Field Marshal Sir Charles (Carl) August von Alten GCB, GCH (21 October 1764 – 20 April 1840) was a Hanoverian and British soldier who led the famous Light...

Adolphus, Baron Veltheim 1st Hussars 1804–1816: Charles, Baron Linsingen 2nd Hussars 1804–1816: Victor, Baron Alten 3rd Hussars 1804–1810: John, Baron Reden...

Rodrigo and the death of Crauford the Division now under the command of Charles Alten, was held as the reserve division for the Battle of Salamanca (22 July...

Dutch Commander Sir Edward Pakenham John Le Marchant Colin Halkett Charles Alten At the beginning of the wars the tactics of the allied forces were different...

effortlessly beaten back and with it went .." At San Millán de San Zadornil, Charles Alten's Light Division mauled over Antoine Louis Popon de Maucune's French...

campaign under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Alten K.C.B. (Count Carl von Alten). The 3rd Division took part in the Crimean War and fought...

Dowager Duchess of Manchester (born Countess Luise Friederike Auguste von Alten; 15 June 1832 – 15 July 1911), was a German-born British aristocrat sometimes...

Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9 Oman, Charles. Wellington's Army, 1809-1814. London: Greenhill, (1913) 1993. ISBN 0-947898-41-7...

The two flank brigades of Craufurd (with 1,900 men) and Brigadier Charles Alten (with 1,700 men) were ordered along a southerly route via Orense to...

south Hill occupied Toledo with 20,000 soldiers while Major General Charles Alten held Madrid with 18,000. Angry that Wellington had been offered the...