Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

Nothing like a bit of Billy Shakespeare to lighten the mood.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
for he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother
Be he near so vile this day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in England now abed....etc

You know Shakespeare truly is a genius, he seemed able to capture the essence of the human condition in but a few eloquent words as General Guegan quotes.

Perhaps our Russian brothers have something in the Russian playbook to compare as there are many great Russian literary giants.

Helga a round here for General Guegan and all at this table.

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

We missed the fireworks again this year. It has been raining here for the past two days, so a lot of the shows were cancelled. Teri is really not up to it anyway. I did get her out of the house for lunch today. That is one of those good things. Small, but something. Each and every day, we take whatever little things we can get.

To all you fine Englishmen out there, some of whom have grown to be very good friends, we Americans did seriously consider your offer to rejoin the Crown again this year. I am afraid that once again, the twelve dozen committees that we appointed to provide the citizenry with the necessary facts required to make an informed decision in this matter could not come to an agreement or consensus. As a result, for the 236th year in a row, they decided to postpone any action on the matter until next year. Our President, Cabinet and Congress could not be located for comment. It seems they were off somewhere spending our tax money on themselves. They will no doubt reappear when they need more funds.

Hey, wait a minute. Did someone mention drinks? Well, count me in!

The fireworks I saw yesterday evening were an excellent reminder of how lucky I am for many things in my life, one of which, is that I'm a member of this amazing club and I feel blessed to have met each and everyone one of you on these boards and battlefields!! Drinks can put under Scott's tab he assured me years ago that this would be fine!!

To Arms!!!

Regards Gentlemen!!