Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 743
preserved. Arthur Wellesley Wellington of England (b. May 1,1769; d. September 22, 700 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY 1852), attained his first real military distinction in the campaigns of the Eng-lish in India. He further added to his fame in the campaign against Francein the Spanish… … DUKE OP WELLINGTON. with a seat in the House of Lords, and as Prime Minister of the Tory party,but his statesmanship proved to be of an inferior and unpopular order. Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, of Germany (b. October 26, 1800; d.April 24, 1891), was the worlds greatest exponent of strictly…
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