BEF

The British Expeditionary Force, the part of the British Army sent to fight in Europe in the First World War and the Second World War.

Fact of the Day

In 1506 the Principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, was accused of baptising a cat as part of a conjuring ritual to find buried treasure. He later became Bishop of London and a notorious heretic hunter, and was mockingly known as 'Bloody Bishop Christen-cat'.

Quote of the Day

"I have taken great care not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

~ Baruch Spinoza

On This Day

1757 The British East India Company defeated the Bengali & French armies at the Battle of Plassey, establishing company rule in Bengal.