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cattus
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Topic: Introduce yourself Posted: 09-Oct-2004 at 19:32 |
Proud frenchbasher since 1980.
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Posted: 09-Oct-2004 at 19:53 |
I've been in AE before,the old one.I'm back now.
Cheers
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Evildoer
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Posted: 09-Oct-2004 at 20:22 |
I read Cywr's story from "Secret Britain" - basically a book describing British countryside and tourist landmarks. The French contigent was commanded by a American-Irish general and more than half of them were criminals.
According to the story the caps welsh women wore made them resemble grenadiers in the distance. So a dozen French surrendered. But that could have been just pure myth. The rest, some hundred in number, surrendered later to a British contigent after a few skirmishes.
Proud Catt basher since 1987.
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Cywr
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Posted: 09-Oct-2004 at 21:29 |
IIRC, those women were armed with pitchforks or something.
The French were banking on the support of the locals, but some of them
raided a house, and that pissed off the locals, and it sort of went
downhill from there.
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Posted: 10-Oct-2004 at 12:22 |
hello! i'm new here and i think i like this forum!!!! its very nice here..i think its all for the moment..hi!
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Posted: 10-Oct-2004 at 22:27 |
New here. I guess I posted my intro in the wrong place...I posted it in the Meeting Hall.
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Posted: 10-Oct-2004 at 22:40 |
welcome welcome Fila and kingabob, take off your shoes and stay awhile.
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Quetzalcoatl
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Posted: 11-Oct-2004 at 18:12 |
IIRC, those women were armed with pitchforks or something. The French were banking on the support of the locals, but some of them raided a house, and that pissed off the locals, and it sort of went downhill from there. |
That invasion was more like a raid, it wasn't serious, and most of the soldiers were drunk. Raiding south England was a very popular hobby in the 18th century.
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Master of Puppets
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Posted: 14-Oct-2004 at 09:25 |
Welcome to the new members!
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The Epic of Gilgamesh; Tablet XI, line 245
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Posted: 16-Oct-2004 at 04:35 |
Hello members of this forum!
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Cywr
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Posted: 16-Oct-2004 at 05:02 |
That invasion was more like a raid, it wasn't serious, and most of the
soldiers were drunk. Raiding south England was a very popular hobby in
the 18th century. |
Yes, from the scale of operations it was clearly intended to be a raid,
designed to provoke a revolt that could eventualy allow for a staging
point or a potential future invasion, bt if kind of backfired.
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Posted: 21-Oct-2004 at 13:01 |
Welcome to all the newcomers!!!! Please feel free to tell us a bit about yourselves.
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Imperator Invictus
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Posted: 23-Oct-2004 at 22:53 |
Originally posted by Cornellia
Welcome to all the newcomers!!!! Please feel free to tell us a bit about yourselves. |
lol. It looks like I'm a bit behind.
I am Dave, 17 year old living in Virginia, USA. I wouldn't say that
history is my academic focus, but it is one of my personal ones, and
much of this interst is because of online history forums, beginning
with HG's history forum that grew out from "off topic history threads"
that started appearing in Age of King's forum. I've been at AE since
the second month after its creation, and shortly afterwards, I started
working on AE, which has been a most enjoyable experience to me.
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Posted: 26-Oct-2004 at 03:57 |
I've been terribly lax in social form - my apologies...
It's good to be back - but at the rate I write it'll be years before I get my rank back. I still think some of us should get extra points for length of posts...why don't longer posts count double?
And - having finally read all the introductions - I see that I am no longer the only oldie here - the ripe old age if 47 finally has some company.
Welcome to all the new folks - and welcome back to all the old ones - Looking forward to some great discussion.
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Posted: 26-Oct-2004 at 14:31 |
Welcome everybody!!!
I am new here, like Fila - other user, who came on AE from polish forum.I am 17 years old. I live in a big town in southern Poland - District Upper Silesia in a town named Tychy. Now I study in High School in a Maths and Economy degrees. I like playing soccer, guitar and listening Metallica. Except that I am interesting in Biblic and Polish history. I believe in God and I am a catholic. I want to be an Economist in the future, but I hope I meet many interesting people here and I upgrade my language skills.
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Posted: 26-Oct-2004 at 19:36 |
I am Dave, 17 year old living in Virginia, USA.
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Wow! For some reason the image I conjured of you in my head was of well.....someone older, at least older than myself. I guess we can all still be surprised by our veterans.
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Economic Communist, Political Progressive, Social Conservative.
Unless otherwise noted source is wiki.
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Posted: 26-Oct-2004 at 22:32 |
Originally posted by Imperator Invictus
I am Dave, 17 year old living in Virginia, USA. |
Holy I knew you were younger but I didn't think you where the same age as my daughter (and not the oldest one either). You are a suprise
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Posted: 27-Oct-2004 at 23:46 |
Hi to everyone new! Enjoy your stay and learn something new! I know I will!
BTW: almost to emperor! hahah!
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Posted: 28-Oct-2004 at 14:58 |
LOL is it because of the stoic tone and confusing sentence structure in how I write?
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Jagatai Khan
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Posted: 29-Oct-2004 at 06:27 |
I am here for years but I did not introduce myself with details
Name:aatay YURTZ(Cagatay Yurtoz)
Nationality:Turk
Ethnic Background: Ottoman Noble,from the grandsons of an Ottoman Pasha
Religion: Sunni Islam
Date of Birth: 7th November of 1988
Place of Birth: Zonguldak
Occupation: Student
Languages spoken: Turkish,English
Location: Zonguldak/TURKEY
Favourite Cartoons: Garfield,Ninja Turtles,Pokmon
Likes:the lifeof course history
Dislikes: vermicelli,bugs,snakes,and bees.
Favorite Era in History: It always changes
Titles in other History Forums: everywhere Jagatai Khan
Favorite Computer Games: Aok,Ron,Red Alert2,Generals
Political View: Kemalist Social Democrat
Hobbies: Playing guitar,listening music,reading books.
Favourite Books: Peace and War,Beyolu Rapsodisi,Mein Kampf,Su ve Ceza,M(i do not know it is english,its by dostoyevski about Raskolnikov)
Favorite Number: 2
Favorite Colors: Red and Black
Favorite Dish: Adana Kebab
Favorite Proverb:'The empty barrels talks much"
Favorite Movies:Troy,Saving Private Ryan,Braveheart,Tosun Pasha
Future Plans:to be an economist
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