Battle of Roliça, the Glossary

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1. 69 relations: Alcobaça, Portugal, Alexander Mackenzie Fraser, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Évora, Óbidos, Portugal, Barnard Foord Bowes, Battle of Bailén, Battle of Braga (1809), Battle of Bussaco, Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, Battle of Grijó, Battle of Redinha, Battle of Sabugal, Battle of Vimeiro, Bernardim Freire de Andrade, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Bombarral, Divisional general, First French Empire, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Governor of Gibraltar, Henri François Delaborde, Henry Fane (British Army officer), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, History of Portugal (1777–1834), Invasion of Portugal (1807), Jean-Andoche Junot, John Hope (British Army officer, born 1765), John Moore (British Army officer), King's Royal Rifle Corps, Leiria, Lines of Torres Vedras, Lisbon, Louis Henri Loison, Miles Nightingall, Mondego River, Nicholas Trant, Peninsular War, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Portugal, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Ronald Craufurd Ferguson, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, Royal Norfolk Regiment, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Second Battle of Porto, Siege of Almeida (1810), Siege of Chaves, ... Expand index (19 more) »

2. 1808 in Portugal
3. August 1808 events
4. Battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps

Alcobaça, Portugal

Alcobaça is a Portuguese city and municipality in the intermunicipal community Oeste and the region Oeste e Vale do Tejo, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the Leiria District.

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Alexander Mackenzie Fraser

Lieutenant General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser (1758 – 13 September 1809) was a British General.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.

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Évora

Évora is a city and a municipality in Portugal.

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Óbidos, Portugal

Óbidos (Eburobrittium) is a town and a municipality in the Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura and the Leiria district.

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Barnard Foord Bowes

Barnard Foord Bowes or Barnard Bowes Foord (10 July 1769 – 23 June 1812) commanded a British brigade in several battles during the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Bailén

The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by General Francisco Javier Castaños and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Bailén are battles in 1808 and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Braga (1809)

The Battle of Braga or Battle of Póvoa de Lanhoso or Battle of Carvalho d'Este (20 March 1809) saw an Imperial French corps led by Marshal Nicolas Soult attack a Portuguese army commanded by Baron Eben. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Braga (1809) are battles involving France, battles involving Portugal and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Bussaco

The Battle of Buçaco or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra do Buçaco, resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Bussaco are battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, battles involving France, battles involving Portugal, battles involving the United Kingdom and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

At the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (3–5 May 1811), the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro are battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, battles involving France, battles involving Portugal, battles involving the United Kingdom and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Grijó

The Battle of Grijó (10–11 May 1809) ended in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future 1st Duke of Wellington) over the French army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the Second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Grijó are battles involving Portugal, battles involving the United Kingdom and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Redinha

The Battle of Redinha was a rearguard action which took place on March 12, 1811, during Masséna's retreat from Portugal, by a French division under Marshal Ney against a considerably larger Anglo-Portuguese force under Wellington. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Redinha are battles involving France, battles involving Portugal, battles involving the United Kingdom and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Sabugal

The Battle of Sabugal was an engagement of the Peninsular War which took place on 3 April 1811 between Anglo-Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and French troops under the command of Marshal André Masséna. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Sabugal are battles involving France, battles involving Portugal and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Vimeiro

In the Battle of Vimeiro (sometimes shown as "Vimiera" or "Vimeira" in contemporary British texts) on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, near Lisbon, Portugal, during the Peninsular War. Battle of Roliça and Battle of Vimeiro are 1808 in Portugal, August 1808 events, battles in 1808, battles involving France, battles involving Portugal, battles involving the United Kingdom and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Bernardim Freire de Andrade

Bernardino Freire de Andrade e Castro (Lisbon, 18 February 1759 – Braga, 17 March 1809) was a Portuguese Army general officer who was appointed, in July 1808, commander-in-chief of the Portuguese forces in the north of the country during the Peninsular War.

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Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

The Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Portuguese for National Library of Portugal) is the Portuguese national library.

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Bombarral

Bombarral is a portuguese municipality in the Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura, and the Leiria district.

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Divisional general

Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division.

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First French Empire

The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén

Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri, 1st Duke of Bailén (1758–1852) was a Spanish military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Governor of Gibraltar

The governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

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Henri François Delaborde

Henri-François Delaborde (21 December 17643 February 1833) was a French general in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

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Henry Fane (British Army officer)

General Sir Henry Fane (26 November 177824 March 1840) commanded brigades under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington during several battles during the Peninsular War, and served both as a member of Parliament and Commander-in-Chief of India.

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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician.

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Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple

General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (3 December 1750 – 9 April 1830) was a Scottish general in the British Army and Governor of Gibraltar.

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History of Portugal (1777–1834)

The history of the kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, from the First Treaty of San Ildefonso and the beginning of the reign of Queen Maria I in 1777, to the end of the Liberal Wars in 1834, spans a complex historical period in which several important political and military events led to the end of the absolutist regime and to the installation of a constitutional monarchy in the country.

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Invasion of Portugal (1807)

The invasion of Portugal (19–30 November 1807) saw an Imperial French corps under Jean-Andoche Junot and Spanish military troops invade the Kingdom of Portugal, which was headed by its Prince Regent João of Bragança (John of Braganza). Battle of Roliça and invasion of Portugal (1807) are battles involving France, battles involving Portugal and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Jean-Andoche Junot

Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantes (25 September 1771 – 29 July 1813) was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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John Hope (British Army officer, born 1765)

Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope GCH (15 July 1765 – August 1836) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who was a commander under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War.

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John Moore (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809), also known as Moore of Corunna, was a senior British Army officer.

