Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-23
FAMOUS NICKNAtdEs
TIE TR0S 6tiEB

Tie Duke Of Wellington received the nickname of ''The Iron Duke under an odd csrcunistaneea The English were very fond Of ar ron steamship which they called 'aThe Duke of We'll ingterl." but which came t6 De called. for short. aTiie iron Duke" Finally the nickname as app xf to the vessel eArhe also t6 be applied to the great Eng fish general; for 1t so.. |eff -e4pfessed the cffaTactef 6f the Duke in ths minds of his eotinttynien, especiaiiy as to lis
 Wellington showed the ifo6 clement of his nature in almost everything iii which he ens7ged. But his whole fife is So closely asS6ciated with the Eng itsh arms of lis period thsat 1t 4s practically as a soldier alone that he is on.
 It was the wonderful generalship of Wellington which finally encompass the defeat of the great Napoleon, after the greatest soldiers of Europe had been matched against him. At Waterloo, Soult said 6f the English: "They will die on the ground upon which they stand before they will lose it." That Wellington said. at 4 efiticzi moment et the battle, as asserted by Alison: sBp guards and at them" is not discrgdited i; biks,' that at o'clock Wellington drew eut his watch and F&s he4fd t6 niuf- hnuf. 'Bluehsr 6r nfssit.S
 Upon one occasion Wfien Wellington was asked by lady to describe the | battle of Waterloo, he modestIy replied :: | eve punmelled them and they pun 1 ne1fed us; And I suH7ose we pumInelied 1 the hardest aid Won the day. In dis
 patch in isf6 wellington made use of
 the reinafK, which has become cele- l bratsd: Nothing except q battle lost
 Wod.''
 | Wellington fisvsf lost his iron nerve I under hfiy aifcdng sszi1ces Upon one I occaaior, during { storm it sea. he was l told that 1t would soon Be ali over with | them. It was bed time and he was I getting ready to retire To this he cold Il iy femarked: 'very well, then, shall
 not take 0h ny boots"
 I The Iron Dukes great power of en- | durance was most astonishing to his
 officers, A biographer relates an incl
 morning ofi ffofSeback from the Castle Rordigues, twenty-eigft miles distant. il and upon his arrival Re fsesfved Gen \ Cole's Division, .aiid was b&Sk again 4i
 his starting point ifi tifis fer dinnei between I and 6'cioeK in the after. A few dags HssF 6aArha 6e ths q damage to the pontoon train At sahugal ? of lie galloped twenty-six miles anG } back t6 satisfy his 6wr eyeg as tS wfa E was necessafy. TWO days, later lie rodt to tie ffSnt and i6specfga a light ,dlvl sion under Gen. AIison savs iafg,
 dinner ih the evening and next morn
 ing rode eighteen miles to Tfiexada tt
 inspect the cavalry division. It vas thi marvellous union of resolution and phys ical strength which rendered Sd ieliei toiis and s6 ifnpgfishAbie tfis s55ri:
 quet applied to Wellington, aThe Iroi WenihEonx dafly routine thoasf : liable to Be 5iterfupted by tfs
 enemy's movement, remained tn
 sanis thfodgh6at lis campaign Arising each niorHang at $ 6.Goek: Ii ] used t5 wrse until 3, %asen hg ha
 breakfast. The forenoon he spent wit
 the qusrtermaster and afjutAht gen erals. and other heads of department. b1sinsss which generally iaMsd iiftii or 5 o'clock Then fe .wouid naoain
 and Tide tfStil 6'elock, return k6 diH
 ner, and write again from o'6i6Sk tn