As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.' (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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