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    Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British officer. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands...
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  • in England after their evacuation from Corunna, Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd was ordered to take his brigade, now composed of the 1st Battalion...
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  • Craufurd is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Craufurd baronets, baronetcies created for people with the surname Craufurd Charles Craufurd...
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    in Beith Robert Craufurd (1764–1812), British major general; John Dunlop (1840–1921), inventor of the pneumatic tyre, born in Dreghorn Robert Dunsmuir...
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  • Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet (c. 1729 – 15 December 1797), of Kilbirney, was a Scottish baronet. Craufurd was born in c. 1729 at Kilwinning, Scotland...
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    the younger brother of Sir James Craufurd of Kilbirnie, 2nd Baronet and the elder brother of Robert Craufurd. Craufurd entered the 1st Dragoon Guards as...
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    Brigadier-General Robert Craufurd a letter, saying that he (Wellington) was "not desirous of engaging in an affair beyond the Coa." On July 24, Craufurd's Light Division...
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    troops present, defeated many important British commanders, including Robert Craufurd and Denis Pack. Then Whitelocke proposed a 24-hour truce, which was...
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    Much of the British army, excluding the elite Light Brigade under Robert Craufurd, suffered from a loss of order and discipline during the retreat. When...
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    Gen John Sontag Light Division – Brig Gen Robert Craufurd Brig Gen Robert Craufurd Brig Gen Robert Craufurd Portuguese Division – Maj Gen John Hamilton...
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