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We learn about one of the more irascible characters in the British army during the Napoleonic Era - Robert "Black Bob" Craufurd. How did a general earn this ...
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ROBERT CRAUFURD (1764-1812), British major-general, was born at Newark, Ayrshire, on the 5th of May 1764, and entered the 25th Foot in 1779. As captain in the 75th regiment he first saw active service against Tippoo Sahib in 1790-92.
27 de feb. de 2021 · To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard and generally taking a tough stance against anything and everything that did not meet with his own strict disciplinarian code.
When Sir Robert Crawford 5th of Auchinames was born in 1435, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Archibald Crawford 4th of Auchinames, was 11432 and his mother, Margaret Douglas, was 47. He had at least 1 son with Marion Houston. He died on 9 September 1513, in Northumberland, England, at the age of 78.
El Combate del Río Coa ocurrió el 24 de julio de 1810 al inicio de la Tercera Invasión Francesa de Portugal, en el ámbito de la Guerra Peninsular (1807-1814). Se trató del primer combate defensivo durante aquella invasión. Las fuerzas aliadas, comandadas por el brigadier británico general Robert Craufurd, fueron obligadas a retirarse ...
Ronald was second son of William Ferguson Esq., of Raith, Fife, by Jane, daughter of Ronald Craufurd of Restalrig, sister of Margaret, countess of Dumfries, was born in Edinburgh on 8 February 1773. [1] He was brother and heir presumptive to his brother the MP for Kirkcaldy.
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