[grey_whiskers]

But as a matter of historical metaphor, no one ever says, "This might just turn out to be his 'Plancenoit'!"

OK, I'll bite. Just as nobody ever would refer to the turning point on the Eastern Front in World War II as "The Battle of Prohorovka" (read: Kursk).

Or, as G.K. Chesterton once pointed out, if there ever were a naval battle where the hero turned out to be a sailor named "Snith," after a hundred years or so, you would find that ALL the histories referred to him as "Smith."

Just sayin'...

Cheers!

[Oztrich Boy]

Most famous date in the history of England, 1066: The Battle of Battle.