[nl]

Anything that ranks Wellington[1] below Napoleon[2] needs some rethinking, IMHO.

[1] https://ethanarsht.github.io/military_rankings/Arthur%20Well...

[2] https://ethanarsht.github.io/military_rankings/Napoleon.html

[chrisseaton]

And Wellington was a Field Marshal, not a General, in many of these battles.

[nl]

So was Napoleon.

I think we are using "general" as a functional title here, not a rank.