Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A day late

But I can't let Remembrance Day completely get away without relating the story of Sir Thomas MacPherson, a very enterprising Scot who bluffed a German commander into surrendering 23,000 troops in 1944.

(A big tip o' the bonnet to Captain Heinrichs).

2 comments:

RebeccaH said...

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Anonymous said...

“a French officer has arrived with his wife”.

Lol

Mike_W