Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quote

We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.


In a despatch to the War Minister, July 1813


We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.

We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.

We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.

We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.