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Transcriber’s Note
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and
are noted here. The references are to the page, and line in the
original. The following issues should be noted, along with the
resolutions.
The phrase ‘line-of-battle ships’ is sometimes printed without
hyphenation, and occasionally as ‘line-of-battleships’. Where ‘line-of’
is not employed, the word is always ‘battleships’. To assist searches,
the hyphenated version ‘line-of-battle ships’ is applied here.
End-of-line hyphens are sometimes missing. It is presumed they have not
survived in the text, and were handled as though present.
Proper place names are sometimes consistently misspelled and were left
as printed: ‘Guil[d]ford Court House’, ‘Spot[t]sylvania’.
The entry for the 1039 battle of Zendecan contains references to
‘Moghrul Beg’ of the Seljuks, and ‘Masrud’, sultan of Ghuzni. The index
refers to the former as ‘Mogrul Bey’, ‘Bey’ being a variant of ‘Beg’.
However, separate historical texts consistently have the Seljuk ruler as
‘Toghrul’. The text has been retained, but the issue noted.
On p. 143, the title of the article for ‘Lunceña’ is an obvious error
for ‘Lucena’, which is supported by other sources and also falls
correctly in the alphabetic order of the Dictionary.
3L.22 sallies of the bes[ei/ie]ged Transposed.
6L.9 on the 18th the garrison surrendered[.] Added.
20L.40 into the beleagu[e]red city. Inserted.
24R.17 which is also know[n] as Added.
27R.31 the Colombian patr[i]ots Inserted.
32L.37 under General Bizo[u/n]et Inverted.
33R.35 the bridge of B[u/e]rgfried Replaced.
36L.20 had taken up a posit[i]on Inserted.
39L.22 Bovianum (S[ce/ec]ond Samnite War). Transposed.
40R.24 by assault by Genera[l] Haynau Added.
45L.2 inhabitants being mass[e/a]cred Replaced.
46R.4 under Colonel Hartl[e]y Inserted.
47L.5 16 line[-]of[-]battle ships Inserted.
56L.1 under Cla[u/n]leu. Inverted.
59R.12 was surrounded and overpowered, Chabrias Added.
falling[.]
62L.34 (Norman Invasion of Italy[)]. Inserted.
65L.4 sallies [Amurath,/, Amurath] was called away Comma moved.
65L.30 Danish fleet of 10 line[-]of[-]battle[ ]ships Inserted.
67L.15 Seleuc[n/u]s, though 81 years of age, defeated Inverted.
67R.28 (Seven Years’ War)[.] Added.
71R.22 The Macedonians lost 13,000 killed and Added,
wounded[.]
74L.32 endeavoured to effect a landing at Added.
Dazaifu[,/.]
75L.10 Scindiah’s army under Bour[g/q]uin Replaced.
80L.21 10,000 killed and wounded[./,] Replaced.
80L.22 15,000 prisoners, and 40 guns[,/.] Replaced.
81R.11 30 of his k[in/ni]ghts, Transposed.
83L.10 (Civil War of [Car an d/Cæsar and] Pompey). Corrupted.
83L.31 when Mass[e/é]na’s] corps Replaced.
86L.10 E[n/u]taw Springs (American War of Replaced.
Independence).
89R.29 near Fish Creek[,/.] Replaced.
92L.5 and the Goths under C[u/n]iva Transposed.
93R.39 Fuentes d’O[n/ñ]oro Replaced.
95R.29 the royal troops under Lord Hunsdon[.] Added.
97R.1 though at a heavy cost[.] Added.
99R.4 and de Ruyter[,/.] Replaced.
102L.30 but was unsucce[fss/ssf]ul Transposed.
104R.47 he was totally defeated[,/.] Replaced.
104R.30 and totally routed[,/.] Replaced.
106L.39 under Martin Schenck[,/.] Replaced.
108R.21 and the Syracusans[,\.] Replaced.
108R.26 Helsingborg (Dano-[Spanish/Swedish] Wars). Corrected.
112R.35 and with heavy loss[.] Added.
114R.11 [B.C./A.D.] 1221, Replaced.
115L.33 [I]nverkeithing Restored.
116L.31 The British lost 167 killed[,] wounded Added.
116R.44 Fought October, 740, between[,] the Japanese Removed.
rebels
121R.12 only 248 killed and wounded[.] Added.
124L.14 compelled to retire to Quetta[h]. Removed.
128L.36 in the K[a/u]levtcha defile Replaced.
132L.23 Fought [B.C.] 497, the first authentic date Added.
