Wellington's Style of Commanding the French Army

Wellington's style is very much keep them on the tightest possible leash. You do get people who subvert that. We do have this kind of culture of plunder for reward in conflict zones. Even senior generals turn around to their men and go look, there are three farmhouses over there. So you do get people undermining the system at every level. The British are probably tighter on this, but it's important to recognise that they are by no means perfect. There are plenty of instances where actually they are as bad as any of their counterparts.