query: who wrote we shall fight on the beaches

pos: We shall fight on the beaches We shall fight on the beaches "We shall fight on the beaches" is a common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940. This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of France; the others are the "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech of 13 May and the "This was their finest hour" speech of 18 June. Events developed dramatically over the five-week period, and although broadly similar in themes, each speech addressed a different military

pos: We shall fight on the beaches the British Empire." No audio record was made at the time of the original speech; Churchill only produced an audio recording in 1949, by repeating his previous oration. Despite this many people after the war misremembered that they had heard Churchill speaking on the radio in 1940 when all there had been were BBC news reports that quoted his words. We shall fight on the beaches "We shall fight on the beaches" is a common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940.

pos: Shall and will in the first person nevertheless persists in some more formal or elevated registers of English. An example is provided by the famous speech of Winston Churchill: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.'" Whether or not the above-mentioned prescriptive rule ("shall" for the unmarked future in the first person) is adhered to, there are certain meanings in which either "will" or "shall" tends to be used rather than the other. Some of these have

pos: Britain at Bay being mobilized to come to Britain's aid. In the ringing words of Winston Churchill, he defiantly proclaims, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills ..." "Britain at Bay" was produced with the purpose of raising morale. The film is an example of compilation documentary. Various newsreel extracts were assembled into a coherent whole, accompanied by a commentary. This form of documentary was used for other British wartime propaganda films, such as "Words for Battle" (1941). Author and social

pos: Britain at Bay commentator J. B. Priestley wrote and narrated the film with the intended message that Britain is responsible for "... the future of the civilised world ..." and faces a "dark" evil. The film opens with images of rural and urban Britain, including iconic images of Big Ben and the White Cliffs of Dover, then depicts the rise of Nazi Germany through newsreel footage, including the recent fall of France. British civilians are seen contributing towards the war effort and scenes of Allied troops are juxtaposed with an extract from Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech. "Britain at

pos: Music of Slovenia 'remixed') the NSK State National Anthem on the LP "Volk." The "anthem" adopts its melody from another Laibach song, "The Great Seal." Laibach's version of the NSK anthem includes a computer voice reciting an excerpt from Winston Churchill's famous ""We shall fight them on the beaches/We shall never surrender"" speech. The computer voice is clearly recognisable as the voice synthesiser Macintalk, built into classic Mac OS, and uses the preset voice Ralph. The NSK passports are an art project and as such are not valid for travel. However, many desperate people have fallen for a scam in which they are

pos: Neue Slowenische Kunst gone so far as to issue passports and postage stamps. In 2006, Laibach recorded the NSK National Anthem for their LP "Volk". The anthem adopts its melody from another Laibach song, "The Great Seal." It includes a recitation of an excerpt from Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight them on the beaches/We shall never surrender" speech. NSK passports are considered an art project. As such, they are not valid for travel. However, many desperate people have fallen for a scam in which they are issued a NSK passport. Most of these scams originate in Nigeria and Egypt. In 2010, the

pos: Live After Death there is a tombstone engraved with "Here lies Derek Riggs". Riggs also included gravestones which state "Live With Pride", added at the band's request to show opposition to lip-synched performances, "Here Lies Faust In Body Only", the German legend who sold his soul to the Devil (hence "in body only"), and a stone which simply reads "Thank You", representing the Grateful Dead. The intro before "Aces High" is a part of the We shall fight on the beaches speech made by Winston Churchill in the House of Commons on 4 June 1940. (Churchill re-recorded the speech – the original speech

pos: 1997 Grand National everyone would have to leave the course completely. The people of Liverpool responded by opening their homes to racegoers stranded overnight in the city, with tens of thousands of temporarily homeless people being offered a bed for the night in the homes around the course. This prompted tabloid headlines such as ""We'll fight them on the Becher's"", in reference to Winston Churchill's war-time speech We shall fight on the beaches. Most of the competing horses either travelled home or were moved to nearby Haydock. A dozen remained in the stables at Aintree. At 4:14pm, the police carried out two controlled

pos: Mr. Churchill Says Mr. Churchill Says "Mr. Churchill Says" is a song written by Ray Davies and released by the Kinks. It appears on the album "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)". The song is about the struggle of World War II on the people of Great Britain. The song paraphrases parts of several of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous speeches including "Never was so much owed by so many to so few", "We shall fight on the beaches" and "This was their finest hour". In addition to Winston Churchill, the song mentions several other political, military and popular

pos: Volk (album) "Opus Dei". Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. The album cover has a double meaning. Its most apparent meaning (for English and German speakers) is the German word "Volk", meaning "nation" or "people". The second meaning is the Slavic word for "wolf". The sheep represent the victims of the wolf, and could also be seen as representing "the people" in a derogatory fashion. Album written and produced by Laibach and Silence, 2005–2006. Volk (album) Volk is the seventh studio album by Slovenian industrial group Laibach. The word

pos: Aces High (song) Disorder III". Colin McKay used the song on his part of the skate video "Plan B Questionable". It can also be found in the soundtrack of the game "". "Aces High" is frequently used as the opening song for Iron Maiden concerts. As seen in concert videos such as "Live After Death" and "", it is usually preceded by Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech with the sound of planes in the background. Churchill's speech was also included at the beginning of the song's music video. In a 2014 interview with "Q" magazine, Gerard Way said that

pos: Go On Lad to, he climbs down the other side into the interbellum, and runs past a couple engaged in a conversation beside a period car. He kicks a can through another alley, following it into another street; one in ruins from The Blitz. The music turns sombre for a moment as a family of refugees passes by, and an excerpt from Winston Churchill's delivery of the "We shall fight on the beaches" speech plays from a radio in a nearby home. A Spitfire flies overhead as the boy climbs over a pile of rubble to enter a new street, in which residents

