William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, was a British army officer and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellingto
Portrait of Lord Beresford by William Beechey, 1815
William Carr Beresford surrenders to Santiago de Liniers in Buenos Aires, 1806
Field-marshal Beresford – Coudelaria de Alter, Portugal
The Battle of Albuera by William Barnes Wollen
Battle of Albuera
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The Battle of Albuera was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French armée du Midi at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
…approaching, he lifted the siege and posted his army at Albuera in a defensive position. There he fought the French forces on 16 May 1811. After the bloody Battle of Albuera the French were forced to retreat, though the siege of Badajoz had to be subsequently abandoned. Meanwhile, on 13 May 1811, he was created Count of…
William Beresford disarming a Polish lancer at the battle
Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult
The 13th Light Dragoons attacking French horse artillery at the battle
General Joaquín Blake y Joyes