Ward, Stephen G. P.
Wellington Stephen George Peregrine Ward - New York Arco Publishing Company, Inc. 1963 - 152 p. - Makers of world history .
Like Dr. Johnson, Wellington possessed qualities which are often thought to be peculiarly English. In India he won a series of unparalleled military victories; in the Peninsular War he drove the French armies out of Portugal into Spain, from Spain into France, and was only prevented from pressing them back to the loire by Napoleon's abdication.
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 1769-1852
Prime ministers --Great Britain
923.242 War 15
Wellington Stephen George Peregrine Ward - New York Arco Publishing Company, Inc. 1963 - 152 p. - Makers of world history .
Like Dr. Johnson, Wellington possessed qualities which are often thought to be peculiarly English. In India he won a series of unparalleled military victories; in the Peninsular War he drove the French armies out of Portugal into Spain, from Spain into France, and was only prevented from pressing them back to the loire by Napoleon's abdication.
39806
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 1769-1852
Prime ministers --Great Britain
923.242 War 15