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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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Where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not, in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them?
- Benjamin Franklin-1784
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April 29
1769: Duke of Wellington born
1916: General Townsend surrenders Kut to the Turks, 3000 British and 6000 Indian troops taken prisoner following 143 day seige
1945: The German Army in Italy surrenders unconditionally to the Allies
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