Big Government » Balaclava http://biggovernment.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sunday Open Thread: St. Crispin Day Edition http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/10/25/sunday-open-thread-st-crispin-day-edition/ http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/10/25/sunday-open-thread-st-crispin-day-edition/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:30:10 +0000 Publius http://biggovernment.com/?p=20730 Today is St. Crispin Day, anniversay of the Battle of Agincourt, fought in 1415. The outnumbered English, employing superior technology and tactics, destroyed an overwhelming French force.

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Today is also the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade, from the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.

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