The Making Of The British Army (102 page)

training
(i)
,
(ii)

Kléber, Gen. Jean Baptiste
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Kluck, Gen. Alexander von
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n
,
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Kneller, Sir Godfrey, portrait of Marlborough
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Knox, Maj. Edward (18th Hussars)
(i)

Kohima, battle (1944)
(i)

komando
(Boer unit)
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,
(ii)
,
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Korean War (1950–3)
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Kosovo, NATO intervention and KFOR (1999)
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,
(ii)

Kruger, Paul
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,
(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)
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,
(ii)

Langdale, Sir Marmaduke
(i)
,
(ii)

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

Le Cateau, battle (1914)
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Leach, Admiral Sir Henry
(i)

Lennox, Charles,
(i)
rd duke of Richmond
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‘letters of marque’
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Leuthen, battle (1757)
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Libya

cleared of Axis by
(i)
th Army
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not available under Gaddafi
(i)

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

Life Guard of Horse (Cromwell’s)
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Life Guard of Horse (the king’s)
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,
(ii)
,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)

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

light troops
(i)
,
(ii)

at Freeman’s farm (1777)
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,
(ii)

Ligny, battle (1815)
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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
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Minister for Munitions
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Prime Minister (1916)
(i)
,
(ii)

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

Long Range Desert Group (LRDG)
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Lonsdales (service battn Border Regt )
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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
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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)
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Luxembourg, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de
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Luxembourgers, in Korea
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Lyttelton, Maj.-Gen. Neville
(i)
,
(ii)

MacArthur, US Gen. Douglas
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Macaulay, Thomas
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,
(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
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Mackenzie, George,
(i)
rd earl of Cromartie
(ii)

Macleod of Macleod
(i)

Macmillan, Harold
(i)
&
n

Madrid, Moore attempts to help
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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’
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,
(ii)

Majuba Hill, battle (1881)
(i)

Malaya

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

New Villages scheme
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Malayan Communist Party (MCP)
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,
(ii)

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

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

Malayan Races’ Liberation Army (MRLA)
(i)

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

Malaysian army, Indonesian Confrontation
(i)

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

Malplaquet, battle (1709)
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Malta

garrison
(i)
,
(ii)

siege (1940–2)
(i)

Manningham, Col. Coote
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Mao Tse-tung
(i)

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

Margulies, Martin
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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
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Mary, Queen (joint ruler with William III)
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,
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,
(iii)

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

Mason, A. E. W.,
The Four Feathers
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Mason, Philip, on the British army in India
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&
n

Masséna, André, Marshal
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Mau Mau
(i)
&
n
Maunoury, Gen. Michel
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Maurice, Maj.-Gen. J. F., comment on Wellington’s

command style
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Maurice von Simmern, Prince
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Maxse, Maj.
(later
Maj.-Gen.) Ivor

18th Kitchener Division
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Egyptian army
(i)

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

McGrigor, James (Wellington’s chief MO)
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McIlwain, Sjt (
later
Sjt-Maj.) John (Connaught Rangers)
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)

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

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

at Tobruk
(i)

Fusilier
(i)
,
(ii)
n

medals

Arnhem
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Boer War
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Borneo
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Bosnia
(i)

Bromsgrove School
(i)
n

Falklands
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Iraq
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,
(ii)
n
,
(iii)

Korea
(i)
,
(ii)

Mons
(i)

Rorke’s Drift
(i)
&
n

Somme
(i)