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Wellesley, 1st Marquess KG, PC (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842), oldest brother of Lord Wellington, ambassador to Spain during the Peninsula Wars where he somewhat undiplomatically remarked: "I would not entrust the protection of a favorite dog to the whole Spanish army."
 
Seventh Light Dragoons, the Queen's own Hussars, notable in the retreat to Coruna for their part in routing two regiment of French Cavalry at Benavente for pushing the over-enthusiastic leading elements of the French advance back into the river they had just crossed. After the retreat from Coruna, the 7th did not fight again until Orthes in February 1814 when they mauled the retreating French infantry and were the only Cavalry regiment mentioned by Wellington in his dispatches. On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo the 7th were Honored by Uxbridge, their regimental Colonel, by being given the charge on the advancing enemy in Genappe, who were Polish Lancers and by the end of Waterloo, barely 35 men and 5 officers remained fit for duty.
 
Urrugne (Basque Urruña), November 9, 1813, a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd fortified by Soult and quickly overrun in a night attack by Wellington's forces in their invasion of France.
 
Soult, Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu, 1st Duc de Dalmatie (29 March 1769 - 26 November 1851), the Hand of Iron, one of only six officers in French history to receive the distinction of Marshal General of France and a Prime Minister of France three times. Soult is also notable for his several loses to Lord Wellington in the Peninsula.
 
Limburg (16 September 1796), an indecisive battle between Archduke Charles of Austrian and the French right wing on the Lahn under General Marceau.
 
Sabugal, 3 April 1811, a brief but decisive rout of Reynier's II Corps, largely by the unbelievable gallantry of Beckwith’s 1st brigade, and in particular the 43rd Regiment.
 
Captain Norman Ramsay, Royal Horse Artillery, famous for galloping his Troop of guns through the enveloping French at the Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro, 1811 and the subject of a number of paintings of this heroic moment, including this one.
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Ramsay was considered the most brilliant Artillery officer of the Peninsula Wars and another painting of his feat was featured as the cover of one of Cornwell's Sharpe books:
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George Anson, Major-General CB (13 October 1797 – 27 May 1857), commanded a light cavalry brigade in the Peninsula, including the 11th, 12th and 16th Light Dragoons but returned to his original regiment, the Scots fusilier guards for the battle of Waterloo.
 
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