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- Indeed, Waterloo has left us with the wrong legacy: that Wellington was a defensive general famous for his “reverse slope” tactics, which effectively shielded his men from enemy fire.
militaryhistorynow.com/2020/09/27/the-best-of-wellington-five-of-the-iron-dukes-victories-that-surpass-waterloo/The Best of Wellington – Five of the Iron Duke's Victories ...
Feb 26, 2021 · Many people accuse of Wellington of being a defensive general – a soldier who was only in his element when defending steep ridges. But how true is that opinion?
At Salamanca, his opponent, believing a Wellington to be defensive to an even greater extent than he was, tried to march around him in view of the fully deployed British army. Wellington needed only order an advance to rout the French.
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.
Wellington was an excellent defensive general, he had a great skill at selecting grounds he has previously surveyed to pick out a solid defensive position for his army. Other battles such as Salamanca in 1812 or Vitoria in 1813 showed he could fight aggressively and succeed but often favoured complex assaults which required excellent timing and ...
- 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...
Through an in-depth study of his actions over the war years of 1808 to 1815 the author reassesses Wellington’s effectiveness as a commander, the competence of his subordinates and the qualities of the troops he led.
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At the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington occupied a ridge astride the road to Brussels and invited Napoleon Bonaparte to attack. A master of the tactical defensive posture, the Duke of Wellington, later known as the “Iron Duke” for his military prowess, chose his ground well at Waterloo.