pos: Albert Ketèlbey continued to conduct on his annual tours during the Second World War, but these were on a smaller scale because of travel restrictions. He also continued with his annual concerts at Kingsway Hall, and introduced a new march, "Fighting for Freedom", which he had written in a supportive response to Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. Apart from composing and conducting, he also acted as a Special Constable during the war. The winter of 1946–47 was harsh, and in February the sub-zero temperatures burst the water main outside Ketèlbey's Hampstead home. With his house partially flooded, he

pos: Another Country (Rod Stewart album) on 10 reviews. Andy Gill from "The Independent" gave the album a mixed review, describing it as "warmly engaging at its best", but that the quality of music dips halfway through the track list, highlighting "Way Back Home" and "Batman Superman Spiderman" as the weakest songs. Jasper Rees from "The Arts Desk" also gave the album a mixed review, stating that "there is the odd misstep", criticizing the choice to include an excerpt from Winston Churchill's 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech in the outro of "Way Back Home". Hal Horowitz from "American Songwriter" was highly critical of the

pos: Captains of the Clouds abruptly ends their friendship. Depressed, Dutton impulsively gives his savings to charity and enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Later, after hearing Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech on the radio, MacLean and the other bush pilots attempt to enlist in the air force, only to discover that they are too old for combat. They reluctantly agree to train as flight instructors for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Their superior officer is none other than Dutton. MacLean's brash and fiercely independent nature clashes with the military way of doing things, and he inevitably washes out.

pos: We shall fight on the beaches and diplomatic context. In this speech, Churchill had to describe a great military disaster, and warn of a possible invasion attempt by the Nazis, without casting doubt on eventual victory. He also had to prepare his domestic audience for France's falling out of the war without in any way releasing France to do so, and wished to reiterate a policy and an aim unchanged – despite the intervening events – from his speech of 13 May, in which he had declared the goal of "victory, however long and hard the road may be". Winston Churchill took over as Prime Minister

pos: Maiden England World Tour 1998 and 1988 in which "The Prisoner", "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" and "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" were played respectively. It was also notable for being the band's first tour in which "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from "The Number of the Beast") was not played since its release. Throughout the tour, Nick Ingman and Terry Devine-King's "Rising Mercury" served as the intro music. As with all past performances of the song, "Aces High" was preceded by Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, although this was the first time that the song wasn't played as a show

pos: Words for Battle Abbey, Royal Air Force recruits in flight training and Adolf Hitler speaking with Nazi officers. The words from William Blake's poem "Jerusalem" punctuates a scene of children being evacuated from London. Images of Royal Navy destroyers at sea are backed by Robert Browning's "Home-thoughts, from the Sea". Firemen and police officers searching through the remains of damaged houses during the Blitz are accompanied by a recitation of Rudyard Kipling's ' "The Beginnings". Winston Churchill inspecting a parade of soldiers has his 1940 speech, "We shall fight on the beaches" in the background. Post-Blitz, as Churchill's speech continues, rebuilding of homes

neg: We shall fight on the beaches of their strength." "Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the

neg: Little Ships of Dunkirk morale of the British. It was in describing the success of the operation to the House of Commons on 4 June 1940 that Churchill made his famous "we shall fight on the beaches" speech: We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we

neg: Live After Death in the House of Commons was not recorded.): ""... We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender ..."" It was later used for their Ed Hunter Tour, Somewhere Back in Time World Tour,

neg: Neville Chamberlain coolly by the House. Some of Churchill's great speeches to the House, such as "We shall fight on the beaches", met with only half-hearted enthusiasm there. Chamberlain's fall from power left him deeply depressed; he wrote, "Few men can have known such a reversal of fortune in so short a time." He especially regretted the loss of Chequers as "a place where I have been so happy", though after a farewell visit there by the Chamberlains on 19 June, he wrote "I am content now that I have done that, and shall put Chequers out of my mind." As Lord

neg: We shall fight on the beaches fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old." In the sentence ending in 'surrender' only the last word – "surrender" – does not have Old English roots according

neg: We shall fight on the beaches wrote in his diary "he was eloquent and oratorical and used magnificent English; several Labour members cried". A Labour MP, Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, friend and admirer of Churchill since the Dardanelles campaign, wrote to him, "My dear Winston. That was worth 1,000 guns and the speeches of 1,000 years". Unlike his subsequent This was their finest hour speech, Churchill's 4 June speech in the House of Commons was not repeated by him as a live radio broadcast that evening. Rather, as with his earlier Blood, toil, tears, and sweat speech, extracts were read by the newsreader on that

neg: Propaganda and India in World War II it is the eternal foe….Standing at one of the cross-roads of world-history, I solemnly declare on behalf of all freedom-loving Indians in India and abroad, that we shall continue to fight British imperialism till India is once again the mistress of her own destiny. During this struggle, and in the reconstruction that will follow, we shall heartily co-operate with all those who will help us in overthrowing the common enemy….The hour of India’s salvation is at hand." Following this broadcast, Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, wrote "We shall now begin our official fight on behalf of India." The broadcasts

neg: We shall fight on the beaches evening's BBC news broadcast. They made a great impression on at least one listener:Even repeated by the announcer, it sent shivers (not of fear) down my spine. I think that one of the reasons why one is stirred by his Elizabethan phrases is that one feels the whole massive backing of power and resolve behind them, like a great fortress: they are never words for words' sake. The next year American journalist H. R. Knickerbocker wrote that its words "deserve to be memorized by us all", observing that "With Churchill's picture these words are placarded in homes and offices throughout

