Waterloo (I) (1970)

Terence Alexander: Uxbridge

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Quotes 

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

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

• 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 : [brightly]  To beat the French.

  [goes back to sleep, replacing the newspaper over his head] 

• Duke of Wellington : The whole line will advance.

  Lord Uxbridge : In which direction your grace?

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

• 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.