Think about starting your military career at the age of 43. Think about losing your first 4 military campaigns to Napoleon and his armies. Then think about leading one of the major Allied victories over Napoleon's troops in the Peninsula War. Then think about working your way up to become second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington. The best word to describe General Thomas Graham is “perseverance". Special guest Josh Provan from the "Adventures in Historyland" YouTube page walks us through the biography of this dynamic man.

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