| ID | 072668 |
| Title Proper | Integration of strategic and operational intelligence during the Peninsular war |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Davies, Huw |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Wellington is well known for his understanding of the importance of intelligence, but so far history has recorded that he presided over a one-man intelligence department, himself being the only analyst of what proved to be a massive quantity of raw information. New research highlighted in this article reveals that this has been an inaccurate interpretation. The British government also acted to establish a civilian network of correspondents and agents communicating with the British ambassadors to Spain and Portugal. Wellington's main priority was to integrate the 'strategic intelligence' collected by government agents with his own 'operational intelligence'. Instead, analysis was conducted more by Wellington's subordinates in the field, applying their personal localized expertise to the information they received. In this way, an early and primitive form of the staff system later developed by the Prussians was created in the Peninsular War. |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 21, No. 2; Apr 2006: p202-223 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol: 21 No 2 |
| Key Words | Great Britain ; Intelligence ; Peninsular War ; Strategic Intelligence ; Operational Intelligence |