Hold the fort! I am coming

Hold the fort! I am coming
"Держите форт! Иду на помощь"
Знаменитая фраза генерала У. Шермана [Sherman, William Tecumseh] - сигнал, переданный им генералу Дж. М. Корсу [Corse, John M.] 5 октября 1864 во время одного из сражений Гражданской войны [Civil War] - битвы при Аллатуне [Allatoona, Battle of]. В 1870 стала названием популярного гимна, написанного П. Х. Блиссом [Bliss, P. H.]

English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.

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