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	French Military Victories
		Battle of Sentinum - 295 B.C. The Gauls and Samniums under Egnatius are defeated by Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus of the Roman Republic.
		Battle of Telamon - 224 B.C. The out-numbered Gauls led by Concolitanus and Aneorestus are defeated by Atiliua Regulus and Aemilius Papus of the Roman Republic.
		Battle of Gergovia - 52 B.C. The Gallic Tribes led by Vercingetorix defeat the Roman Republic army of Julius Caesar.
	www.militaryfactory.com /battles/french_military_victories.asp (2775 words)

	The Peninsular War \| The Battle of Albuera, 16th May 1811
		The town stands on the west bank of the Albuera river which is fed from the south by two streams, the Chiçaspiernas and the Nogales.
		Approaching Albuera along the N432 from the south-east, the low ridge line that Beresford planned to defend is surprisingly clear.
		In the centre of Albuera, there is a monument to the battle, curiously featuring a bust of General Castaños, and a small museum (very limited opening hours).
	www.peninsularwar.org /albuera.htm (1112 words)

	Battle of Albuera - Definition, explanation
		The Battle of Albuera was a battle of the Peninsular War which took place on May 16, 1811, at Abuera, about 12 miles south of Badajoz between the French Army, under the command of Field Marshal Soult, and an Allied force of British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops.
		Albuera therefore had little effect on the course of the war, but the performance of Polish Lancers at it did cause the British Army to convert some cavalry regiments to lancers post-Waterloo.
		His plan was to feint an attack on the town of Albuera on the road with one brigade, but to take the bulk of his force on a wide flanking move to the South (the Allied right wing).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/ba/battle_of_albuera.php (1667 words)

	Slaughter of British Infantry at Albuera, 1811 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Napier writes: "Two-thirds of the French were in a compact order of battle on a line perpendicular to his [Beresford] right, and his army, disordered and composed of different nations, was still in the difficult act of changing its front.
		For this battle, Rogoyski and Wojciechowski were awarded with Legion d'Honneur.
		Napier writes what happened after battle: "Morning came, and both sides remained in their respective situations, the wounded still covering the field of battle, the hostile lines still menacing and dangerous.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/Albuera_1811.html (4030 words)

	Battle of Albuera - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The Battle of Albuera took place in Spain on May 16, 1811, between the French Army, under the command of Field Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, and an Allied force of British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops.
		His plan was to feint an attack on the town of Albuera with one brigade, allowing the rest of his forces to outflank the Allied right wing.
		This portion of the battle was ended by the unsuccessful attack of the British 4th Dragoon Regiment, which lost 27 soldiers.
	www.music.us /education/B/Battle-of-Albuera-2.htm (1546 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (B)
		The Battle of Algiers was a bitter conflict in Algiers from 1954 to 1962 between the Algerian nationalist population and the French colonial army and French settlers.
		The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
		The Battle of Navas de Tolosa was fought in 1212 between Yakub Almansur of the Almohades and the kings of Aragon, Castile and Navarre.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F2.HTM (17055 words)

	The Battle of Albuera
		While Lieutenant General Viscount Wellington was engaged in battling with Marshal Massena in the North, leading to the battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, Marshal Beresford was laying siege to Badajoz in the South, in uneasy co-operation with the Spanish general, Joachim Blake.
		Albuera itself was held by Alten’s brigade of King’s German Legion.
		Across the Albuera River from the high ground held by the Spanish on the right flank was a substantial hill.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/Albuera.htm (2085 words)

	Battle of Albuera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Battle of Albuera occurred on the 16th of May 1811, during the Peninsular War.
		A French army of about 23,000 troops under Marshal Nicolas Soult, marching to relieve the siege of Badajoz, was met by the siege force of 30,000 Allied (British, Spanish, and Portuguese) troops under General William Beresford outside Albuera.
		There was little room to manoeuvre on the ridge, so the battle became a fierce hand- to-hand affair.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /F_BATTLE_OF_ALBUERA.HTM (249 words)

	Capt John Stainforth at the Battle of Albuera
		While a feint attack was made by one infantry brigade on Albuera village, three infantry and a cavalry division peeled off the road three miles short of the village, and marched across wooded country to outflank the British line to the south, and take it in the rear.
		Suddenly the heavens opened, and the Buffs were enveloped in a deluge of such intensity that visibility was reduced to a few yards by sheets of water that cut off all sound of battle, the cheers of the soldiers, and most cruelly the thunder of hundreds of galloping horses.
		At the end of the battle the regimental strength of 616 was reduced to 118 rank and file, and of the officers there were only 6 subalterns left.
	www.stainforth-history.co.uk /excerpts/albuera.html (1059 words)

