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Rowland Hill, 1.º visconde Hill de Almaraz GCB, GCH (11 de Agosto de 1772 — 10 de Dezembro de 1842) foi um general do Exército Britânico que serviu durante as Guerras Napoleónicas como comandante de brigada, de divisãoe e comandante de corpo sob o comando do general Arthur Wellesley.
General Sir Rowland Hill: Battle of Almaraz on 19th May 1812 in the Peninsular War. Commanders at the Battle of Almaraz: Major General Sir Rowland Hill against the French officer, Major Aubert. Size of the armies at the Battle of Almaraz: 6,000 British and Portuguese troops against some 1,500 French troops with 26 guns.
Rowland Hill, 1.º visconde Hill de Almaraz GCB, GCH foi um general do Exército Britânico que serviu durante as Guerras Napoleónicas como comandante de brigada, de divisãoe e comandante de corpo sob o comando do general Arthur Wellesley. Foi nomeado comandante-em-chefe do Exército Britânico em 1829.
4 de jan. de 2019 · Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, 1º viscount Hill of Almarez, Hawkestone and Hardwicke (1772- 1842) was one of the ablest Generals of the Peninsular War and second-in-command to Lord Wellington in the last period of the War.
Article History. Hill, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount, Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone, Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hardwicke. Born: August 11, 1772, Hawkstone, Shropshire, England. Died: December 10, 1842, Hardwicke Grange, Shropshire (aged 70) Role In: Peninsular War.
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Work cited. External links. Viscount Hill. General Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke in the County of Salop, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1842 for General Rowland Hill.
The Battle of Almaraz was fought during the Peninsular War on 18–19 May 1812, in which the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lord Hill destroyed a French pontoon bridge across the River Tagus, in Almaraz, Spain.
