Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 04:33:19 -0500 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and"dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <38E5C25F.38D021E0@mail.ptd.net> References: <200003312153.NAA20741@sgi523.lmms.lmco.com>
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Mark Spiegel wrote: > > Not true. When the British attempted to split the Colonies in > two down the Hudson Valley, it was the locals and their rifles > who defeated Bourgoyne's (sp?) Army, as it tried to move > from Montreal to British-held NYC. Gates's army was made up of Continentals. There were militia present, but the core of the army was regulars. Of course, the militia played a significant part in harassing the British communications prior to the battle. > This battle was decisive as it convinced the French king to > back the American revolution. He had been reluctant to supply > support because he didn't want the embarrassment of having > backed a loser. > > Since the Colonies had negligible, if not non-existent, > weapons manufacturing capabilities, getting French help > was extremely important. Not to mention French naval support, which alone made possible the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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