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Robert Alexander Bull was born at Stafford, Staffordshire, on 3 March 1778. [2] He entered the Royal Artillery in 1794, and saw service in the West Indies in 1796–1798. [2] He commanded I Troop (Bull's) Royal Horse Artillery in the Peninsular. [2]
Attached Artillery: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer KCB FRS: 41 officers, 1,024 men 6 officers, 28 men 21 officers, 180 men 0 officers, 8 men I (Bull's) Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) Major Robert Bull 6 officers, 13 men, 6 × 5 + 1 ⁄ 2" howitzer 2 officers, 2 men 1 officer, 15 men 0 officers, 2 men F (Webber-Smith's) Troop, RHA
A cannon from the Battle of Chancellorsville. The Great Turkish Bombards of the Siege of Constantinople, after being on display for four centuries, were used to battle a British fleet in 1807, in the Dardanelles Operation. The artillery hit a British ship with two 700 lb (320 kg) cannonballs, killing 60 sailors; in total, the cannons claimed ...
Cannon were first used abroad by the English during the Hundred Years War, when primitive artillery was used at the Battle of Crécy. With the Age of Discovery and the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, cannon saw use in British armies in North America, first against the rival colony of New France, and later during the American ...
Pelham was involved in every significant military engagement of Stuart's cavalry from the First Battle of Bull Run to Kelly's Ford, more than 60 encounters. He is noted as the Chief of Stuart's Artillery in the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) and Battle of Fredericksburg. At Sharpsburg, Pelham's guns, positioned on a rise known as Nicodemus ...
The Battle of Bull's Ferry on 20 and 21 July 1780 saw two American brigades under Brigadier-General Anthony Wayne attack a party of Loyalists led by Thomas Ward. The Loyalists successfully defended a blockhouse against an ineffective bombardment by four American artillery pieces and a failed attempt to storm the position by Wayne's troops.
The battery was formed on 1 February 1805 as I Troop, Royal Horse Artillery [1] at Colchester, Essex as a horse artillery battery of the British Army. [2] Captain Robert Bull was appointed to command and he took it to the Iberian Peninsula in August 1809 where it served until 1814.
During the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861, Union commander Irvin McDowell planned to flank the Confederate position along Bull Run, which would bring the fighting extremely close to the vicinity of the Stone House. As the battle progressed, a Confederate force that had taken position on Matthews Hill, north of Stone House, was driven ...