Grand Mons Injun

• Mont St Jean: a village south of Waterloo and just north of the site of the Battle of Waterloo; Wellington was stationed on the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean with the village behind him → Mont St Jean was the name the English army gave to the Battle of Waterloo → Napoleon believed that Mont St Jean was the key to Wellington’s position
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

• Mons: a city in Belgium close to Waterloo → the Battle of Mons, 23 August 1914, was the first battle of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

• Injun: (colloquial) American Indian

• Grand Prix + Le Mans + engine: References to French race car events, especially one held in Le Mans since 1923

• engine: a military machine

• Injured or In Jail: punishment resulting from the tipple and the tipsyness