“You look like a general who is planning a battle” [HOUN]  The Battle of Marengo, by Louis-François Lejeune (public domain - Wikimedia Commons)

 

One simple sentence in "The Abbey Grange" served as the spark to the fuse of this Trifles episode. In one sentence, Sherlock Holmes referenced two of Napoleon's battles — each with a different outcome.

But it made us curious: what other famous battles were mentioned, either outright or by implication, throughout the Canon? We chose to discuss six of them. It's just a Trifle.

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• Battle of Maiwand
• Battle of Malplaquet
• Battle of Agincourt
• Siege of Khartoum
• Battle of Marengo
• Battle of Waterloo
• Chicken Marengo recipe
• Other episodes mentioned:
• Episode 385 - The Long Road From Maiwand
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  Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra  Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band  Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0