After the victory at Salamanca Wellingtons Army had mixed fortunes and by the the winter of 18123 was back in Portugal Wellington took advantage of the winter to reequip and retrain his army for his final master stroke in Spain In June 1813 Wellington launched his whole army in a rapid push NW towards the SpanishFrench border outflanking the French At Vittoria he beat the main French Army on 21st June and pushed the remainder into the Pyrenees on The French border He was now able to prepare for the invasion of France In all these actions and leading the Army were the Light Division containing the 3 Battalions of the 95th Rifles It was during this period that they had some of their toughest and bloodiest actions that showed them to be an elite formation
