| 1 | ->''"These English are a strange people. They came here in the morning, looked at the wall, walked over it, killed all the garrison, and returned to breakfast. What can withstand them?"'' |
| 2 | -->-- Quoted from '''Maratha chieftain''' allied to Wellington during his campaigns in India. From ''Highlander'' by Tim Newark. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"Wherever wood can float, there I find this flag of England!"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Napoleon Bonaparte''', on the Royal Navy |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ->''" I always thought them bad soldiers, now I am sure of it! I turned their right, pierced their centre, broke them everywhere; the day was mine, and yet the British did not know it and would not run".'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Marshal Soult''' - Battle of Albuhera 1811 |
| 9 | |
| 10 | ->''"When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''The Duke of Wellington''', after Waterloo. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ->''"One might as well try to charge through a wall."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Napoleon''' - On the British Infantry at Waterloo |
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| 16 | ->''"The British soldier was in excellent physical condition. He bore his own wounds with stoical calm. The losses of his own troops he discussed with complete equanimity. He did not complain of hardships. In battle he was tough and dogged. His conviction that England would conquer in the end was unshakeable...."'' |
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