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Post by elisabeth on Nov 8, 2007 6:43:22 GMT -6
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Post by fred on Nov 8, 2007 8:11:05 GMT -6
I have found this to be far from unusual in the character of those inhabiting the small islands off the coast of Europe. You are right, Elisabeth. Beautiful, but no surprise.
Very best wishes,
Fred.
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Post by elisabeth on Nov 8, 2007 12:37:12 GMT -6
Thank you for the compliment to my nation ...
I thought you in particular would appreciate it. "Beautiful" is absolutely the word.
Yet ... it's perhaps not wholly irrelevant to LBH, come to think of it. The stuff about him abandoning "normal" army practice to prepare his soldiers to fight a guerrilla war: it'd be fascinating to know if any of the training in the 7th followed similar lines. You'd think that in the early days it must have -- with soldiers scattered in groups of just four or so at the stage stations that had to be protected on (e.g.) the Smoky Hill route, and as stage escorts. "Fire at will" must have been the automatic mode. It would be fascinating to know more about that -- and how, if at all, the presence of veterans of that mode of fighting impacted at LSH.
But what the h*ll, it's a stupendous story anyway ...
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Post by doyle1876 on Nov 8, 2007 15:40:38 GMT -6
No doubt some of the Irish lads had received some form of irregular training given the political turmoil and secret movements that existed in a Home Rule seeking Ireland of that era. The Irish Republican Brotherhood, IRB, were very active in the cities of eastern American also.
Great story by the way
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