The Last Shot at Waterloo August 18, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
Tomorrow Beach has an appointment to go through a Welsh text for six long hours, translating and puzzling. Today he thought he would post, then, this cute story from the early nineteenth century with a Welsh connection in partial celebration. It will be remembered that the Welsh had a long history of doing good service […]
Were Ancient or Modern Soldiers More Likely to Die? June 11, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
Soldier, forget principle, forget country, forget pride, forget hate: your one aim is to survive, with or without your legs. Now ask yourself this: given that you want, at all costs, to live would you prefer to fight in WW2 battle or a battle in the Punic wars in antiquity? Perhaps the first thing to […]
