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A fascinating letter from Wellington to Robert ‘Black Bob’ Craufurd (GOC from Cea, years ago, 15 April 1810. Sheds light on how the intriguing system of command appointments worked in practice. 1/9

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2020-04-15

- By Jove! He was a great general but a godawful shot, the Duke of Wellington blasts the nose clean off one of his friends when out on a hunting expedition in Ipswich on February 5th 1823

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2020-02-06

I went to check something in the Croker papers earlier and fell into a rabbit hole. I just love his Wellington anecdotes, accurate or not. “Charles Stewart was a sad brouillon and mischief-maker, I was obliged to get rid of him.” As you would.

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2020-01-29

'It is quite impossible for me or any other man to command a British army under the existing system. We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.' Wellington to Earl Bathurst, 2nd July 1813

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2019-12-04

'Wellington'. My number 25. Pen, acrylic ink and acrylic paint.

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2019-11-08

‘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.

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2019-10-23

‘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.

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2019-10-16

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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2019-10-09

Wellington was a lifelong friend of Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh and served as a pallbearer at the latter's funeral.

It was outside Castlereagh's office that Wellington and Nelson had their single encounter with each other.

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2019-08-14

Viscount Wellington, c.1810 - Unsigned wash drawing.

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2019-07-17

As today is the Duke that was promised's birthday I've done a quick little (based on D. Wilkie) and 2 others of mine.

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2019-05-01