“Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won,”
—Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, after the costly victory at the Battle of Waterloo
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (May 1, 1769 – September 14, 1852) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the early 19th century, twice serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
