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