George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Quote

The British people realise that they are fighting for the hegemony of the Empire. If necessary we shall continue the war single-handed.


King Albert I of Belgium's diary entry (7 February 1916), quoted in R. van Overstraeten (ed.), The War Diaries of Albert I King of the Belgians (1954), p. 85.


The British people realise that they are fighting for the hegemony of the Empire. If necessary we shall continue the war single-handed.

The British people realise that they are fighting for the hegemony of the Empire. If necessary we shall continue the war single-handed.

The British people realise that they are fighting for the hegemony of the Empire. If necessary we shall continue the war single-handed.

The British people realise that they are fighting for the hegemony of the Empire. If necessary we shall continue the war single-handed.