Food for thought about how they managed in the Nelson days of sail, maybe months to get a message around the world, with all the faffing about at the time. The "Battle" was really a series of engagements from Christmas 1814 to early Jan 1815. Nearly 3000 personnel on both sides were KIA, WIA or MIA. The War (of 1812) was in fact ended by the Treaty of Ghent - signed on Christmas Eve. But nobody in theatre knew ......... :( |
Basil,
Re the 'plus ca change...' maxim, I'd have to write it down for him, for a start. Then.. it would be interesting to see what 'Goggle translate' came up with. :rolleyes: |
Stanwell, curiously, Google comes up with:
'What goes around comes around.' in addition to: 'The more things change the more they stay the same.' . . or did you mean 'pit his gas in a peep' ;) |
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