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Salamanca order of battle

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The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Salamanca on July 22, 1812 during the Peninsular War.

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Military rank

  • Gen = General
  • Lt Gen = Lieutenant-General
  • Maj Gen = Major-General
  • GD = général de division
  • Brig Gen = Brigadier-General
  • GB = général de brigade
  • Col = Colonel
  • Lt Col = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Capt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant

    • Other

  • (w) = wounded
  • (mw) = mortally wounded
  • (k) = killed in action
  • (c) = captured

    • Allied Army

    Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Army: Lt Gen the Earl of Wellington (local General)

    Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese Army: Marshal William C. Beresford (w)

    Lt Col De Lancy, Deputy Quartermaster-General (acting as Quartermaster-General)

    Lt Col May, Adjutant-General (Royal Artillery) (w)

    Lt Col Dundas

    Lt Col Sturgeion

    Lt Col Waters

    Maj Scovell

    Mr. Bisset, Commissary-General

    Dr. MacGregor, Surgeion-General

    Brig Gen Don Miguel R. de Álava y Esquivel, Spanish Liaison officer

    Brig Gen Don Joseph O`Lawlor, Spanish Liaison officer

    French Army

    Marshal Auguste de Marmont, Commander-in-Chief (w)
    GD Jean Pierre François Bonet (w)
    GD Bertrand Clausel (w)

    Chief of Artillery: GB Louis Tirlet

    References

    Salamanca order of battle Wikipedia
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