Stupidest. Defeat. Ever.

Started by Last Hussar, 16 August 2022, 08:52:33 AM

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16 August 2022, 08:52:33 AM
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I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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Last Hussar

16 August 2022, 08:54:24 AM #1
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

16 August 2022, 08:55:46 AM #2
D'oh!
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Raider4

16 August 2022, 09:56:59 AM #3

Quotehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kar%C3%A1nsebes
"Losses: . . . Also lost . . . the chest containing the army's payroll."


LOL! Somebody certainly seized their chance there.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

16 August 2022, 10:00:25 AM #4
Whoops !!!
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Ithoriel

16 August 2022, 10:44:20 AM #5

Quote"Losses: . . . Also lost . . . the chest containing the army's payroll."


LOL! Somebody certainly seized their chance there.
Also lost was the  British Army observer, one Major Arthur Flashman, last seen valiantly defending the payroll. Alas the body of this gallant gentleman was never recovered. It is of note that he was the grandsire of the equally heroic Harry Flashman. :)
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paulr

16 August 2022, 07:22:08 PM #6
A more recent example is the Allied recapture of Kiska Island in the Aleutians chain in August 1943

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_campaign#Kiska_Island

The US battleships  Mississippi and Idaho expending over 500 14" shells probably on sooty or short-tailed shearwaters adds to the comedy of errors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pips
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

16 August 2022, 07:24:35 PM #7
Not a bad a loss as this!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
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Last Hussar

16 August 2022, 09:24:32 PM #8
At least the Emus turned up.
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Heedless Horseman

25 August 2022, 03:15:10 AM #9
IS there truth that in one of Cornwell's Sharpe Novels... sorry don't remember which battle... Spanish Infantry fired a volley early... and scared themselves so that they broke? Sounds a bit Cornwell  Spanish tend to have more... well!  ;)
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

25 August 2022, 07:56:38 AM #10
It's Talavera and true.
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