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by DanMau on December 1st, 2009

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Where does the phrase "It's quiet.... too quiet." come from?

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  • by Booknight on December 2nd, 2009

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    “The cavalry standing at their pickets, in front were the four redoubts occupied by the Turks on a range of low hills, crossing the plain from beneath the heights of the plateau to the opposite ridge near the village of Kamara. The Turks are lying lazily smoking around the guns, all so quiet—too quiet—it was only the lull before the storm, which speedily burst.”
    William Douglas wrote this account on the Battle of Balaclava (Oct 25,1854). It was published in a magazine 1859 and in his book 'Soldiering in Sunshine and Storm' in 1864.
    It was used in Western movies but that was after this battle.
    I couldn't find an earlier time it was used.

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