Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quote

Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg!
Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!


Exchange said to have occurred at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), after Lord Uxbridge lost his leg to a cannonball; as quoted in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)


Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg! Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!

Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg! Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!

Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg! Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!

Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg! Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!