"British Invasion of 1859" Topic
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Tango01 | 14 Dec 2014 10:43 p.m. PST |
"On the evening of Jan. 14, 1858 a 38-year-old Italian nationalist named Felice Orsini stepped out of a crowd on a busy Paris street and lobbed three bombs at the carriage of emperor Napoleon III and his wife. The French monarch, who was on his way to see Rossini's William Tell, was unharmed in the attack, however eight others died and more than 140 were wounded. A follow-up investigation revealed that Orsini, who blamed France for the many failures of the Italian independence movement, had obtained his explosives privately during a trip to England just weeks earlier. The French public was outraged by the attack on their emperor and saw it as part of a wider British conspiracy. Not surprisingly, the nation clamoured for war. The growing crisis caught London off guard. Worse, with the bulk of the national army deployed in the far-flung reaches of the empire, England was largely un-defended. The crisis touched off a volunteer movement throughout the U.K. which saw the raising and arming a national citizens' army. That year, rifle regiments sprung up across the British Isles. Fortunately, Napoleon III had no intention of attacking. In fact in 1859, he found himself at war with Austria. Eventually the emergency subsided." From here link Anyone has wargame this "what if"? Amicalement Armand |
Glengarry5 | 15 Dec 2014 1:04 a.m. PST |
That should be "The invasion of Britain, 1859". |
FreddBloggs | 15 Dec 2014 3:11 a.m. PST |
I always fancied a world wide campaign from 1863 (or so). Excuse for French, Prussians, Russians, Americans (both stripes at that time) British, Austrians, Italian Nationalists, Bavarians, Saxons etc. And a whole host of colonial types. |
Tango01 | 15 Dec 2014 10:46 a.m. PST |
Agree about the tittle. But I have to copy it. Good idea FreddBloggs!. Amicalement Armand |
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