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3 unusual facts about Robert Thomas Wilson


Antoine Marie Chamans, comte de Lavalette

Having escaped prison, Lavalette made his way to Great Britain with the assistance of a small group of British soldiers, amongst whom Robert Thomas Wilson and John Hely-Hutchinson.

Robert Thomas Wilson

He installed half of his 1,200 Lusitanian Legion in the fortress of Almeida and arranged the rest in a thin screen.

William Vincent Barré

Before this work appeared he had already translated into French Sir Robert Wilson's History of the British Expedition to Egypt, and into English a pamphlet, Answer from M. Mehée to M. Garat.


Augustin Daniel Belliard

There were three potential threats, a Portuguese column of unknown strength led by Robert Thomas Wilson, the Spanish Army of La Mancha under Francisco Javier Venegas, and an insurrection.


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