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Mountains and National Palace of Bussaco. Wellington posted his army along the crest of Bussaco Ridge, facing east. To improve his lateral communications, he had previously ordered his four officers from the Royal Corps of Engineers [9] to cut a road that ran the length of the ridge on the reverse slope. Cole held the left (north) flank.
This is the order of battle for the Battle of Bussaco, 27 September 1810. French Army of Portugal. Commander-in-Chief: Marshal Masséna.
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He participated in the Bussaco campaign, as well as the Lines of Torres Vedras, under general Rowland Hill. On the eve of the Vitoria Campaign, in 1813, Lecor was placed again at the command of the Portuguese Brigade (later numbered 6th) of the 7th Division of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, under the command of Lord Dalhousie.
Heudelet briefly led II Corps in January 1810 before returning to the command of his division. He participated in André Masséna's invasion of Portugal, fighting at Bussaco in 1810. His division was not engaged at Fuentes de Oñoro and he was sent home soon afterward. In the 1812 campaign he commanded a reserve division in the X Corps.
Napoleon had intended the campaign on the Peninsula to be a walkover, but what he would come to call the Spanish Ulcer, [1] ended up with him having had to send in thirteen of his maréchals (ten of whom were of the first promotion – of fourteen), and enter Madrid himself.
Jean-François, baron Graindorge (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ɡʁɛ̃dɔʁʒ]; 1 July 1770 – 1 October 1810) became a brigade commander during the Napoleonic Wars and was mortally wounded while leading his troops against the British at the Battle of Bussaco in Portugal.