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In comparison, the 3rd Infantry Division, from the Second World War period, was over 18,000 men strong and supported by 72 artillery pieces and numerous other support weapons. [3] Each war that the division fought in, between 1809 and 1945, has a corresponding order of battle section.
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Peninsular War (1809–1814). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles of the Peninsular War .
The division was part of the Allied British and Portuguese forces that took part in the Peninsular War.It fought at the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810, [2] the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 [3] and the Battle of El Bodón in September 1811, [4] before further combat at the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in January 1812, [5] the Siege of Badajoz in March 1812 [6] and the Battle of ...
Also known as the Battle of Elviña. The British troops were able complete their embarkation, but left the port cities of Corunna and Ferrol, as well as the whole of northern Spain, to be captured and occupied by the French. During the battle, Sir John Moore, the British commander, was mortally wounded. [16] 18 January 1809 Corunna (Surrender of)
During the division's first action of the Peninsular War (the name given to Napoleonic Wars fought in Spain and Portugal), the Battle of Talavera (1809), it was 5,964 men strong. [5] It roughly maintained this strength for the rest of the Peninsular War, for example being 4,854 men strong at the Battle of Vittoria in 1813.
The 4th Infantry Division was a regular infantry division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign, the Crimean and Boer Wars and both World Wars.
Pages in category "Peninsular War orders of battle" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Map of the battlefield. The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22 July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington (future Duke of Wellington) defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain, during the Peninsular War.