"Now tell us all about this war,
And what they fought each other for.
But what they fought each other for
I could not well make out.
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory...
'But what good came of it at last?'
Quoth little Peterkin.
'Why that I cannot tell,' said he,
'But 'twas a famous victory."
Robert Southey (1774-1843).
"The Battle of Blenheim"
Harry Needham
Canadian War Museum
