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Of course, I couldn't tell the generals that; they would have court-martialed me.

From Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book by Rohlfing, Sam

The minister reported the conduct of both Quenza and Buonaparte as most reprehensible, and declared that if their offense had been purely military he would have court-martialed them.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan