en.unionpedia.org

Siege of Badajoz (1812), the Glossary

️Mon Sep 08 2008

The Siege of Badajoz (16 March – 6 April 1812), also called the Third Siege of Badajoz, was an Anglo-Portuguese Army under the Earl of Wellington (later the Duke of Wellington) besieged Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surrender of the French garrison.^[1]

69 relations: Almeida, Portugal, Anglo-Portuguese Army, Armand Philippon, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Artillery, Badajoz, Badajoz bastioned enclosure, Battle of Albuera, Battle of Almaraz, Battle of Arlabán (1811), Battle of Arlabán (1812), Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos, Battle of Campo Maior, Battle of Cogorderos, Battle of García Hernández, Battle of Maguilla, Battle of Majadahonda, Battle of Salamanca, Battle of the Gebora, Battle of Tordesillas (1812), Battle of Usagre, Battle of Venta del Pozo, Battle of Villagarcia, Bayonet, Caltrop, Cheval de frise, Ciudad Rodrigo, Combat of Navas de Membrillo, Curtain wall (fortification), Explosive, Feint, First French Empire, First siege of Badajoz (1811), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Forlorn hope, Grenade, Gunpowder, History of Portugal (1777–1834), Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Law of war, Light Division, Lisbon, Military engineering, Military Secretary (United Kingdom), Musket, Napoleonic Wars, Osprey Publishing, Outwork, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Peninsular War, ... Expand index (19 more) »
1812 in Spain
April 1812 events
Badajoz
Battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
March 1812 events
Massacres committed by the United Kingdom
Massacres in 1812
Massacres in Spain
Military history of Extremadura
Sieges of the Napoleonic Wars
Sieges of the Peninsular War

Almeida, Portugal

Almeida is a fortified village and a municipality in the sub-region of Beira Interior Norte and the District of Guarda, Portugal.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Almeida, Portugal

Anglo-Portuguese Army

The Anglo-Portuguese Army was the combined British and Portuguese army that participated in the Peninsular War, under the command of Arthur Wellesley.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Anglo-Portuguese Army

Armand Philippon

Armand Philippon (27 August 1761 – 4 May 1836), sometimes called Phillipon, and are examples of the use of "Phillipon", although both historians use both spellings (see and). was a French soldier during the French Revolution and the subsequent First French Empire.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Armand Philippon

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Artillery

Badajoz

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

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Badajoz

Badajoz bastioned enclosure

The bastioned system of the Spanish city of Badajoz consists of a military fortification formed by a set of defensive walls, city gates, bridges, forts, towers, bastions, hornworks, moats, tunnels and ravelins, among other defensive elements.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Badajoz bastioned enclosure

Battle of Albuera

The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and battle of Albuera are battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and military history of Extremadura.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Albuera

Battle of Almaraz

The Battle of Almaraz was fought during the Peninsular War on 18–19 May 1812, in which the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lord Hill destroyed a French pontoon bridge across the River Tagus, in Almaraz, Spain. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Almaraz are 1812 in Spain and military history of Extremadura.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Almaraz

Battle of Arlabán (1811)

The Battle of Arlabán, also known as the First Surprise of Arlabán, took place at the heights of Arlabán, the mountain pass that separates the Basque provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava, on 25 May 1811, during the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Arlabán (1811)

Battle of Arlabán (1812)

The Battle of Arlabán of 1812, also known as the Second Surprise of Arlabán, took place in the mountain pass of Arlabán, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, near the border with France, on 9 April 1812, during the Peninsular War. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Arlabán (1812) are 1812 in Spain and April 1812 events.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Arlabán (1812)

Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos

The Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos took place on 28 October 1811 during the Peninsular War. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos are military history of Extremadura.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Campo Maior

Battle of Cogorderos

The Battle of Cogorderos took place at Cogorderos, in the Province of León, Castile-León, on 23 June 1811, between a French force under Brigadier General Jean-André Valletaux and a Spanish force commanded by General Francisco Taboada y Gil during the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Cogorderos

