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14 de jul. de 2016 · History of War Issue 31 asks two distinguished historians, Dr Huw Davies and Dr Rory Muir, about key moments in the Iron Duke’s career to see where he spectacularly triumphed but also where he nearly fell by the sword. Away from the Napoleonic era Issue 31 also looks at the brutal battle of Imjin River that took place during the wrongfully ...
From the publishers:Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington lives on in popular memory as the 'Invincible General', loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This book revises such a portrait, offering a controversial new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his adversary Napoleon, Wellington was by no means a man …
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division . In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days the regiment was named ...
17 de nov. de 2019 · Napoleonic Wars: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin, Ireland in late April or early May 1769, and was the fourth son of Garret Wesley, Earl of Mornington and his wife Anne. Though initially educated locally, Wellesley later attended Eton (1781-1784), before receiving additional schooling in Brussels, Belgium.
17 de jan. de 2023 · In a letter to his mother, Lady Mornington, the Duke of Wellington says of Buonoparte— “That he did his duty—that be fought the battle with infinite skill, bravery, and perseverance;—and the victory is solely to be ascribed to the superior physical force, and constancy of British soldiers."
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As Horatio Nelson rose to fame in the 1790s the future Duke of Wellington – then Sir Arthur Wellesley – was serving in India. Wellesley only returned to Britain in 1805, but it so happened that his visit to London to solicit a new command coincided with Nelson’s brief return home after his abortive pursuit of the French fleet from the Mediterranean to the West Indies and back.
