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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INDEX. Aar, the river [Switzerland], 73. Abbott, P., letter from, enclosing notes on Malta, 384. Abercromby (or Abercrombie), Sir Ralph, 300, 327, 361. letter to, missing, 162. accepts a mission to Portugal to report on military matters, 207, 208. Marquis of Buckingham's disapproval of, 221, 241. blown back into Torbay, 233, 236. question of troops to act under, 236, 237, 341, 380. question of Captain Proby's acting under, 237. instructions for, discussed, 250, 341. his opinion of the Irish army referred to, 271. his instructions with regard to Malta, referred to, 317. question of his army wintering in Portugal, 366. mortifying accounts from the army under, reference to, 382. his operations in Egypt, 470, 472, 476., wound received by, during, 476. Abo [Finland], 254, 255. Aboukir [Egypt], 182. Bonaparte's victory at, in 1799, mentioned, 75. landing of the British expedition at, description of, 469, 470. Aboyne, Lord, 246. Acre [Palestine], suggestions for its de- fence, 75., Lord Grenville's answer, 79. a sketch of the plan of the siege of, reference to, 142. Sir S. Smith's conduct at, referred to, 186. Acton, General, at Naples, 122, 226, 317. hie threat of retirement discussed, 124, 125, 263. civility towards A. Paget, 224, 299. imbecility of his conduct, 461, 462. Adige, the, 440. Admiralty: First Lord of the. See Spencer, junior lordship, question of appoint- ment, 235, 239, 240. Adolphus, Prince, son of K. George III., character of, 459. Adriatic, the, r248. salt from Malta exported to, 249. ports on, fear entertained concerning 454. Adultery, bill for the punishment of, debated in ...
