 Because you have been beaten by Wellington you think him a great general. And I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that this will be the affair of a dejeuner.  1815, Waterloo - 176 ページHenry Houssaye 著 - 1900 - 455 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | John Holland Rose - 1901 - 1062 ページ
...came the brutal reply: "Because you have been beaten by Wellington you think him a great general. And I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that this will be the affair of a. dejeuner." " I hope it may," said Soult. Keille afterwards came in, and, finding... | |
 | Oscar Browning - 1903 - 588 ページ
...replied with temper: " Because you have been beaten by Wellington you consider him a good general, but I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that it will all be over before dinner." " I only hope so," replied Soult. Soon afterwards General Reille,... | |
 | R. P. Dunn-Pattison, Richard Phillipson Dunn-Pattison - 1909 - 444 ページ
...words, " You think that because Wellington defeated you he must be a great general. I tell you that he is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that this will be the affair of a dejeuner." The Marshal, with the memory of many a battle with these " poor... | |
 | John Holland Rose - 1912 - 362 ページ
...signified a negative; and to Soult and Ney at his headquarters before the battle, he said brusquely, " I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that this will be the affair of a dejeuner" Even at St. Helena, after the experience at Waterloo, he never vouchsafed... | |
 | John Holland Rose - 1913 - 1090 ページ
...came the brutal reply: "Because you have been beaten by Wellington you think him a great general. And I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that this will be the affair of a dejeuner." "I hope it may," said Soult. Reille afterwards came in, and, finding... | |
 | Albert Lee - 1922 - 502 ページ
...he had said to Ney, " Because you have been beaten by Wellington you think him a great General. And I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that this will be the affair of a dljeuner" Napoleon's army was deployed in three lines. The front, extending... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 ページ
...Because you have been beaten by Wellington, you look upon him as a great general. As for me, I say that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, et que ce sera 1'affaire d'un dejeuner.' 2 Half-past eight o'clock of that terrible Sunday evening... | |
 | Harold T. Parker - 1983 - 278 ページ
...brutally. 'Because you have been beaten by Wellington, you consider him as a great general. And I, I tell you that Wellington is a bad general, that the English are bad troops, and that it will be the matter of a luncheon.' 'I hope so,' said Soult." 124 At one point in the conversation... | |
 | Mark Adkin - 2001 - 504 ページ
...force to Mont St Jean. He had mentioned it the night before. An exasperated Emperor slapped him down, 'Because you have been beaten by Wellington, you consider...nothing more serious than eating one's breakfast.' It was not the most tactful way of putting his chief of staff in his place in front of senior officers.... | |
 | Andrew Roberts - 2001 - 392 ページ
...British army and its commander in high regard. Napoleon now used that fact against him, retorting that 'Because you have been beaten by Wellington, you consider...bad general, that the English are bad troops, and ce sera I'qffaire d'un dejeuner.'' (A modern colloquial translation might be: 'We'll settle this matter... | |
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