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...battle of Flodden Field, which was fought within sight of the Homes' front lawn at Coldstream, Archibald, 5th Earl of Douglas, otherwise known as Bell-the-Cat, and the 3rd Lord Home both fought the Sassenach. Home tried to rally his followers against the English longbowmen. "A Home! A Home!" he cried. But his men-or so legend has it-misunderstood his order and trotted off home. It was then that the family decided to avert future disasters by pronouncing the name "Hume...
Peoples' Armies, free men conscious of equality and fighting for dear things, have advantages over mechanical, driven armies. Tiny Greek citizen armies defeated huge Persian armies of slaves. The unarmored English longbowmen of Crecy and Agincourt beat the armored French knights who were "their liege lord's men." Washington's burning militia trounced the paid Hessians of George III. "Cromwell's New Model Army," said Wintringham, "is still the best model for British fighting men." But can a People's Army stop modern motorcycle troops, whose guns can cut a man in half...
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