British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

British Army
British Army
Active	1793–1815
Country	Great Britain (until 1801); United Kingdom (from 1801)
Allegiance	King George III
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Engagements	French Revolutionary Wars West Indies Campaign; War of the First Coalition Low Countries theatre; Invasion of Corsica; ; Irish Rebellion of 1798; War of the Second Coalition Campaign in Egypt and Syria; Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland; ; ; Napoleonic Wars West Indies Campaign; War of the Third Coalition Hanover Expedition; Invasion of Naples; British invasions of the River Plate; ; Gunboat War Copenhagen expedition; ; Peninsular War; War of the Fifth Coalition Walcheren Campaign; ; War of the Sixth Coalition Campaign in south-west France; ; War of the Seventh Coalition Waterloo Campaign; ; ;
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Lord Amherst (1793–1795); The Duke of York (1795–1809), (1811–1815); Sir David Dundas (1809–1811)
Secretary of State for War 1794–1801; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1801–1854	Henry Dundas; Robert Hobart; John Pratt; Robert Stewart; William Windham; Robert Jenkinson
Notable; commanders	Charles O'Hara; Sir Ralph Abercromby; Sir John Stuart; Lord Cathcart; Sir John Moore; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington;

The British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change. At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, the army was a small, awkwardly administered force of barely 40,000 men. By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the numbers had vastly increased. At its peak, in 1813, the regular army contained over 250,000 men. The British infantry was "the only military force not to suffer a major reverse at the hands of Napoleonic France."