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	QUINTIN CRAUFURD - LoveToKnow Article on QUINTIN CRAUFURD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Returning to Europe before the age of forty with a handsome fortune, he settled in Paris, where he gave himself to the cultivation of literature and art, and formed a good library and collection of paintings, coins and other objects of antiquarian interest.
		Craufurd was on intimate terms with the French court, especially with Marie Antoinette, and was one of those who arranged the flight to Varennes.
		Through Talleyrands influence he was able to remain in Paris after the war was renewed, and he died there on the 23rd of November 1819.
	45.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CR/CRAUFURD_QUINTIN.htm (177 words)

	Robert Craufurd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Craufurd (May 5, 1764 – January 23, 1812), British major-general, was born at Newark, Ayrshire, and entered the 25th Foot in 1779.
		He reappeared on the field of the battle of Fuentes d'Onoro amidst the cheers of his men, and nothing could show his genius for war better than his conduct on this day, in covering the strange readjustment of his line which Wellington was compelled to make in the face of the enemy.
		He was buried in the breach of the fortress where he had met his death, and a monument in St Paul's cathedral commemorates Craufurd and Mackinnon, the two generals killed at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Craufurd (610 words)

	General Robert Craufurd : Napoleonic Wars : Generals :
		Craufurd and his Light Brigade returned to the Peninsula in 1809 and, despite a soul-breaking 42 mile march (75 kilometres) in just over a day, missed the battle of Talavera.
		Craufurd fought admirably at Bussaco and Fuentes de Onoro, where he helped rescue an about-to-be trapped British division and then won undying fame by pulling his men out under fierce assault from French cavalry.
		Craufurd was mortally wounded leading his men in the assault on Ciudad Rodrigo.
	www.napoleonguide.com /soldiers_craufurd.htm (573 words)

	Robert Craufurd -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Craufurd (May 5, 1764 - January 23, 1812), (The people of Great Britain) British major-general, was born at Newark, (Hardy breed from Ayr, Scotland) Ayrshire, and entered the 25th Foot in 1779.
		A year later he was British commissioner on (additional info and facts about Suvarov) Suvarov's staff when the (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russians invaded (A landlocked federal republic in central Europe) Switzerland, and at the end of 1799 was in the Holder expedition.
		From 1801 to 1805 Lieutenant-Colonel Craufurd sat in parliament for East Retford, but in 1807 he resumed active service with (additional info and facts about Whitelock) Whitelock in the unfortunate (Capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center) Buenos Aires expedition.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_craufurd.htm (594 words)

	ROBERT CRAUFURD - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT CRAUFURD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Later lil 1809, once more in the Peninsula,, Brigadier-General Craufurd was three marches or more in rear of Wellesleys army when a report came in that a great battle was in progress.
		As aide-de-camp he accompanied the duke of York to the French War in 1793, and was at once sent as commissioner to the Austrian headquarters, with which he was present at Neerwinden, Caesars Camp, Famars, Landrecies, andc.
		When the British army left the continent Craufurd was again attached to the Austrian army, and was present at the actions on the Lahn, the combat of Neumarkt, and the battle of Amberg.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CR/CRAUFURD_ROBERT.htm (807 words)

	The Sherwood Foresters: Generals we have served under (1914 article) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Major-General Robert Craufurd won undying fame as the Commander of the Light Division in the Peninsula, but the Light Division was not formed until February 22nd, 1810, and before this the 45th Regiment had served under him both in South America and in Spain.
		Robert Craufurd, the third son of Sir Alexander Craufurd, of Newark, in Ayrshire, was born on May 5th, 1764.
		Robert Craufurd, though one of the most junior Colonels in the Army, was placed in command of an expeditionary force of 4800 men, consisting of two squadrons of 6th Dragoon Guards, the 5th, 36th, 45th, and 88th Regiments of Foot, and five companies of the 95th Rifles (the Rifle Brigade).
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~mossvalley/mv/mil/shrwd/mv_generals.html (4494 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Craufurd placed his division at a bridge about 2.5 miles away form Almeida, with his force of about 4,000 men on the French side of the river.
		Craufurd, now realising his hopeless position, started to withdraw his guns and baggage over the bridge leaving the infantry to face the full force of the French.
		Craufurd’s losses were 333, with the 95th share being 1 Officer and 11 Riflemen killed, 6 Officers, 1 Sergeant and 54 Riflemen wounded (later, 2 Officers and a number of Riflemen died of their wounds), 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant and 52 Riflemen missing (captured).
	www.geocities.com /the_rifles/history.htm (3947 words)