	The Battle of Dettingen 1743
		The Battle of Dettingen is a highly significant victory for the British Army, being the only time in modern history that a British Force has been led into battle by a reigning monarch: King George II.
		Although ostensibly fighting to preserve Flanders from the predations of Louis XV’s French armies, the British army’s presence on the Continent from 1742 was as much to preserve the independence of Hanover; King George II being Elector of Hanover.
		The Battle of Dettingen : a soldier of the Gardes Francaises
	www.britishbattles.com /battle_of_dettingen.htm (2050 words)

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		The Battle of Chillianwallah was fought between the Sikh forces in considerable strength, and the British commanded by lord Gough, on 13 January 1849.
		The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness‑shire, Scotland.
		The Battle of Spithead was a naval encounter fought in 1545 between the English fleet and the French fleet.
	www.israelect.com /reference/WillieMartin/Famous_Battles.htm (14064 words)

	Battle of Albuera : Napoleonic Wars : Beresford : Soult :
		A force under Marshal Beresford had moved south away from Badajoz to fend off Marshal Soult's attempt to relieve the first siege of that frontier fortress.
		A decision by General Lowry Cole to hit the French column on its flank turned the battle, but it was still desperate times.
		Marshal Beresford was severely criticised for his leadership during the battle, but was backed up by the Duke of Wellington.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle_albuera.htm (238 words)

	Battles : Battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : French Revolution : Napoleonic Wars :
		Battles : Battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : French Revolution : Napoleonic Wars :
		The following are descriptions of battles fought during the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars.
		There are details on the commanders, troop numbers and what happened during the course of the various battles.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle.htm (72 words)

	Wellington in Spain - Holts Battlefield Tours
		Then to the southern section of the frontier where the walled city and castle of Badajoz fell to the British in April 1812 and the battle of Albuera where ‘the Diehards’ won their name.
		We move on to the wonderful year of 1812 as far as the Battle of Salamanca, that brilliant battle of manoeuvre that proved to be the turning point of the Peninsular War.
		The Battle of Albuera and the Siege of Badajoz.
	www.holts.co.uk /ht329.html (306 words)

	British Battles - analysing and documenting British Battles from the previous centuries
		The Battle of the Nile: Nelson's famous victory over the French fleet on 1st August 1798, leaving Napoleon stranded with his army in Egypt.
		The loss of the guns at the Battle of Colenso in the Second Boer War….
		Map of the Battle of Minden fought on 1st August 1759 by the Prussians, Hanoverians, Hessians and the British against the French; at which the British infantry made their famous advance against the French cavalry with roses in their hats, an episode celebrated every year by the "Minden Regiments"
	www.britishbattles.com (604 words)

	ALBUERA
		Wellington had brought the battle of Fuentes de Oñoro to a successful, if not an entirely satisfactory, conclusion on the evening of May 5th 1811.
		The river Albuera was easily fordable in several places, even by guns, and Soult had managed to get nineteen battalions of infantry across as well as a large number of cavalry, all of whom had managed to approach the Allied right flank without being seen on account of the area being heavily wooded.
		The battle of Albuera had resulted in a British victory mainly due to the stubborn British infantry who refused to recognise defeat even when it was staring them in the face.
	www.ifbt.co.uk /albuera.htm (1518 words)

	Battle of Albuera
		Military art prints of the Battle of Albuera by leading military artists, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the military print company.
		It was here that the Middlesex regiment, 57th of Foot, lost a total of 423 men from their force of 575 and at this battle earned the nickname the Die-Hards.
		The Fusiliers at the Battle of Albuera by David Rowlands.
	www.war-art.com /battle_of_albuera.htm (2379 words)

	ALBUERA
		Wellington had brought the battle of Fuentes de Oñoro to a successful, if not an entirely satisfactory, conclusion on the evening of May 5th 1811.
		The river Albuera was easily fordable in several places, even by guns, and Soult had managed to get nineteen battalions of infantry across as well as a large number of cavalry, all of whom had managed to approach the Allied right flank without being seen on account of the area being heavily wooded.
		The battle of Albuera had resulted in a British victory mainly due to the stubborn British infantry who refused to recognise defeat even when it was staring them in the face.
	www.2ndqueens.com /albuera.htm (1518 words)