neg: Darkest Hour (film) (for the first time in his life) and asks the startled passengers their opinion; the civilians unanimously want to continue to fight. Churchill meets with the Outer Cabinet and other Members of Parliament, who also support him. The evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo, is successful. As Churchill prepares to address Parliament, Halifax asks Chamberlain to continue with their plan to resign, but Chamberlain decides to listen to the address first. Toward the end of his speech, Churchill proclaims that "we shall fight on the beaches" should the Germans invade. Chamberlain decides to support Churchill, and Parliament applauds the

neg: We shall fight on the beaches one observer claiming that everyone looked suicidal. Only half the population expected Britain to fight on and the feelings of thousands were summed up as: This is not our war – this is a war of the high-up people who use long words and have different feelings. Therefore, when talking about the future course and conduct of the war in this speech, Churchill had to describe a great military disaster, and warn of a possible German invasion attempt, without casting doubt on eventual victory. He needed to prepare his domestic audience for France's departure from the war without in any

neg: We shall fight on the beaches shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government – every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost

neg: We shall fight on the beaches will fight [the Germans] in front of Paris, I will fight in Paris, and I will fight behind Paris"). Both orators used the accumulation of similar-sounding statements to emphasise their uncompromising will to fight. It is said that immediately after giving the speech, Churchill muttered to a colleague, "And we’ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that's bloody well all we've got!" Nonetheless, Churchill impressed his listeners and the speech was immediately recognised to be historic. One of Churchill's secretaries noted in his diary "A magnificent oration, which obviously moved the House". A Conservative MP

neg: We shall fight on the beaches we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem and every kind of brutal and treacherous manœuvre. I think that no idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered and viewed with a searching, but at the same time, I hope, with a steady eye. We must never forget the solid assurances of sea power and those which belong to air power if it can be locally exercised." "I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we

neg: We shall fight on the beaches on 13 May, to announce the formation of the new administration: I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." In that speech he had said nothing about the military situation in France and the Low Countries. Expecting that the German offensive would develop along much the same lines as it did in 1914, the lines of communication of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) did not run through the "short crossing" Channel ports – Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, etc. – but rather through

neg: We shall fight on the beaches absolute guarantee against invasion, still less against serious raids, could have been given to our people. In the days of Napoleon, of which I was speaking just now, the same wind which would have carried his transports across the Channel might have driven away the blockading fleet. There was always the chance, and it is that chance which has excited and befooled the imaginations of many Continental tyrants. Many are the tales that are told. We are assured that novel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originality of malice, the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays,

neg: We shall fight on the beaches way releasing France to do so; in his subsequent speech of 18 June immediately after the French had sued for peace Churchill said:The military events which have happened during the past fortnight have not come to me with any sense of surprise. Indeed, I indicated a fortnight ago as clearly as I could to the House that the worst possibilities were open, and I made it perfectly clear then that whatever happened in France would make no difference to the resolve of Britain and the British Empire to fight on, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. Finally, he needed

neg: We shall fight on the beaches to the Commons on 28 May reporting the Belgian capitulation, and concluding: Meanwhile, the House should prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings. I have only to add that nothing which may happen in this battle can in any way relieve us of our duty to defend the world cause to which we have vowed ourselves; nor should it destroy our confidence in our power to make our way, as on former occasions in our history, through disaster and through grief to the ultimate defeat of our enemies. He had promised a further statement of the military situation on 4

neg: We shall fight on the beaches asked for additional British fighter squadrons to be sent into the fight in France. Politically, there were considerable doubts over the French willingness to continue the war, even in the absence of any further military catastrophes. Churchill had argued in favour of sending the fighter squadrons to France because he considered that that move would be vital to sustain French public morale, and also to give no excuse for the collapse of the French Army. That would possibly lead to a French government that would not only drop out of the war, but also become hostile to the United Kingdom.

neg: We shall fight on the beaches our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be. The peroration is perhaps the best known part of the speech, and is widely held to be one of the finest oratorical moments of the war and of Churchill's career. "Turning once again, and this time more generally, to the question of invasion, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries of which we boast when an

neg: We shall fight on the beaches to reiterate a policy and an aim unchanged – despite the intervening events – from his speech of 13 May, in which he had said:We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is

neg: Paul Robeson on the backs of millions of Blacks that the wealth of America was built. And we are resolved to share it equally. We reject any hysterical raving that urges us to make war on anyone. Our will to fight for peace is strong. We shall not make war on anyone. We shall not make war on the Soviet Union. We oppose those who wish to build up imperialist Germany and to establish fascism in Greece. We wish peace with Franco's Spain despite her fascism. We shall support peace and friendship among all nations, with Soviet Russia and the people's Republics."

neg: Dunkirk evacuation British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured. In his "we shall fight on the beaches" speech on 4 June, he hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance". After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France and the British Empire declared war on Germany and imposed an economic blockade. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was sent to help defend France. After the Phoney War of October 1939 to April 1940, Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and France on 10 May 1940. Three of their panzer corps attacked through the Ardennes and

neg: Opus Dei (album) Opus Dei (album) Opus Dei is the third studio album by Laibach, released in 1987. It features "Geburt einer Nation" ("birth of a nation"), a German cover of Queen's "One Vision", and two reworkings of the Austrian band Opus' sole international hit single "Live Is Life". The Opus song became the German language "Leben heißt Leben" and the English language "Opus Dei". "The Great Seal" is the national anthem of the NSK State, the lyrics taken from Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. A new arrangement of the song appears on Laibach's album "Volk", with the title "NSK".

