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COMMANDER // 1769–1852

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.

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Battles (30)

Last verified June 2026
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