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| 1799 | Admiral Cornwallis, William |  |
| Appointed Admiral |
| 1793 | Alliance Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Forms a coalition with Russia, Sardinia, Spain, Naples, Prussia, Austria & Portugal |
| 1812 | Alliance Stewart | |
| 4th Mar Leads the coalition against Napoleon & prevents Allies dealing separately with France |
| 1814 | Ambassador Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 5th July Paris Appointed Ambassador |
| 1813 | Award Order of the Garter Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 4th Mar Awarded the Order of the Garter |
| 1811 | Battle of Albuhera Beresford, William | |
| 16th May Albuhera Beresford's Allied army defeats the French |
| 1811 | Battle of Albuhera Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th May Albuhera The French are unable to relieve the siege of Badajoz after defeat at Albuhera |
| 16th May Albuhera Wellington defeats the French under Marshal Nicolas Soult |
| 1801 | Battle of Alexandria Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Alexandria Defeats the French under Menou but dies of wounds inflicted during battle |
| 1795 | Battle of Brest Cornwallis, William | |
| Brest Engages in a skrimish with the French Fleet |
| 1810 | Battle of Busaco Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 27th Sep Busaco Defeats Marshal Massena |
| 1801 | Battle of Copenhagen Nelson, Horatio | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Destroys or captures 17 Danish ships |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Sinks the Danish fleet & ensures the Baltic ports remain open |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle ends the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia & Prussia |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle of Copenhagen is followed by the Treaty of Amiens |
| 1801 | Battle of Copenhagen Parker, Hyde | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker & Nelson defeat the Danish fleet |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| 1807 | Battle of Copenhagen Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Aug Copenhagen Wellington's brigade is reponsible defending supply lines |
| 1807 | Battle of Copenhagen Congreve, William | |
| Sep Copenhagen Claims his rockets have caused 1 million pounds worth of damage |
| 1807 | Battle of Copenhagen Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 8th Sep Copenhagen The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen |
| 1809 | Battle of Corunna Moore, John | |
| 16th Jan Corunna Fights the battle as his troops are embarking for home |
| 16th Jan Corunna Killed in battle |
| 16th Jan Corunna The battle diverts Napoleon from engulfing Spain with a single manoeuvre as planned |
| 1811 | Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 8th May Fuentes d'Onoro Defeats Massena |
| 1807 | Battle of Kioge Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 29th Aug Kioge Wellington's brigade drives away a Danish force & captures 1,700 |
| 1813 | Battle of Leipzig Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig Witnesses what he regards as the horror of war at Leipzig, "It haunts one night & day" |
| 1813 | Battle of Nive Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th Dec Nive Defeats Soult |
| 1813 | Battle of Nivelle Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 10th Nov Nivelle Defeats Soult |
| 1809 | Battle of Oporto Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th May Oporto Makes a surprise attack across the River Douro & drives the French from Oporto |
| 1814 | Battle of Orthez Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 27th Feb Orthez Defeats Soult |
| 1815 | Battle of Quatre Bras Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th June Quatre Bras Battle of Quatre Bras |
| 17th June Mont Jean Withdraws to Mont St Jean |
| 1808 | Battle of Rolica Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 17th Aug Rolica Defeats General Delaborde |
| 1807 | Battle of Roskilde Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 26th Aug Roskilde Wellington's brigade drives away a Danish force of 4,000 |
| 1808 | Battle of Sahagun Moore, John | |
| 21st Dec Sahagun Defeats Marshal Soult's cavalry but still has to withdraw from the Peninsular |
| 1812 | Battle of Salamanca Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 17th June Salamanca Wellington's Allied Army enters Salamanca unopposed |
| 22nd July Salamanca Wellington defeats a French force of 40,000 under Marmont, opening the way to Madrid |
| 1813 | Battle of Sorauren Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 30th July Sorauren Defeats Soult |
| 1809 | Battle of Talavera Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 28th July Talavera Defeats King Joseph & Marshal Jourdan |
| 28th July Talavera Wellington is victorious, rewarded with the title Duke of Wellington |
| 1814 | Battle of Toulouse Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 10th April Toulouse Defeats Soult |
| 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar Nelson, Horatio | |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar 18 French & Spanish ships surrender without any British loss |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Napoleon wants his Fleet to cross the Atlantic, join the Spanish & attack England |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Traps Villenueve outside Cadiz off Trafalgar |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve leaves shelter in Cadiz to invade England but is defeated by Nelson |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve retreats to Toulon & Nelson tempts out the French fleet |
| 1808 | Battle of Tudela Moore, John | |
| 23rd Nov Tudela Retreats from the Iberian Peninsular after the Spanish are defeated by Napoleon |
