The Old Guard Dies, But It Does Not Surrender.

Napoleon's French elite Old Guard fighting fiercely at the Battle of Waterloo was brave and courageous but it could not hold the line against Wellington's (the Iron Duke) British infantry.

At the end, the French General Cambronne was commanding the last remnants of Napoleon's Old Guard and was called upon by the British General Colville to surrender.

Whether historically true or not, the story presents an excellent opportunity to state a strong Christian declaration:

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword __The Lord Jesus (Matthew 10:34)

LOL! Beat me to it! One of my favorite movies!

If you look close you will see some of the same extras in it as were in the Russian version of WAR AND PEACE a few years before. All battle scenes were filmed in Russia for both movies.

There is a great similarity to Napoleon riding over the slain of the battle ground in W&P and Wellington doing the same in Waterloo.

General Cambronne, in real life, denied both my phrase and your word and said that he never said either.

But as I indicated in my OP, it does not matter whether this story is historically true or not

(as long as we don’t present it as being historically true)

~ the only thing that matters is the opportunity to make the declaration that . . .

CHRISTENDOM’S OLD GUARD NEITHER DIES OR SURRENDERS.

NEVER.

Best Regards,

JAG

By the way, I have 2 DVD copies of Waterloo with C. Plummer and Rod Steiger ~~

I LOVE that film.

Have watched it more times than you’d believe.

(I wanted a backup copy ~ that film is now hard to get ~ maybe soon it’ll be impossible to find anywhere.)

Best Regards.

JAG

By the way . . .

here is my better political edition of my OP:

The Old Guard Dies, But It Does Not Surrender.
By JAG
January 1, 2022

“THE OLD GUARD DIES, BUT IT DOES NOT SURRENDER.”
__General Cambronne

Napoleon’s French elite Old Guard fighting fiercely at the Battle
of Waterloo was brave and courageous but it could not hold the
line against Wellington’s (the Iron Duke) British infantry.

At the end, the French General Cambronne was commanding the
last remnants of Napoleon’s Old Guard and was called upon by the
British General Colville to surrender.

General Cambronne replied:

“THE OLD GUARD DIES, BUT IT DOES NOT SURRENDER.”

Whether historically true or not, the story presents an excellent
opportunity to state a strong Christian declaration:

CHRISTENDOM’S OLD GUARD NEITHER DIES OR SURRENDERS.

NEVER.

NOT EVER.

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Earth. I did not
come to bring peace but a sword __The Lord Jesus (Matthew 10:34)

The Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah cannot be defeated.

He (Jesus) must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

“The LORD is a Warrior.”
Exodus 15:3

“Molon Labe”__Leonidas

Victory

Victory for the Christian Conservative Political Army in America.

“Strength and honor.”__Maximus

“Brothers, what we do in life, echoes in Eternity”__Maximus
(to his soldiers just prior to a fierce battle against Germanic Tribes)

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