The Battle of the Marshals
A piece of trivia and a test of knowledge. . . which Napoleonic battle had the most marshals / field marshals or future marshals / field marshals present? How many? What were their names?
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The battle I was thinking of was Vitoria that was fought on 21 June 1813. There were 26 marshals or future marshals present. They were:
British (Seventeen)
Duke of Wellington
Lord Fitzroy Somerset
Hew Ross
Stapleton Cotton
Edward Blakeney
Henry Hardinge
Hugh Gough
Prince of Orange
John Byng
Marquess of Tweeddale
John Burgoyne
William Gomm
Alexander Woodford
John Fitzgerald
William Rowan
Charles York Colin Campbell
Portuguese (Five)
William Beresford
António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira
Manuel Pamplona Carneiro Rangel, Viscount of Beire
João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha
António Vicente Queirós, 1.º Conde da Ponte de Santa Maria
French (Four)
Jourdain
Bertrand Clauzel
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille