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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Latour-Maubourg at the village of Usagre, Spain, in the Peninsular War. A week after the very bloody Battle of Albuera, Marshal Nicolas Soult sent Latour-Maubourg's...
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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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  • Daniel Hoghton (category 67th Regiment of Foot officers)
    distinction until his death during combat with the French at the Battle of Albuera in the Peninsula War. His death brought general mourning in Britain...
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  • Siege of Badajoz in January 1811 and the Battle of Albuera in May 1811. At Albuera the battalion suffered heavy losses: 16 of its officers and 310 of its...
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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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    14 13 12 11 Ciudad Rodrigo 10 9 8 7 Arlabán 6 5 Albuera 4 Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1    In the Battle of Campo Maior, or Campo Mayor (an older spelling...
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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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    Lt-Col Colborne's brigade was destroyed during the Battle of Albuera in 1811, with the loss of 1,250 out of his 1,650 men. For protection, infantry sought...
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    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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    in the possession of the general staff of the Spanish Army, without any desire to present them in public until the Battle of Albuera. It is quite possible...
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    the 1st Vistula Lancer Regiment at the Battle of Albuera struck three of the four exposed British foot regiments of Colborne's Brigade, causing heavy casualties...
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    British Army during the Napoleonic Wars (category Armies of Napoleonic Wars)
    Beresford fought the very bloody Battle of Albuera, while Wellesley himself won the Battle of Sabugal in April, and the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro in May. In...
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    Anglo-Portuguese Army (category Military units and formations of the Napoleonic Wars)
    p. 53. ISBN 978-1-78096-895-7. Battle of Talavera de la Reina Battle of Bussaco Battles of Fuentes de Oñoro and Albuera 1st and 3rd Divisions. 2nd, 4th...
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    participation in the Battle of Albuera, (order of battle) one of the bloodiest battles of the war, in May 1811. The commanding officer of the battalion, Colonel...
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