Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quote

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.


At the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), as quoted by Sir Walter Scott, in Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk (1815).


Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.