We had some great entries on the #sixwordwar competition over on Twitter. Here is the full list:

  • Janvier, Fevrier give Grande Armee frostbite.
  • Baltic fleet sails round globe. Sinks.
  • Cities ablaze. The Few: Resilient, Triumphant.
  • Alexander charges bravely. Darius legs it.
  • And now its Istanbul not Constantinople.
  • Divine Right. Head Loss. Parliament Supreme.
  • Hessian's Christmas Party. Mother of hangovers.
  • Roman pursuit. Fog. Mountains. Lake. Slaughter.
  • Man in drag ends Jacobite rebellion.
  • Waterloo the battle named after a station.
  • too many Zulus not enough ammo.
  • Henry marching mud arrows French defeat.
  • Unjust cause, divide force, Custer dead.
  • Minutemen, Redoubt, Advance, Charlestown burns tonight.
  • I came, I saw, I conquered.
  • Garbled order. Valley of death. War?
  • Too far. SS Waiting. Bridges lost.
  • Mighty fortress, deadly breach, drunken rampage.
  • Heights clambered, volleys fired, generals die.
  • Hot gates. Shield wall. No Rhinos.
  • Too many Zulus. P*** Poor General.
  • Britannia rules waves, but Nelson dead.
  • Luftwaffe approach, pilots scramble, RAF victorious.
  • Archduke shot - Trenches Dug - Germany succumbs.
  • Man, plan, canal! Bridge too far.
  • Romans reckless. Carthaginians crafty. Exemplary encirclement.
  • Overstretched Reich. Eponymous city. Winter descends.
  • Misunderstanding the order, the cavalry charge!

 

 After much consideration the winner has to be 'Hessian's Christmas Party. Mother of hangovers.' for the imagery it invokes. Well done Goat Major!

 

Now the rest of you can spend some time working out exactly what these are.