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Robert Ballard Long, the Glossary

Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (4 April 1771 – 2 March 1825) was an officer of the British and Hanoverian Armies who despite extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars never managed to achieve high command due to his abrasive manner with his superiors and his alleged tactical ineptitude.^[1]

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15th The King's Hussars officers
Military personnel from Chichester

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally "helper in the military camp") is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state.

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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. Robert Ballard Long and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington are British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Badajoz

Badajoz (formerly written Badajos in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain.

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Battle of Albuera

The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos

The Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos took place on 28 October 1811 during the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Campo Maior

In the Battle of Campo Maior, or Campo Mayor (an older spelling most often used in English language accounts), on 25 March 1811, Brigadier General Robert Ballard Long with a force of Anglo-Portuguese cavalry, the advance-guard of the army commanded by William Beresford, clashed with a French force commanded by General of Division Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg.

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Battle of Corunna

The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña or La Corogne), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore.

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Battle of the Pyrenees

The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive (the author David Chandler recognises the 'battle' as an offensive) launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon's order, in the hope of relieving French garrisons under siege at Pamplona and San Sebastián.

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Battle of Usagre

In the Battle of Usagre on 25 May 1811, Anglo-Allied cavalry commanded by Major-General William Lumley routed a French cavalry force led by Major-General Marie Victor Latour-Maubourg at the village of Usagre, Spain, in the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Vitoria

At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.

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Berkeley Square

Berkeley Square is a garden square in the West End of London.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars continued from 1793 with few immediate changes in the diplomatic situation as France fought the First coalition.

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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.

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Charles Edward Long

Charles Edward Long (28 July 1796 – 25 September 1861), was an English genealogist and antiquary. Robert Ballard Long and Charles Edward Long are long family of Wiltshire.

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Charles Oman

Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general)

Lieutenant General Sir John Colquhoun Grant (177220 December 1835) was a British soldier. Robert Ballard Long and Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general) are 15th The King's Hussars officers and British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Cornet (rank)

Cornet is a military rank formerly used by the armed forces of some countries.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Edward Long (historian)

Edward Long (23 August 1734 – 13 March 1813) was a British-born planter, historian and writer best known for writing a book about the history of Jamaica in 1774 that was heavily rooted in proslavery thought. Robert Ballard Long and Edward Long (historian) are long family of Wiltshire.

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Elvas

Elvas is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo.

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Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

Ernest Augustus (Ernst August; 5 June 177118 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. Robert Ballard Long and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover are 15th The King's Hussars officers, 1771 births, British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars and university of Göttingen alumni.

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars (Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.

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Galbraith Lowry Cole

General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (1 May 1772 – 4 October 1842) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and politician.

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George Don (British Army officer)

General Sir George Don (30 April 1756 – 17 January 1832) was a senior British Army military officer and colonial governor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Robert Ballard Long and George Don (British Army officer) are British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars and British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Hanoverian Army

The Hanoverian Army (German: Hannoversche Armee) was the standing army of the Electorate of Hanover from the seventeenth century onwards.

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Harrow School

Harrow School is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England.

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High Wycombe

High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe, is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland.

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Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman.

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John Fortescue (historian)

Sir John William Fortescue (28 December 1859 – 22 October 1933) was a British military historian.

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John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1766)

Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant (9 February 1766 – 22 July 1812) was a British Army officer. Robert Ballard Long and John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1766) are British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars and British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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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. Robert Ballard Long and John Moore (British Army officer) are British Army lieutenant generals, British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars and People of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

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John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, also 2nd Viscount Pitt and 2nd Baron Chatham, (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician.

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Kensington

Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Mezzotint

Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the intaglio family.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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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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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Robert Ballard Long and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany are university of Göttingen alumni.

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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. Robert Ballard Long and Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill are British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Royal Military College, High Wycombe

The Royal Military College, High Wycombe was a military training facility for British Army officers in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

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Seale, Surrey

Seale is a village in Surrey, England.

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Siege of Pamplona (1813)

In the siege of Pamplona (26 June – 31 October 1813), a Spanish force led by Captain General Henry (Enrique José) O'Donnell and later Major General Carlos de España blockaded an Imperial French garrison under the command of General of Brigade Louis Pierre Jean Cassan.

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Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician. Robert Ballard Long and Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere are 16th The Queen's Lancers officers and British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The Terrace, Barnes

The Terrace is a street in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Treaty of Amiens

The Treaty of Amiens (la paix d'Amiens) temporarily ended hostilities between France, the Spanish Empire, and the United Kingdom at the end of the War of the Second Coalition.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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University of Göttingen

The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta) is a distinguished public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Vlissingen

Vlissingen (Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.

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Walcheren Campaign

The Walcheren Campaign was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Netherlands in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition.

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West Sussex

West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Wexford

Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.

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Weymouth, Dorset

Weymouth is a sea-side town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England.

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William Augustus Pitt

General Sir William Augustus Pitt KB, PC (c. 1728 – 29 December 1809) was a long-serving if undistinguished senior officer of the British Army whose sixty years of service covered several major wars and numerous postings as garrison or regiment commander. Robert Ballard Long and William Augustus Pitt are 1st King's Dragoon Guards officers, British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars and British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, (2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. Robert Ballard Long and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford are British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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William Francis Patrick Napier

General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB (7 December 178512 February 1860) was a British soldier in the British Army and a military historian. Robert Ballard Long and William Francis Patrick Napier are British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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William Lumley

General Sir William Lumley, (28 August 1769 – 15 December 1850) was a British Army officer and courtier during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Robert Ballard Long and William Lumley are 1st King's Dragoon Guards officers, British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars, British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars and People of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

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References

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

, Siege of Pamplona (1813), Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, The Terrace, Barnes, Treaty of Amiens, United Kingdom, University of Göttingen, Vlissingen, Walcheren Campaign, West Sussex, Wexford, Weymouth, Dorset, William Augustus Pitt, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, William Francis Patrick Napier, William Lumley, York Rangers, 15th The King's Hussars, 16th The Queen's Lancers, 1st King's Dragoon Guards.

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