 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Barnes akabatana ne47th Regiment of Foot muna 1792, uye akakurumidza kukwira chinzvimbo. Akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant-colonel muna 1807, achishanda muInvasion yeMartinique muna 1809, uye colonel muna 1810. Makore maviri gare gare, akabatira mudonzvo waWellington muHondo yePeninsular. Basa rake muchiitiko ichi rakamuita kuti awedzere kukwidziridzwa; semukuru mukuru, akatungamira brigade muHondo yeVitoria uye akatora chikamu muhondo dzePyrenees, Nivelle, Nive naOrthez. Akapiwa menduru yeGolden Cross uye zvigaro zvitatu nokuda kwebasa rake muPeninsula. Barnes akashanda mumushandirapamwe wa1815 semubatsiri mukuru, uye akakuvadzwa muhondo yeWaterloo, kwaaizivikanwa se mubatsiri wedu mukuru anodya moto. Atova KCB, akanga ari mugamuchiri weAustria Order yaMaria Theresa 3rd Kirasi, uye Russian Order yaSt Anne. 