Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula

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Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula was the main British-led coalition force commanded by the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War against Napoleonic France in Spain and Portugal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars military unit ⓘ
coalition army ⓘ
field army ⓘ
alliedWith Portuguese Army ⓘ
Spanish forces ⓘ
belligerentAgainst First French Empire ⓘ
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
composedOf British cavalry ⓘ
British regular infantry ⓘ
Portuguese regular troops ⓘ
Royal Artillery units ⓘ
Spanish auxiliary forces ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Bussaco ⓘ
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro ⓘ
Battle of Nive ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Nive

Battle of Nivelle ⓘ
Battle of Orthez ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Talavera ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse ⓘ
Battle of Vimeiro ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
Battle of the Pyrenees ⓘ
followedBy Anglo-Allied army at Waterloo ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Allied Army
garrisoned Lines of Torres Vedras ⓘ
notableCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
notableFor contributing to the downfall of Napoleon ⓘ
expelling French forces from most of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
operatedIn Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
opposedCommander André Masséna ⓘ
Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
Joseph Bonaparte ⓘ
Marshal Victor ⓘ
partOfConflict Peninsular War ⓘ
precededBy British expeditionary forces in Portugal (1808) ⓘ
startTime 1808 ⓘ
supportedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Napoleonic Wars Iberian theatre ⓘ
linked to: Peninsular War
usedTactic defensive-offensive strategy ⓘ
reverse-slope defence ⓘ

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British 3rd Division → subordinateTo → Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula ⓘ
95th Rifles → associatedWith → Peninsular Army under Wellington ⓘ
linked to: Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula
South Essex Regiment → commandStructure → Wellington’s army (fictional depiction) ⓘ
linked to: Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula
Teresa Moreno → associatedWith → Wellington’s forces ⓘ
linked to: Wellington’s field army in the Peninsula