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Lincoln assassinated, 289
Liniers, Viceroy, 3
"Lion," 124
Lipa, 314
Loftcha forts, 399
Lom River, 408

Lucknow, mutiny, 163; siege, 164; retirement of British garrison, women and children, 165; position of, 167; advance upon, by Sir Colin Campbell, 167; its fortifications, 168; Outram's attack, 170; assault, 173, 174, 175; capture and relief, 175, 176

Lurin Valley, 443

Lynchburg, 300

 

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MacAllister Hills, 254
Machi Bawan, 172
Madiffa River, 70
Magenta, 197
Mahone Fort, 298
Mairy, 350

Malakoff, siege, 136; account of bombardment, 138-150; list of English and French batteries, 143; capture, 150; losses in war, 151; treaty of Paris, 151

Malmaison, 328

Manassas, 232
Manchester, 243
Mantua, 203
Marabieh, 454
Marie-aux-Chenes, 337
Marne River, 328
Mars-la-Tour, 328
Martaban, 23
Martinière, la, 167
Maryland, 233
Maypu, plains of, 7
McPherson's wood, 241
Medola, 201
Meerut, 155
Mejillones, 436
Mendoza, 6
Memphis, 261
Mergui, 23

Merrimac, the, iron-clad steam frigate, 212; her mishap, 212; her proportions and armament, 214; battle with the Monitor, 219-222; losses, 222; her fate, 226

Metemneh, 464, 471

Metz, 328
Meurthe River, 329
Meuse River, 344

Mexico, war with Texas, 92; war with U. S., 94; siege of Vera Cruz, 96; surrender, 96; camp of Contreras taken, 100; fall of Casa Mata and Molino-del-Rey, 108; the fortress of Chapultepec, 109; assault and capture, 110—113; advance on the capital, 114; surrender, 115; treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 116

Mezières, 346

Middleburg, 234
Miletin, 310
Millerstown Road, 251
Milliken's Bend, 267
Milowitz, 310
Mincio River, 200

Miraflores, conditions of Peru and Chili, 432; declaration of war, 435; their fleets, 436; naval battle, 436-439; land operations, 440; battle of Miraflores, 447; Miraflores surrenders to Chilians, 448; losses, 449

Mississippi River, 212, 260

Missolonghi, 37
Mixcoac, 102
Mobile, 290
Mockrowens, 313
Modon, 46
Molino del Rey, its strength, 102; storming of, 104; fall of, 107
Molodyetz (good-fellows, Russ.), 427
Moncelle, 344, 350

Monitor, the, iron-clad turret, detailed description, 215; her peculiar armament, 217; battle with the Merrimac, 224; her fate, 226

Monroe Fort, 219

Montebello, 97
Monterey, 114
Monte Sacre, 204
Monteville, 355
Montichiero, 203
Montigny-la-Grange, 332, 337
Moodkee, 121
Mooltan, 118
Morales, Hacienda, 107
Morro Solar, 444
Moscow plateau (Metz), 334
Moselle River, 329
Mouzon, 346
Mummatburg Road, 241
Munnipore, 18
Munchengratz, 309
Myedee, 24