neg: Norman Shelley made in May and June 1940 do not match those provably by him, although Churchill might have recorded them after his voice had changed. Whether Shelley is the speaker and, if so, whether they were broadcast as allegedly by Churchill is unproven according to one source. One report states Shelley did record a performance of Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, which is claimed to be one of the three non-matching speeches. However Shelley's 78rpm record is dated 7 September 1942, whereas Churchill's speech was broadcast on 4 June 1940, key parts being read out by a BBC

neg: Dunkirk evacuation 31 May, leaving Major-General Harold Alexander in command of the rearguard. A further 64,429 Allied soldiers departed on 1 June, before the increasing air attacks prevented further daylight evacuation. The British rearguard of 4,000 men left on the night of 2–3 June. An additional 75,000 French troops were retrieved over the nights of 2–4 June, before the operation finally ended. The remainder of the rearguard, 40,000 French troops, surrendered on 4 June. Churchill made a point of stating in his "We shall fight on the beaches" address in the House on 4 June, that the evacuation had been made possible

neg: We shall fight on the beaches Dieppe and Le Havre. On 13 May, the Wehrmacht's attack through the Ardennes had reached the Meuse River at Sedan and then crossed it, breaking through the defences of the French Army. By 20 May, Wehrmacht armoured divisions had reached the coast of the English Channel, splitting the BEF and the French First Army from the main French forces. The Wehrmacht next moved against the cut-off Allied forces, moving along the seacoast with only small Allied forces to resist them. After the capitulation of Belgium on 28 May, a gap had also appeared on the eastern flank of the Allied

neg: We shall fight on the beaches on 10 May, 1940, eight months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe. He had done so as the head of a multiparty coalition government, which had replaced the previous government (led by Neville Chamberlain) as a result of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, demonstrated by the Norway debate on the Allied evacuation of Southern Norway. Coincidentally, the German Wehrmacht offensive in the Low Countries and France had begun on 10 May with the invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Churchill had spoken to the House of Commons as Prime Minister for the first time

neg: We shall fight on the beaches The British War Cabinet discussed this issue at meetings on 3 June and on the morning of 4 June, but it decided to take the advice of the Royal Air Force and the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair, that the British priority must be to prepare its own defences. The three squadrons present in France would be kept up to fighting strength, but no further squadrons could be spared for the Battle of France. Despite relief that the bulk of the BEF had made it back to Britain, Mass-Observation reported civilian morale in many areas as zero,

neg: Blood, toil, tears, and sweat had the full support of the whole House) Other great speeches followed, including the "We shall fight on the beaches" speech of 4 June and the "This was their finest hour" speech of 18 June, and were a great inspiration and unifying force to Britain after its defeats in the first year of the war. On 26 April 2013, the Bank of England announced that beneath a portrait of Churchill the phrase "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." was to adorn the new 5 pound note. It was issued in September 2016. Blood, toil, tears,

neg: Political decoy not by Churchill, but by Norman Shelley impersonating Churchill. Churchill is known to have commented that Shelley's impersonations were excellent. Although the rumour has been promoted by some historians, there is a lack of supporting evidence, and it is best classified as an urban legend. Shelley did however record a performance of Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, but that was several years after the speech was originally made. Edwin Wright served the U.S. federal government under President Harry S. Truman as General staff G-2 and Middle East specialist, Washington (1945–46); on the Bureau of Near East-South Asian-African

neg: We shall fight on the beaches June, and indeed the major part of the speech is an account of military events – so far as they affected the BEF – since the German breakthrough at Sedan. The German breakthrough had not been exploited southwards, and the French had improvised a relatively thinly held defensive line along the Aisne and the Somme. The British military evaluation was that this was unlikely to withstand any major attack by the Wehrmacht. In the air, the French were short of fighter planes and the shortage was worsening due to their many losses in combat. The French military commanders had hence

neg: Never was so much owed by so many to so few significant defeat for the hitherto unstoppable "Luftwaffe". This speech was a great inspiration to the embattled United Kingdom during what was probably its most dangerous phase of the entire war. Together with the three famous speeches that he gave during the period of the Battle of France (the "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech of 13 May, the "We shall fight on the beaches" speech of 4 June and the "This was their finest hour" speech of 18 June), they form his most stirring rhetoric. At the end of the speech, he introduced the first phase of the growing strategic

neg: Jacob F. Field of London. He has written several popular history books and is best known for "One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History". The inclusion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1971 rallying-call for Bangladeshi independence in "We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History" attracted attention as it was the first time the speech had been published in book form. His PhD dissertation has also been adapted into book form as "London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recovery" (2017). Jacob F. Field Jacob Franz Field (born 1983) is an English historian of the

neg: We shall fight on the beaches to some sources. However, it is often forgotten that other words used in the speech such as "confidence", "defend", "Empire" and "liberation" among others originated from Old French. The popular yet false idea that only the word "surrender" does not have Old English roots is most likely grounded in Francophobia. There is no similar overwhelming preponderance in the peroration as a whole; nor do the perorations of other Churchill speeches largely exclude words with foreign origins. However, Churchill himself had attended a speech given by Georges Clemenceau in Paris in June 1918, in which Clemenceau had used similar diction ("I

neg: We shall fight on the beaches forces, which had been forced to retreat into a small pocket around the seaport of Dunkirk. From this pocket the bulk of the BEF and a considerable number of French troops had been evacuated in Operation Dynamo, but these troops had left behind virtually all of their heavy equipment (transport, tanks, artillery and ammunition). The French First Army had most of its units pocketed around Lille. Those of its units evacuated from Dunkirk were relanded in France but saw no further action; they were still being reorganised in Brittany at the fall of France. Churchill had made a brief statement

neg: Charles Mackay (author) boast is poor, He who has mingled in the fray Of duty, that the brave endure, Must have made foes. If you have none, Small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip, You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip, You’ve never set the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight. Another popular poem is "Who shall be fairest?": Who shall be fairest? - who shall be rarest? Who shall be first in the songs that we sing? She who is kindest when fortune is blindest, Bearing through winter the blooms

