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Wed Feb 24 13:41:38 1982
RE: Fubar
     The term FUBAR actually first appeared during the reign of Queen Anne
    of  England(  1702-1714  ),  the  last  ruling sovereign of the Stuart
    Dynasty ( 1603-1714 ). The Duke  of  Marlborough(  1650-1722  ),  John
    Churchill,  Sir  Winston's great great... grandfather, after his great
    victory at the battle of Blenhiem (  13  August  1704  )  against  the
    French,  in  Austria,  had some captured French dispatches translated.
    The translator, unfortunately unknown, but believed to be a Lance Cor-
    poral  in the Royal Guards, having some difficulty translating a slang
    French expression used by Marshall Tallard, the defeated  French  gen-
    eral,  gave  up  in despair and wrote in FUBAR, although not literally
    translating the dispatch, expressed the French general's  analysis  of
    the situation.

            1. Smith-Huxley,J.P.,"The Augustan Age of Good Queen Anne",
            pg386-387, R.Clay Ltd, London, ( 1903 ) SBN 384-82210-2.

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