Another major event whose anniversary is celebrated this year is the Battle of
Waterloo:
After losing this war (the ‘Gorilla War in Spain’) Napoleon was
sent away by the French, since he had not succeeded in making
them top nation; but he soon escaped and returned just in time to
fight on the French side at the battle of Waterloo. This utterly
memorable battle was fought at the end of a dance, on the Playing
Fields of Eton, and resulted in the English definitely becoming top
nation. It was thus a very Good a Thing. During the engagement
the French came on in their usual creeping and crawling method
and were defeated by Wellington’s memorable order, ‘Up Jenkins
and Smashems’.
This timed Napoleon was sent right away for ever by everybody,
and stood on the deck of a ship in white breeches with his arms
like that.
I hope that, if nothing else, I have inspired you to read this magnificent (and very
slim) volume, and that in doing so you may learn nothing more about history
whatsoever, and in doing so laugh very hard. And in this year of important
anniversaries, remember that it doesn't really matter when something happened,
as long as you remember it.
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