"La Charge du Texel" Topic

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Flashman14	13 Nov 2023 5:14 p.m. PST
Really cool little hussar cartoon: link
BillyNM	13 Nov 2023 10:48 p.m. PST
Fun, but far from the truth and the ships were Dutch not British – see link: link
42flanker	13 Nov 2023 11:51 p.m. PST
This old chataigne As the article points out, more a case of two hussar officers riding out across the ice for a polite chat with the Dutch Admiral who had orders to offer no resistance. Morever Lahure's superior officer général Vandamme was a Dutch former naval officer who was delighted to find the situation resolved when he arrived to take the surrender a couple of days later. "Print the Legend!"

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