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Robert Craufurd nació en Newark. Robert Craufurd ( Newark, condado de Ayrshire, Escocia, 5 de mayo de 1764 - Ciudad Rodrigo, 24 de enero de 1812) fue un oficial escocés del ejército británico y miembro del Parlamento. Participó en las invasiones inglesas al Río de la Plata y en la Guerra de la Independencia española .
Robert Crauford is most famous as ‘Black Bob Craufurd’, the tempermental command of Wellington’s Light Division in the Peninsula. However as this biography makes clear he was a much more complex figure than that, with a beloved family and often suffering from spells of depression.
25 de ene. de 2007 · Craufurd, Robert, 1764-1812, Great Britain. Army. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Infantry Publisher London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh Collection robarts; toronto Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English
1764-1812. One of Britain's most brilliant commanders was the aristocratic Scot, Robert Craufurd. Short, but with a volcanic temper that earnt him the nickname "Black Bob", Craufurd was a harsh disciplinarian who did not tolerate weakness in any of his men. During the infamous retreat towards Corunna, Craufurd stopped his Light Division to ...
Craufurd was born at Newark, Ayrshire, the third son of Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet (see Craufurd Baronets), and the younger brother of Sir Charles Craufurd. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands, in 1810 in the Napoleonic Peninsular War he was given command of the Light Division, composed of the elite foot soldiers in the army at the time, under the Duke ...
Page 27 - Beresford, and a long train of Staff and General Officers. In this manner we proceeded along the road till we gained the very breach, in assaulting which the brave subject of our procession met his fate, where we found that a grave had been dug for him, and that he was destined to sleep, till the last trumpet should rouse him, on the spot where his career of earthly glory had come to ...
Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a Scottish soldier. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands, he was given command of the Light Division in the Napoleonic Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington. Craufurd was a strict disciplinarian and somewhat prone to violent mood swings which earned him the nickname "Black Bob". He was ...
