Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quote

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"


Wellington's reply when asked, late in his life, what was the most inane remark he had ever heard, as quoted in Journals of Alec Guinness (February 1998) by Alec Guinness


During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!