When looking up Wellington, I believe it may have been on Wikipedia.  One of the comments on there was that there is very little recognition or acknowledgement given to Wellington or the British Army for helping to liberate Spain.

When reading Sharpe you actually do get the impression (even though I’m told anyone can make adjustments to Wikipedia) that that statement could be accurate.  Would you say it’s a fair statement?  If so would you be aware of the reasoning?

I can only really think of it being 2 possible reasons:-  But my the reasons I can think of surely cannot be even close to being right………..

1 – Pride.  Being ashamed that had to have some help from another nation to liberate their own country.

Or

2 – Embarrassment.   Because they allowed/invited a nation they thought of as an ally into their country (to deal with Portugal?) and felt foolish because they were turned on by that ‘ally’ and it took help from a country that had previously been considered an enemy to help them.

I cannot believe I’m even close to being right because my thinking is far too simple and my I.Q is way to  for me to be anywhere near being on the right lines.  So I need to rely on much more clever people like yourself for advice (sorry for bending you ears with such trivia) and like I say, is it really true about the lack of acknowledgement; and if so why do you believe this to be the case?

Am sorry if this is too delicate for you to answer in case it causes offence and for that reason I’ll understand if you choose to not answer.

Yours sincerely

Lee