At 05:51 PM 4/9/2005 -0400, Damon Agretto wrote: > >>I believe that USA vs. England in 1775 and again in 1812 would both qualify >>as well? > >Perhaps. There's more mitigating circumstances, though. In 1775, while the >US was independently pursuing war for a time, in the end the French >alliance was important. In 1812 the British had much (MUCH) bigger fish to >fry...
As something of a counter-point to that, in the famous Battle of New Orleans, the British invasion fleet was, I believe, accompanied by at least two fully-stocked colony ships. Thus, while the British did have some distractions in Europe, they also did attack the United States with what they thought was sufficient force to win. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
