by Arneb » Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:45 am
Back from holiday...
28 October, 1918 - BEF parades through Lille. But there is still back-and-fro on the Western front, with Mont Houy taken by 51st BEF division, and later taken back by 3 German divisions.
Czechoslovakia becomes independent of the Habsburg monarchy
There is a last, ignominious, U boat deployment. UB 16 wants to destroy the Navey Flagship, Queen Elizabeth, purproted to lie at Scapa Flow. She isn't there, and UB 16 is sunk unceremoniously by an electrically ignited minefield.
392 - Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantive uinites the Western Roman Empire. You, know, in hoc signo vince, and all that stuff.
1776 - Battle of White Plains, where the good, hard-working white Protestants serving to keep His Majesty the King in possession of his rightful property beat evil renegade hard-working white Protestants under common criminal insurgent George Washington, but fail to make minced meat of their beaten rivals. You know, they should have, and today Her Majesty would still be the Rightful Master of Her Western Colonies, and nobody would say shit like aluminum, color, or restroom.
1908 - Back when newspapers were still important, our own version of Donald Trump, Wílhelm II, makes a splash at home with a pseudo-interview published in and authgorized for the Daily Telegraph.
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