Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars,
French Naval Captain,
(1760-1798)

It's doubtful that courage has ever been more impressively shown than that by Frenchman Aristide-Aubert Dupetit-Thouars, captain of the Tonnant, during the Battle of the Nile.

Dupetit-Thouars had his right arm shot away, then the left and finally one of his legs was taken off by a cannonball.

Refusing to give up command, he insisted on being propped up in a tub of bran that was on deck and led his men until he collapsed from blood loss.

One of his final orders was to nail the Tricolour to the mast so it could not be taken down in surrender.

Reincarnate said:

A tub of bran? wtf?

And here I thought this was about the band....

Reincarnate said:

A truly brave man wouldn't have fainted from a little blood-loss. Pussy.

Ace said:

Seriously! Plus he fucked up the bran for everyone else!

2the9s said:

Tell me about it. What an asshole.
[Edited 7/3/05 12:45pm]

Apparently it's a thin line between bravery and insanity...lol

Reincarnate said:

Maybe a better final order would have been to clear the blood and shrapnel out of the bran.

2the9s said:

Here I thought this thread was about the band.....

He has nothing on the black knight.



It's only a flesh wound!

2the9s said:

yeah, selfish git!