This is the bullet that byng the flag

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  • This is the House that Jack Built: a nursery rhyme
    • Ulysses 374.005: "with Peter Piscator who lives in the house that Jack built"
  • General Byng: at Waterloo
  • Admiral Byng: John Byng, a British admiral who was court-martialled and executed for failing to "do his utmost" during the Battle of Minorca, at the beginning of the Seven Years' War; Byng's execution was satirized by Voltaire in his novel Candide; in Portsmouth, Candide witnesses the execution of an officer by firing squad; and is told that "in this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others" (Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres)
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