"Did iron and iron ever meet?" Topic

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Gunfreak	20 Apr 2019 12:20 p.m. PST
Did the Iron Marshal and the Iron Duke ever meet?
JimDuncanUK	20 Apr 2019 2:48 p.m. PST
Not sure I know who the Iron Marshal is.
Artilleryman	20 Apr 2019 2:56 p.m. PST
Assuming this is Davout (a personal favourite), never on the battlefield. They may have met during Wellington's time in France after the wars but I have never seen it recorded.
deadhead	20 Apr 2019 2:59 p.m. PST
Davout. I presume you mean on a battlefield? No…….he was only involved in Eastern European campaigns and notably left behind in 1815. He was involved in the final defence of Paris after Waterloo, but does not really count. If you mean socially……very tricky and entirely possible
Gunfreak	20 Apr 2019 3:00 p.m. PST
No I mean "socially" They have certain similar personalities.
CamelCase	20 Apr 2019 5:37 p.m. PST
Soult famously met Wellington, as you all know. Interesting exchange there.
Musketballs	20 Apr 2019 7:07 p.m. PST
Not sure how well Soult took the implication that he was extremely skilled at retreating…
holdit	21 Apr 2019 6:43 a.m. PST
I believe Wellington and Foy got on well and met a number of times after Waterloo.
ColCampbell	21 Apr 2019 1:25 p.m. PST
IIRC, the biography of Davout that I recently read made mention of the two meeting socially. They definitely did not meet on the battlefield, although that would make an interesting battle. Jim

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