135L.41 100,000 Prussians[sians], Russians, Removed.
135L.46 when B[l]ucher captured the village Inserted.
138L.29 Fought October 17, 1571, betwe[e]n Inserted.
138L.42 The Dey of Algiers succeeded [i]n extricating Restored.
143L.6 a fleet of[ of] 41 ships of war Removed.
143R.7 Lu[nceñ/cen]a (War of Granada). Replaced.
144L.42 Drummo[u]nd occupied high ground Removed.
145L.33 The Imperialists lost [27,000] killed and _sic_:
wounded. 2,700?
149R.29 and Bri[th/ht]noth slain. Transposed.
151L.40 La[r]ches and Nicostratus both fell Removed.
156L.32 when a Persian army, under Megabyzus[,] Added.
defeated
158R.7 Metaur[a/u]s (Second Punic War). Replaced.
160R.18 The Per[vu/uv]ians were totally defeated Transposed.
161R.34 by the discontented sold[i]ery Inserted.
163L.7 being ignoran[t] of the fall of Genoa Added.
163L.46 (Napoleon’s Italian Campa[i]gns). Inserted.
164L.28 and forced to capitu[al/la]te. Transposed.
164L.33 and the[,] Blancos, Removed.
165R.16 under General d’Aspr[e/é] Replaced.
165R.19 with[rd/dr]ew his force from the town Transposed.
165R.41 Fought November 16, 1315[,/.] Replaced.
167R.19 Kl[e/é]ber’s division Replaced.
169R.4 Huzrat Mah[u/a]l, Begum of Oude Replaced.
172L.39 from the field in confu[fu]sion Removed.
174R.3 Fa[r]ragut forced the passage Inserted.
176L.36 fought by Mith[d]ridates Removed.
179L.27 with a loss of 15 ships[.] Added.
180L.18 combined French and British squa[rd/dr]ons Transposed.
190L.25 after a long and obs[int/tin]ate defence Transposed.
202R.45 a[u/n]d the Spanish Royalists Inverted.
203L.38 Pultusk [(]Campaign of Friedland). Added.
205L.35 about 5,000 Americans, under Van Inverted.
Re[u/n]sselaer
208L.14 under General Bo[n/u]latoff Replaced.
208L.19 Bo[n/u]latoff fell fighting Replaced.
215R.26 under the walls of Saalf[i]eld Removed.
223R.7 about 4,000 strong[,]. Removed.
223R.37 under M[a/e]tellus Replaced.
223R.29 but cros[s]ing the Tiber into Rome Inserted.
229L.5 the further advance of the Confederates[,/.] Replaced.
229L.43 and opened the gates[.] Added.
238L.32 the Battle of Cambuskenneth[.] Added.
240L.7 between the A[f]ghans Inserted.
240R.40 and Lamach[a/u]s killed Replaced.
246L.28 including their two generals[.] Added.
248R.14 Antiochus the Great, King of Asia[,/.] Replaced.
249R.8 under Bourl[a]maque Removed.
249L.44 with a loss of [19,44/1,944] killed and Comma moved.
wounded
250L.4 attacking the Pontic cavalry in rear, broke Replaced.
it[,/.]
253L.38 between 26,000 Ca[r]thaginians, Inserted.
254L.30 a British squa[rd/dr]on of 12 sail Transposed.
256R.9 left the city to orga[in/ni]se a relief force Transposed.
264R.40 (Japanese Revolu[lu]tion). Removed.
265R.29 and the Poles[,] were driven Removed.
272R.6 under [Moghrul] Beg _Sic_
Toghrul
273R.33 after suffering con[si]derable loss Inserted.
The Index was prepared by Harbottle’s editorial successor, P.H. Dalbiac.
The poor quality of the result is acknowledged in Mr Dalbiac’s preface.
We can assume that he was forced to send his work to the printers as-is.
More often than not, Harbottle’s spelling of names and places agrees
with other sources. Therefore, the benefit of the doubt, when resolving
discrepancies, has been ceded to Mr. Harbottle.
For this volume, we have sacrificed faithful adherence to the text to
usefulness for the reader. Without correction, the usefulness of the
Index, especially in the text-only version of this volume, is severely
compromised. Where the Index disagrees with the text, it is assumed to
have been an editorial error and corrected.
Where these corrections disturb the alphabetic order of the Index, the
items have not been repositioned, with a few exceptions noted below.
Several index entries (‘Sandbag Battery’, ‘Stopford’, ‘Hans Waldmann’),
violated the alphabetic order or were otherwise misplaced. They were
retained as printed. Other entries were corrected (e.g.
