26 points | by backuprestore 3 hours ago ago
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Likely apocryphal. It isn't in the massive official "Despatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington" and the exaggerated, humorous style is not characteristic.
Technically from Sir Arthur Wellesley, he wasn't made duke until 1814.
Likely apocryphal. It isn't in the massive official "Despatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington" and the exaggerated, humorous style is not characteristic.
Technically from Sir Arthur Wellesley, he wasn't made duke until 1814.