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Wellington's Army, 1809-1814

Note 126 — Chapter VII · WELLINGTON’S LIEUTENANTS—PICTON, CRAUFURD, AND OTHERS

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For a bitter story of how his brigadiers, Barclay and Beckwith, spoke of him, see Moore-Smith’s Life of Colborne, p. 174. Cf. too p. 35 of Hay’s Reminiscences of 1808–15, for an anecdote of Craufurd’s occasional snubbing of his officers. Cf. also George Simmond’s British Rifleman, pp. 26, 27.

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