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Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:54 am
by levied troop
goat major wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:44 am
levied troop wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:41 am
DukeofWellington wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:14 pm
There is nothing on earth as stupid as a gallant officer
Or was is it Hilaire Belloc ?
No, I’m pretty sure it was Wellington
Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:07 am
by Ilkley Old School
'Get there firstest with the mostest' Nathan Bedford Forrest
'My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.' Ferdinand Foch
Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:14 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:49 am
Marshal Tallard is in my coach.
Sounds like a "don't ask, don't tell" moment......
Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:03 pm
by FreddBloggs
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:07 am
'Get there firstest with the mostest' Nathan Bedford Forrest
'My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.' Ferdinand Foch
Joffre, not Foch.
Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:55 pm
by Ilkley Old School
FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:03 pm
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:07 am
'Get there firstest with the mostest' Nathan Bedford Forrest
'My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.' Ferdinand Foch
Joffre, not Foch.
My understanding is it was a message to Marshal Joseph from Foch during the First Battle of the Marne
Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:43 pm
by FreddBloggs
I knew it was first Marne, but I thought it was Joffre, could be wrong.
Re: Quotes
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:47 pm
by Zenbadger
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:06 am
More astonishingly, it was in fact written in a letter to "Punch" magazine by English schoolgirl Catherine Winkworth, and subsequently published as Napier's own despatch by that magazine.
Yes but it is rather a good one and I shall forever lament the demise of Punch (applies to pre-Fayed Punch only).
Re: Quotes
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:36 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
It is a very good one - I just wish I could remember the third......
Re: Quotes
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:44 pm
by MarshalNey
According to the Diary of S. Pepys, upon seeing yet another Dutch fleet their commander Sir William Batten is supposed to have said “By God, the devil shits Dutchmen!”
Re: Quotes
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:49 pm
by World2dave
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:40 pm
"Where did all these fecking indians come from?" att George A Custer
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