![]() 06/18/2015 at 08:20 • Filed to: France, Defeat, Emperor | ![]() | ![]() |
Today is the day when a small excitable Frenchman of foreign extraction with a penchant for the ladies and delusions of grandeur led an army through Belgium.
No, not this one, although the description fits well
The one who wore hats like this
He met the armies of England and Prussia in and around !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
It didn’t go at all well for him and so he wound up !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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My great great great grandfather was one of those guarding him out in the South Atlantic and subsequently came home only to choke to death on his Christmas Day goose.
![]() 06/18/2015 at 08:35 |
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The 18th month is Smarch.
![]() 06/18/2015 at 08:59 |
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This is possibly appropriate, and by appropriate I mean obnoxious.
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That hat is in the German history museum in Berlin.
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I wonder how well that did in France?
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#4, according to Wikipedia.