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Wellington
By Gordon Corrigan
The Duke of Wellington, the most successful of British commanders, set a standard by which all subsequent British generals have been measured. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 crowned a reputation first won in India at Assaye and then confirmed during the Peninsular War, where he followed up his defense of Portugal by driving the French from Spain. Gordon Corrigan, himself an ex-soldier, examines Wellington's claims to greatness…
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