At the foot of the monument to General du Puy, hometown boy, one finds griffins, symbolizing Napoleon's conquest of Egypt.
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At the foot of the monument to General du Puy, hometown boy, one finds griffins, symbolizing Napoleon's conquest of Egypt.
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But wasn't the 'conquest' a mixed bag, and if so, this would be a kind of pre-emptively declaring victory.
Posted by: neverted | December 03, 2011 at 06:18 AM