neg: Henry Jarvis Raymond form. President Lincoln wrote that "The Times, I believe, is always true to the Union, and therefore should be treated at least as well as any." Raymond's moderation was evident during the period after President Lincoln's election and before his nomination. He wrote Alabama secessionist William L. Yancey: "We shall stand on the Constitution which our fathers made. We shall not make a new one, nor shall we permit any human power to destroy the one...We seek no war—we shall wage no war except in defense of the constitution and against its foes. But we have a country and a

neg: Ion Mihalache many years of 'harmony', we arrive today as the 'agitators of social order' and clearly state:<br>"Enough with the lie about social harmony. There is a conflict between social classes. We do not deny it, but rather bring it to light. We wish to take part in the fight in the name of an underprivileged working class, the peasantry. We wish to rally it in a class party. We shall not ask anybody for power, we shall fight to have the fair number of representatives of the peasant class in Parliament. May each class fight for this" [that is, for their

neg: Myth of superabundance protection. It was a result of nearby sheepmen and their herds. In 1876, Muir wrote an article "God’s First Temples – How Shall We Preserve Our Forests", which he published in the newspaper, pleading for help with protection of the forests. At first he failed against the overriding ideal of the myth of superabundance, but he did inspire bills in the 1880s that sought to enlarge Yosemite’s reservation. Muir formed the Sierra Club, a group of mountaineers and conservationists like him who had responded to his many articles. The Sierra Club’s first big fight came as a counter-attack on lumbermen

neg: Coon Rapids High School a program that has members of the Junior and Senior classes offer help and advise to the new Freshmen. They meet with the Freshmen once a month to answer any questions that they may have. "Written by Gwen Swanson" School Song Fight on, Let's go Cardinals, Keep our colors waving high, Go Coon Rapids High School, We shall win this game tonight! (RAH RAH RAH) Win Coon Rapids High School for we know we got the team. We will Fight! Fight! Fight! for the Red and White. Fight Cardinals Fight. Fight on, let's go Cardinals, Keep our colors waving high.

neg: Freedom Charter future; <br>The right of all the peoples of Africa to independence and self-government shall be recognized and shall be the basis of close co-operation. Let all who love their people and their country now say, as we say here: 'THESE FREEDOMS WE WILL FIGHT FOR, SIDE BY SIDE, THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, UNTIL WE HAVE WON OUR LIBERTY.' Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, South Africa, on 26 June 1955. Freedom Charter The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies -

neg: Communist Party of Greece Zachariadis, KKE General Secretary, wrote from prison on 2 November 1940: "Today the Greek people are waging a war of national liberation against Mussolini's fascism. In this war we must follow the Metaxas government and turn every city, every village and every house of Greece into a stronghold of the National Liberation Fight... On this war conducted by Metaxas government all of us should give all our forces without reservation. The working people's and the crowning achievement for today's fight should be and shall be a new Greece based on work, freedom, and liberated from any foreign imperialist dependence, with

neg: Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands the huts of history’s pain Our ancestors bled and died! But with strength and will power we overcame To restore Beautiful Virgin Islands pride! To preserve our beauty we devised a plan To retain ownership of your precious lands! Educating our people is the golden key To maintain the success of this Territory! We shall protect your bountiful shores And uphold your dignity! We shall fight to preserve your culture Your splendour and integrity! And we shall never fail to understand How blessed we are to possess this land! So we shall unite standing proud and tall Let none divide

neg: Shall We Dance (1937 film) Shall We Dance (1937 film) Shall We Dance, released in 1937, is the seventh of the ten Astaire-Rogers musical comedy films. The idea for the film originated in the studio's desire to exploit the successful formula created by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart with their 1936 Broadway hit "On Your Toes". The musical featured an American dancer getting involved with a touring Russian ballet company. In a major coup for RKO, Pandro Berman managed to attract the Gershwins – George Gershwin who wrote the symphonic underscore and Ira Gershwin the lyrics – to score this, their second Hollywood musical after

neg:
All Hail Blue and Gold
 "All Hail, Blue and Gold
 "Thy strength ne'er shall fail;
 "For thee we'll die,
 "All Hail! All Hail! "All Hail, Blue and Gold
 "To thee we shall cling;
 "O'er golden fields of poppies,
 "Thy praises we shall sing.
 "All Hail, Blue and Gold
 "On breezes ye sail;
 "Thy sight we love,
 "All Hail! All Hail! All Hail Blue and Gold All Hail Blue and Gold is the official campus alma mater for the University of California, Berkeley. It was composed in 1905 by Harold Bingham who also wrote the

neg: Internal rhyme valiant be ’gainst all disaster, Let him in constancy follow the Master. There’s no discouragement shall make him once relent His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim. Who so beset him round with dismal stories Do but themselves confound—his strength the more is. No foes shall stay his might; though he with giants fight, He will make good his right to be a pilgrim. Since, Lord, Thou dost defend us with Thy Spirit, We know we at the end, shall life inherit. Then fancies flee away! I’ll fear not what men say, I’ll labor night and day to be

neg: Victoria Girls' High School constant be, Come wind, come weather. There’s no discouragement, shall make her once relent. Her first avowed intent To be a pilgrim. Who so beset her round, With dismal stories. Do but themselves confound - Her strength the more is. No foes shall stay her might; Though she with giants fight, She will make good her right To be a pilgrim. Since, Lord, Thou dost defend Us with Thy Spirit, We know we at the end, Shall life inherit. Then fancies flee away! I’ll fear not what men say, I’ll labor night and day To be a pilgrim. </poem> Victoria

