I've always enjoyed the aplomb of supposedly striaght-faced having no more reaction to the cannon shot than looking down and saying "My god sir, I've lost my leg" to which Wellington replied "My god sir, so you have"
There's a similar story from someone's journal at the time of an officer having their arm amputated without any form of pain relief after the battle of waterloo, and the officers friend right outside the tent had no idea there was even an amputation going on (lack of usual screaming) until he heard his friend say "Bring that arm back, don't just throw it away over there, it has a ring from my wife upon the finger I would like"
Ninja-Yodeler t1_irynggm wrote
Reply to TIL of Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, who had his leg blown off by a cannon in the Battle of Waterloo. It was put in a shrine in the garden of the house where he was amputated, becoming a local tourist attraction. by 1945BestYear
I've always enjoyed the aplomb of supposedly striaght-faced having no more reaction to the cannon shot than looking down and saying "My god sir, I've lost my leg" to which Wellington replied "My god sir, so you have"
There's a similar story from someone's journal at the time of an officer having their arm amputated without any form of pain relief after the battle of waterloo, and the officers friend right outside the tent had no idea there was even an amputation going on (lack of usual screaming) until he heard his friend say "Bring that arm back, don't just throw it away over there, it has a ring from my wife upon the finger I would like"