Nelson & His World

By jove, it makes you even prouder to be British! I can't see Rourke's Drift or Dunkirk as defeats either, although a reversal or stalemate possibly.

Wasn't one of the main factors for the defeat at Isandlwana, that the commanding officer Lord Chelmsford wasn't prepared and thus neither was the army? It they had been, I would imagine the problem with the ammunition boxes wouldn't have arisen. Anna, you sound as if you've opened a few in your time!

Oh, no, Kester. I steer well clear of guns and ammunition. Nasty, dangerous things. But I did come across an ammunition box in our attic. No idea where it came from and it was Mr Tycho who told me why you don't need a screwdriver to open one.

Hmm!