	Our Ancient Ancestors
		Sir Robert Boyd was one of the guarantors of the treaty of peace with England in 1323.
		John Craufurd, son of the aforementioned Robert Craufurd, settled the feud between the Boyds and the Montgomerys by arbitration, and married Janet Montgomery, daughter of the Laird of Giffen.
		Robert, 6th Lord Boyd, was born in November, 1595, and was served heir male in general of his father on February 3, 1602.
	www.lgboyd.com /boydbook/chapter1.htm (12004 words)

	Bruce Family Lineage / House of Bruce Research
		ROBERT "THE BRUCE" I, (1274 - 1329) 4th Earl of Carrick, 7th Lord Bruce of Annandale, King of Scots, was born on July 11 (some records say 12th) 1274 and died on June 7, 1329.
		Robert of Blairhall and Easter Kennet - ancestor of Kinross, Blairhall, balcaskie,
		Robert Bruce, 1st of Kinnaird, (1559-1631), younger son of Alexander Bruce and Janet Livingstone of airth, was a Presbyterian clergyman of note during the reign of James VI.
	www.brucefamily.com /lineage.htm (7153 words)

	CRAUFURD, ROBERT (1764-1812) - Online Information article about CRAUFURD, ROBERT (1764-1812)
		Craufurd's operations on the Coa and Agueda in 1810 were daring to the point of rashness, but he knew the quality of the men he led better than his critics did, and though See also:
		The conduct of the renowned " Light Division " at Busaco is described by Napier in one of his most vivid passages.
		cathedral commemorates Craufurd and Mackinnon, the two generals killed at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COR_CRE/CRAUFURD_ROBERT_1764_1812_.html (1305 words)

	Clan/Family Histories
		Sir Robert Boyd's success as a commander at the Battle of Bannockburn led to him being granted lands in Ayrshire.
		Robert the Bruce wrote this surname in large letters into the history of Scotland.
		The youngest son of the 4th Earl of Richmond was granted lands in the Barony of Craufurd (from "crow ford") in the 12th century.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/clans_index.htm (1733 words)

	Military - Who was who on the Peninsula and at Waterloo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Craufurd's words to his soldiers as he addressed the Forlorn hope to storm Cuidad Rodrigo are remembered by Edward Costello
		Picton was somewhat of an eccectric, tending to wear rather raggy coats and clothing of indeterminate colour and unknown history, rather than the gloss and glamour of uniform.
		In 1811 he was on the Peninsula serving under Craufurd as Major General of an infantry brigade in the Light Division.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~awoodley/regency/people.html (4164 words)

	BUSACO
		Craufurd himself had thrown the 1/95th and the 3rd Caçadores into the village of Sula, a small village below his main position, and these troops exchanged a heavy fire with Loison's own skirmishers.
		The dark-haired figure was Robert Craufurd and the infantry were the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry Regiments.
		So complete was Craufurd's rout of Loison's division that they suffered just 132 casualties, most of which were sustained during the fighting in Sula.
	www.ifbt.co.uk /busaco.htm (1663 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ro' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Bourassa's speech on the end of the Meech Lake Accord
		Robert Bruce Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /r/ro (105 words)

	Combat on the Coa
		Craufurd guarded a front of forty miles, outnumbered six to one, for three months.
		Craufurd reluctantly blew up Fort Conception on the frontier and withdrew to a position in front of the River Coa, with his flank on the fortress of Almeida.
		But Craufurd was confident and decided to hold the far bank of the river as long as possible.
	www.angelfire.com /sd/scarvie/coa.html (1516 words)

