Highly detailed full summary of the 'British Army and French Wars' topic from the British Experience Of Warfare module from Edexcel / Pearson. Includes detailed lesson notes which are summarised for ease of revision, mind maps, timelines and more! Perfect for students trying to aid their revision o...
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,Recruitment Problems:
• Harsh Discipline.
Reforms of Duke Of York
• Marriage.
• Pay.
• Drill. Militia - A militia is generally an army or
• Poorest. some other fighting organisation of non-
professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or
• High Death Rate subjects of a state, who can be called upon Light Infantry:
for military service.
• Use of rifles
Foreign Recruitment
Infantry
Officers:
• Professional Classes.
• Army Background. Different sections of the army.
Uniform
• Purchase of commissions.
Fought in a line or
Militia square against
Cavalry cavalry.
Artillery Engineers
Brown Bees Musket:
• Slow to load.
• Inaccurate.
, 2nd May 1808 – Start of Peninsular War
2nd May 1808 - Dos de Mayo Uprising
20th Aug 1808 - Battle of Vimeiro
16th Jan 1809 - Battle of Corunna
27th-28th Jul 1809 - Battle of Talavera
3rd- 5th May 1811 - Battle of Fuentes
de Onoro
16th May 1811 - Battle of Albuera
16th Mar – 6th Apr 1812 - Battle of
Badajoz
22nd Jul 1812 - Battle of Salamanca
21st Jun 1813 - Battle of Vittoria
17th April 1814 - End of Peninsular War
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