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Feb 23, 2024 · Over the course of their 35 years the Dukes have recorded 847 wins, 49 ties, 313 regulation losses, 42 overtime losses and 33 shootout losses. They have been Division champions nine times.
- Assaye – September 23, 1803
- Second Battle of Porto – May 12, 1809
- Salamanca – July 22, 1812
- Vitoria – June 21, 1813
- Nivelle – November 10, 1813
- Conclusion
When asked in later life what his greatest victory was, Wellington would often answer with just one word: “Assaye.” Fought in India, the it saw the future Duke of Wellington, then known as General Arthur Wellesley, match 6,500 redcoats and East India Company sepoys against a 40,000-strong Maratha army (although some estimates go as high as 100,000 ...
The Crossing of the Douro at Portowas one of Wellington’s most ambitious and risky battles – a daring gambit featuring something quite rare in the age of horse and musket: an amphibious assault. It also resulted in the liberation of Portugal from the French. Lord Wellesley had returned to Portugal on April 22, 1809, having been cleared of all charg...
Undoubtedly one of the Allies’ greatest victories of the Napoleonic Wars and Wellesley’s “masterstroke” was the Battle of Salamanca. It’s here that the future Duke of Wellington saw and exploited a momentary advantage and turned it into a remarkable triumph. After capturing the fortress city of Badajoz in April, Wellesley set off to take the French...
Following his victory at Salamanca, Wellesley withdrew to Portugal to regroup for a fresh offensive in Spain in 1813. In May, he moved his army through mountain passes into northern Spain to outflank the French armies of Marshal Jourdan and Napoleon’s own brother, Joseph Bonaparte, which were scattered between the Douro and Tagus rivers. By June, J...
Attacking into France over the Pyrenees in late 1813, Wellesley fought a series of battles that drove Napoleon’s shattered forces into their own territory. By the time the snow was flying in 1813, the emperor’s army in the west found itself holed up in a string of mountain redoubts along the Spanish frontier By November, the line stretched 20 miles...
Arthur Wellesley, who was made the 1stDuke of Wellington in 1814, won more than 32 battles in his career; he was never defeated. After vanquishing the French for the last time at Waterloo, the Duke wept at the loss of life and swore he’d never fight again. His final victory against Napoleon remains an important milestone, not only for Wellington an...
The Dukes won the Buckland Cup on April 22, 2018. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Wellington Dukes were members of the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League . The league folded in 1986.
4 days ago · A perfect weekend was in the cards for the Wellington Dukes, capped off by a 4-2 doubling of the Aurora Tigers on Sunday at Lehigh Arena. The Dukes fourth straight win and third in as many days after victories of 8-2 and 7-4 over Cobourg and Lindsay, respectively, propelled them forward in a jumbled OJHL […] Read More.
Nov 22, 2020 · The Best of Wellington – Five of the Iron Duke’s Victories That Surpass Waterloo. Written for: MilitaryHistoryNow.com • September, 2020 •. Many remember Waterloo as Wellington’s most greatest victory. Yet by the time of his famous showdown with Napoleon in 1815, he’d already fought and won 32 battles.
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