Letter from the Duke of Wellington to the British Foreign Office (1809) (opens in new tab)

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27 pointsbackuprestore2h ago3 comments

Slightly more readable link: https://cns.gatech.edu/CNS/GTaccountProcs.pdf

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Likely apocryphal. It isn't in the massive official "Despatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington" and the exaggerated, humorous style is not characteristic.

BigTTYGothGFnew11m ago

There's no way that's not a joke written many decades or more later.

RobotToaster52m ago

Technically from Sir Arthur Wellesley, he wasn't made duke until 1814.

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