A story I heard from an American Marine may be of interest to you - during some sort of war games, British and American Marines were put together to take over an emplacement held by their French counterparts. The Americans and Brits "stormed the ramparts" and found little or no resistance - when they broke into where the French where, they found out why - apparently the Frenchmen were taking a break at the time.
Regards, Ivan
The French have been on a break since Wellington sent them home in 1814.
I've served with the Royal Marines on several occasions and many of our traditionas are derived from them.