, General Charles
188
,
190
,
191
,
391–2
,
394
,
395
,
580

Picton, Sir Thomas
750
,
881
,
890

Piedmont
79
,
120
,
121
,
124
,
161
,
162–3
,
165
,
375
,
406
,
408
,
431

Pilnitz, Declaration of
31

Pilony
767

Pino, General
813

piracy
224
,
536
,
538

Pirch, General
891
,
896

Pitt, Harriet
91

Pitt, Hester (née Grenville)
87
,
90

Pitt, William, the Elder
89
,
90
,
95

Pitt, William, the Younger
189
,
274
,
295
,
346
,
434
,
436
,
458
,
459
,
560
,
608
,
926

character and background
89–96
,
466
,
467–8

death of
464–5
,
466
,
493

domestic policy
105–7
,
108

foreign policy
160
,
171–2

attitude to French Revolution
85–8
,
96
,
105
,
124
,
381
,
574–5
,
925

despair over British isolation
170–1

and Holland
115–18
,
126–7
,
132
,
138
,
139–40

preparations for war
119
,
121

proposes offensive (1805)
430–1

sees Russia as greatest threat
111–12
,
114

South America
495
,
497

and Third Coalition
430–2

wants to continue war (1801)
351

and West Indies
142–3
,
145
,
170
,
925

ill-health
429
,
430
,
432
,
462
,
463

importance of
466–8

and intelligence services
570–4

and Ireland
221
,
222
,
227

out of office
375

return to office (1803)
380–3
,
428–30

view of Napoleon
382

Pius VI, Pope
177
,
184
,
251

Pius VII, Pope
398
,
431
,
506
,
677–80
,
822
,
846

Place, Francis
729

plague
303
,
315–16
,
320
,
322
,
323

Plancenoit, Battle of
892
,
893
,
896
,
901
,
902

Plasencia
699
,
700
,
702

Platov, General
808

Pleischwitz, Armistice of
830

plundering
773

Po Valley
163
,
167

Poland
109
,
112
,
113
,
120
,
129
,
134
,
137
,
171
,
489
,
516
,
517–18
,
522–3
,
527
,
529
,
657
,
682
,
767
,
774–5
,
777
,
797
,
816
,
832
,
866
,
871

Pole, Admiral
237
,
238

Pomerania
432
,
765

Poniatowski, Prince Josef Anton
516
,
765
,
782
,
783
,
796
,
802
,
838
,
840
,
912

Ponsonby, Sir William
890
,
898–9

Ponte Nuovo, Battle of
60

Popham, Commodore Sir Home
210
,
497–8
,
733

population

British
104

French
11
,
12
,
915

Port-au-Prince
143

Portland, William Bentinck, Duke of
91
,
138
,
222
,
503
,
531
,
583
,
612
,
675
,
705

Portugal
109
,
121
,
140
,
160
,
228
,
436
,
496
,
527
,
533
,
534
,
538
,
583–4
,
619
,
620
,
704–5
,
706–7
,
709–14
,
747
,
749

