Went the Day Well?
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continuation of campaign after 273–5
death and bravery at 6, 141, 146–9, 165–7, 177–8
decisive battle decisions 178–86
effect on Britain’s families and communities of killed and wounded 263–7
horror of the aftermath 221–5, 228–9
knowledge of Napoleon’s intentions 22–4
knowledge of Wellington’s intentions 42–4
last great climax of 195–8
march to 93
news of the victory reaches London 258–63
the place when ‘Greek meets Greek’ 92
presence of Wellington at 163–4
state of the men at 93–7, 95–6
success due to Hougoumont 125–8
surgeons plying their profession at 226–8
as tourist site 269, 271
Wellington’s comment on battlefield 317
Waterloo Medal 296, 302
Waud of Bond Street, Mr 191
Wavre 178
Webster, Lady Frances Wedderburn 43
Wellesley 316
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
abilities questioned 91–3
appoints De Lancey as his QMG 28
attends the Duchess of Richmond’s ball 42–4
based in Brussels 23
battle plan 123–6
commissions painting from David Wilkie 293–5
continuation of campaign after Waterloo 273–5
and death of De Lancey 165
as decisive, masterly and encouraging 163–5, 196, 197
deployment of troops 109
funeral of 312–14, 316
as incarnation of Britain 314
insists on paying for everything his army needs 275
keeps his men in ignorance of his plans 43
learns of Blücher’s intentions 178
news of his victory reaches India 246
partial success at Quatre Bras 46–8
portrait at the RA exhibition 171–2
prepares to give battle 89, 97
quality of intelligence 23
states that Waterloo was a close-run thing 179
supreme confidence of his men in 45–6, 92
takes command of army in the Low Countries 6, 42
vulnerability of Anglo-Dutch army 21, 22–3
writes official despatch on Waterloo 259
Wesley, John 104
West, Benjamin 171
West Indies 188
Westall, William, Drowned Fisherman 173
Westminster School 59–61, 112, 143
Wheatley, Edmund
at La Haye Sainte 110, 111, 179–82, 184, 185–6
character and description of 179–80
disliked his German fellow officers 112, 180
marries Eliza 316
survives Waterloo 225
thinks of his fiancée Eliza Brookes 113, 179
on the thrill of hearing the word ‘Charge’ 146
trudges towards Genappe 194
Wheeler, William
belief in ability of Wellington 92
on blubbering Louis le Désiré 274
death of 316
on dreadful conditions on morning of Waterloo 57
joy at returning to his regiment after being wounded 94–5
loyalties of 301
survives Waterloo 225
takes up position near the chateau of Hougoumont 96
Whitbread, Samuel 189
Whyte, Thomas 238–9
Wilberforce, William 10, 65
attends Sunday service 115, 121
on court martial of Admiral Gambier 83
disapproves of newspapers on the Sabbath 207
moral fervour 143, 211, 236
and the working class 103, 104
View of Practical Religion 121
Wilkie, David 69, 171
Chelsea Pensioners 293–6
Distraining for Rent 173–4, 237, 293
William of Orange 58
William, Prince of Orange 92, 184
Wordsworth, Dorothy 12
Wordsworth, William 9, 15, 35
as character in Haydon’s painting 138
invites Charles Lamb to visit 12
meets Byron 219
on sleeping London 18
The Examiner’s comments on 65–6
visits Samuel Rogers 176, 211
‘White Doe of Rylstone’ 237
Worsley, George 100
Worsley, William 102, 103, 104
Wyndham family 317
Wyndham, Captain Henry 127
Yeats, William Butler 112
Young, Elizabeth 161
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