Wellington's Commander of Cavalry

Wellington's Commander of Cavalry

the Early Life and Military Career of Stapleton Cotton, by The Right Hon. Mary, Viscountess Combermere and W.W. Knollys, with a Short Biography of Lord Combermere by Alexander Innes Shand

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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 War, Wellington's cavalry was commanded by Stapleton Cotton, the subject of this book. Troops referred to him as the 'Lion d'Or' in consequence of his habit of riding int...