Battle of Boxtel
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The Battle of Boxtel was fought in the Duchy of Brabant on 14–15 September 1794, during the War of the First Coalition. It was part of the Flanders campaign of 1793–94 in which mainly British, Dutch a
The Combat of Boxtel 1794
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the Uni
Battle of Boxtel
…British retreated in good order; the total casualties in the battle on both sides remain unknown. It is often remembered as being the debut action of Arthur Wellesley, who later became the 1st Duke of Wellington. For almost two years the combined Coalition army under the overall command of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg had…
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1815–1816
Wellesley spent much of his early childhood at his family's ancestral home, Dangan Castle in County Meath, Ireland (engraving, 1842).
Beginning in 1787, Wellesley served at Dublin Castle (pictured) as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
Wellesley as Lieutenant Colonel, aged c. 26, in the 33rd Regiment. Portrait of Arthur Wellesley by John Hoppner, 1795.