	The Spy Who Never Was
		Craufurd, of course, would have been ignorant of de Leutre's real mission, but he was aware of the cover story, for he already possessed official Alien Office lists of names of foreigners about to be deported from Britain, including de Leutre's, before Wordsworth left England.
		Understandably, Wickham scolded Craufurd for this elementary security lapse, with the result that, a few days after Wordsworth's arrival in Hamburg, the penitent minister promised Wickham that 'You may rely on the most scrupulous caution respecting the two individuals mentioned to me in your letter'.
		Talbot and his brother Robert, who may indeed have been on the same Yarmouth packet as Wordsworth, as Johnston suggests, were enthusiastic but naive secret agents.
	wwwsoc.murdoch.edu.au /history/spydoc.html (2977 words)

	Action on the River Coa
		There General Craufurd posted his Light Division on the east side of the river, with their left flank within sight of the fortified city of Almeida and the right flank on the ridge overlooking the river.
		A caisson overturned at a sharp bend in the steep road as it neared the river, further slowing the British retreat.
		(Photo #3) Craufurd ordered elements of the 95th Rifles and the 43rd Regiment to hold the ridge overlooking the bridge while the rest of the division crossed.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/virtual/c_coa.html (955 words)

	PENINSULAR WAR - LoveToKnow Article on PENINSULAR WAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo was calculated in the ordinary course to require twenty-four days: but on it becoming known that Marmont was moving northward, the assault was Siegs of delivered after twelve days only (Jan. 19).
		The Giudad gallantry of the troops made it successful, though with Rodrigo, the loss of Generals Craufurd and McKinnon, and 1300 Januar.v 8men, and Marmonts battering train of ISO.guns here fell into the allied hands.
		Crauford General Craufurd and his Light Division (London, 1891); Sir George Larpent, Private Journal of F. Larpent during the Peninsular War (London, 1853); Major-General H. Hutchinson, Operations in the Peninsu~a, i8o8p (London, 1905); The Dickson MSS., being Journals of Major-General Sir Alexander Dickson during the Peninsular War (Woolwich, 1907).
	4.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PENINSULAR_WAR.htm (10645 words)

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		It was an act which, considering the general state of public feeling in the country at the time, might have had the gravest consequences, and Sir Robert was subsequently forced to do penance and afford redress.
		Butler had reached that state of delicious torpor in which to take the road is the last agony; but duty was duty, and Sir Robert Craufurd had the fiend's own temper.
		When eventually Sir Robert Craufurd heard the story of the affair, he was as angry as only Sir Robert could be.
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	Re: Archibald Campbell Tait, 1811/82, Archbishop of Canterbury
		(Craufurd Tait played a prime role in the establishment of one of Scotland's most famous schools, Dollar Academy, in the town of Dollar, in Clackmannanshire which fell within the lands of the estate of Harviestoun, over which Tait was feudal superior.
		He did not provide the money; it was left by one John McNabb, who left Dollar as a poor boy, made a fortune in shipping, and left much of his money for the benefit of the children of Dollar.
		Eldest son of Major-General Robert Pitman of the Hon.
	genforum.genealogy.com /tait/messages/727.html (445 words)

	Ancestors of (John) Peter Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland and Braehead Robert Craufurd of Craufurdland
		Ancestors of (John) Peter Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland and Braehead Robert Craufurd of Craufurdland
		Robert of Craufurdland married Elizabeth Muir, who bore him three sons: 1) John his successor, 2) William, Laird of Walston, and 3) James, who in his life time was knighted.
		Robert died of wounds he received at the "Wylielee", in company of his father, Archibald, both being in attendance to James Boyd, son of Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran.
	www.btinternet.com /~s.craufurd/history/houisoncraufurd_descendents/19.htm (105 words)

