Question

it is often said that battle of waterloo was won on the playing fields of aton

Answer 1

1. Britain 's military success was based on the values taught to school boys in its public
schools.
2. Eton was the most famous of these schools.
3. The English boarding school was the institution that trained English boys for
careers in the military; the civil service & the church.
4. Men like Thomas Arnold, head master of the famous Rugby School and founder of the
modern public school system, saw team support like cricket and Rugby not just as outdoor
play, but as an organised way of teaching English boys the discipline.