"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:
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| 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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paints his first three ships from the starter set.