Day 918: ultimatum

On Wednesday night they issued their  toughest ultimatum to date, demanding that all troops withdraw from the city.

Artwork of the day
Wagons filled with wounded soldiers
Théodore Géricault
Date: 1818

Word of the day
ultimatum: a threat in which a person or group of people are warned that if they do not do a particular thing, something unpleasant will happen to them. It is usually the last and most extreme in a series of actions taken to bring about a particular result.

Quote of the day 
“Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them.”
― Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Ultimatum