Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Jack Hipkins</i>
<br />Wellington had several good quotes from Waterloo.
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Don't think this came from Waterloo, but - from memory, so forgive me - "I don't know if they will frighten the enemy, but they frighten me." (On replacements)

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General Natta Sir<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Not sure if this really happened, but in the movie "Waterloo", Ponsonby on his mount sits next to Wellington on the ridge when he takes a ball and says in surprise, "By God Sir, I've been shot!". Typically aloof, Wellington glances over and dryly replies, "By God Sir, so you have." Quite the stiff upper lip old Hooky had there!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Sir I think Lord Uxbridge was your man Ponsonby was already dead killd by the polish lancers.

When he received his wound, while sitting astride his horse near Wellington, he looked down at his leg and said, "<font color="red">My God, sir! I have lost my leg!</font id="red">" to which the duke replied in his usual emotionless manner, <font color="orange">"My God, sir, you have!"</font id="orange"> The fact that Uxbridge was still able to remain on his horse makes it appear unlikely that his leg was actually blown clean off.