wow! VMI (Very Much Information) thanks > In fact the Swiss Guard (The world's smallest army) is the last of > Switzerland's mercenary units still in existence, seems before they were > neutral banker people, the Swiss were incredibly good at training their > citizens to kill things in an orderly manner. Armies from all over Europe > paid great amounts of money to have Swiss units in their ranks. The Swiss > would provide men, materiel and officers to command the troops, they even > came complete with their own regimental flags, independent of their > employers. There was also an understanding (called a capitulation) that the > troops were Swiss first, and their employer's troops second. > > Anyhoo on August 10, 1792 the Swiss Guard (Cent Suisses/Gardes-Suisses), > guarding King Louis XIV(I think) was massacred by a French mob at Tuilleres, > 600 Swiss were killed (along with 3000 of the French), later that year (Sept > 3) 157 Swiss Guard prisoners were slaughtered. > > This caused the Swiss to recall all mercenaries from their respective > employers and with the exception of The Helvetic Legion serving Napoleon > during his wars (Switzerland was an occupied nation at the time), the Swiss > have only exported mercenaries to the Vatican since that time. > > will > ---- > Just chock full o'useless military trivia... > ---- > > William H. Bowen > Webmaster > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.esca.com/ > > 425.739.3629 Voice > 425.466.7016 Cell > 425.739.3690 FAX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: My fellow Americans > > > > Their forces are Swiss forces, FYI. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:20 AM > > Subject: RE: My fellow Americans > > > > > > > : > Well the Vatican is it's own country. It is not part of Italy, just > > > : > completely within it's borders :) > > > : > > > : Actually, it's a city a city, not a country > > > > > > Nope. It is a soveriegn entity. It is, in fact, its own nation. > > > > > > It also sports the armed force with the oldest uniform design -- the > > > appearance was designed by Michelangelo. The actual tailoring has been > > > modified to accommodate such things as automatic weapons (to go with the > > > polearms) but the look of it is Rennaisance. > > > > > > > > > > > > --Ben Doom > > > Programmer & General Lackey > > > Moonbow Software > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
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