Wellington's Guns: The Untold Story of Wellington and his - BRWH-1780961146

Title - Wellington's Guns: The Untold Story of Wellington and his Artillery in the Peninsula and at Waterloo (General Military) Hardcover – September 17, 2013
by Nick Lipscombe (Author)
ASIN - 1780961146
The history books have forgotten the artillery of Wellington's army during the Napoleonic Wars, but in this book Nick Lipscombe offers a study of the gunners through first-hand accounts, bringing life and color to their heroic actions.

Wellington was, without doubt, a brilliant field commander, but his leadership style was abrupt and occasionally uncompromising, especially to his artillery. He trained his infantry generals as divisional commanders but not army commanders; for his cavalry commanders he had little time often pouring scorn on their inability to control their units and formation in battle; but it was his artillery commanders that he kept at arm's length in particular, suspicious of their different chain of higher command and of their selection through ability.