Olearchus/Clearchus, Oreizaga/Areizaga, Ouchterlony/Ochterlony) in such
a way as to place them out of order. The original position is retained.
More strangely, on p. 287, there are entries for ‘Ley’ and ‘Licias’,
both of which seem to be intended as references to ‘Ney’ and ‘Nicias’.
The entry for ‘Licias’ on p. 240 is duplicated later for ‘Nicias’ and
was removed. The page reference (p. 68) for ‘Ley’ has been transferred
to the list for Marshall Ney, where he is mentioned, and the entry for
‘Ley’ deleted.
No attempt was made to test each page reference for accuracy. However,
two references to the non-existent page 274, were determined to be
errors. The article for ‘David II’ of Scotland appears on p. 174. An
article mentioning ‘Prince Mentschikoff’ appears on p. 224, and has been
inserted in the proper order.
The index item for ‘Cacina’ refers the reader to p. 47, where a mention
of ‘Cæcina’ occurs. There is a separate item for ‘Cæcina’, referring to
a different article on p. 68. The two items have been combined.
The index entry for ‘Claulen’ is doubly problematic. The name appears in
the text as ‘Clauleu’. (The n/u misprint is a common one. In this case,
however, there seem to be two.) Neither the index or the text agrees
with the historical ‘marquis de Clanleu’. Both have been amended.
On p. 290, the entry for Muzuffa Jung refers to ‘Muzuffer Jung’ in the
text. Other sources have ‘Muzuffar’ or ‘Muzuffer’ Jung, no doubt a
transliteration issue. Following Harbottle's text seemed the preferrable
correction.
In the text, there are four references to a Samnite commander ‘Pontius’.
The index has two items ‘Pontius, 62, 63’ and ‘Pontras, 53’. The name in
the second item is an error. These refer to three battles: Caudine Forks
B.C. 321 (p. 53), Ciuna B.C. 315 (p. 62), and Colline Gate B.C. 82 (p.
63). Gaius Pontius was the commander for the earlier battles, and the
later battle involved a different commander, Pontius Telesinus. These
errors were resolved by transferring the reference to p.63 to the
earlier Pontius (and correcting his name). A fourth battle, also fought
by Gaius Pontius at Lautulæ B.C. 316 (p. 136) was missed.
On p. 294, the reference to ‘Schalemberg’ on p. 53 cannot be found. The
later item for ‘Schulemberg’ refers to ‘Schulemburg’ on p. 92.
Schulemburg is also mentioned on p. 33, but is not indexed. It is
possible that the Schalemberg reference is a corrupted attempt at that.
On p. 296, the reference to ‘Tishe’ on p. 174 cannot be found. It may be
a corruption of ‘Hoche’.
Also on p. 296, ‘Tytacus’ is an error for ‘Tyrtacus’ on p.49. The
Spartan commander, from other sources was ‘Tyrtaeus’. Harbottle’s
version was retained.
On p. 298, the item for ‘Yositomo’ referring to p. 73, is a
misspelling of ‘Yoritomo’ (p. 228). There is a separate item for
‘Minamoto-no-Yoritomo’ (p. 114). The item ‘Yositomo’ was eliminated
and the page reference transferred to ‘Yoritomo’.
The reference to Commodore Congeen in the Index seems spurious. There is
no mention of him on the referenced page (p. 218), or anywhere else. Nor
are there any approximations.
The author inconsistently used the apostrophe in names beginning with
‘Mc’, e.g. McClelland or M’Clelland. The Index consistently employs the
former. No changes were made to the Index.
The following are corrections were made to the Index:
275L.22 Aby[sinn/ssin]ia, Italian Invasion of, 4 Replaced.
276L.17 Amb[o]iorix, 4 Removed.
276R.11 Ari[c/ç]a, 242 Replaced.
276R.23 Ars[au/ace]s III, 19 Replaced.
276R.59 Bag Sec[q/g], 21 Replaced.
277R.21 Bifuk[o/u]monia, 242 Replaced.
277R.37 Bogd[o/a]n, 28, 180 Replaced.
277R.53 Boucicau[l]t, Marshal, 5 Removed.
278R.12 Cacina, 47 Item removed.
278R.18 Cæcina, [47 ,] 68 Transferred.
278R.26 Callicratid[e/a]s, 18, 170 Replaced.
278R.30 Calvin[a/u]s, Domitius, 176 Replaced.
279L.9 Ca[sc/x]ias, Gen., 22[0/1] Replaced.
