Penny Hampsonさんのイラストまとめ

‘I am obliged to be every where, and if absent from any operation, something goes wrong…. success can be attained only by attention to the most minute details.’ Wellington to Liverpool May 1811. Micro-managing — the secret of W’s success. #WellingtonWednesday

‘Either the British army must be fed and supplied with the necessaries which they require, or I shall march them back into Portugal…’ Wellington to Marquis Wellesley 13th Aug 1809, at the end of his tether re lack of provisions in Spain. #WellingtonWednesday

A starving army is actually worse than none. The soldiers lose their discipline and their spirit... The officers are discontented, and are almost as bad as the men... I should now hesitate to meet a French corps of half their strength.’ Wellington Aug 1809
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