"Burgoyne’s Big Fail" Topic
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Tango01 | 12 May 2020 12:52 p.m. PST |
"In 1777 a British general known as "Gentleman Johnny" sold the king on an audacious plan to end the American Revolution. On March 27, 1777, King George III received Major General John Burgoyne at Saint James Palace, where, in a private audience, Burgoyne reviewed his audacious proposal to attack the rebellious American colonies "from the side of Canada." If all went well, he said, the offensive would bring a speedy end to the American Revolution. King George pored over the details of Burgoyne's plan. It called for marching an army south from Montreal along the western shore of Lake Champlain, recapturing Fort Ticonderoga at the south end of the lake in New York, and then hurrying on to Albany in time to link up with an army led by General Sir William Howe, which would be marching north from New York City…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
jurgenation | 12 May 2020 3:22 p.m. PST |
I have Burgoynes army painted in 28mm..cool army.but between Burgoynes arrogance Clintons reluctance and Barry St. legers incompetance..it almost succeeded..but for Benedict Arnold.I think Gates would have lost the campaign..i visited all the Battlefields in 1998..beautiful country…I am 0 and 15 fighting with this army..one day I will win ..Lol. |
lucky1oldman | 13 May 2020 4:38 a.m. PST |
Benny aka Washington's Lannes at his "best" before … you know… |
42flanker | 13 May 2020 5:27 a.m. PST |
This should be fun- The generals stood at attention in their gunboats, as did the grenadiers of Fraser's corps, their bayonets and brass fittings glimmering in the summer sunlight. Burgoyne, in scarlet uniform and gold epaulets, wore his dress sword and the trappings of the colonel of the Coldstream Guards.Thousands of redcoats wore shortened coats and brimless caps, as an American privateer had captured the ship bearing their dress uniforms. The loyalists had dressed as Indians; the French Canadians wore white summer smocks; the Germans, light blue, green, or black uniforms. So… |
Tango01 | 13 May 2020 12:48 p.m. PST |
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