EL DEGUELLO - HEROS -LEGION ETRANGERE

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[Kartographer]

Time to dig out a little Dirge from history:

EL DEGUELLO - HEROS -LEGION ETRANGERE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBhEwfOE_zw

[Kartographer]

El Degüello is a bugle call, notable in the US for its use as a march by Mexican Army buglers during the 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo[1] to signal that the defenders of the garrison would receive no quarter by the attacking Mexican Army under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. "Toque a Degüello" was introduced to the Americas by the Spanish armies and was later adopted by the patriot armies fighting against them during the Spanish American wars of independence. It was also widely used by Simon Bolivar's armies, notably during the Battle of Junin[2] and the Battle of Ayacucho.[3]

"Degüello" is a Spanish noun from the verb "degollar", to describe the action of throat-cutting. More figuratively, it means "give no quarter."[1] It "signifies the act of beheading or throat-cutting and in Spanish history became associated with the battle music, which, in different versions, meant complete destruction of the enemy without mercy."[4] It is similar to the war cry "¡A degüello!"used by Cuban rebels in the 19th century to launch mounted charges against the Spanish infantry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBhEwfOE_zw

[blueunicorn6]

Haunting.

[Paine in the Neck]

[Ditter]

Why did you have to go and put a rattlesnake on one of my favorite places in the world? Shhhhhheeeeeesh!

[Paine in the Neck]

Why did you have to go and put a rattlesnake on one of my favorite places in the world? Shhhhhheeeeeesh!

Don't like rattlers, eh? It works for the San Antonio Tea Party. ;^)

[Ditter]

I am a member of the Houston Tea Party and I HATE rattlesnakes!
I have killed a number of them in south Texas.

I do love the Alamo and all the missions. I

[plain talk]

so would they have played that music at the siege of the Alamo? It didn’t sound like something that would be played in battle.

[Safetgiver]

I have killed a number of them in south Texas.....Did you et’em? I’d love to have a new belt. Call me if you get PO’D at another one. (about 40-42 waist).

[Kartographer]

What I posted is a musical interpretation of the bugle call that would have been used.

AUTÉNTICO TOQUE DE DEGUELLO DEL ÁLAMO TEXAS / Authentic Degüello march of the battle Alamo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSBC02irr4

[Ditter]

No I didnt et’em. Yuck! I don't go down there anymore too many wet backs wandering around in the brush! You are gonna have to get yer own belt!

[plain talk]

Ok. Thanks

[castlebrew]

the opening notes remind one of the theme from “Rocky”