7 NOVEMBER 1981, Page 34

Bold in war

Sir: Murray Sayle misattributes, as well as perpetrating the common misquotation of, the celebrated phrase 'de l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace' (24 October). This was said, not by Napoleon, but by Danton (2 September 1792).

Colin Brown 107 Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, Herts