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Open question: if there was a moment you could go back & witness (NOT intervene) take place, what would it be?

For me, it'd be the meetings of Wellington (Wellesley) & Nelson, they were close together & very different.

Bernard Cornwell said Waterloo, but the scale of the death?

The Battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812

(by Richard Simkin)

Wellington, commanding an Allied force, defeated Marshal Marmont's French army outside Salamanca 🇪🇸

The victory was one of Wellington's finest & showed how he could seize an opportunity on the offensive too.

#OnThisDay the Battle of Trafalgar.

Royal Marines on the forecastle of HMS Royal Sovereign at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.

By Christa Hook.

“A Masterly Manoeuvre, Fuentes de Oñoro 5 May 1811.”

By Christa Hook

French Dragoons trying to break a square of the 95th Rifles, as British cavalry sweep behind them.

Fuentes de Oñoro would see an Allied army under Wellington narrowly defeat a French army led by Massena.

The army advanced past the Mahratta guns, many crews of which had "played" dead & remanned their guns, causing casualties from the rear.

Eventually they were put down & the last pockets of Infantry fled.

Wellesley's army had 428 killed & 1,156 wounded for 6,000+ enemy.

A sombre #OnThisDay 14 September 1852, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington passed away at Walmer Castle, he was 83 years old.

He had likely suffered a series of strokes overnight & his condition deteriorated.

He was moved from his bed to a chair where he expired at 3pm.

Wellington & his General Staff at Waterloo.

Left to right:
The Duke of Wellington.
Lieutenant-General Rowland Hill
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gordon (kia)
Major Henry Percy, ADC
Henry Paget, Lord Uxbridge (wia)
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (kia)

(By Jack Girbal)

Royal Marines running low on ammunition, take cartridges from a fallen comrade.

The Marines guarded key areas onboard ships, but in battle they fought with small arms, ready to board or manned main guns as well.

Often recruitment struggled, so were supplemented by the Army.

#OnThisDay 31 Aug 1813 San Sebastian was stormed.

Made at low tide due to the waterways, gunfire from Brigs supported the assault.

The Anglo-Allied force stormed the Breach only to find an inner wall, guns were directed to fire overhead to breach them.