Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington,
Wellington's letter to Davoust…
(1815)
“ I have already made known, in writing, to the French Commissioners sent to the Allied Powers, and verbally, to the Commissioners sent to me, the reasons which have prevented me from suspending my operations; which reasons, I have cause to believe, are fully adopted by the Allies of my Sovereign, and of those whose Armies I have the honour of commanding. ”
