Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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[to a trumpeter, trying fruitlessly to recall the British cavalry] Stop that useless noise...! You'll hurt yourself.
Emperor Napoleon I of France
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I can't believe my ears. You all stand before me, waving a piece of paper, crying 'abdicate, abdicate!' I WILL NOT! I WILL NOT, NOT, NOT!
Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher
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[
launching his attack on the French right] Raise high the black flags, children. No pity. No prisoners. I'll shoot any man I see with pity in him. Forward!
Marshall Michel Ney
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[
attempting to rally the Imperial Guard] Up to them. Up to them! Do I fight alone? Are you French? Fight with me! Are you the Guard? Stand with me! Do you know me? I am Ney! Ney, Marshall of France!
Dialogue
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British artillery commander: Sir, Napoleon has ventured within range. May I have your permission to try a shot?
Wellington:
[stares at him a moment] Certainly not! Leaders of armies have better things to do than fire at each other.
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[after a cannon shot has landed near the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Uxbridge]
Uxbridge: By God sir, I've lost my leg.
Wellington: By God sir, so you have.
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[as the Old Guard advances]
Officer: Sire! The Prussians are in the woods! Blucher is in the woods!
Napoleon: If I made one mistake in my life, I should have burned Berlin.
Blucher: Raise high ze black flags my children! No pity! No prisoners! I'll shoot anyone who has pity in him! Forward!
Cast