Napoleonic Wars: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamanca" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Salamanca">Battle of Salamanca</a>: British forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley</a> (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamanca" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Salamanca">Salamanca</a>, Spain.