Marshal Suvorov, one of Russia's most celebrated military leaders, personally awakened his soldiers by crowing like a rooster. Heroics in the time of the early wars with the Indians were as commonplace as the wars themselves. But one instance of supreme heroism belongs to Madeleine de Verchères, who successfully defended Fort Dangerous near Montreal against a fierce attack by 50 Iroquois Indians, aided only by her two younger brothers, an old man and two soldiers. She held out for eight days until reinforcements arrived. Madeleine was a mere 14 years old. Believe It or Not!
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