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Areas Of Involvement land warfare • defense
Related People Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington • T.E. Lawrence • William III • Edward III • John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough • Richard I • Harold II • Lord William Bentinck • Edward The Black Prince • Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener • Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery • James Scott, duke of Monmouth • Charles George Gordon • William de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk • William Longsword, 3rd earl of Salisbury
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