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injured at Quatre Bras
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,
2

invalided out
1

in the Spanish civil war of 1835
1

Yeoman warder, Tower of London
1

memoirs
1

Cowes, Isle of Wight
1

Cox, Lieutenant John
1
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2
,
3

Cox, Captain William
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,
2

Crampton, Captain Jeremiah
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,
2
,
3

Craufurd, Fanny
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Craufurd, Major General Robert (‘Black Bob’)
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

commands the Portuguese enterprise
1
,
2

a disciplinarian
1
,
2
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3
,
4
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5
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6
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7
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8
,
9

appearance
1

character
1
,
2

surrenders his brigade in Buenos Aires
1
,
2

grasp of military theory
1
,
2

ambition
1
,
2

Standing Orders
1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7

Battle of Talavera
1
,
2
,
3

a loving correspondent with his wife
1

finds his match in Beckwith
1

his approach compared with Beckwith’s
1

shooting practice
1

chain of look-outs idea
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

delighted at Barba outcome
1

lobbies Wellington for more exciting

missions
1
,
2

Combat of the Coa
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2
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3
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4
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5
,
6

Wellington chooses to keep Craufurd
1

on skulkers
1

Busaco
1
,
2
,
3

pursues the Army of Portugal
1

checked by Wellington
1

asks for more troops
1

returns to England on leave
1

absence from Sabugal
1
,
2

Fuentes d’Onoro
1

constant presence
1

promotion
1

clashes with Wellington
1
,
2

and supply shortages
1
,
2
,
3

desertions
1
,
2
,
3

Ciudad Rodrigo
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

death and burial
1
,
2

Crawley, Private Tom
1
,
2
,
3

Cromwell, Oliver
1

Cuesta, General
1

cuirassiers
1
,
2
,
3

Cummings, Allan
1

Cummings, Joseph
1

Davy, John
1

Denmark
1

d’Erlon, General
1
,
2

Desert Rats xi

desertion
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3
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6
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,
9

Dough Boy Hill camp, Almaraz
1
,
2

Douro river
1

Dover, Kent
1
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2
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3
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4
,
5

Drummond, Colonel
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Duas Casas River
1

Duero River
1
,
2

Duero wines
1
,
2

Dundas, General Sir David

author of Rules and Regulations for the

Army
1

becomes Commander in Chief
1

his nickname
1

Duthilt, Captain
1
,
2

Ebro
1

Egerton’s Military Library
1

Egypt
1
,
2

El Bodon
1
,
2

Elba
1

Elder, Lieutenant Colonel George
1

Elvas garrison
1
,
2

English Channel
1

Erskine, Major General Sir William
1
,
2

appointed
1

short-sightedness
1
,
2
,
3

Wellington on
1

Sabugal
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

the Almeida garrison fiasco
1

and Alten
1

Fabius
1

Fairfoot, Catherine (née Campbell)
1
,
2
,
3

Fairfoot, Joseph George
1

Fairfoot, Sergeant Robert
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

joins 1st/95th from the militia
1

embarks from Dover (May 1809)
1

history of desertion
1
,
2

craving for adventure
1

shooting practice
1

field days at Campo Maior
1

Guadiana fever
1
,
2

Barba del Puerco attack
1
,
2
,
3

Combat of the Coa
1
,
2

Busaco
1

at Arruda
1
,
2
,
3

promotion
1

Irish background
1

Ciudad Rodrigo
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Uniacke’s burial
1

Badajoz
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

goes to 8th Company
1
,
2

desertion issue
1
,
2

appointed Colour Sergeant
1

marriage
1
,
2

Quatre Bras
1
,
2

helps the wounded Simmons at

Waterloo
1

comes through the Belgian campaign

with honour
1

becomes a quartermaster
1

a model soldier
1
,
2

Ferey, General Calude-François
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

FitzMaurice, Second Lieutenant John
1
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2
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3
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9
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11

Flynn, Rifleman
1

Forester, C. S.
1

Fortune
(transport ship)
1
,
2

Foz de Arouce
1

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia
1

Freer (of the 43rd)
1

Freixadas
1

Frenada
1
,
2
,
3

French army units

2
ème Léger
1

4
ème Léger
1

4
ème Régiment de Ligne
1

6
ème Léger
1

6th Corps
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

13
ème Chasseurs
à
Cheval
1

17
ème Léger
1

26
ème Régiment
1
,
2

27
ème Régiment
1

32
ème Léger
1

34
ème Léger
1

39
ème Régiment
1

66
ème Régiment
1
,
2
,
3

69
ème Régiment
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

70
ème Régiment
1

82
ème Régiment
1
,
2

113
ème Régiment
1

Fuente Guinaldo
1

Fuentes d’Onoro
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Craufurd appears
1

Masséna attacks
1

plight of the Guards
1

Highlanders rescue the 3rd Division
1

casualties
1

fusil de dragons
1
,
2

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