James Kempt
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General Sir James Kempt, was a British Army officer, who served in the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars. He led a British brigade at the B
Portrait by Robert McInnes, 1840
Battle of the Bidassoa
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The Battle of the Bidasoa was fought on 7 October 1813. The Allied army of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington wrested a foothold on French soil from General Jean-de-Dieu Soult's army. The Allied
James Kempt
…Infantry) in time to fight at the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813. He also led his brigade at the Battle of the Pyrenees at the end of July, and at the Battle of the Bidassoa, where his troops stormed French defenses near Mont La Rhune on 7 October. While still commanding his brigade at the Battle of Nivelle on 10 November…
1814–1815 engraving of the battle
Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult
The Guards entering France, 7th Oct. 1813 by Robert Batty.
La Rhune, where the French repelled a Spanish attack.