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Fuentos d'Onoro

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Fuentos Onoro May 5th 1811. Historical art prints of the Battle of Fuentos Onoro during the Peninsula War showing the Royal Horse Artillery of Wellingtons Army during the Battle of Fuentos Onoro.

The blockade of Almeida formed no part of Wellington's plan for driving the French out of the Peninsula. Yet, having invested the town, his warlike spirit could not resist the temptation to oppose Massena when he marched to its relief with a force greatly superior in number and equipment. Fuentes D'Onoro, a village on the banks of the river Duas Casa, was the key to the position, and the French made two attempts to seize it. In the first assault five battalions were driven from the streets and took refuge on the higher ground. But the French did not remain long in possession. A furious charge sent them headlong over the river. On the following day Massena renewed the attack with 40,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. His design was to hold in check the left of the extended line of the British and Portuguese and to turn right. At the first shock the enemy's cavalry drove in our outguards and cut off Ramsay's battery of horse artillery. The crisis seemed desperate when there suddenly occurred one of those incidents that make war glorious. Napier describes it "The multitude became violently agitated; and English shout pealed high and clear; the mass was rent asunder, and Norman Ramsey burst forth sword in hand at the head of his battery; his horses breathing fire stretched like greyhounds along the plain; the guns bounded behind them like things of no weight, and the mounted gunners followed close, with heads bent low and pointed weapons, in desperate career." Many gallant deads were wrought by friend and foe alike. Again and again Montbrun hovered about Craufurd's squares but the solid rampart of bayonets held him back. Meanwhile Drouet assailed the village with such fury that Wellington was compelled to concentrate. By night the lower part of Fuentes D'Onoro had been abandoned by both combatants. Each claimed the victory, but the fact remains that Massena did not relieve Almeida and that he was recalled soon after. Text by William Maxwell 1902.

The Duke of Wellington was blockading the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo with 32,000 troops. The French sent a force of 45,000 troops under Marshal Andre Massena to relieve the fortress. Wellington took up a strong position at Fuentos D'Onoro and the French attacked on May 5th with superior numbers. The British army held their ground with the cost of 1,500 casualties, the French suffered higher losses of 2,200 troops and finally withdrew. The Duke of Wellington quickly siezed Almeida.

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Fuentos Onoro, May 5th 1811 (Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery) by William Barnes Wollen.

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The 95th Rifle Brigade at the Battle of Fuentes De Onoro, 5th May 1811 by Chris Collingwood.
The Duke of Wellington was blockading the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo with 32,000 troops. The French sent a force of 45,000 troops under Marshal Andre Massena to relieve the fortress. Wellington took up a strong position at Fuentos DOnoro and the French attacked on May 5th with superior numbers. The British army held their ground with the cost of 1,500 casualties, the French suffered higher losses of 2,200 troops and finally withdrew. The Duke of Wellington quickly seized Almeida.

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Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (4 copies reduced to clear) Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £75.00

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Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery at the Battle of Fuentos Onoro, May 5th 1811 by Richard Caton Woodville.

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Battle of Fuentos DOnoro, 1811 by Henry Dupray. (P)

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The 95th Rifle Brigade at the Battle of Fuentes De Onoro, 5th May 1811 by Chris Collingwood Men of the 95th (Rifle Regiment of Foot) provide covering fire for the Royal Horse Artillery.

Fuentos Onoro, May 5th 1811 (Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery) by Wollen

Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery at the Battle of Fuentos Onoro, May 5th 1811 by Caton Woodville
Death of Colonel Philips Cameron at Fuentes dOnoro 1811 by Harry Payne
"A French soldier was observed to slip aside into a doorway and take deliberate aim at Colonel Cameron who fell from his horse mortally wounded."

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