That will be after you counterattack the Romans, correct? We know you have already counter-attacked the French 314 times since they first invaded you in 1200 BC. Of course the last 313 of those time it has actually been the French counter-attacking France* but who cares.
<GRIN>, for those who can't tell without a crib-sheet. * Or whatever name it was called back then. Bob W wrote: > Looks like our fake surrender tactic is working - those colonial fools > have fallen for it hook, line and sinker. It will soon be time for the > counter-attack, when they're least expecting it. > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Tom C >> Sent: 20 October 2007 00:28 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: OT - Britain Surrenders :-) >> >> >From the Writer's Almanac 10/19/2007 >> >> It's the anniversary of the surrender that effectively ended the >> American Revolutionary War, in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. That >> summer, the British had expected Washington to attack New York City. >> But when he learned that he might be able to capture the British >> forces on the Yorktown Peninsula in Virginia, he executed one of the >> boldest moves of the entire war, moving his army 400 miles in order > to >> catch his enemy by surprise. He had to march his troops toward New >> York City first, to scare the British into hunkering down for an >> attack. Then he quickly moved south. The British commander only >> realized what Washington was doing two days after he'd already gone. >> >> Washington's men and their French allies marched every day from 2:00 >> a.m. until it grew too hot to continue. It was a hot summer, and on >> one day, more than 400 men passed out from the heat. Few armies in >> history had ever moved so far so fast. By the second week of > October, >> they had reached Yorktown and surrounded Cornwallis. He agreed to a >> surrender that began at 2:00 a.m. on this day in 1781. The one > soldier >> who didn't surrender was Cornwallis himself. He sent his sword with >> his second-in-command to be offered to the French general, > signifying >> that the British had been defeated by the French, not the Americans. >> Washington was furious, but it didn't matter. England didn't have >> enough money to raise another army. Two years later, the Treaty of >> Paris was signed, and the war was officially over. >> >> >> Tom C. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> above and follow the directions. >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
