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When I reflect upon the characters and attainments of some of the general officers of this army...on whom I am to rely...I tremble: and as Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names he trembles as I do.

- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, military dispatch, 1810

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landing ground


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Today in Military History

July 6



1915:

The British Government accepts an offer of an Imperial Contingent from South Africa


1917:

Second reading of the Conscription Bill in Canada - carried


1923:

The USSR formally constituted




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