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Arthur Wellesley

field marshalKingdom of Ireland30 battles7 wars

Lifespan

1769 – 1852

1775180018251850French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Fourth Anglo-Mysore War · 1798-1799Second Anglo-Maratha War · 1803-1805English Wars · 1801-1814Peninsular War · 1808-1814Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Boxtel — September 14, 1794 · Great Britain · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Mallavelly — March 27, 1799 · British East India Company · Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarBattle of Sultanpet Tope — April 5, 1799 · British East India Company · Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarSiege of Seringapatam — January 1, 1799 · East India Company · Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarBattle of Argaon — November 29, 1803 · United Kingdom · Second Anglo-Maratha WarBattle of Assaye — September 23, 1803 · British Empire · Second Anglo-Maratha WarCapture of Gawilghur — December 15, 1803 · British Empire · Second Anglo-Maratha WarBattle of Køge — August 29, 1807 · United Kingdom · English WarsBattle of Roliça — August 17, 1808 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Vimeiro — August 21, 1808 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · Spain · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Grijó — May 10, 1809 · British Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Talavera — July 27, 1809 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarSecond Battle of Porto — May 12, 1809 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Bussaco — September 27, 1810 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of El Bodon — September 25, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Foz de Arouce — March 15, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Fuentes de Oñoro — May 3, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Pombal — March 11, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Redinha — March 12, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Sabugal — April 3, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Salamanca — July 22, 1812 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Venta del Pozo — October 23, 1812 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarSiege of Badajoz — March 16, 1812 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarSiege of Ciudad Rodrigo — January 7, 1812 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Nivelle — November 10, 1813 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of San Millan-Osma — June 18, 1813 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Vitoria — June 21, 1813 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · Russia · War of the Sixth CoalitionHundred Days — March 20, 1815 · United Kingdom · Napoleonic Wars

Active service 1794–1815 — 30 battles across 7 wars; first command at age 25.

Profile

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the early 19th century, twice serving as Prime Minister. He was one of the British commanders who ended the Anglo-Mysore wars by defeating Tipu Sultan in 1799, and among those who ended the Napoleonic Wars in a Coalition victory when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

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Battles (30)

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