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451:. The expedition was wrought with disease and Anson's unit stayed there for only two months before being sent home again, arriving on 14 September. Hit hard by the fevers, by February 1810 the 1,524 man strong battalion had lost 103 men, while a further ten percent of the battalion were so incapacitated from illness that they were unable to serve again. Anson stayed with the battalion until his promotion to
510:. Anson's brigade was in reserve, and Wellington ordered them forward in line to face Brenier's columns; with his line longer than the front of the French columns, Anson was able to wrap around the attacking French force before it could deploy, firing into it and forcing it back towards the Guareña. The brigade then fought at the
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491:, was on sick leave at the time and so Anson also took command of the division when he joined his brigade. Anson led the 4th Division into Spain on 13 June, and returned to his division three weeks later when Cole returned from his convalescence.
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583:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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357:On 13 June 1789 Anson joined the
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561:on 10 April. With the
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603:lieutenant-general
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828:, pp. 20–21.
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919:"No. 18851"
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