Battle of García Hernández

In the Battle of García Hernández on 23 July 1812, two brigades of Anglo-German cavalry led by Major-General Eberhardt Otto George von Bock defeated 4,000 French infantry led by Major-General Maximilien Foy. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of García Hernández are 1812 in Spain.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of García Hernández

Battle of Maguilla

In the Battle of Maguilla (11 June 1812) a British cavalry brigade led by Major General John Slade attacked a similar-sized French cavalry brigade commanded by General of Brigade Charles Lallemand. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Maguilla are 1812 in Spain.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Maguilla

Battle of Majadahonda

The Battle of Majadahonda (11 August 1812) saw an Imperial French cavalry division led by Anne-François-Charles Trelliard attack two brigades of cavalry under Benjamin d'Urban and forming the advance guard of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington's army. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Majadahonda are 1812 in Spain.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Majadahonda

Battle of Salamanca

The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22July 1812. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Salamanca are 1812 in Spain and battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Salamanca

Battle of the Gebora

The Battle of the Gebora took place during the Peninsular War between Spanish and French armies on 19 February 1811, northwest of Badajoz, Spain. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of the Gebora are Badajoz and military history of Extremadura.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of the Gebora

Battle of Tordesillas (1812)

In the Battle of Tordesillas, Battle of Villa Muriel or Battle of Palencia between 25 and 29 October 1812, a French army led by Joseph Souham pushed back an Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish army commanded by Arthur Wellesley, Marquess Wellington. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Tordesillas (1812) are 1812 in Spain, sieges involving France, sieges involving Portugal and sieges involving the United Kingdom.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Tordesillas (1812)

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Usagre

Battle of Venta del Pozo

The Battle of Venta del Pozo, also known as the Battle of Villodrigo by the French and Spanish, was a rear-guard action fought as part of the Peninsular War on 23 October 1812 between an Anglo-German force led by Major-General Stapleton Cotton against French cavalry under Major-Generals Jean-Baptiste Curto and Pierre François Xavier Boyer. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Venta del Pozo are 1812 in Spain.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Venta del Pozo

Battle of Villagarcia

In the Battle of Villagarcia (also known as the Battle of Llerena) on 11 April 1812, British cavalry commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton routed a French cavalry force led by Général de Brigade Charles Lallemand at the village of Villagarcia in the Peninsular War. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Villagarcia are 1812 in Spain and April 1812 events.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Battle of Villagarcia

Bayonet

A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Bayonet

Caltrop

A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's footBattle of Alesia (Caesar's conquest of Gaul in 52 BC), Battlefield Detectives program, (2006), rebroadcast: 2008-09-08 on History Channel International (13:00-14:00 hrs EDST); Note: No mention of name caltrop at all, but illustrated and given as battle key to defend Roman lines of circumvallation per recent digs evidence.) is an area denial weapon made up of usually four, but possibly more, sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base (for example, a tetrahedron).

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Caltrop

Cheval de frise

The cheval de frise (plural: chevaux de frise, "Frisian horses") was a defensive obstacle, existing in a number of forms, principally as a static anti-cavalry obstacle but also quickly movable to close breaches.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Cheval de frise

Ciudad Rodrigo

Ciudad Rodrigo is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population in 2016 of 12,896.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Ciudad Rodrigo

Combat of Navas de Membrillo

The combat of Navas de Membrillo took place on 29 December 1811 near Mérida, Spain, and saw the British light cavalry of General Rowland Hill assault a small Imperial French force led by Captain Neveux. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and combat of Navas de Membrillo are military history of Extremadura.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Combat of Navas de Membrillo

Curtain wall (fortification)

A curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Curtain wall (fortification)

Explosive

An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Explosive

Feint

Feint, a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing, is a maneuver designed to distract or mislead.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Feint

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and First French Empire

First siege of Badajoz (1811)

The first siege of Badajoz was a siege carried out during the Peninsular War on the Spanish town of Badajoz, by the French general Soult. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and first siege of Badajoz (1811) are Badajoz, military history of Extremadura, sieges involving France, sieges involving Portugal and sieges of the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and First siege of Badajoz (1811)

FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

Forlorn hope

A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the kill zone of a defended position, or the first men to climb a scaling ladder against a defended fortification, or a rearguard, to be expended to save a retreating army, where the risk of casualties is high.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Forlorn hope

Grenade

A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Grenade

Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Gunpowder

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and History of Portugal (1777–1834)

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Law of war

The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus in bello).

