English High Command in Spain 1808-1810

Antoine's army consists of two English bodies and a Spanish corps.
The photos (coming soon) represent the two plates of command of this army.

Commander-in-chief Wellesley

Arthur Wellesley

Wellesley (future Duke of Wellington) gained prominence as a general during the peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to Field Marshal after leading allied forces to victory against the French at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. After the exile of Napoleon in 1814, he served as ambassador in France and obtained a duchy. During the Hundred Days in 1815 he commanded the allied army which defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, as well as a Prussian army under Blücher. The record of the Battle of Wellesley is exemplary; He eventually took part in some 60 battles during his military career.

Wellington is famous for its adaptive defensive style of war, resulting in several victories against a numerically superior force while minimizing its own losses. He is considered one of the greatest defensive commanders of all time, and many of his tactics and battle plans are still being studied in military academies around the world.

Major general Robert Craufurd

Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764-1723 January 1812) was a Scottish soldier. After a military career which brought him from India to the Netherlands, he received the command of the Light Division in the Spanish War of Napoleon under the Duke of Wellington. Craufurd was a strict discipline and somewhat prone to violent mood swings that earned him the nickname Black Bob. He was mortally wounded during the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, on January 19, 1812 and died four days later
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Robert Craufurd

Robert Craufurd à Bussaco