The Quarterly Review, Volumes 292-293William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero, George Walter Prothero J. Murray, 1954 |
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... Wellington and Marmont were each at the head of 42,000 men at Salamanca , while at Waterloo the Allies were 67,000 and the French 74,000 . Neither Marlborough nor Wellington ever commanded the enormous armies which Napoleon led in his ...
... Wellington and Marmont were each at the head of 42,000 men at Salamanca , while at Waterloo the Allies were 67,000 and the French 74,000 . Neither Marlborough nor Wellington ever commanded the enormous armies which Napoleon led in his ...
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... Wellington replied when asked his opinion on the relative merits of Napoleon and Marlborough , and of Wellington himself the French Emperor entertained a very low opinion for many years . He described him as a Sepoy general , ' and this ...
... Wellington replied when asked his opinion on the relative merits of Napoleon and Marlborough , and of Wellington himself the French Emperor entertained a very low opinion for many years . He described him as a Sepoy general , ' and this ...
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... Wellington used to claim that he could always tell what was happening on the other side of the hill , ' and the claim was just where military matters were concerned . In the field of politics , on the contrary , this sort of knowledge ...
... Wellington used to claim that he could always tell what was happening on the other side of the hill , ' and the claim was just where military matters were concerned . In the field of politics , on the contrary , this sort of knowledge ...
Contents
JULY 1953 | 17 |
Ancient and Modern Oratory | 28 |
From Past to Present | 30 |
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