@QUOTES
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@Q0
"A Damn close-run thing"
Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesly Viscount of Talavera Duke Of Wellington

@Q1
"I saw their whole army descending in three or four dark masses.....their cavalry was already driving back our own hussars, my situation now appeared somewhat awkward"
Captain Mercer, RA

@Q2
"The whole of the British and German Legion Cavalry with some troops of horse artillery had moved from Ninove by Nevilles were proceeding to Quatre Bras."
Lieutenant Basil Jackson

@Q3
"The standing to be cannonaded, and having nothing else to do, is about the most unpleasant thing that can happen to soldiers in engagement....."
Ensign Leeke, 51st Foot

@Q4
"...it matters not if Thielmann and his men stand and die to a man, as long as they keep the French away from Napoleon"
Field Marshal Blucher to Count von Gneisenau

@Q5
"The Battalion remained lying down until the head of the French Column was at a distance of a pistol shot."
Lieutenant Scheltens, 7th Dutch Line, Formerly of the French Imperial Guard

@Q6
"The trees in advance of the Chateau were cut to pieces by musketry..."
British Guards Officer at Hougoumont

@Q7
"I concider the English Infantry to be impregnable, owing to its calm tenacity, and superior aim in firing."
General de Division Honore Rielle, the morning of Waterloo