neg: Robert Blatchford Blatchford was impressed by the cleanliness and efficiency in Germany: "You don't see anything like that in Germany. I thought to myself, is this how we are preparing to fight for the existence of our Empire? What use will these ragged, famished spectres be when we have our backs to the wall?" On 4 August 1914 Blatchford wrote to his friend Alexander Thompson: "I shall write today a cautious article counselling peace and suggesting that Sir E. Grey should ask Russia and Germany to suspend hostilities pending a friendly mediation by America, England and Italy, or any one of those

neg: Beni Virtzberg by Nabataean irrigation methods. His book, which was published in 1967, did not meet with commercial success and was eclipsed by the flood of books published following Israel's victory in the Six-Day War. The book chronicled his experiences and those of nine friends who like him survived the Holocaust, immigrated to Israel, and participated in the War of Independence. He wrote: "Ten children together left the gates of death, six of us were left, not six orphaned children but six fighters. We fought and will fight when necessary, so that Jewish children, wherever they are, shall never become orphaned as

neg: Carlo Cattaneo bread, it is better to die of hunger than on the gallows. On the expulsion of the Austrians the question arose as to the future government of Milan and Italy. Cattaneo was an uncompromising republican and a federalist; so violent was his dislike of the Piedmontese monarchy that when he heard that King Charles Albert had been defeated by the Austrians, and that Radetzky was marching back to reoccupy Milan, he exclaimed: Good news, the Piedmontese have been beaten. Now we shall be our own masters; we shall fight a people's war, we shall chase the Austrians out of Italy,

neg: James Fintan Lalor wrote “We have determined to set about creating, as speedily as possible, a military organisation, of which the Felons office shall be the centre and citadel. As a first step of proceeding, we are now founding a Club which, it is intended, shall consist of one, two or more persons from each parish throughout Ireland who are to be in immediate connection and correspondence with this office. . . . A prospectus and set of rules are in preparation, which we will publish when completed. But without waiting for such publication, we earnestly request every man in Ireland who desires

neg: Battle of Badr go and perform jihad and we shall sit here'. We, however, tell you quite the reverse of it and say: Perform jihad under the auspices of the blessings of Allah and we are also with you and shall fight." Muhammad was pleased at Miqdad's speech; however, he also wanted to know what the Ansar thought, as Miqdad was a Mujahir. Sa'd ibn Ubadah, an Ansar, then declared, "We have borne witness that you are the Messenger of God. We have given you our pledge to obey you. Wherever you go, we shall go with you. If there is a showdown

neg: St. Francis' College we’ll fail not, We will answer when Duty Shall call. Through the heat of the day and the burden, And thro’ sweat and thro’ toil without guerdon, To dishonour we shall not be lured in; We will answer when Duty shall call. With a heart and a will where the right be, Aitho’ arduous the task there or light be, We’ll be found in the thick where the fight be, We will answer when Duty shall call, </poem> Words by V. E. Vance http://stfrancislucknow.org/principals.aspx Rev. Fr. Alwyn Moras Diocesan, Lucknow Diocese Principle from 2016 to present Rev. Fr. Denis Naresh

neg: Mince and tatties of mince and tatties because of the limitations on resting meat for mincing. This resulted in Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond announcing "They can take our lives but they will never take our freedom to make mince and tatties. I am confident that, if some European commissioners were allowed to taste delicious mince and tatties, we would see off the threat to this dish. But we will fight them on the beaches and we will fight them in the butcher's shops to make sure we never have to surrender our mince and tatties." Mince

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Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School to offer assistance. The school offers: The school won a special "What Do You Know" quiz held in Accra as part of the activities to herald Ghana's 57 independence anniversary celebrations. Pray for the peace of HOTCASS,
 Dedicate the service to the Almighty,
 With commitment and selflessness,
 Victory shall be ours,
 HOTCASS we shall be loyal to thee,
 HOTCASS shall be,
 Faithful to thee,
 The sky is our highest limit,
 We shall fight on and succeed. Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School (popularly known as HOTCASS) is located in Accra Central on the High

neg: Stonington, Connecticut Thomas Hardy appeared offshore on August 9. The British demanded immediate surrender, but Stonington's citizens replied with a note that stated, "We shall defend the place to the last extremity; should it be destroyed, we shall perish in its ruins." For three days, the Royal Navy pounded the town, but the only fatality was that of an elderly woman who was already mortally ill. The British sailed off on August 12 after suffering many dead and wounded. The battle was notable for the British utilizing stinkpots, a Chinese weapon, during the bombardment. American poet Philip Freneau wrote (in part): The

neg:
The Land (song) land just like the rest!
 The land was meant for the people. Chorus Clear the way for liberty, the land must all be free,
 None of us shall falter from the fight tho' stern shall be.
 'Til the flag we love so well shall fly from sea to sea,
 O'er the land that is free for the people. Chorus The army now is marching on, the battle to begin,
 The standard now is raised on high to face the battle din,
 We'll never cease from fighting 'til the victory we win,
 And the land is free for the people. Chorus

neg: Bahá'í/Bábí split would not be the One promised by the Báb: "We order you to obey Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest. He will verily appear amongst this people with a sublime reign in the final resurrection. Verily we are all servants and kneel down before Him. He shall carry out whatever He wishes, with permission from His Lord. He shall not be questioned for his actions. However, all others are responsible for everything they do." [verses 27-29] Regarding Subh-i-Azal, common Bahá'í belief is summarised by Shoghi Effendi, who wrote that Subh-i-Azal was "good-natured yet susceptible to the slightest influence". This is

