Arthur Wellesley
Arthur Wellesley may refer to:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), Anglo-Irish soldier and British prime minister Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), British soldier and nobleman Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (1849–1934), British soldier and nobleman Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington (1876–1941), British soldier and nobleman Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, grandson of the 8th Duke Arthur Wellesley Hughes (1870–1950), also known as Arthur Wellesley, Canadian musician and composer Arthur Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley (1890–1962), British actor and nobleman
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Trending topics shown first"All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called "guessing what was at the other side of the hill."
"It has been a damned serious business... Blucher and I have lost 30,000 men. It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life. … By God! I don't think it would have be…"
"The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth — the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to m…"
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