Brit Quote: Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there - George Orwell More Quotes
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Battle of Stirling Bridge - 1297, Sack of Drogheda - 1649, Scotland votes Yes to a Scottish Parliament - 1997, Attacks by Islamisists on New York and Washington - 2001 More dates from British history
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