Wellingtons Guns General Military

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Wellingtons Guns General Military Description Wellington was a brilliant field commander but his leadership style was abrupt & uncompromising He kept his artillery commanders at arms length In consequence Wellingtons relationship with his Gunners was dutiful at best & occasionally failed completely Wellingtons somewhat disparaging comments resulted in the mistaken belief that the Gunners performed badly at Waterloo supposedly abandoning their which was in direct contrast to French eyewitness accounts Wellingtons Guns is the long overdue story of the often stormy relationship between Wellington & his artillery the frustrations the characters & the achievements of the main protagonists as well as a detailed account of the British artillery of this period