Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoléon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. In 2002, he was number 14 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPublic Servant
war men differences
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
peace war
I have seen their backs before.
stupid war earth
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.
war victory battle
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
country war littles
A great country cannot wage a little war.
country war littles
A great country ought not to make little wars.
war history gentleman
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
peace war battle
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
war names enemy
As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.
art war sides
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.
war british-soldiers facts
The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.
memorial-day war one-day
If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
military war army
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.
war
The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.