Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aquila.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!aquila!sharp From: sharp@aquila.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Commanders' sayings Message-ID: <395@aquila.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 19:49:00 EDT Article-I.D.: aquila.395 Posted: Fri Sep 28 19:49:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 05:37:45 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Natl. Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ USA Lines: 9 All these people who know no history. Tragic. In French there is a saying "mot de Cambronne" after a French general who, when surrounded by the British, was offered a chance to surrender. His one word reply was, of course, "Merde". He and all of his men were killed. Personally, I find such "heroism" quite stupid, much preferring the chance to fight again in the future (if I have to fight at all). Oh yes, Napoleonic wars. -- Nigel Sharp [noao!sharp National Optical Astronomy Observatories]