Sire, we need four hours. The ground is too soft. I cannot move my cannon.
7 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:09:13.074 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- It will not dry before noon, Sire.
- Well, we've fought with mud in our boots before.
- Sunday morning. The priest in Plancenoit won't give up his mass.
- Well, he won't have much of a congregation.
- Sire, we need four hours. The ground is too soft. I cannot move my cannon.
- If I waited four hours, I would have lost the Battle of Austerlitz.
- Sire, I cannot answer for my cannon.
- If we could attack at 12, it would be better.
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