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Thomas Picton
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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton GCB (24 August 1758 – 18 June 1815) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Known as a harsh but courageous commander, he fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo.
Quotes
Rangers of Connaught! It is not my intention to expend any powder this evening. We'll do this business with the could iron!
Address to the 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers) before the assault on Badajoz, 6 Apr. 1812. Quoted in "Reminiscences of a Subaltern", The Albion; or, British, Colonial, and Foreign Weekly Gazette, New York, vol. 10, no. 42 (24 Mar. 1832), p. 3, col. 2
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Category:1758 births
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Category:Military leaders from the United Kingdom
Category:People of the Napoleonic Wars