| 1808 | Battle of Vimeiro Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 21st Aug Vimiero British victory leads to the Convention of Cintra |
| 21st Aug Vimiero The British defeat the French during a Spannish rebellion |
| 1813 | Battle of Vitoria Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 29th May Miranda Arrives at Miranda do Douro in an effort to outflank the French |
| 3rd June Touro Wellington's 2 main Armies unite at Touro, north of the River Douro |
| 21st June Vittorio Decisive victory of the Peninsular war, Joseph Bonaparte retreats to France |
| 21st June Vittorio Wellington's 78,000 army defeat 57,000 French, 5,000 French & 6,0000 Allied casualties |
| 1813 | Battle of Vittorio Cadogan, Henry | |
| 21st June Vittorio The brother of Wellington's former wife is killed in battle |
| 1813 | Battle of Vittorio Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 21st June Vittorio Attempts to stop the French retreating to France |
| 21st June Vittorio Calls off the battle 5 miles up the Pamplona road |
| 21st June Vittorio Defeats King Joseph |
| 21st June Vittorio Forces the French back across the Pyrenees |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 18th June Waterloo At 9PM Wellington & Blucher meet between La Belle-Alliance & Rossome |
| 18th June Waterloo Helps end Napoleon's "100 days" rule, Napoleon's final Battle |
| 18th June Waterloo Napoleon commands 72,000 |
| 18th June Waterloo The Allies have a force of 68,000 British, Belgians, Dutch & Germans under Wellington |
| 18th June Waterloo The British lose close to 15,000 & the French 25,000 killed & wounded |
| 18th June La Belle Wellington & Blucher join up at La Belle Alliance after defeating Napoleon |
| 1800 | Blockade of Brest Jervis, John | |
| Brest Begins a British blockade of Brest |
| 1805 | Blockade of Toulon Nelson, Horatio | |
| 17th Jan Toulon The French under Villeneuve decide to dash to Gibraltar after 20 month siege |
| 19th Jan Agincourt Sound Nelson receives a signal at "Agincourt Sound" that the French are at Sea |
| 22nd Jan Toulon The French Fleet escape from Toulon & the British Fleet lose contact with it |
| 30th Jan Messina Decides to head east through the Straits of Messina in persuit of the French Fleet |
| 30th Jan Messina Decides to head eastwards through the Straits of Messina after the French Fleet |
| 19th Feb Malta Sails from Alexandria to Malta & learns that Villeneuve has returned to Toulon |
| 1814 | Capture of Bordeaux Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th Mar Bordeaux Captures Bordeaux |
| 1812 | Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 19th Jan Rodrigo Captures Ciudad Rodrigo |
| 1807 | Capture of Lyngby Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th Aug Lyngby Wellington's brigade captures Lyngby, Denmark |
| 1812 | Capture of Madrid Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th Aug Madrid Wellington's Army enters Madrid, it is free from French occupation since Dec 1808 |
| 1813 | Capture of Madrid Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 17th May Madrid Captures Madrid |
| 17th May Madrid Forces Napoleon's forces to the Ebro River where they are defeated at Vittorio |
| 1800 | Capture of Malta Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 5th Sep Malta French occupation troops on Malta surrender to the British |
| 1806 | Capture of Naples Acton, John Francis Edward | |
| London Napoleon captures Naples & Acton is forced into exile |
| 1804 | Coalition, 3rd Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Dec An Anglo-Swedish agreement leads to the creation of the Third Coalition |
| 1805 | Coalition, 3rd Pitt the Younger, William | |
| St Petersburg Britain, not involved on the European continent due to fears of an impending French invasion, dealt a crushing blow to a combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in October and secured mastery of the seas |
| St Petersburg Britain & Russia sign an agreement directed against France & begin the 3rd Coalition |
| Mutual suspicion between the British and the Russians eased in the face of several French political mistakes, and by April of 1805 the two had signed a treaty of Alliance |
| Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at the British Isles, around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France |
| St Petersburg The War of the Third Coalition was a military conflict between an Alliance of, primarily, the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire, and the United Kingdom against Napoleon's recently formed French Empire |
| 26th Dec Austerlitz effectively brings the Third Coalition to an end & on December 26, 1805, Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war |
| 1796 | Commander Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the West Indies |
| 1800 | Commander Abercromby, Ralph | |
| Appointed Commander of the British troops in the Mediterranean |
| 1801 | Commander Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the English Channel |
| 1803 | Commander Nelson, Horatio | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranaen |
| 1807 | Commander Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 14th June Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal |
| 1807 | Commander Dalrymple, Hew | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France |
| 1808 | Commander Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th July London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| 1815 | Commander Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 22nd Oct Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied army |
| 1813 | Composition Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Composition of, "Wellington's Victory" in honour of the battle of Vitoria |
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