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Monday 25 October 2010

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

Today back in 1415 in Northern France, England won the Battle of Agincourt over France during the Hundred Years' War. Almost 6000 Frenchmen were killed while fewer than 400 were lost by the English (though these numbers are hard to accurately confirm due to lack of sources).

The battle is also the centrepiece of the play Henry V, by William Shakespeare. That's where the title of today's post comes from.