 Editor in Chief Bill   | 17 Apr 2019 5:34 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Best British General of the Napoleonic WarsAnd in the final round of voting: 71% said "Arthur Wellesley"
7% (tie) said "Thomas Picton" OR "John Moore" |
| 15th Hussar | 17 Apr 2019 6:11 p.m. PST |
Moore TIED with Picton…really? OY… |
| 42flanker | 17 Apr 2019 8:18 p.m. PST |
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| Handlebarbleep | 17 Apr 2019 10:35 p.m. PST |
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| Trajanus | 18 Apr 2019 1:52 a.m. PST |
Personally, I would have gone with "this is ridiculous". Next week, "Who was the greatest Emperor of France 1804 – 1814/15 ?" |
| 15th Hussar | 18 Apr 2019 6:07 a.m. PST |
Yeah, these last poll results that Bill has posted have been quite EYE OPENING and not in a beneficial way either. |
| Mike Petro | 18 Apr 2019 6:48 a.m. PST |
oooh oooh Trajanus…Napoleon? :) Wellington always has his detractors. I personally think he was brilliant. Kept the British Army together after some bloody battles and a brutal withdrawal into Portugal. Siege warfare?…meh, not the luckiest there. |
| holdit | 19 Apr 2019 4:39 p.m. PST |
Seriously? That was really a poll? +1 to Trajanus Might I suggest a poll that would actually generate a bit more variety of opinion? "Which general of the Napoleonic Wars would you most like to go for a pint with?" :-) |
Gunfreak  | 20 Apr 2019 12:59 a.m. PST |
Who was the greatest Emperor of France 1804 – 1814/15 None?
France was ruled by a General during that period, a very good general but just a okish civilian leader. |
| Bill N | 20 Apr 2019 6:32 a.m. PST |
I would argue Moore could potentially have been as good or better than Wellington, IF he had survived the 1808-9 campaign. He didn't. So he didn't have the total body of work that Wellington did. |
| 15th Hussar | 20 Apr 2019 8:58 a.m. PST |
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| Musketballs | 20 Apr 2019 9:17 a.m. PST |
It's a pretty open question whether Moore – a noted and vocal Whig – could have built the essential relationship with London that Wellington managed to do. And that's before you consider that Moore widely broadcast his opinion that Portugal could not be defended – an act that hugely added to Wellington's difficulties as he set out to prove the opposite. |
| Whirlwind | 20 Apr 2019 9:48 a.m. PST |
@Musketballs, Do you think that the reverse is true – could/would Wellington have managed to pull off the same move as Moore? |
| 15th Hussar | 20 Apr 2019 5:16 p.m. PST |
Good points Musketballs, as always the political elements play a factor. |
