The Battle of Salamanca took place on 22 July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain, durin
1904 illustration of the battle
Seen from the village, the Greater Arapile (Arapil Grande) is on the right.
c. 1900 illustration of the battle
The charge of the 3rd Division
The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo was the successful investment of the French-occupied city of Ciudad Rodrigo by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army from 7–20 January 1812. Wellington's army, which numb
British infantry storm the fortress at Ciudad Rodrigo during Wellington's campaign in Spain