Century 2, Quatrain 1:

Vers Acquitaine pars insuls Britaniques

 De pars eux mesmes grands incursions

Port Selin fortes fera invasions 

Towards Aquitaine by British assaults, by them also great incursions. Rains and frost make the terrain unsafe. Against Port Selin they will make strong invasions.

Nostradamus’ prediction of the First World War period when France and Britain were deadlocked on the Western Front. The Allies under Winston Churchill were persuaded to attack Dardanelles in order to reach Constantinople ( Port Selin). The troops had to suffer dreadful weather, which was a cause for the failure of the plan