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 280 INDEX. FARQUHAR, Mr. appointed governor of Bourbon, 124 ; distributes a proclamation to the inhabitants of the Isle of France, 131 Filoze, Michel, career of, 226 ; baseness of, 227 Filoze, Fidele, career of, 227 ; suicide of, 227, 228 Five Hundred, Council of the, pronounces a decision in favor of Surcouf, 90 Fleet, The French, detail of the, entrusted to Suffren, 11 ; com- position of, in the Indian seas, 22, 23 ; engages the English fleet, 23-26, 36-38, 51-54; detail of, as it fought the English fleet, 70, note ; engages English fleet, 71, 72 ; causes of its demoralization, 81, 82 Fleet, The English, composition of, under Sir Edward Hughes, 23 ; engages the French fleet, 23-26, 36-38, 51-54; detail of, as it fought the French fleet, 70, notes ; engages French fleet, 71, 72 Forbin, Monsieur de, is placed under arrest by Suffren, 39 Forbin, Conite de, remarkable memoirs of, 80, note Foulstone, Lieutenant, gallantry of, 126 France, throws away the certainty of gaining Southern India, 74-76 France, Isle of, State of the, after the revolution, 82, 83 ; impor- tance of the situation of, to the French, 115 ; is attacked by the English, 148 ; is surrendered, 164 ; remarks on the services rendered by, to the mother country, 154 156 Fraser, Colonel, effects a landing in Bourbon, 126 ; bold and masterly advance of, 127 ; beats the enemy and forces surrender of the capital, 128 Fremont, Colonel, career of, under Sindia, 194 French Contingent of Haidarabad, is dismissed on the requisition of Marquess Wellesley, 245-246 GOHAD, Raja of, negotiates with de Boigne, 165 Gopal Rao Bhtio, is attacked by Tfikaji Holkar, 179 HAIDAR ALI, reasons of hatred of, to the English, 4-8 ; defeats Munro, 5 ; seeks an alliance with the French, 5 ; outmanoeuvres Sir Eyre Coote, 7 ; is thwarted by the French Admiral, 8 ; fights two battles with Coote, 9 ; incites Duchemin to join him in attacking, 29 ; disgust of, at Duehemin's be- haviour, 31 ; saves Arni, 32 ; marks his sense of Duehemin's conduct, 32, note; entices the English into an ambuscade, 33; enthusiasm of, regarding Suffren, 34 ; receives a state visit from Suffren, 42 ; remark of, on that occasion, 43 ; threatens Madras, 59 ; dies, 61 Hamelin, Captain, takes three frigates to reinforce Dupern', 134 ; lineage of, 134, note ; arrives opportunely off Grand Port and completes Duperre's victory, 138 ; succumbs to the English, 142 ; treatment of, by Napoleon, 142, note Hastings, Warren, receives de Boigne kindly, 163 ; reply of, to de Boigue's application to enter the service of a native prince, 166 Hessing, John, sketch of the career of, 223 Hessing, George, sketch of tlie career of, 224 ; is beaten by