The Making Of The British Army (99 page)

Frederick, Duke of York, commander-in-chief
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

army reforms
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Flanders expedition (1799)
(i)

support for Wellington
(i)

Free French brigade, at Alamein
(i)

Freeman’s farm
see
Bemis Heights French, Brig.-Gen.
(later
FM Sir) John
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
&n,
(v)
,
(vi)

Curragh Incident and resignation
(i)
,
(ii)

relations with French
(i)
th Army
(ii)
,
(iii)

replaced by Haig
(i)

supports Joffre at the Marne
(i)

French army

artillery at Plassey (1757)
(i)

attaque à l’outrance
(i)

at Blenheim
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

chasseurs
(i)

collapse of (1940)
(i)

conscript shortage (1940)
(i)

counter-offensive (1918)
(i)

defensive strategy (1940)
(i)

demoralization
(i)

disbanded by Louis XVIII
(i)

Écossais Royaux
(i)
&
n
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

in Egypt
(i)

evacuated from Dunkirk
(i)

Gallipoli (1915)
(i)

Garde Française
(i)
,
(ii)

Garde Impériale
(i)
,
(ii)
n

Grande Armée
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

interoperability (1990s)
(i)

Irish Brigade
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

landing in Ireland (1798)
(i)
&
n

Maison du Roi
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

at Minden (1759)
(i)

morale (1917)
(i)

l’offensive à l’outrance
(i)
,
(ii)
n

Plan XVII (1914)
(i)
,
(ii)
n

in Portugal
(i)
,
(ii)

Regiment of Navarre
(i)

Revolutionary army
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

in Spain (1808–9)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

success against Brunswick (1760)
(i)

in support of Americans
(i)

voltigeurs/tirailleurs
(i)
,
(ii)

War of Austrian Succession
(i)
,
(ii)

War of Spanish Succession (1701–13)
(i)

at Warburg (1760)
(i)

Waterloo campaign
(i)
,
(ii)

see also
France

French army units (First World War)

5th Army
(i)
,
(ii)

6th Army
(i)
,
(ii)

French Canada

lost to Britain
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

see also
Canada

French and Indian War
see
North America, Seven Years War

French navy, in support of Americans
(i)

Frere, Sir Bartle
(i)

Freyberg, Lt-Gen. Bernard, VC
(i)

Frichermont (Waterloo)
(i)
,
(ii)
‘friendly fire’
(iii)

Frost, Lt-Col. John (2 Para)
(i)

Fuller, Maj.-Gen. John Frederick Charles (‘Boney’)
(i)
,
(ii)
n

Fussell, Paul
(i)
&
n

Gage, Gen. Thomas
(i)

Gallieni, Gen. Joseph
(i)

Gallipoli (1915)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Galtieri, Gen. Leopoldo
(i)

Gardiner, Col. James (13th Dragoons)
(i)

Garforth, Cpl Charles, VC
(i)
&
n

garrisons

England
(i)
,
(ii)

India
(i)

Ireland
(i)
,
66

Lisbon
(i)
,
(ii)

overseas
(i)
,
66
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Gatacre, Brig.-Gen.
(later
Maj.-Gen.) Sir William F.
(i)
n
,
(ii)

Gates, US Gen. Horatio
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Gavin, US Brig.-Gen. James (82nd Airborne)
(i)

Geddes Axe (1922)
(i)
,
(ii)

generalship
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)

Gentleman’s Magazine
, account of Culloden
(i)

George I, King
(i)

George II, King
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

George III, King
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

on seeing Blenheim Palace
(i)

George of Denmark, Prince
(i)

George, Prince, duke of Cambridge
(i)
,
(ii)

George, Prince Regent
(later
George IV)
(i)

Germain, Lord George
see
Sackville

German air force (Luftwaffe)
(i)

Dunkirk (1940)
(i)

German army

anti-tank guns (88 mm)
(i)
&
n
,
(ii)

Arnhem (1944)
(i)
,
(ii)

Blitzkrieg
(i)
,
(ii)

at Dunkirk and Calais (1940)
(i)

invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands (1940)
(i)

invasion of France (1940)
(i)

invasion of Poland (1939)
(i)

Kaiserschlacht
(1918)
(i)

lack of adaptability
(i)

Marne/Aisne/Ypres
(i)

Michael offensive
see Kaiserschlacht
(1918)

Mons (1914)
(i)

Normandy (1944)
(i)

panzer forces
(i)
,
(ii)
&
n
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
&
n
,
(v)

Waffen-SS
(i)

see also
Afrika Korps

German army units (First World War)

6th Army
(i)

Prussian Guard
(i)

German army units (Second World War)

7th Army
(i)

German Democratic Republic
(i)

see also
Germany

Germany

arms supply to UVF and IRA
(i)

Boer War views
(i)

Inner German Border (IGB)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

partition after Second World War
(i)

potential enemy (1902–14)
(i)

strategy for First World War
(i)

see also
German Democratic Republic; West Germany (FDR)

Gibraltar

garrison
66
,
(i)

siege (1779–83)
(i)

Gladstone, William Ewart
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)

Glasgow Pals (15,
(i)
,
(ii)
HLI)
(iii)

gliders, glider-borne troops
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)

Glorious Revolution (1688)
(i)
,
(ii)

Gneisenau, Gen. August, count von
(i)
,
(ii)

Goose Green (E. Falkland), battle (1982)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Gora
de
(i)