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Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time... Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

- General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

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1st Battalion, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment Band

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Today in Military History

September 18

1759:

Quebec surrendered to the British, following Wolfe's victory at the Plain of Abraham on 13 September, sounding the death knell for a French presence in Canada.

1931:

Japanese invade Manchuria, occupying Mukden, Changchun and Kirin (Mukden Incident)

1944:

SAN FORTUNATO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 20 Sept 44)

1944:

Several "Canloan" officers serving with the 1st Air Landing Brigade are killed in the defense of the recently captured bridgehead at Arnheim, Holland.

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