William Francis Patrick Napier Quotes

General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB was an Irish soldier in the British Army and a military historian. Wikipedia

✵ 7. December 1785 – 12. February 1860

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William Francis Patrick Napier Quotes

“Napoleon’s troops fought in bright fields, where every helmet caught some gleams of glory; but the British soldier conquered under the cool shade of aristocracy. No honours awaited his daring, no despatch gave his name to the applauses of his countrymen; his life of danger and hardship was uncheered by hope, his death unnoticed.”

William Francis Patrick Napier

Peninsular War (1810), Vol. ii, Book xi, Chap. iii.

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