Major Gordon Corrigan concludes his survey of leading British commanders with a profile of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, who inspired Britain and the Allies to defeat Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. Wellesley was a master of logistics, often winning battles with fewer troops than his enemies. Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, was England's greatest General and without him the history of Europe would have been very different.