Wellington's Commander of Cavalry: the Early Life and Military Career of Stapleton Cotton, by The Right Hon. Mary, Viscountess Combermere and W.W. Kno

by Mary Viscountess Combermere, W. W. Knollys, Alexander Innes Shand, et al.

Wellington's intelligent and flamboyant cavalry commander

Despite a long career filled with victories, many modern readers think of the Duke of Wellington in terms of his greatest military success, the Battle of Waterloo. This leads them to believe that his leader of cavalry was his brother-in-law, Henry Paget, who rode at the Duke's side on that eventful day in June 1815. In fact, through the long campaigns of the Peninsular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782827617
• ISBN13: 9781782827610
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"