Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quote

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.


At the Duchess of Richmond's ball (15 June 1815), as quoted in Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places (1896) by Archibald Forbes, quotes Captain Bowles account and citing the Letters of the First Earl of Malmesbury.


Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.