279L.13 Casti[g/j]on, Don Petro de, 10 Replaced.
279L.20 Catulus, C. L[a/u]tatius, 4 Replaced.
279L.24 C[e/i]fuentes, Count di, 162 Replaced.
279L.25 Censo[siau/rinu]s Censorinus, L., 51 Replaced.
279L.28 Cerro de Guadal[o]upe, 134 Removed.
279L.31 Cet[a/e]wayo, 120 Replaced.
279L.64 Cha[u/n]d Bibi, 6 Replaced.
279R.11 Chitcha[k/g]off, Adm., 208 Replaced.
279R.17 Choshi[a/u], Daimyo of, 74 Replaced.
279R.26 C[h]ristomenes, 49 Removed.
279R.27 Chr[y/z]anowski, 179 Replaced.
279R.30 Ch[u/n]odomar, 18 Inverted.
279R.49 Claule[n/u], 57 Replaced.
280L.10 Cob[o]urg, Duke of, 90, 210, 266 Removed.
280L.62 Coulon de Jum[o]nville, 271 Inserted.
280R.6 Crauf[o/u]rd, Earl of, 40, 62 Replaced.
280R.32 Czarnie[c/ç]ki, 197 Replaced.
280R.33 Czernitch[i]eff, 137 Removed.
280R.35 d’A[l]bergotti, Gen, 79 Inserted.
281L.4 — Hy[s]taspes, 152 Inserted.
281L.31 — Bo[n/u]flers, Mons., 140 Inverted.
281L.52 — la [Bresse] , 218 _sic_ Barre?
281L.56 — la Meillera[i]c, Marshal, 185 Inserted.
281R.7 de Meda[r/v]i , Gen., 52 Replaced.
281R.15 de Nam[a/u]r, Guy, 67 Replaced.
281R.19 — Rassingh[a/e]m, 266 Replaced.
281R.35 — Va[n/u]demont, Prince, 68 Replaced.
281R.45 [Z/L]etende[n/ur], Adm., 49 Probably.
281R.61 Dol[l]abella, P. Cornelius, 132 Removed.
282R.48 Eury[o]loc[h]us, 181 Removed. Added.
283L.23 Ferr[a/e]rs, Lord, 38 Replaced.
283L.3 Fairfax, Sir[.] Thos., Removed.
283L.31 Fischb[a/u]ch, Gen., 58 Replaced.
283R.39 Gallus, Cest[i]us, 34 Inserted.
283R.56 Gellius Stati[a/u]s, 39 Replaced.
284L.21 Goig[u/ni]s Goignies, Gen., 95 Replaced.
284R.3 — de Ruth[i/y]n, Lord, 178 Replaced.
284R.8 Guel[ph/f]s and Ghibellines Replaced.
284R.18 Guthru[n/m], 87 Replaced.
284R.31 Ham[a/u]yun, 61, 121 Replaced.
284R.41 Hans Waldman[n], 165 Added. (Entry
also misplaced.)
285R.22 Huasca[r], 13, 205 Added.
285R.33 Hunsd[e/o]n, Lord, 95 Replaced.
285R.56 Ingelram von Co[n/u]cy, Baron, 92 Replaced.
286L.28 —— 175 _sic_:—— Fort?
286L.46 Jellal[l]adin, 35, 114, 121 Inserted.
286R.38 Kan[had/dah]ar, 124, 148 Transposed.
286R.60 Kihd[i]j Arslan, 21 Inserted.
287L.2 Kismeg[e]yer, 205 Removed.
287L.7 Kl[e/é]ber, 108, 167 Replaced.
287L.19 Kon[o/i]shi Y[a/u]kinaga, 108 Replaced.
287L.20 Konownitz[u/yn], Gen., 184 Replaced.
287L.18 K[on/ö]ningsegg, Count, 225 Replaced.
287L.25 Kru[g/z]e, Adm., 228 Replaced.
287L.31 Kus[i/u]noki, Ma[tsa/sat]sura, 230 Replaced.
Transposed.
287R.14 L[a/e]ptines, 53 Replaced.
287R.21 Lava[l]lette, 150 Removed.
288L.7 Loch Linnh[é/e], 115 Replaced.
288L.31 Lowenda[h]l, 33 Inserted.
288L.57 Ma[c]gruder, Gen., 268, 271 Removed.
288R.24 Malek-al-Aschr[e/a]f, 3 Replaced.
288R.25 Malmo[ë/e], 144 Replaced.
288R.35 Manius Manil[il]ius, 51 Removed.
