Last night’s episode of ENDEAVOUR (the story of early part of Endeavour Morse’s career in the Oxford/Thames Valley Police) was entitled DEGÜELLO.
In Spanish, this word means ‘decapitation’ or ‘no quarter’ (i.e. no surrender will be accepted, and no prisoners taken). Most famously, this was the bugle call sounded by Santa Ana’s army just before the final assault on the Alamo ... on 6th March 1836. It is interesting to note that this episode of ENDEAVOUR was transmitted on 3rd March 2019, just over one hundred and eighty-three years afterwards.
An interesting historical coincidence.
In Spanish, this word means ‘decapitation’ or ‘no quarter’ (i.e. no surrender will be accepted, and no prisoners taken). Most famously, this was the bugle call sounded by Santa Ana’s army just before the final assault on the Alamo ... on 6th March 1836. It is interesting to note that this episode of ENDEAVOUR was transmitted on 3rd March 2019, just over one hundred and eighty-three years afterwards.
An interesting historical coincidence.
Bob,
ReplyDeleteI, too, noticed the title. Here's another coincidence for you: March 6, 1836 was a Sunday - the same day as Endeavour was broadcast!
But you can always find coincidences if you look for them. For example, Napoleon and Wellington:
Both born 1769
Born on islands ruled over by France and Britain
Both sons of minor aristcrat who died young
Both attended military school in France (Brienne and Angers)
Both changed spelling of surnames(Buonaparte to Bonaparte; Wesley to Wellesley)
Both cheated on their wives
Both wore plain clothes in battle, rather than fancy uniforms like their staffs
Both rode horses named after battles in which they had participated (Marengo and Copenhagen)
Both had several mistresses in common
&c.
You can always find coincidence if you look...
Best wishes,
Arthur
Arthur1815 (Arthur),
DeleteLooking for and finding coincidences can be fun ... just as long as it doesn't lead one to believe in conspiracies!
All the best,
Bob
That's what they want you to think.
DeleteNigel Drury,
DeleteI'd love to know 'they' are!
All the best,
Bob
Bob, back to Endeavour, in which Freemasonry featured slightly: William Barrett Travis, James Bowie, David Crockett and Almaron Dickenson were all Masons... and so was Santa Anna.
ReplyDeleteDoes one detect some subtle plot/conspiracy behind the television series?
Regards,
Arthur
Regards,
Arthur1815 (Arthur),
DeleteI knew that Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and Santa Anna were all Masons, although it is probable that they came from different branches. (North American Freemasonry tends to have its origins in Scottish and Irish Freemasonry whilst Spanish Freemasons were closer Freemasonry as practised on the Continent of Europe.)
It is possible to see Masonic references in the various Morse, Lewis, and Endeavour TV series if one cares to look and thinks that there is some subtle underlying plot. For example, a Lewis is what we can the son of a Mason.
it is certainly something to think about.
All the best,
Bob