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Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman.
18th June 1815, British forces led by the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon and his army at Waterloo, helped enormously by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher of the Prussian army.
That beautiful, sad quote must come from his Irish ancestry.
What a respectfully written bio. Those of us who whine about a sprained ankle can’t imagine the valor this courageous soldier.
I’m thinking of wearing a mess tin under my hat. Just in case I encounter any marauding Scots on horseback.
What a stirring, sad story. I wonder why the Royal Navy ordered their drifters to open fire on the German sailors who obviously didn’t have any weapons?
And how could the act of sinking the ships erase the stain of surrender?
