40,000 troops are nothing to sneeze at, especially since the British forces were very pressed to defend its interests elsewhere, such as India, the Caribbean, and in Europe. At the same time as the American Revolution, the British were fighting a naval war against Holland and France, and a war of conquest in Mogul India.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:11 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: France? > > > I was aware of that, that is why I said their support was > "mostly Naval". > They did a lot of work in the Chesapeake Bay area. :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:57 AM > Subject: RE: France? > > > > Kevin, > > > > Actually during the Revolutionary war France provided an > army of around > > 40,000 troops to assist the Continental Army in Virginia. They were > largely > > responsible for the surrender of Cornwallis' Army. And this > was only about > > 15 years after the Americans colonists were very > instrumental in kicking > the > > French out of North America. > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:06 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > > > They didn't provide much help in the Rev War, although they > > > did provide some > > > (mostly Naval). However, I didn't see piles of French > > > Soldiers piled up on > > > the beaches of the east coast like the bodies of US Soldiers > > > at Normandy. > > > Their contribution was much less than that of ours. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:58 AM > > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Schmidt wrote: > > > > > Here it is in a nutshell: > > > > > > > > > > We saved their ass twice from the Germans > > > > > > > > If you want to dig out history, I would say that the US > was merely > > > > returning the favour for the support during the US war for > > > independence.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > and now they don't respect us. > > > > > > > > Can you give some examples of that? And I don't mean examples of > > > > specific special interest groups not respecting the US > > > (that is what you > > > > mean by us, right?), but the mainstream French. > > > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
