More from Arthur Wellesley

  1. Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg! Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!
  2. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except …
  3. Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.
  4. It has been a damned serious business... Blucher and I have lost 30,000 men. It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ev…
  5. The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great resul…
  6. Up Guards and at them again.
  7. Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some c…
  8. Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

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