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Fleetwood Hill, 232
Floing, 345, 357
Forbach, 327
Ford Road, 298
Fontana, 201
Foochow, 89
Francheval, 356
Franklin's Crossing, 232
Fredericksburg, 231
Frizzelburg, 238
Fulton, Robert, 211
Futtyghvr, 159


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Gadkul Wells, 471
Gaeta, 209
Galatz, 49, 387
Ganges River, 165

Geok Tepe, 424; how situated, 424; the Russian positions, 423; assault and capture, 427
Georgia, 291
Gettysburg, 235; its neighborhood, 238; relative position of armies, 230; battle of, 244; an adverse result considered, 256
Gibson Fort, 274

Gitschin, 309
Giudizzolo, 207
Givonne, 345, 356; Fonde de, 359
Gnachus, the, of South America, 386
Gobi Desert, 180
Goffredo Castel, 202
Goito, 197
Goliad, 92

Gordon, Gen., 455; "Chinese" G., 468; his mission, 468; arrival at Khartoum, 469; fall of Khartoum and Gordon's death, 470
Grand Gulf, 274

Gravelly Church, 298

Gravelotte, 328; the French and Germans compared, 327; plan of Prussian movements, 328; the French positions at Metz, 331; the German order of battle, 333; battle, 337; St. Privat carried by the Prussians, 341; list of losses, 342
Greece and the Greeks, 29-46; their oppression by the Turks, 29; flourishing state of Greece, 29; the Hetaira (secret society), 31 ; priests of Eleusis, 32; Parga, 33, 34; fate of Gregory, 35; revolts, 36; independence proclaimed, 37; massacre at Chios, 37; nat. congress at Argos, 37; Lord Byron takes part, his death, 37; protocol signed, 38; preliminaries of battle at Navarino, 39; muster of combined squadron, 40; comparison of superiority, 42; the bay of Navarino, 42; battle, 42-45; Turks evacuate Greece, 45; independence established, 46
Greencastle, 234

Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople, 35; Patriarch of Adrianople, 36
Grenada, 264
Grivizza Heights, 390
Gros, Baron, 178
Guamanga, 12
Guano deposits in Chili, 431
Gubat, 475
Guirgevo, 387

Gujerat, 117, 124; the Sikh soldiers, 117; battle of, 128; Gough, as commander, 129; defeat of Sikhs, 129; surrender and terms, 131; the Punjaub, 131; success of annexation, 132
Gumti River, 167
Guns and arms: flintlock muskets, 435; the Krenk system, 385; Peabody rifle, 385; Remington, 435; cannon, smooth-bore, 214, 435; bronze, brass, iron, 187, 386; Krupp, 385, 435; Whitworth, 430; Armstrong, 430; Dahlgren, 217, 430; Nordenfeldt, 438; Rodman, 448; Machine guns, Gatling, 438; Gardner, 458; Mitrailleuse, 458; mountain pieces, 443


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Habonville, 337
Hagerstown, 235
Haines' Bluff, 264
Hampton Roads, 219
Hanover, 236
Hankinson's Ferry, 276
Hard Times, 274
Hariwald, 126
Harper's Ferry, 234
Harrisburg, 234
Hasheen Wells, 472
Hatcher's Run, 292
Havelock, Gen., 160; his march to Cawnpore, 160; entry, 164; his death, 166
Haymarket, 235