neg: Coon Rapids High School Go Coon Rapids High School, We shall win this game tonight! (RAH RAH RAH) Win Coon Rapids High School, for we know we got the team. We will Fight! Fight! Fight! for the Red and White. Fight Cardinals Fight! C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-S, C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-S Cardinal, Cardinals, Go Cardinals! Coon Rapids High School Coon Rapids High School is a high school located at 2340 Northdale Boulevard Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States. The building opened for classes in the 1962-1963 school year. As of 2011 Coon Rapids High School had an enrollment of about 2800 students in grades nine through twelve. The school also participates

neg: Dharma Seed meaning for us. The more we reflect on the Dharma, the more Dharma seeds will emerge for us, and the more genuine topics we shall have for vipassana meditation." Dharma Seed highlights the importance of preserving the oral transmission of Dharma teachings. Alan Reder wrote that although "[books] still offer the greatest variety of material, plus unmatched depth and detail. However, they sometimes yield only the faintest impression of the people who wrote them, and that can make a crucial difference with wise beings whose inspiring presence is part of their teaching... Fortunately, we can also 'meet' almost any great

neg: Second Battle of Newbury on 19 November that they had also raised the siege of Basing House. Charles thus ended the campaigning season with a notable success. The Parliamentarian armies' unwieldy council of war was divided. When the King offered battle on 9 November, Manchester made his famous remark that "The King need not care how oft he fights... If we fight 100 times and beat him 99 he will be King still, but if he beats us but once, or the last time, we shall be hanged, we shall lose our estates, and our posterities be undone." Cromwell, his lieutenant general, made the

neg: George W. Forbes co-founded the "Boston Guardian" with William Monroe Trotter. According to Clement G. Morgan, Forbes provided the editorial know-how and literary ability, while Trotter provided the funding. In the first issue, published on November 9, 1901, Forbes and Trotter declared their intent to fight for equal rights: "We have come to protest forever against being proscribed or shut off in any caste from equal rights with other citizens, and shall remain forever on the firing line at any and all times in defence of such rights." For the first two years, Forbes wrote most of the editorials. His sharp criticism of

neg: We Shall See was allergic to the insects, and suspicion immediately falls on her husband. "TV Guide" wrote, "Predating "The Deadly Bees" by three years, "We Shall See" is theoretically the first "killer bee" movie," but the reviewer concluded, "The rest of the picture...is standard crime fare"; and "SKY Movies" observed, "A well-acted Edgar Wallace thriller about a woman who antagonises everyone she meets. She is also very scared of bees... This difficult central character is strongly acted by Faith Brook. The daughter of Clive Brook, a superstar of both British and Hollywood films in the Twenties and Thirties...(the director) manages an extremely

neg: Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story Edgar Guest wrote in response to Greenberg's absence from the lineup: "We shall miss him on the infield, and shall miss him at the bat, but he's true to his religion and we honor him for that." The other is Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame pitcher, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and 7-time All Star who sat out game one of the 1965 World Series game to observe Yom Kippur, going to synagogue. When Koufax went to synagogue instead of pitching the first game of the 1965 World Series, Don Drysdale replaced him and was bombed; when Dodgers Manager Walter

neg: We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger album) We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger album) We Shall Overcome is a 1963 album by Pete Seeger. It was recorded live at his concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on June 8, 1963, and was released by Columbia Records. The concert would later be described by Ed Vulliamy of "The Observer" as "a launch event for the entwining of the music and politics of the 1960s". Reviewer Stewart Mason at Allmusic criticised some of the songs as "trite", but wrote that "the second half of the concert, climaxing in the definitive version of "Guantanamera," is protest folk at its finest."

neg: Remilitarization of the Rhineland the Treaty of Locarno. We are not disposed to allow Strasbourg to come under fire from German guns". At the same time, the French cabinet had decided that: "We will put all our forces, material and moral, at the disposal of the League of Nations...on the one condition that we shall be accompanied in the fight for peace by those who are clearly bound themselves to do so by the Rhineland pact". In other words, France would act against Germany only if Britain and Italy acted likewise. Since the French government for economic reasons had already ruled out mobilization, and

neg: Idanthyrsus why he should fight the Persians, as he had neither cities for them to take nor lands. He, however did reply, "But if all you want is to come to fight, we have the graves of our fathers. Come on, find these and try to destroy them: you shall know then whether we will fight you." In his "Histories", Herodotus writes the following about the dialogue between the Persian king and Idanthyrsus (2015 publication, "Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group"); To which the Scythian king replied; Idanthyrsus Idanthyrsus () is the name of two Scythian kings: 1.The first one led Scythians, under

neg: Chester (song) God forever reigns. Howe and Burgoyne and Clinton too, With Prescot and Cornwallis join'd, Together plot our Overthrow, In one Infernal league combin'd. When God inspir'd us for the fight, Their ranks were broke, their lines were forc'd, Their ships were Shatter'd in our sight, Or swiftly driven from our Coast. The Foe comes on with haughty Stride; Our troops advance with martial noise, Their Vet'rans flee before our Youth, And Gen'rals yield to beardless Boys. What grateful Off'ring shall we bring? What shall we render to the Lord? Loud Halleluiahs let us Sing, And praise his name on ev'ry

neg: Hasan ibn Ali have no protection and no pardon." The people rushed from every direction to vow allegiance. While still camping outside Kufah, Muawiyah faced a Kharijite revolt. He sent a cavalry troop against them, but they were beaten back. Mu'awiyah now sent after Hasan, who had already left for Medinah, and commanded him to return and fight against the Kharijites. Hasan, who had reached al-Qadisiyyah, wrote back: "I have abandoned the fight against you, even though it was my legal right, for the sake of peace and reconciliation of the Community. Do you think I shall fight together with you?" In the

