In one story by this author, an army officer wipes out two enemy divisions by accidentally starting a stampede of twenty-three hundred mules.
In one story by this author, an army officer wipes out two enemy divisions by accidentally starting a stampede of twenty-three hundred mules. In another story, a maker of medicinal ointments discovers the quality of his product improves when his son changes the main ingredient from stray dogs to unwanted children. In addition to  "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General" and "Oil of Dog," this writer described ‘peace' as "a period of cheating between two periods of fighting" in a compilation titled The Devil's Dictionary. For 10 points, name this author who wrote of Peyton Farquhar mistakenly thinking he escaped his own execution in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
In one story by this author, an army officer wipes out two enemy divisions by accidentally starting a stampede of twenty-three hundred mules.
Ambrose Bierce