Battle of Oporto
696–9

Battle of Vimeiro
616–18
,
631

expeditions to
599
,
612–18
,
632–3
,
654
,
696–9

French ejected from
714
,
720

relations with Britain
121
,
160

relations with France
534
,
538
,
583–4

Potemkin, Prince
110
,
111
,
112
,
113

press, freedom of the
98–9
,
106

Pressburg, Treaty of
489–90
,
659

Prince Regent
see
George IV

Pripet Marshes
771

Provence, Comte de
see
Louis XVIII

Provera, General
176
,
177

Prussia

Battle of Dresden
837

Battle of Jena-Auerstadt
513–15

Battle of Leipzig
838–41

Battle of Ligny
882–3

Battle of Valmy
33–4

Battle of Waterloo
891–903

emergence of
3

and First Coalition
120

joins League of Neutral Nations
352
,
363

and the Low Countries
126
,
127
,
129

and Napoleon’s defeat
926

nationalism in
917

and Poland
171

relations with Britain
109
,
111
,
115
,
120
,
132
,
133
,
170

relations with France
140
,
402
,
403
,
502
,
504
,
514
,
527
,
528
,
657

aims from invasion of France
848

declares war on (1806)
511

goes to war with (1792)
31–4

reaction to French Revolution
31

and restoration of French monarchy
866–7

relations with Russia
111
,
113
,
120
,
817
,
823

resurgence of
823–5

and Seventh Coalition
871

and Third Coalition
432
,
462
,
485
,
490

Treaty of Basle
140

Treaty of Kalisch
817
,
823

Treaty of Tilsit reduces
529

war-hungry
33

Waterloo campaign
876–88
,
891–4
,
895–7
,
900–1
,
902

Prussian campaign (1806–7)
511–25

Battle of Eylau
519–22
,
902

Battle of Friedland
524–5
,
767
,
902

Battle of Jena-Auerstadt
513–15
,
824
,
835
,
902
,
923

Treaty of Tilsit
526

Prussian campaign (1813)

Armistice of Pleischwitz
830

Battle of Bautzen
829

Battle of Grossgorchen
829

Battle of Lutzen
829

Battle of Weissenfeld
829

Puerto Rico
145
,
171
,
496

Pueyrredón, Juan Martin de
498

Puisaye, Joseph, Comte de
138

Pulling, Captain
554

punishment, on ships
200–1

Pyramids, Battle of the
282
,
283–4
,
477

Quatre Bras, Battle of
877–9
,
880–5
,
900
,
902

Quatremère de Quincy, Antoine-Chrysostome
44

Quebec
140
,
141
,
262
,
589

Querelle, Dr
392

Raab, Battle of
669

Raffin, Josephine
685

Ragusa, Duke of
822

Rainier, Admiral
219

Ramolinos family
57–8

Ratisbon
663
,
664
,
683

Raza, Roustam
326

Récamier, Juliette
151

Red Sea
308

Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
251

Rémusat, Madame de
187
,
253
,
378

Rémusat, Monsieur de
482

republicanism
10
,
19
,
24

Restoration

English
9–10

French
858–63
,
867

Revel
368

Revolutinary Wars
30–375

character of
xi-xii
,
4–5

see also
individual battles and campaigns

Reynier, General Ebenezer
283
,
312
,
323
,
531
,
709
,
714
,
765

Rheims
853

Rhine, River
138
,
140
,
334
,
347
,
351
,
515
,
832
,
841
,
847

Rhineland
87
,
129
,
146
,
159
,
160
,
168
,
171
,
172
,
178
,
179
,
485
,
822

Richelieu, Duc de
907
,
913

Richmond, Duchess of
878

Richmond, Duke of
126–7
,
129
,
878

Riga
817

Rigaud, Commander
403

Rimini
177

Riou, Captain
365

Rivoli, Battle of
176–7
,
180

Robespierre, Augustin
53
,
77
,
80
,
81

Robespierre, Maximilien
24
,
28
,
37
,
40
,
43
,
44
,
49–54
,
80–1
,
139
,
153
,
156
,
190
,
336
,
337
,
338
,
914
,
918

Rochambeau, General
482

Roche de la Coste, Auna
685

Rochefort
426
,
428
,
434
,
438
,
564
,
904

Rockingham, Marquess of
98

Rodney, Admiral
97

Rolandeau, Louise
685

Romagna
177

Romania
623

Rome
296
,
333

Rome, King of
see
Napoleon II

Romilly
417

Romney, George
268

Rosally, Admiral
446

Rosebery, Lord
85–6
,
90
,
93
,
110
,
381–2
,
463

Rosetta
281
,
298
,
299
,
328
,
532

Rosetta Stone
301
,
329

Rossier, Heinrich
815

Rostopchin, Count Feodor
789
,
791

Rouco
174

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
59
,
68
,
104

Roverata
169

royalists, French
335
,
388
,
389
,
391
,
574

Ruffo, Cardinal Fabrizio
355

Russia

Battle of Austerlitz
486–9

Battle of Eylau
519–22

Battle of Friedland
524–5