Top Items About Cowardice
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| Anecdotes | Wellington: French Officers | When several French officers, embittered by their recent defeat at Waterloo, turned their backs on Wellington at the... | Anonymous | 38 | |
| Anecdotes | Slit Trench | General George S. Patton never allowed himself to flinch under fire and strongly disapproved of officers taking cover,... | Anonymous | 32 | |
| Anecdotes | Washington Under Fire | At dinner one evening, George Washington remarked that, such was the intensity of the fire behind him, that he might have... | Anonymous | 24 | |
| Anecdotes | Duelists | Georges Clemenceau once fought a duel with a long-time political rival (and future French president) named Paul Deschanel. | Anonymous | 24 | |
| Anecdotes | Cowardice | One day a young French officer was disciplined by his colonel for showing fear during battle. When Marshal Foch learned... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Anecdotes | General Buller | At numerous times during the Boer War, Sir Redvers Henry Buller (1839-1908) was forced to retreat by the persistent Boers.... | Anonymous | 17 | |
| Images | Brave Penguin | ... | root | 17 | |
| Anecdotes | Alexander the Great | One day a soldier accused of cowardice was brought before Alexander the Great. The king asked him what his name was. | Anonymous | 16 | |
| Anecdotes | Seven Years` War | Though Frederick the Great eventually won the Seven Years` War (1756?1763), he faced a major setback in 1757 when he... | Anonymous | 13 | |
| Anecdotes | Siesta | Such was Santa Anna`s ineptitude as a general that during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), he lost every battle in... | Anonymous | 12 |