	History of wars » Battles
		Battle of Albuera (Napoleonic Wars) - Битва при Альбуэре (Наполеоновские войны)
		Battle of Alesia (Gallic War 58-52 BC) - Осада Алезии (Галльская война 58-52 гг.
		Battle of Hastings (Norman invasion of Britain) - Битва при Гастингсе (Норманнское вторжение в Британию)
	www.history-war.com /battles (890 words)

	Prince D'Essling's Napoleonic Medals #1365
		The battle of Albuera was fought by him holding a strong position on the range of hills that run along the Albuera river.
		The battle lasted some four hours during which the Allies lost 7,000 men and the French 8,000.
		The reverse of the medal refers to an incident during the battle when the Polish lancers, in thick mist, attacked the right flank of the Allies in the rear when in the act of charging the enemy.
	www.napoleonicmedals.org /coins/pe-1365.htm (255 words)

	Battle of Telavera military art
		The 48th was supported by the three battalions of Mackenzie's brigade which were moved slightly to their left to join the 1/48th.
		Cuesta's Spaniards had held the right flank of the Allied position throughout the day but had hardly been involved in any of the fighting and their loss was trifling.
		There were few other comforts to be derived from the battle, however, as captured despatches showed the French to be far more numerous than had been thought.
	www.militaryart.co.uk /battle_of_telavera1.htm (3224 words)

	Battle of Salamanca
		Peninsula War historical prints of the Battle of Salamanca during the Napoleonic Peninsula War by historical military artist David Rowlands showing the 11th North Devon Regiment at the Battle of Salamanca.
		The battle was as good as over and thousands of defeated French troops streamed away to the woods to the south-east and to the bridge at Alba de Tormes.
		The battle of Salamanca nailed the belief that Wellington was just an over-cautious and defensive-minded commander and when news of the victory spread throughout Europe his reputation as one of the great commanders was assured.
	www.militaryart.co.uk /salamanca1.htm (2845 words)

	Wellington Society Education - Battle of Albuera
		From Badajoz we take the short trip south to the town of Albuera where we shall meet the Mayor and visit the town's small museum.
		In the Plaza Mayor we have a photo session by the impressive plaque which the Society donated on the 175th anniversary of the battle.
		Because we have good friends who own the land where most of the battle was fought we are permitted to roam at will over the positions held by the British regiments.
	history.wellsoc.org /BattleofAlbuera.htm (273 words)

	Peninsular Campaign: Battle at Albuera May 16, 1811
		He was too late, beginning the move on the 15th thus missing the battle at Albuera on the 16th.
		Soult feinted an attack against the Allied center in Albuera while sending Girard and Gazan through the Holly and Olive trees against Blake and Castaños with their divisions and a force of cavalry.
		The Allied forces were too exhausted themselves to mount a pursuit and the battle ended.
	www.georgianindex.net /peninsularWar/albuera.html (922 words)

	General William Beresford, Battle of Albuera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		History of the Napoleonic wars and the battles fought during the Peninsula Campaign.
		The Spanish troops were overwhelmed by French musketry and a cavalry charge, at this point the British second division were brought from the other flank to stop the attack.
		It was here that the Middlesex regiment, 57th of Foot, lost a total of 423 men from their force of 575 and at this battle earned the nickname the Die-Hards.
	www.art-of-europe.com /albuera.htm (2335 words)

	FURTHER STRICTURES
		Napier’s third volume was also published in 1831 and covered Beresford’s campaign in southern Spain (including the battle of Albuera).
		It deals extensively with the events leading up to, and including the battle of Albuera.
		It contains a wealth of detail on this highly controversial battle, one of only three major battles at which Wellington was not present.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /mark.s.thompson/mst002.htm (227 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		He commanded it at the battle of Busaco, and in the lines of Torres Vedras, and as senior colonel had the good fortune to command his brigade at the battle of Albuera.
		In 1812 he was removed to the staff of the army, and was present as assistant-quartermaster-general at the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, and Orthes.
		He had no small share of the military ability of his family, and was an admirable regimental and staff officer; but the long peace which followed the battle of Waterloo gave him no opportunity to show whether he had his father's ability to command an army.
	www.thepeerage.com /e12.htm (492 words)

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