Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Waterloo Campaign 15th June-22nd June 1815 Napoleons army was vastly outnumbered by the allies and knew that he could not defeat these armies after they united; he had to beat them separately. As the Anglo-Dutch army, led by the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian army, led by Field Marshal Blucher, were closest, Napoleon had to destroy them first. Napoleon began his campaign on the 15th June by leading the Armee du Nord to Belgium to return it to French rule and defeat Wellington and Blucher who were located there, before the Austrian and Russian army could advance. Four other French armies were situated around France to delay any surprise attack on the French border whilst Napoleon was fighting Britain and Prussia. Napoleon crossed into Belgium on the 15th June at Charleroi, in south Belgium. His army numbered around 122,652. Napoleon had chosen Charleroi as it was near the road that led to Brussels, by taking it Napoleon would prevent Wellington’s and Blucher’s armies meeting up. Arriving at Charleroi, Napoleon used his overwhelming numbers to beat back the few Prussian soldiers there and opened up the road to Brussels for his armys.…

The Duke of Wellington has held a banquet in honor of the tremendous victory for his officers since 1815 and it is still held today thats about two hundred years and the banquet is still being held today , this shows how significant of a win this was for the other countries in Europe. Not only this but the Battle of Waterloo actually made “brittan rise among many of the other countries, she enlarged her navy, her commerce, and her colonies during this period. After Waterloo, Britain stood on…

When the letter was written Wellington had just retired from political life, although he remained Commander-in-Chief and helped organize a military force to protect London during the year of European revolution, in 1848. Mr. Nicholas Cummins states in his letter to the Duke of Wellington what he saw himself the previous three days in the County of Cork, a place with which the author was directly related, in addition to have small properties there. He express that he was informed of the…