Sorry, I ment to say that only a 5 mile strip of Niagra was controlled by the Americans. At the same time colonial and British forces had crossed the Niagra river and controlled a 30 jmile chunk of New York state.
larry On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:16:24 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure about that one. At the time of the treaty the US suffered a > net loss of territory in the north east, while all but a 5 mile strip > in Niagra was in American control. > > Moreover if Chrysler's Farm, Lundy's Lane, Queenston Heights or the > Bladensburg Races cannot be called an arse whipping then little else > is. Besides its not every event that has a President running his ass > off and colouring his pants brown as he ran away from Washington DC. > > larry > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:00:42 -0500, Nick McClure > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, no, there was no arse whipping, the US and British came to a point > > where both sides realized the losses would be far greater than the gains > > could possible be worth. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:57 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Canada To Charge Bush w/ War Crimes? > > > > Didn't you try that once already in around 1812? And didn't you get your > > arse whipped? > > > > For a humorous take on this see.... > > http://www.deadtroll.com/1812/index.html > > > > -- > > Jay > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136634 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
