History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield.

This is a good litmus test for us. It will tell us how much work we have to do, what sort of reception we're going to get from the community.

We knew coming in that this would be a litmus test for our team. Who better to see where you're at then against the team favored to win? Chesterton had a really good meet, but we didn't just roll over for them.

Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power.

The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.

By the time Napoleon abandoned his army to its fate in Poland - arriving back in Paris on 5 December - it numbered fewer than 10,000 effectives. It was a disaster from which he would never recover.