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Introduction. The commander of the British-German-Netherland army at Waterloo in 1815 was the talented Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. (He became field marshal in 1813.) He campaigned in India, Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, Spain and France. Wellington raised the reputation of the British to a level unknown since Marlborough. In April 1815, Wellington reorganized the Allied Forces in Netherlands.
The British and Hannoverian troops were merged with the Dutch-Belgian troops. In April-June Wellington's army was reinforced with Brunswick and Nassau troops. Wellington was worried about possible French attack up the Mons-Hal-Brussels route despite no reports of such a movement. The size of allied troops varied. . - 665 men / British - 610 men / Prussian - 520 men / KGL - 520 men / French Average squadron : - 145 men / Wellington's cavalry - 135 men / Napoleon's cavalry - 115 men / Blucher's cavalry Wellington had 84 infantry battalions : Wellington had 93 cavalry squadrons. The Battle of Vimiero The Peninsular war.
Battle: Battle of Vimiero (or Vimeiro) War: Peninsular War Date: 21st August 1808 Place: Vimeiro, Central Portugal Combatants: British against the French Generals: Major General Sir Arthur Wellesley against General Junot The Battle of Vimeiro : View from the river over the town to the hill beyond Size of the armies: The British Army comprised 500 British and Portuguese Cavalry, 20,000 infantry and 18 guns. Uniforms, arms, equipment and training: The British infantry wore red waist jackets, white trousers, and stovepipe shakos. The King’s German Legion, which comprised both cavalry and infantry regiments wore black, as did other German units in the British service. The French cavalry comprised Cuirassiers wearing heavy burnished metal breastplate and crested helmet, Dragoons largely in green, Hussars in the conventional uniform worn by this arm across Europe and Chasseurs à Cheval also dressed as hussars. Piper George Clark of the 71st Highlanders, although wounded continues to play Follow-up:
Battle of Britain. LemaireSoft, Encylopédie des Chars de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale.