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)
• Variant account:
Uxbridge: I have lost my leg, by God!
Wellington: By God, and have you!
• Thomas Hardy, in The Dynasts, Pt. III Act VII, scene viii, portraying the incident.
• Variant account:
Uxbridge: I have lost my leg, by God!
Wellington: By God, and have you!
• Thomas Hardy, in The Dynasts, Pt. III Act VII, scene viii, portraying the incident.
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Uxbridge: By God, sir, I've lost my leg!
Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!
— Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
What It Means
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Wellington: By God, sir, so you have!" in the context of "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)
• Variant account:
Uxbridge: I have lost my leg, by God!
Wellington: By God, and have you!
• Thomas Hardy, in The Dynasts, Pt. III Act VII, scene viii, portraying the incident." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British soldier and statesman. Rising to prominence during the Peninsular War, he became a national hero in Britain after the Napoleonic Wars during which he led the victorious Anglo-Allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two separate occasions.
About Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British soldier and statesman. Rising to prominence during the Peninsular War, he became a national hero in Britain after the Napoleonic Wars during which he led the victorious Anglo-Allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two separate occasions.
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