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Battle of Villagarcia
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The Battle of Villagarcia took place on 11 April 1812, near the village of Villagarcia de la Torre in Spain. Part of the Peninsular War, British cavalry under Sir Stapleton Cotton routed a French cava
A British heavy dragoon of the era
A British heavy dragoon of the era
Stapleton Cotton
Stapleton Cotton
John Le Marchant
John Le Marchant
Frederick Ponsonby (British Army officer)
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Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby was a British Army officer. He served in numerous engagements in the Napoleonic Wars and is most famous for having miraculously survived a series of majo
Battle of Villagarcia
…had two brigades of heavy cavalry available, commanded by John Le Marchant, and Sir John Slade respectively, as well as one of light cavalry under Frederick Ponsonby . Only Ponsonby's brigade and the 5th Dragoon Guards were involved in the fighting. The French cavalry attached to D'Erlon's two infantry divisions was…
Major-General Sir Frederick Ponsonby by Thomas Heaphy
Major-General Sir Frederick Ponsonby by Thomas Heaphy
Plinth of Ponsonby's Column, a monumental column erected in Valletta in 1838. The column was destroyed by lightning in 1864, and only the plinth survi
Plinth of Ponsonby's Column, a monumental column erected in Valletta in 1838. The column was destroyed by lightning in 1864, and only the plinth survives today.