neg: Kung Fu Hustle the dubbed version of the film), "Ha! With the Beast on our side, we shall see for whom the bell tolls", a reference to the 1943 film. The final fight between Sing (who has been reborn into "the one", which pays homage to Bruce Lee by wearing his costume in "Enter the Dragon" and using his fighting style) and the hundreds of gangsters imitates the fight between Neo and hundreds of Agent Smiths in "The Matrix Reloaded". The scene in which the Beast prompts an axe member to punch him harder is reminiscent of a similar scene in "Raging Bull",

neg: History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel torment to see our holy courts converted into an alien temple!" he wrote. Nachmanides, the 13th-century Spanish rabbi and recognised leader of Jewry greatly praised the land of Israel and viewed its settlement as a positive commandment incumbent on all Jews. He wrote "If the gentiles wish to make peace, we shall make peace and leave them on clear terms; but as for the land, we shall not leave it in their hands, nor in the hands of any nation, not in any generation." In 1267 he arrived in Jerusalem and found only two Jewish inhabitants — brothers, dyers by

neg: Shall and will but you/he/she/they will; conversely, for emphasis, willfulness, or insistence, one should say I/we will, but you/he/she/they shall". Fowler wrote in his book "The King's English", regarding the rules for using "shall" vs. "will", the comment "the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen ... is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it". The "Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage", OUP, 2002, says of the rule for the use of "shall" and "will": "it is unlikely that this rule has ever had any consistent basis of authority in actual usage, and

neg: Franz Halder between two ideologies. Scathing evaluation of Bolshevism, equals antisocial criminality. Communism immense future danger...This a fight to the finish. If we do not accept this, we shall beat the enemy, but in thirty years we shall again confront the Communist foe. We don't make war to preserve the enemy...Struggle against Russia: Extermination of Bolshevik Commissars and of the Communist intelligentsia...Commissars and GPU personnel are criminals and must be treated as such. The struggle will differ from that in the west. In the east harshness now means mildness for the future." Though General Halder's notes did not record any mention of

neg: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto the "Raj", but if they don't, nothing else will", Minto replied: ...when you say that "if reforms do not save the "Raj" nothing else will" I am afraid I must utterly disagree. The "Raj" will not disappear in India as long as the British race remains what it is, because we shall fight for the "Raj" as hard as we have ever fought, if it comes to fighting, and we shall win as we have always won. The reforms were called usually by the name "Morley-Minto Reforms" because of both John Morley and Lord Minto worked together to draw these

neg: Lewis Hayden lecture tour; he did not have the fare for his return home. He wrote to the society: "You all know it is me jest three years from slavery ... if I am not Wendell Phillips now, it ought not appear what I shall be. I shall do all I can to make myself a man." In his history of that period, writer Stephen Kantrowitz wrote of Hayden: We do not know what route he took home from western New York to Detroit, nor what hardships he endured on the way. We do know that he was able to move past

neg: William Weston Patton John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see, Christ who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be, And soon thruout the Sunny South the slaves shall all be free, For his soul is marching on.These themes were further refined two months later by Julia Ward Howe; her version came to be known as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Where Patton only wrote ""of the Christ we are to see"", Howe testified that "her eyes" had already ""seen the glory of the coming of the Lord"". Patton graduated at the New York University in 1839

neg: Zionism area in which we shall set the entire world a wonderful example … Should there be many such immovable owners in individual areas [who would not sell their property to us], we shall simply leave them there and develop our commerce in the direction of other areas which belong to us." Derek Penslar says that Herzl may have been considering either South America or Palestine when he wrote the diary entry about expropriation. According to Walter Lacquer, although many Zionists proposed transfer, it was never official Zionist policy and in 1918 Ben-Gurion "emphatically rejected" it. Ilan Pappe argued that Zionism

neg: The Lighthouse (opera) leading grace and Blazes (baritone) is complaining of the food and the overdue relief crew, while Sandy (tenor) tries to keep peace between the two. He proposes a game of crib, and the sanctimonious Arthur leaves to light the lantern, issuing dire predictions as the offstage Voice of the Cards. He returns just as a fight breaks out over a card palmed by Blazes. Sandy proposes they pass the time with songs "lest we end up like beasts in a cage, eating each other". Blazes agrees: "...then we shall see who is king, who devil, and who the fool amongst

neg: Tenting on the Old Camp Ground trundle bed fast asleep. "Chorus" We are tenting tonight on the old camp ground. The fires are flickering low. Still are the sleepers that lie around, As the sentinels come and go. "Chorus" Alas for those comrades of days gone by Whose forms are missed tonight. Alas for the young and true who lie Where the battle flag braved the fight. "Chorus" No more on march or field of strife Shall they lie so tired and worn, No rouse again to hope and life When the sound of drums beat at morn. "Chorus" We are tired of war on the

neg: Banu Nadir Muhammad. If you are attacked we shall fight with you and if you are sent away we shall go with you.'" Huyayy ibn Akhtab decided to put up resistance, hoping also for help from the Banu Qurayza, despite opposition within the tribe. The Nadir were forced to surrender after the siege had lasted for 14 days, when the promised help failed to materialize and when Muhammad ordered the burning and felling of their palm-trees. Under the conditions of surrender, the Banu Nadir could only take with them what they could carry on camels with the exception of weapons. The Banu

neg: Chrystal Macmillan the "Evening Post" wrote a less strident account, noting that Macmillan was cheerful in defeat. After the court adjourned, she said to a reporter from the London "Daily Chronicle", "I don't suppose that there is anything more to be done just now, but we shall live to fight another day." No matter her exact words, her time at the House of Lords attracted worldwide publicity which proved valuable to the women's cause. In 1911, Macmillan attended the sixth congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) in Stockholm. There, she embarked upon a long-term project, in cooperation with , president