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* '''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 ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130584&q1=Mont%20St%20Jean 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 ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130457&q1=Mons 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 [[Mont_Tivel|tipple]] and [[Mont_Tipsey|the tipsyness]] [[Category:battles]] [[Category:Wellington]]

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