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Nov 13, 2014 · Wellington said in later life to lady Salisbury, that by the end of the Peninsular war that he had beaten the army into such good shape that…. “I could have done anything with that army it was in such perfect order.”. In 1814 he lost that most complete & perfect army, it was split up and much reduced in number.
Sheila: you see, I feel you're beginning all wrong. And I'm afraid you'll say or do something that you'll be sorry for afterwards. Mrs Birling: I don't know what you're talking about, Sheila ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Sharpe (TV series) Sharpe. (TV series) Sharpe (1993–1997, 2006, 2008) is a British series of television dramas about Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books.
- It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.
- I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life. - Of the British Parliament.
- My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
- The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Unfortunately, by 7 p.m. the Prussians were also present on the battlefield and although Siborne’s model limits their presence and influence (he did not go to anywhere near the same level of trouble contacting Prussian officers as he did British), many British officers still objected.
The story that Uxbridge approached Wellington on the night before Waterloo asking what his plans were, so that he, Uxbridge, could carry them out if Wellington was killed or wounded, is well known; but it cannot be traced any further back than a gossipy, unreliable secondary source, Sir William Fraser’s Words on Wellington: the Duke – Waterloo – the Ball first published in 1889 which ...
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Wellington and Napoleon - Wellington Collection. Wellington and Napoleon. Born in the same year, 1769, the two men took up their first commissions in the army around the same time. Although Wellington spent nearly half of his career fighting the French and defeating them, Napoleon was scathing about Wellington’s abilities referring to him as ...
