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" ... noncommissioned officers and soldiers engaged in the battle of Waterloo, a medal. I am convinced it would have the best effect in the army; and, if that battle should settle our concerns, they will well deserve it. "
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Lor to Mun - Page 9
1911
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The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G.: France and the ...

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1838 - 736 pages
...1815. ' I am very much obliged to you for appointing General Álava an extra Commander of the Bath. I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommend that we should all have the same medal, hung to the same ribband as that now used with...
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The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut ..., Volume 12

Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) - 1838 - 760 pages
...1815. ' I am very much obliged to you for appointing General Alava an extra Commander of the Bath. I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommend that we should all have the same medal, hung to the same ribband as that now used with...
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Adventures with the Connaught rangers, from 1808 to 1814, Volume 2

William Grattan - 1847 - 388 pages
...i7th of September, he writes to Earl Bathurst, the Secretary of State for the War department : — " I have long intended to write to you about the medal...we should all have the same medal, hung to the same riband as that now used with the medals."* Now, is there any disinterested man to be found who cannot,...
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Adventures of the Connaught Rangers: From 1808 to 1814, Volume 2

William Grattan - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1847 - 366 pages
...17th of September, he writes to Earl Bathurst, the Secretary of State for the War department : — " I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommend that we should all have the same medal, hung to the same riband as that now used with the...
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Medals of the British Army: And how They Were Won

Thomas Carter - Decorations of honor - 1861 - 644 pages
...Bathurst, Secretary of State for the War Department, on the 17th. of September, this passage occurs: — "I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommended that we should all have the same medal, hung to the same ribbon as that now used with...
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War Medals of the British Army, and how They Were Won

Thomas Carter, William Henry Long - Medals - 1893 - 796 pages
....Secretary of State for the War Department, on the 17th. of -September, this passage occurs : — " I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommended that we should all have the same medal, hung to the same ribbon as that now used with...
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A Voice from Waterloo: A History of the Battle Fought on the 18th June 1815 ...

Edward Cotton - Great Britain - 1895 - 366 pages
...WELLINGTON." (GURWOOD, vol. XII, page 520). To Earl Bathurst. " PARIS, September 17th, 1815. " MY DEAR LORD, " I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommend that the men should all have the same medal, hung on the same ribbon as that now used with...
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Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1

John Horsley Mayo - Decorations of honor - 1897 - 444 pages
...extra Commander of the Bath. ' I have long intended to write to you about the Medal for Waterloo. I recommend that we should all have the same Medal,...the same ribband as that now used with the Medals. 'Believe me, etc., •WELLINGTON.' MEMORANDUM. ' HORSE GUARDS, March loth, 1816. ' The Prince Regent...
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Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1

John Horsley Mayo - Decorations of honor - 1897 - 454 pages
...LORD, I am very much obliged to you for appointing General Alava an extra Commander of the Bath. ' I have long intended to write to you about the Medal for Waterloo. I recommend that we should all have the same Medal, hung to the same ribband as that now used with...
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The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 18

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1911 - 1144 pages
...of giving lo the noncommissioned officers and soldiers engaged in the battle of Waterloo, a medal. 1 am convinced it would have the best effect in the...letter to the commander-in-chief had been penned, William Wat kins Wyim urged that medals should be given to the survivors of Waterloo, and that they...
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