Thursday, 29 May 2014

THE BATTLE OF CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (1741)



‘It’s merely a flesh wound!’ There was definitely something of Monty Python’s Black Knight in Admiral Blas de Lezo (1688-1741). In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, whilst guarding what he perceives to be a strategically placed plank of wood leading over a stream, the Black Knight looses his arms and legs in […]

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