	Brit-Am Genealogy - Crawford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The youngest son of the 4th Earl of Richmond (who was descended from the Duke of Brittany) was granted lands in the Barony of Craufurd (from "crow ford") in Lanarkshire in the 12th century by King David I and the family took the surname from the placename.
		The main branches of the family were Crawford of Auchinames (in Renfrewshire) who received a grant of land from Robert the BruceRobert the Bruce and Craufurd of Craufurdland (in upper Clydesdale).
		Sir William Craufurd of Craufurdland was a brave soldier who was knighted by King James I and fought for King Charles VII of France.
	www.britam.org /genealogy/crawford.html (595 words)

	The British Army in Portugal and Spain
		Colonels C. Craufurd and R. Craufurd, although both Brigadier Generals with their former commands, were only appointed as Colonels on the Staff of Moore's army.
		Collecting at Falmouth from Ramsgate, Harwich, Portsmouth and Jersey were both a Brigade of Guards under Major General Henry Warde and Brigadier General Robert Craufurd with the 1/43rd Regiment, 51st Regiment, 1/59th Regiment, 2/60th Regiment, 76th Regiment, 4 companies 1/95th Regiment, and 4 companies 2/95th Regiment.
		This then was the army which conducted the final campaign, with cavalry actions at Sahagun, 21 December 1808 and Benavente, 29 December 1808, ending in the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809, and the evacuation of the army from Spain, which was completed on the 18th.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_britarmy3.html (2090 words)

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		By 2 September 1810, a British screening force composed of the Light Division led by Robert Craufurd was pushed back to the village of Sula, at the foot of the Serra de Busaco, by a superior French force estimated at corps strength.
		It was here that Craufurd fell, in a desperate attempt to rally his troops.
		Although the British held the ridge and prevented a breakthrough to Coimbra, they suffered relatively heavy casualties - losing Craufurd, a large proportion of the Lights and a significant number of heavy cavalry.
	napnuts.tripod.com /pen_camp_busaco.htm (480 words)

	An Australian Perspective on the English Invasions of the Rio de la Plata in 1806 and 1807 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd was given command of a force of 4,000, with instructions drafted by the Secretary of State for War and Colonies, William Windham, to sail for
		Fly had been sent to Cape Town with orders for Murray to take Craufurd's force directly across the South Atlantic to the Rio de la Plata to reinforce Auchmuty in an attempt to re-take Buenos Aires.
		Craufurd himself was compelled to surrender with his surviving men, and only regained his liberty as a result of the capitulation agreed to by Whitelocke on 7 July, under which all prisoners were exchanged and British forces withdrew completely from the
	web.mala.bc.ca /black/amrc/Research/Papers/BUENOSAIRES.HTM (4814 words)

	GENERAL CRAUFURD AND HIS LIGHT DIVISION...
		A military biography of one of Wellington's most celebrated lieutenants in the Peninsula War recounting the exploits of his Light Division, written by Craufurd's grandson, who states that the book is Ôintended to be essentially light reading' and salts it with interesting and amusing anecdotes.
		Major-General Robert Craufurd served in Spain under Sir John Moore, and subsequently commanded the Light Division under Wellington, being mortally wounded in the storming of the Fortress of Ciudad Roderigo.
		The book comes complete with a fine portrait of Craufurd and facsimiles of letters praising him from Moore and Wellington.
	www.naval-military-press.com /books/titles/5928.htm (186 words)

	Leaning Towards the Dark Side: Books 40, 41 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A group of Spanish soldiers got killed because of Loup's vendetta with Sharpe, and since Wellington is angling to be named Generalisimo of the Spanish Army, he must placate his allies, even at the expense of one of his best officers.
		Robert Craufurd was one of the best British generals of the Napoleonic Wars, a harsh, foul-mouthed disciplinarian, he had a volcanic temper.
		His Light Division saved Wellington's army at Fuentes de Onoro, and he soldiered on valiantly until he was struck down leading his men at Ciudad Rodrigo.
	www.taintedbill.com /archives/002578.html (1131 words)

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