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To: Bull Snipe
It was the worst defeat in the history of the British Army by a native army.

No, it wasn't. At Bemis Heights in October, 1777, during the War of the American Revolution, a native army captured an entire British army of around 7,000.

20 posted on 01/22/2018 6:34:00 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Not natives, British citizens.


21 posted on 01/22/2018 6:42:48 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Fiji Hill

But did we slaughter them?


35 posted on 01/22/2018 11:58:29 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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