Ciudad Rodrigo 10 9 8 7 Arlabán 6 5 Albuera 4 Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1 The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed...
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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811). The Battle of Albuera was an engagement of the Peninsular War, fought between a mixed...
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The Battle of Albuera is a 1912 historical battle painting by the British artist William Barnes Wollen. It depicts the Battle of Albuera fought in Extremadura...
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it had a population of c. 2,000 inhabitants. It was scene of the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) between Spanish, Portuguese and British troops under...
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Joaquín Blake (category Spanish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
Norton. ISBN 0-393-02281-1. Oliver, Michael (2007). The Battle of Albuera 1811: Glorious Field of Grief. Pen and Sword. ISBN 1-84415-461-0. Wikimedia Commons...
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William Inglis (British Army officer) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
seriously wounded behind their ranks at the height of the Battle of Albuera. The regiment held and the battle was won and although his wounds nearly proved...
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Die hard (phrase) (category Military history of the United Kingdom)
by Lieutenant-Colonel William Inglis of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot during the Battle of Albuera. Its original literal meaning has evolved...
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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (redirect from William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford of Albuera and Dungarvan, Duke de Elvas Beresford)
posted his army at Albuera in a defensive position. There he defeated the French forces on 16 May 1811. After the bloody Battle of Albuera the French were...
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Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière (category Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour)
Zaragoza and in several important actions of the long Peninsular War, including the Battle of Albuera and the Battle of Vitoria. During the Hundred Days, Gazan...
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at the Battle of Albuera in May 1811 and the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813. At Albuhera the regiment suffered heavy losses (about 400 out of 728) when...
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successfully fended off his attacks. The siege was briefly lifted while the Battle of Albuera was fought on 16 May. Though both sides suffered horrific casualties...
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Charles, Count Alten (category People of the Battle of Waterloo)
at the Battle of Albuera he commanded an independent KGL brigade. An incident in the battle highlights both the abilities and the limitations of Alten...
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult (redirect from Duke of Dalmatia (French))
after a battle had begun". An example of this was at the Battle of Albuera, where he brilliantly turned Beresford's flank to open the battle, yet when...
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Middlesex Regiment (redirect from The (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment)
The 57th gained the name during the Peninsular War when, at the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811 their commander Colonel Inglis had his horse shot from...
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named Albuera, originally for the Battle of Albuera (1811): Albuera (1811 ship) was launched at Sunderland. She was wrecked in November 1827. Albuera (1826...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton (category People of the Battle of Waterloo)
brigade at the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810 and then commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 66th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Albuera in May 1811...
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Royal Fusiliers (redirect from City of London Regiment)
Peninsular War and fought at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809, the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810. and the Battle of Albuera in May 1811. The regiment...
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bridge. During the Battle of Albuera, the 1st Vistulan Lancers Regiment in French service virtually annihilated three of four of the British infantry...
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Robert Arbuthnot (British Army officer) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
a Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal (KTS). He was awarded the Army Gold Cross, with three clasps, for the battles of Busaco, Albuera, Badajoz...
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Hugh Halkett (category People of the Battle of Waterloo)
the Battle of Albuera in Charles Alten's independent KGL brigade. When his brother was promoted to lead the brigade, Halkett took over command of the...
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José de San Martín (redirect from Jose of San Martín)
he fought in the battle of Albuera under the command of general William Carr Beresford. By this time, the French armies held most of the Iberian Peninsula...
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Regions of Portugal · Avante! · Azores · Azulejo Bank of Portugal · Battle of Albuera · Battle of Alcazarquivir · Battle of Alfarrobeira · Battle of Aljubarrota...
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the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz...
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Peninsular War (redirect from Spanish War of Independence)
Lisbon Madrid Valencia Bailén Tudela Corunna Talavera Cádiz Albuera Ciudad Rodrigo Salamanca Burgos Tordesillas Vitoria Toulouse The Peninsular War (1807–1814)...
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September 1810. It also fought at the First Siege of Badajoz In February 1811 and the Battle of Albuera in May 1811 before sailing for home in October 1811...
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at the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, spelled the end of boys being sent on active service by the British Army. Part of the British...
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Regiment of Foot later 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment (from the Battle of Albuera during the Peninsular War, when Colonel William Inglis is said to...
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An order of battle is a list of the various elements of a military formation organised within a hierarchical command structure. It can also provide information...
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Myers baronets (category Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom)
title became extinct in 1811 on the death of the second Baronet, who was killed in action at the Battle of Albuera. Sir William Myers, 1st Baronet (1751–1805)...
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