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King's Royal Rifle Corps

The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire.

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Leiria

Leiria is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal.

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Lines of Torres Vedras

The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Louis Henri Loison

Louis Henri Loison (16 May 1771 – 30 December 1816) briefly joined the French Army in 1787 and after the French Revolution became a junior officer.

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Miles Nightingall

General Sir Miles Nightingall KCB (25 December 1768 – 12 September 1829) was a British Army officer.

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Mondego River

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Nicholas Trant

Nicholas Trant (1769-1839) was a British Army officer of Irish descent who led Portuguese irregular troops in several actions during the Peninsular War.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Pierre Dupont de l'Étang

Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang (4 July 1765 – 9 March 1840) was a French general of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as well as a political figure of the Bourbon Restoration.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers.

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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was a British statesman and politician.

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Ronald Craufurd Ferguson

Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (8 February 1773 – 10 April 1841), was a Scottish officer in the British Army and a Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Dysart Burghs and for Nottingham.

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Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, (11 August 1772 – 10 December 1842) was a British Army officer, politician and peer who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a brigade, division and corps commander.

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Royal Norfolk Regiment

The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959.

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Royal Warwickshire Regiment

The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years.

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Second Battle of Porto

The Second Battle of Porto, also known as the Battle of the Douro or the Crossing of the Douro, took place on 12 May 1809. Battle of Roliça and Second Battle of Porto are battles involving France, battles involving Portugal, battles involving the United Kingdom and battles of the Peninsular War.

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Siege of Almeida (1810)

In the siege of Almeida, Portugal, the French corps of Marshal Michel Ney captured the border fortress from Brigadier General William Cox's Portuguese garrison.

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Siege of Chaves

The siege of Chaves refers to the French siege and capture of Fort São Francisco and the town of Chaves, Portugal from 10 to 12 March 1809, and the subsequent siege and recapture of the fort by Portuguese forces from 21 to 25 March 1809, during the second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War.

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Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet

Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet (June 1753 – 23 February 1812) was a senior Royal Navy officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service continued until his death in command of the Channel Fleet from apoplexy in 1812.

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Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet, of Lymington

General Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet (1 June 1755 – 17 October 1813) was a British soldier who fought in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and in the Peninsular War.

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Switzerland in the Napoleonic era

During the French Revolutionary Wars, the revolutionary armies marched eastward, enveloping Switzerland in their battles against Austria.

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Timeline of the Peninsular War

The following tables show the sequence of events of the Peninsular War (1807–1814), including major battles, smaller actions, uprisings, sieges and other related events that took place during that period. Battle of Roliça and Timeline of the Peninsular War are battles of the Peninsular War.

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Torres Vedras

Torres Vedras is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra (UC; Universidade de Coimbra) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal.

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William Heath (artist)

William Heath (1795 – 7 April 1840) was a British artist who once described himself as a "portrait & military painter." He was best known for his published engravings which included caricatures, political cartoons, and commentary on contemporary life.

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20th Light Dragoons

The 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694.

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The 32nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702.

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The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1701.

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The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1705.

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The 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

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The 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1741.

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The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1755.

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The 71st Regiment of Foot was a Highland regiment in the British Army, raised as the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot in 1777.

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The 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793.

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The 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794.

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See also

1808 in Portugal

• Battle of Évora (1808)
• Battle of Roliça
• Battle of Vimeiro
• Combat of Padrões de Teixeira
• Convention of Cintra
• Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil

August 1808 events

• 1808 Kentucky gubernatorial election
• Battle of Alavus
• Battle of Grönvikssund
• Battle of Karstula
• Battle of Kauhajoki
• Battle of Roliça
• Battle of Sandöström
• Battle of Vimeiro
• Evacuation of La Romana's division
• Jämtland Campaigns of 1808–1809
• Second siege of Girona
• Siege of Zaragoza (1808)

Battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps

• Arras 1918 (Battle honour)
• Battle of Épehy
• Battle of Ahmed Khel
• Battle of Albuera
• Battle of Aubers
• Battle of Bazentin Ridge
• Battle of Broodseinde
• Battle of Bussaco
• Battle of Cambrai (1917)
• Battle of Cambrai (1918)
• Battle of Courtrai (1918)
• Battle of Delville Wood
• Battle of Festubert
• Battle of Flers–Courcelette
• Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
• Battle of Gazala
• Battle of Guillemont
• Battle of Havrincourt
• Battle of Langemarck (1917)
• Battle of Le Transloy
• Battle of Morval
• Battle of Nivelle
• Battle of Orthez
• Battle of Pilckem Ridge
• Battle of Poelcappelle
• Battle of Polygon Wood
• Battle of Pozières
• Battle of Roliça
• Battle of Salamanca
• Battle of St Quentin Canal
• Battle of Talavera
• Battle of Tell El Kebir
• Battle of Toulouse (1814)
• Battle of Vitoria
• Battle of the Ancre
• Battle of the Ancre Heights
• Battle of the Argenta Gap
• Battle of the Canal du Nord
• Battle of the Nive
• Battle of the Pyrenees
• Battle of the Sambre (1918)
• Battle of the Selle
• Capture of Schwaben Redoubt
• Chitral Expedition
• First Battle of the Marne
• Macedonian front
• Relief of Ladysmith
• Second Anglo-Afghan War
• Siege of Badajoz (1812)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roliça

Also known as Battle of Roleia, Rolica, Battle of.

, Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet, Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet, of Lymington, Switzerland in the Napoleonic era, Timeline of the Peninsular War, Torres Vedras, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, University of Coimbra, William Heath (artist), 20th Light Dragoons, 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot, 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot, 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot, 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.