Battle of Waterloo
War: Napoleonic Wars Date: 18th June 1815 Place: South of Brussels in Belgium Combatants: British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians against the French Grande Arme'e
http://www.britishbattles.com/waterloo/waterloo-june-1815...

Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington, General and British Prime Minister, 1769-1852
http://www.napoleonguide.com/leaders_welling.htm

Duke of Wellington
Wellington's comment after the Battle of Waterloo was, 'Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won'
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/wellington.html

Duke of Wellington
After his regiment was sent to India in 1796 Wellesley began to distinguish himself in the field. He first gained fame by leading the capture of Seringapatam in southern India in 1799.
http://www.britannia.com/bios/wellesley.html

Duke of Wellington
The Duke of Wellington, while a famous soldier and statesmen, was not much of a student. Unsuccessful at any of the schools he was forced to try, including Eton, he ended up in in a French military academy...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wellington_...

Duke of Wellington
In 1809 he was sent to assume command in Portugal. Wellington gained military distinction in the Peninsular Campaigns during the French Wars, culminating in the victory at Waterloo
http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/landow/victorian/history/we...

Duke of Wellington
The 'Dukes' were raised in 1702, when Colonel George Hastings, the 8th Earl of Huntingdon was authorised to form a new Regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester, at the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession
http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=52

Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington
http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/033DWR.htm

Duke of Wellington Papers Database
University of Southampton Library forms the principal collection of the papers of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). It contains approximately 100,000 items...
http://www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk/wellington.shtml

Quotes of the Duke of Wellington
"The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat" and MORE...
http://www.napoleonguide.com/aquotes_welli.htm