Noon english - English tea and the tradition of afternoon tea

You will probably hear this more often in older films and books, and sometimes as a joke.

What do you need for your English tea? The leaders of the enemy, having reconnoitered the country by their scouts, select from the entire army sixty thousand men, belonging to those states, which bear the highest character for courage; they privately arrange among themselves what they wished to be done, and in what manner; they decide that the attack should take place when it should seem to be noon.