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Law of war

Light Division

The Light Division is a light infantry division of the British Army.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Light Division

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Lisbon

Military engineering

Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Military engineering

Military Secretary (United Kingdom)

The Military Secretary is the British Army office with responsibility for appointments, promotion, postings and discipline of high ranking officers of the British Army.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Military Secretary (United Kingdom)

Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Musket

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Napoleonic Wars

Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Osprey Publishing

Outwork

An outwork is a minor fortification built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Outwork

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Parliament of the United Kingdom

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Peninsular War

Ravelin

A ravelin is a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress (the curtain walls and bastions).

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Ravelin

Richard Caton Woodville

Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Sohn.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Richard Caton Woodville

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Royal School of Military Engineering

The Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) Group provides a wide range of training for the British Army and Defence.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Royal School of Military Engineering

Sapper

A sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties, such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Sapper

Second siege of Badajoz (1811)

The second siege of Badajoz (22 April – 12 May and 18 May – 10 June, 1811) saw an Anglo-Portuguese Army, first led by William Carr Beresford and later commanded by Arthur Wellesley, the Viscount Wellington, besiege a French garrison under Armand Philippon at Badajoz, Spain. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and second siege of Badajoz (1811) are Badajoz, military history of Extremadura, sieges involving France, sieges involving Portugal, sieges involving the United Kingdom, sieges of the Napoleonic Wars and sieges of the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Second siege of Badajoz (1811)

Siege of Astorga (1812)

The siege of Astorga of 1812 took place between 29 June and 19 August 1812, at Astorga, León, Castile-León, Spain, during the Peninsular War. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and siege of Astorga (1812) are 1812 in Spain, sieges involving France, sieges of the Napoleonic Wars and sieges of the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Siege of Astorga (1812)

Siege of Burgos

At the siege of Burgos, from 19 September to 21 October 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese Army led by General Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington tried to capture the castle of Burgos from its French garrison under the command of General of Brigade Jean-Louis Dubreton. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and siege of Burgos are 1812 in Spain, sieges involving France, sieges involving Portugal, sieges involving the United Kingdom, sieges of the Napoleonic Wars and sieges of the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Siege of Burgos

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)

The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, (7–20 January 1812) had the Viscount Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army besiege the city's French garrison under General of Brigade Jean Léonard Barrié. Siege of Badajoz (1812) and siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) are 1812 in Spain, Massacres committed by the United Kingdom, Massacres in 1812, Massacres in Spain, sieges involving France, sieges involving Portugal, sieges involving the United Kingdom, sieges of the Napoleonic Wars and sieges of the Peninsular War.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)

Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1768 – 31 August 1813) was an engineer in the British Army known for his work on the Lines of Torres Vedras.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet

Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Spain

Spain under Joseph Bonaparte

Napoleonic Spain was the part of Spain loyal to Joseph I during the Peninsular War (1808–1813), forming a Bonapartist client state officially known as the Kingdom of Spain after the country was partially occupied by forces of the First French Empire.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Spain under Joseph Bonaparte

Thomas Picton

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (24 August 175818 June 1815) was a Welsh military officer and colonial administrator who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Thomas Picton

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.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

University of Cádiz

The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and University of Cádiz

Wartime sexual violence

Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation often as spoils of war, but sometimes, particularly in ethnic conflict, the phenomenon has broader sociological motives.

See Siege of Badajoz (1812) and Wartime sexual violence