Everything depends on one big battle, just like at Marengo. Thank you, Soult. But at Marengo, I was young.
26 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:35:12.090 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- The armies of Wellington and Blucher have separated, Sire.
- I wonder what history will say of them?
- You know what we do? We push Blucher aside, then we march on to Wellington, eh?
- Yes.
- Oh, yes.
- Uncle Gordon paraded his whole regiment for my inspection this morning.
- So I just rode up and down, in and out, and hipped my fancy.
- Mama, you chose such big ones.
- You really are the best of my generals.
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