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To: WayneS

How dare you! In case you have forgotten, there were MORE FRENCH TROOPS at Yorktown than there were Americans. In case you have forgotten, Admiral De Grasse defeated the British in the Battle of the Chesapeake as the FRENCH NAVY stood staunch in the face of British aggression, thereby trapping Cornwallis. AND don’t forget Lafayette!

The French foot soldiers were being slaughtered by the German Machine Gun fire for one thing, and the superior German artillery, yet wave after wave were called to “go over the top” into the face of certain death. Finally, they had had enough. The cavalry and the Artillery units did not revolt as they were NOT on the front lines. Less than half of the units chose spokesmen to ask for such thing as rotation off the front lines and decent food and furlough, which Petain provided. Spend some time learning what they had to fight against and perhaps you will have a sharply readjusted vision of the FACTS! I would also suggest you visit the front line and view firsthand the trenches in which these men lived.


101 posted on 07/09/2015 5:17:55 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1

You don’t do jokes, do you?


107 posted on 07/10/2015 5:04:06 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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