In a night's march, he has made us piecemeal.
3 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:47:52.545 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- May I go with the army? You can ask the Duke. He allowed ladies in Spain.
- We've had so little time together.
- Look, Madeline, a battle is no place...
- I'm frightened. I may never see you again.
- What could be simpler than Charleroi? He has humbugged me.
- In a night's march, he has made us piecemeal.
- We must concede he's gained a victory at the cost of bootlaces.
- If Marshal Blucher stays in Belgium, I stay too.
- On that promise, Blucher would tie his men to trees if necessary.
- Quatre Bras. He's bound to go for them, sir.
- If we can't hold him there, I will stop him here.
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