Lord Uxbridge Quotes in Waterloo (1970)

Lord Uxbridge: By God, Sir. I've lost my leg.

Duke of Wellington: By God, Sir. So you have.

Duke of Wellington: The whole line will advance.

Lord Uxbridge: In which direction your grace?

Duke of Wellington: Why, straight ahead to be sure.

Lord Uxbridge: [clears throat] Sir.

Duke of Wellington: [removing his copy of The Times from over his face] Ah, Uxbridge.

Lord Uxbridge: As I am second-in-command and in case anything should happen to you, what are your plans?

Duke of Wellington: To beat the French.

[goes back to sleep, replacing the newspaper]

Sir William Ponsonby: My Father poor fellow, was killed by the French. Never should have happened

Lord Uxbridge: Really?

Sir William Ponsonby: Yes, his horse got caught in a bog and the brute just gave up. Seven damn lancers had him like a tiger in a pit. Bad luck, eh, Uxbridge?

Lord Uxbridge: Damn bad luck!

Sir William Ponsonby: Before we go, Uxbridge...

[proffering snuff powder]

Lord Uxbridge: [snorts] Ah...

[sneezes]

Lord Uxbridge: Savage stuff, Ponsonby!

Sir William Ponsonby: You don't see its like any more. My father left us a hundredweight, down to the last ounce. An old Jew in Alexandria had the blend.

Lord Uxbridge: Blend?

[Ponsonby laughs]

[as the British cavalry charge across the battlefield]

Lord Uxbridge: Sound the recall!

[a trumpeter blows the signal on his trumpet. The cavalry either ignore or can't hear it, continuing to charge towards the French cannon. The trumpeter keeps sounding]

Duke of Wellington: [irritably] Stop that useless noise!

[kinder]

Duke of Wellington: You'll hurt yourself.