British Army during the Napoleonic Wars led to the Battle of Trafalgar, a French fleet carrying 6,500 troops briefly captured Dominica and other islands but subsequently withdrew. In 1808, once the British were allied to Portugal and Spain, they were able to concentrate their forces and capture the French possessions one by one; Cayenne and Martinique in 1809, and Guadeloupe in 1810. Haiti was left to the insurgent armies. In 1805 news arrived in London that Napoleon had broken up his invasion camp at Boulogne, and was marching across Germany. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom William Pitt immediately equipped an army of 15,000 men,
Battle of Buna–Gona: Allied forces and order of battle troop 2/5th Field Regiment (Fd Regt): four 25-pounders One battery 2/1st Field Regiment (Attached): twelve 25-pounders One troop 13th Field Regiment (Attached): four 4.5 in howitzers 1st Mountain Battery (Attached): three 3.7 in mountain howitzers No. 4 Squadron RAAF (two detached flights) Battle of Buna–Gona: Allied forces and order of battle The Battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The battle was conducted by Australian and United States forces against