INDEX. 



565 



)nce8sion to 



on thd mili- 



" Six Hundred," the charge of the, 430 

 Skarzinski, General, 419 

 Skirmishers to cover attack, 360 

 Skirniislies, see Battles. 

 Skirmishing introduced in American 



Revolution, 347 

 Slingers improved under Ventidius, 106 

 Slings, leaden bullets used in, 106 

 Slowaisky, General, 406 

 Smith, General, 423 

 Smolensk road, the, 400 

 Snaphaunce, the, 227 

 Snow-shoes used by GustavusAdolphus, 



258 ; usf' ^n Canada by British 



troops, 2u6 

 Snowstorm, effect of, at Eylati, 377, 



378 

 Social class of Roman cavalry, 49, 60 

 Socrates on generalship, 547 

 Sohr, battle oi, 325, 849 

 Soissons, battle of, 96, i26 

 Solea, the, 71 

 Solferino, battle of, 432 

 Soliman, army of, 175 ; arms and tac- 

 tics of, ib. ; the "magnificent,' 250, 



251 

 Sollarets, 152 ; abolished, 234 

 Soltikoff, Count, 343 

 Scndeihausen, battle at, 138 

 Soinik, 274 

 Soubise, Pijnce, 328 

 Soult, Marshal, 365, 376 

 South Side Railway, 475 

 Soworoff, 342, 343 

 Spades carried by cavalry, 342 ; given 



to dragoons, 305 

 Spabis, the, 249, 343 

 Spandau, suiTender of, 374 

 Spanish cavalry, 96 ; their swords, 97 ; 



foot soldiers attached to, ibid, ; in 



Mexico, 251 

 Spar, Colonel at Burgau, 261 

 Sparta: 446 



Spartan cavalry, 80, 32 

 Sphicheren, battle of, 497 

 Spurs, 152, 153 

 Squares, hollow, 132 

 Squires, duties of, 156 

 Statianus, 106 

 Steingel, General, Napoleon's remarks 



on, 382, 386 

 Stettin, retreat to, 374 ; surrender of, 



375 

 Sthenelus, 4 

 Stirling, battle of, 206 

 Stirrups not in use till the 6th century, 



70 

 Stoneman, General, 462,467-469 

 Strabo, 88 

 Stradiots, 243 

 Streight's cavalry, pursuit of by For- 



fMt, 462-465 



Strife, first cause of, 1, 



Strozzi, Pierre, said to have used dra- 

 goons, 244 



St. Cyr, Marshal, 365 



St. Denis, battle of, 239 



St. George, Company of, 202 



St. Gothard, battle of, 291 



St. Jean d'Acre, siege of, 358 



St. Louis of France, 209 



St. Quentin, pistols used at, 235 



St. Sulpice at Ratisbon, 380 ; at Wa- 

 gram, ibid. 



Stuart, General, his great ability, 454 



Stuart, General J. E. B., 449-464 



Sturgis, General, 460 



Sub-infeudation, 124 



Suchet, Marshal, 365 



Surena, 99, 100 



Surrender, cavalry should never, 509 



Swedish army, arms, &c., 260 



Swedish feathers, 258 



Swinton, !Sir John, at Homildon Hill, 

 218 



Sv.iss infantry employed in Franco, 

 223, 224 ; pikeraep. "158, 20* 



Sword, great contP'ii^,: for in American 

 armies, 441, 448 ; causes oI* con- 

 tempt for, 441, 442 ; proofs, 442; 

 losses by in Franco- German war, 

 620, 521 ; should be attached to 

 saddle, 523, 524 ; among the Romans, 

 64 ; views of General S. D. Lee on, 

 518, 619 



Sylla, P., 83, 87 



Syracuse, expedition against, 29 



Syrian chariots, 8 



T. 



Tabasco, battle of, 253 



Tabor, garrison of, taken, 334, 335 



Tacitus on the customs of the Germans, 

 121 



Tactical abil. y wanting iinder chivalry, 

 156, 157 



Tactical formatioii of troops of the 

 cities, 196 



Tactics of Frederick's cavalry, 323, 

 324 ; effects of French Revolution, 

 347. 348 ; at lliug, 76-78 ; of 

 Knights, 146, 147, 155, 159; of 

 mercenary companies, 202, 2o3 ; in 

 modern times, 527, 528 ; of Roman 

 cavalry,, 56 ; of Saracens, 131 



Taffna, battle of, 424 



Tallard, Marshal, 292-295 



Tappe, Lieutenant, 414 



Tarentinarchie, 31 



Tarentine cavalry, 31 



Tarquinius Priscus, 48, 88 



Tflfsettes, 162 ; abolished, 284 



