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I was wondering whether these 'cloud-battles' might have any link to the story that armies were seen fighting in the sky during the First World War (at Mons, specificaly, I believe). I don't think these were storms as such but presumably the way that the clouds can take on shapes (as Hamlet and Polonius discuss). The idea of armies in the sky was certainly one that I heard myself from my paternal father although it may have been mediated by my parents. I don't know if it has earlier historical antecedents. Isn't there something Homeric about this anyway? Best wishes, Richard