1st Duke of Wellington

The Duke of Wellington has held a banquet in honor of the tremendous victory for his officers since 1815 and it is still held today thats about two hundred years and the banquet is still being held today , this shows how significant of a win this was for the other countries in Europe. Not only this but the Battle of Waterloo actually made “brittan rise among many of the other countries, she enlarged her navy, her commerce, and her colonies during this period. After Waterloo, Britain stood on top of the world for the next 50 years”(Willard). This changed who was the strongest country in not only Europe but worldwide, with Britain surrounded in water and her top notch navy no country would be able to stand a chance against Britain for many years to come even…

Waterloo Campaign 15th June-22nd June 1815 Napoleons army was vastly outnumbered by the allies and knew that he could not defeat these armies after they united; he had to beat them separately. As the Anglo-Dutch army, led by the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian army, led by Field Marshal Blucher, were closest, Napoleon had to destroy them first. Napoleon began his campaign on the 15th June by leading the Armee du Nord to Belgium to return it to French rule and defeat Wellington and Blucher…

In act four, scene one of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Richard’s lengthy monologues as Henry Bolingbroke attempts to get him to revoke the thrown serve as a metaphor for the entire play. Lines 194 to 214, specifically, after Bolingbroke asks King Richard if he is “contented to resign the crown?” capture the complicated the relationship between the two men and the crown (4.1.193). Richard’s willingness to step down from the thrown is debatable through his reaction to Bolingbroke’s question.…

Marissa Robles ENGL 3000 February 2, 2017 Richard II Assignment Evidence Richard’s Mistakes In speaking of the Duke of Gloucester’s death, Mowbray says, “I slew him not; but to my own disgrace / Neglected my sworn duty in that case”. (1.1.136-37). Richard banishes Bolingbroke: Therefore, we banish you our territories: You, cousin Hereford, upon pain of life, Till twice five summers have enrich'd our fields. (1.3.436-38). John of Gaunt speaks about Richard while on his death bed:…

“His deputy anointed in His sight, / Hath caused his death, the which if wrongfully, / Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift / An angry arm against his minister.” (1.2.38-41). This is the first concrete example of King Richard’s loss of power. John of Gaunt says to the Duchess of Gloucester that he refuses to exact revenge against Richard, even though Richard is probably behind the murder of his brother and her husband Gloucester, because Gaunt still believes that Richard was appointed to the…

However, Richard is hypocritical and fails to uphold the very laws he relies on when he denies Bolingbroke’s inheritance. In order to find his misguided war in Ireland, Richard “seizes into his hands, Bolingbroke’s plates, his goods, his money and his lands”. Bolingbroke possesses no real threat to Richards reign until he is banished, although it is not until word of his father Gaunt’s death, when Richard “wrongfully seizes” his inheritance that Bolingbroke defies his banishment in order to…

these matters worse. The theme of inflated ego’s can get to anyone, especially those given the King status. Again, Richard now is on the outside looking in and knows all the wrong he has done. Nevertheless, literally an act ago, Richard was comparing himself to Jesus. Further proof of what the power of the throne can do. Line 65-68— encapsulate the most striking lines, for the ominous tones and foretelling of things to come. “To PLUCK him HEAD long FROM the u SURPED throne/ The LOVE of WICK ed…

There are many Irish connections to the Battle of Waterloo from the leading generals down to the ordinary soldiers however the Irish contribution to the battle was largely forgotten about afterward. Most Irish people involved in the battle were in the British army under the 1st Duke of Wellington who was himself Irish. The Battle of Waterloo itself was one of the most important battles of European history. It involved the armies of France, Britain and Prussia and determined the fate of European…

When the letter was written Wellington had just retired from political life, although he remained Commander-in-Chief and helped organize a military force to protect London during the year of European revolution, in 1848. Mr. Nicholas Cummins states in his letter to the Duke of Wellington what he saw himself the previous three days in the County of Cork, a place with which the author was directly related, in addition to have small properties there. He express that he was informed of the…