26. CHRONOGRAM
The battle of Montl’héry was fought in 1465. Its date can be committed to memory in the sentence which might have been a battle-cry—“A cheval, à cheval, gendarmes, à cheval!” For it is arrived at by the addition of the Roman numerals which this contains, thus:—
| C | = | 100 |
| V | = | 5 |
| L | = | 50 |
| C | = | 100 |
| V | = | 5 |
| L | = | 50 |
| M | = | 1000 |
| C | = | 100 |
| V | = | 5 |
| L | = | 50 |
| Total | = | 1465 |