40,000 doesn't even come close to the 154,000 that were involved in D-Day alone. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: RE: France?
> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
