I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
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 a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
