tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7271651609331250734..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: In the ForestOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34356852533655177792022-07-06T13:34:02.383-07:002022-07-06T13:34:02.383-07:00You have to know when to fight, and when to run. S...You have to know when to fight, and when to run. So to speak.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61063190298364921192022-07-06T13:33:24.546-07:002022-07-06T13:33:24.546-07:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91514796433679015212022-07-06T12:43:06.216-07:002022-07-06T12:43:06.216-07:00No one really knows their future. Hopes, intents,...No one really knows their future. Hopes, intents, desires, somewhat; behavior ..e not so much. I've surprised myself (and others), both ways, more than once. Hero and coward, both. More likely to stand up for others others than for myself, if memory serves.htomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079911355302503367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25343017141523236962022-07-06T12:13:45.182-07:002022-07-06T12:13:45.182-07:00I have bought four books on the Napoleonic Era, on...I have bought four books on the Napoleonic Era, on his recommendation.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4943135464336597582022-07-06T10:21:10.958-07:002022-07-06T10:21:10.958-07:00Oh dear Lord, don't let her into the rum again...Oh dear Lord, don't let her into the rum again ...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64800917182049460142022-07-06T10:20:18.628-07:002022-07-06T10:20:18.628-07:00😎😎OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33268886759169426432022-07-06T10:12:05.299-07:002022-07-06T10:12:05.299-07:00StB, I have it on reliable authority that his con...StB, I have it on reliable authority that his considerable knowledge of the Napoleonic Era is first hand. <br />Just sayin'.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31152547409154420242022-07-06T09:52:54.506-07:002022-07-06T09:52:54.506-07:00Sarge is not "making up stories" but bri...Sarge is not "making up stories" but bringing history to a personal, understandable level using mostly fictional characters immersed in a sea of factual events.<br />I still think his stuff is on a par with Shaara's Killer Angels, and that is pretty damn fine stuff. <br />Extra ration of rum for your Muse, if you please.<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69425183907733194092022-07-06T09:39:43.103-07:002022-07-06T09:39:43.103-07:00😊😊OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3541704265679407082022-07-06T09:12:55.274-07:002022-07-06T09:12:55.274-07:00To be avoided, certainment'
BGTo be avoided, certainment' <br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57357900560002940812022-07-06T08:04:52.771-07:002022-07-06T08:04:52.771-07:00Yep, getting tortured, and then killed, is not goo...Yep, getting tortured, and then killed, is not good.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85989188396059795352022-07-06T07:32:47.454-07:002022-07-06T07:32:47.454-07:00Which should have been your first clue ...Which should have been your first clue ...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30436744160719445322022-07-06T07:32:34.837-07:002022-07-06T07:32:34.837-07:00Given the Gestapo treatment of captives "shot...Given the Gestapo treatment of captives "shot out of hand" doesn't sound too bad.<br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84268947712324333742022-07-06T07:17:23.955-07:002022-07-06T07:17:23.955-07:00Ah! I shall not dispute the knowledge of one who k...Ah! I shall not dispute the knowledge of one who knows as much as you do, of the Napoleonic Era. Thank you for increasing my knowledge! <br />Naming himself after a bacon pig seemed unlikely.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81180243645305587972022-07-06T07:01:00.521-07:002022-07-06T07:01:00.521-07:00Indeed!Indeed!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2756131479288549542022-07-06T06:54:35.052-07:002022-07-06T06:54:35.052-07:00Occupied France in 1940, tough times over the next...Occupied France in 1940, tough times over the next 5 yearsRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45397087257998688052022-07-06T06:33:56.855-07:002022-07-06T06:33:56.855-07:00Guillaume wanted to fight for his country in the a...Guillaume wanted to fight for his country in the army, that was denied to him by circumstance. Now let's see if he really wants to fight for his country. As a partisan things are much more dangerous, little support and the very real possibility of being captured and shot out of hand, which is somewhat legal according to the laws of war. (In later years the partisans wore armbands as a sort of uniform, while it then became somewhat illegal to shoot them, it still happened.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73332753062280501492022-07-06T06:30:42.121-07:002022-07-06T06:30:42.121-07:00In some people there is no quit.In some people there is no quit.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70040716300672506782022-07-06T06:09:59.418-07:002022-07-06T06:09:59.418-07:00I know virtually nothing about the French Resistan...I know virtually nothing about the French Resistance. Fortunately I know Sarge, so by default I will now know more.<br /><br />Well written Sarge. I am interested to see how Guillaume does.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50630484189575883422022-07-06T05:53:09.055-07:002022-07-06T05:53:09.055-07:00Reminds me of a movie I watched, once. "Neve...Reminds me of a movie I watched, once. "Never give up, Never Surrender!"<br /><br />Ok, maybe more than once...This week....<br /><br />The story is proceeding quite nicely, Sarge, keep up the good work.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82427122992608079792022-07-06T05:28:37.522-07:002022-07-06T05:28:37.522-07:00Well said, BG.Well said, BG.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82091111700964346562022-07-06T05:11:56.410-07:002022-07-06T05:11:56.410-07:00NONE know how they will perform under fire. Traini...NONE know how they will perform under fire. Training and discipline count for a lot, but how, honestly can anybody know? Anger and shame are two powerful motivators, though.<br />Even those who have seen the elephant may break at some point.<br />Boat GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47595272848188782372022-07-06T04:49:12.902-07:002022-07-06T04:49:12.902-07:00He, and the people he's now with, are in a sti...He, and the people he's now with, are in a sticky situation. Who do you trust?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38480460692722387622022-07-06T04:48:36.787-07:002022-07-06T04:48:36.787-07:00Desaix takes his nom-de-guerre from the French gen...Desaix takes his nom-de-guerre from the French general Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, who was a friend of the Emperor. Desaix was another French general of the Revolution, Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, Capitaine Desaix is a distant relative of that general.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14214741113287048882022-07-06T04:06:43.486-07:002022-07-06T04:06:43.486-07:00Why Duroc? Durocs are quite mild mannered.Why Duroc? Durocs are quite mild mannered.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.com