289L.15 Maube[r/u]ge, 266 Replaced.
289L.44 Mecklenburg[h], Grand Duke of, 29, 142 Removed.
289L.55 Me[l]chior, 146 Inserted.
289L.62 Meno[n/u], Gen., 9 Inverted.
289R.20 Mil[i/e]tus, 130 Replaced.
289R.26 Min[o/u]cius, 39 Replaced
289R.40 Mitsuy[u/a]ki, 161 Replaced.
289R.43 [Mogrul] Bey, 272 _sic_ Toghrul
290L.56 Mou[r/s]son Oglou, 42 Replaced.
290L.57 Mourzou[p/f]le, 64 Replaced.
290R.15 Muzuff[a/er] Jung, 13 Replaced.
290R.24 Nairn[e], 124 Added.
291L.13 [N/K]iuch[i]au Bay, 171 Replaced.
Removed.
290L.47 [O/C]learchus, 70 Replaced.
291R.2 [O/A]reizaga, 180 Replaced.
291R.31 O[u]chterlony, Sir David, 168 Removed.
291R.46 Pani[m/n], Count, 31 Replaced.
291R.55 Pareir[u/a]s, 182 Replaced.
292L.24 Pepin d’H[e/é]ristal, 247 Replaced.
292R.6 Pig[g]ott, Maj.-Gen., 150 Removed.
292R.14 Pi[zala,/ycála] Pasha, 77 Replaced.
292R.23 Poliorce[r]tes, Demetrius, 95 Removed.
292R.30 Pompei[a/u]s, Cnæus, 168 Replaced.
292R.33 Pontius, [62,] 63 Transferred.
292R.34 Pont[ra/iu]s, 53 [,62] Replaced.
Transferred.
292R.40 Porta [s/S] Pancrazio, 212 Replaced.
292R.62 Ptolemy, E[u/n]ergetes, 15 Inverted.
292R.63 — L[o/a]gus, 190 Replaced.
293L.24 Rammi[ng], Gen., 170 Added.
293L.29 Rassingh[a/e]m, Seigneur de, 266 Replaced.
293L.46 Renaud de Ch[a/â]tillon, 206 Replaced.
293L.55 Rha[g/z]ates, 177 Replaced.
293R.32 Rose[tt/ll]i, 260 Replaced.
293R.55 Rusta[n/m], 44 Replaced.
294L.24 Sandil[l]i, 13, 43 Inserted.
294L.26 Sanku[m/n], 97 Replaced.
294L.32 S[ä/a]por I, 83 Replaced.
294L.48 Schako[v/f]sky, 196 Replaced.
294L.60 Schulemb[e/u]rg, 92 Replaced.
294R.27 Shah All[uen/um], 43 Replaced.
295R.17 Stjernsk[o/ö]ld, Adm., 73 Replaced.
295R.23 Striga[n/u], 112 Replaced.
295R.41 Surabjah D[ow/au]lah, 3, ... Replaced.
295R.43 Suwar[r]off, 90, ... Removed.
295R.57 Sy[r]agius, Count of Soissons, 234 Removed.
296L.5 Taka[n/u]gi, 230 Replaced.
296L.33 Terou[e/ë]nne, 103 Replaced.
296L.39 Thenou[e/ë]nel, Jean de, 41 Replaced.
296L.43 Theophilis[e/c]us, 59 Replaced.
296R.8 Tishe, 174 _sic_ no
referrent
296R.10 Tockenb[e/u]rg, 171 Replaced.
296R.15 Tokugaw[u/a] Tyeyasa, 226 Replaced.
296R.31 Toyotom[i/o] Hideaki, 257 Replaced.
296R.50 Ty[r]tacus, 49 Inserted.
297L.10 Val[lé/ée], Gen., 64 Replaced.
298L.4 Whitelock[e], Gen., 42 Added.
298L.15 Windis[c]hgr[a/ä]tz, Prince, 3, ... Inserted.
Replaced.
298L.20 Wol[l]eb, Heinrich, 92 Inserted.
298L.31 W[u/ü]rtemberg, Prince of, 73, 103 Replaced.
298R.6 Yoritomo, [73,] 228] Transferred.
298R.17 Yositomo, 73 Item removed.
298R.19 Yuk[ü/ii]ye, 257 Replaced.
298R.29 Zaster[n/a], Gen., 134 Replaced.
298R.39 Zulfik[e/a]r Khan, 5, 98 Replaced.
End of Project Gutenberg's Dictionary of Battles, by Thomas Benfield Harbottle