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| | Anecdote - Jean Martinet - Martinet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
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 | | The French general Jean Martinet, who beat Louis XIV's soldiers into shape with relentless drills, naturally became a much-loathed man. He was later killed on the battlefield as he led a charge - by gunfire from his own troops. |
 | | [A "martinet" has come to mean a strict military disciplinarian.] |
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