Honor among thieves is a myth, like the existence of centaurs or scrupulous magistrates.
Honor among thieves is a myth, like the existence of centaurs or scrupulous magistrates.Francis de Brangelton to Henrietta d’Arringnon - 1693
The clash on the day of their arrival was short and brutal and planned, but this morning’s pre-dawn skirmish made no sense. Without the element of surprise, the enemy had no chance to take the town of La Tour-du-Pin. The French had no manpower available to mount an effective offensive and drive the enemy away.
By mid-morning, having exchanged a dozen fruitless volleys of musket shots and verbal insults in languages the other side did not understand, everyone quit. The official field dispatches would probably read, “Mounted a strategic offensive to demoralize t
