Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British officer. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands...
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Light Division (redirect from Craufurd's Light Division)
in England after their evacuation from Corunna, Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd was ordered to take his brigade, now composed of the 1st Battalion...
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Craufurd is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Craufurd baronets, baronetcies created for people with the surname Craufurd Charles Craufurd...
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the younger brother of Sir James Craufurd of Kilbirnie, 2nd Baronet and the elder brother of Robert Craufurd. Craufurd entered the 1st Dragoon Guards as...
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Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet (c. 1729 – 15 December 1797), of Kilbirney, was a Scottish baronet. Craufurd was born in c. 1729 at Kilwinning, Scotland...
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Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd a letter, saying that he (Wellington) was "not desirous of engaging in an affair beyond the Coa." On July 24, Craufurd's Light Division...
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a distance to be a lance. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Robert Craufurd Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey...
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in Beith Robert Craufurd (1764–1812), British major general; John Dunlop (1840–1921), inventor of the pneumatic tyre, born in Dreghorn Robert Dunsmuir...
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Much of the British army, excluding the elite Light Brigade under Robert Craufurd, suffered from a loss of order and discipline during the retreat. When...
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troops present, defeated many important British commanders, including Robert Craufurd and Denis Pack. Then Whitelocke proposed a 24-hour truce, which was...
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Division was ordered to storm the greater breach on the northwest while Robert Craufurd's Light Division was sent against the lesser breach on the north. Diversionary...
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live at Craufurdland. Sir Alexander Craufurd of Kilbirnie was created baronet in 1781 and his son, Robert Craufurd, commanded the Light Division in the...
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1st Division, Thomas Picton the 3rd, William Houston the 7th, and Robert Craufurd, the Light Division. Stapleton Cotton commanded John Slade's and Frederick...
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tank ace "Black Beast" – Mario Roatta, Italian general "Black Bob" – Robert Craufurd, British Army general "The Black Eagle" – Hubert Julian, Trinidadian...
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Legion (2 bns) 8th Portuguese Line (2 bns) Light Division Brig Gen Robert Craufurd (3,787 total) 1st Brigade Lt Col Sidney Beckwith (1,896...
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the 95th were involved as part of the Light Brigade, commanded by Robert Craufurd. During the assault on Buenos Aires on 5 July, the 95th and the rest...
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command in the region, arriving at the same time as Major General Robert Craufurd, whose destination had been changed several times by the government...
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HMS General Craufurd was the one of eight Lord Clive-class monitors built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Their primary armament was taken from...
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gunnery trials ship after the war. Broken up in 1927. General Craufurd Robert Craufurd Harland and Wolff, Belfast July 1915 Served with the Dover Monitor...
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reposed in him the confidence that he gave to Beresford, Hill and Robert Craufurd but in the resolute, thorough and punctual execution of a well-defined...
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Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794) 1764 – Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (d. 1812) 1800 – Louis Christophe...
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British infantry divisions: the Light under Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Robert Craufurd the 1st led by Major General (Maj Gen) Brent Spencer the 2nd commanded...
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Gen John Sontag Light Division – Brig Gen Robert Craufurd Brig Gen Robert Craufurd Brig Gen Robert Craufurd Portuguese Division – Maj Gen John Hamilton...
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Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (d. 1894) January 23 – Robert Craufurd, British general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1764) February 2...
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Portuguese Line (2 bns) 2nd Caçadores Light Division Brig Gen Robert Craufurd (3,815 total) 1st Brigade Lt Col Thomas Sydney Beckwith (1...
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England. In May 1809 the 1st battalion of the 43rd, as part of Sir Robert Craufurd's Light Brigade, sailed for Portugal to join Sir Arthur Wellesley's...
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knowledge of French he had a brief interview with the British officer Robert Craufurd, who proposed British support for an independentist movement. Belgrano...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Craufurd Major-General Sir George Standish Gage Craufurd, 5th Baronet Major-General Robert Craufurd Major-General William Craven...
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Disney 1/28th Foot 1/91st Foot Flank Brigades 1st Flank Brigade Col Robert Craufurd 1/43rd Foot 2/52nd Foot 2/95th Rifles 2nd Flank Brigade Brig Gen Charles...
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Bridget (1774–1844) to Daniel Craufurd (lost at sea 1810) and Mary Frances Holland (1776–1842) to Major-General Robert Craufurd (1764–1812), commander of...
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