During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!" (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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