William did have the habit of promoting Dutch members of his inner circle to prominent court positions in England which naturally irritated the natives. One practical division of power between the two states was that an Englishman would always assume command of a joint English/Dutch fleet while the Dutch had seniority within the land army.
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Thats a rather negative view of the Dutch-Belgian contribution to Waterloo. It were mainly Dutch and Belgian units that held the vital points at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo they were largely responsible for halting the Imperial Guard. Sorry how am I being negative about the Dutch-Belgian troops?
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