Arthur Wellesley’s First Battle I
Wellesley in India, wearing his major-general’s uniform. Portrait by Robert Home, 1804. Arthur Wellesley’s appointment to the Hyderabad army led to immediate controversy. Of the four major-generals whom Harris had brought with him from Madras, three had considerable commands, but the most junior, David Baird, had only a brigade. Though Baird’s brigade did consist of […]
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