#WellingtonWednesday

Marcus Cribb ⚔️

Fought #OnThisDay 23 Sept 1803 The Battle of Assaye.Wellesley commanded 6,500 Indian & British troops against 40,000- 200,000 Mahratta troops led by Hanovarian mercenary PohlmannAsked what his greatest vistory was

Andrew Brunatti

For the last #WellingtonWednesday before Halloween, a ghostly vision. In Isaac Cruikshank's caricature 'A Vision of Judgement' (c1829), Wellington is haunted by a vision of Charon rowing three ghostly figures

Andrew Brunatti

For #WellingtonWednesday, here’s a great illustration from Cassell’s illustarated history of England showing Wellington being denied entry at Almack’s because he was wearing trousers. 1/ The dress code at Almack’s

This week's #WellingtonWednesday is The 68th Durham Light Infantry. trained in a new way of fighting; they landed in Portugal in 1811 they fought their way through the Peninsular &

Dr William Fletcher

A fascinating letter from Wellington to Robert ‘Black Bob’ Craufurd (GOC #LightDivision), from Cea, #OTD210 years ago, 15 April 1810. Sheds light on how the intriguing system of command appointments

Marcus Cribb ⚔️

This week's #WellingtonWednesday is the Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos. Fought #OnThisDay 28 Oct 1811.Commanded by Gen. Rowland Hill, who'd asked Wellington's to engage the enemy Division of Gen. Girard,

Two days ago, you may recall, one of those rabbit hole segues occurred on Napoleonic Twitter, where @latelordchatham, @ZwhiteHistory and @aquestingvole started everyone discussing, with various levels of seriousness, Wellington

The Empire scrapbook

As monuments are being torn down i am going to create one. The work started last week when i re-homed a tatty old rescue sword. All week i have been