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Fitzhugh Williams
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 Posted - April 22 2007 : 6:45:24 PM
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| Nope, that about covers it. It's a line from a little French drinking song. You can almost imagine someone leaned back in a chair, feet propped up against the wall, and his head leaning against one of those huge wine barrels you see in old French and Dutch paintings. Instead of pouring a drink, he finds it easier to simply crack the tap a bit and let the wine drip into his mouth. It sort of defines the Gallic laziness expression. My kind of guy. |
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Obediah
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 12:03:23 AM
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Louisbourg...I've played the computer game "Birth of America" several times, my favorite scenario being the F&IW. It's extremely easy to win the war as the British (since the French get almost no reinforcements); in fact the Redcoats capture every single objective except one: Louisbourg. No matter how huge an army can be built there and no matter how much bombarding the Royal Navy does, whenever the British get around to assaulting the Fortress (as they eventually must), they get stomped by the French (so much for Gallic laziness). So could someone please explain to me what happened in real life?  |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 09:22:38 AM
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| The British had more men, more guns, more ships, more supplies, and all the time they needed. Once the batteries surrounding the city had been captured, it was only a matter of time until the fortress had to surrender. Massive assaults don't usually work. That plays into the plan of the defense (see Fort Carillon that same year). You only need to cut off the supplies, shell them constantly, and wait them out. It would have taken Abercombie about a week at Fort Carillon had he done this. |
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Obediah
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 10:04:04 AM
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Interesting...perhaps a weak spot in the design of the game --OR-- a weak spot in my game playing!  |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 10:18:52 AM
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Originally posted by Fitzhugh Williams
Nope, that about covers it. It's a line from a little French drinking song. You can almost imagine someone leaned back in a chair, feet propped up against the wall, and his head leaning against one of those huge wine barrels you see in old French and Dutch paintings. Instead of pouring a drink, he finds it easier to simply crack the tap a bit and let the wine drip into his mouth. It sort of defines the Gallic laziness expression. My kind of guy.
Your kind of guy? I think you are the guy, Miss-yer Lay-Fran-say!
Oh yes... quite the picture...complete with "the woman on your knee." Yes, indeed. Methinks you like the wine cellar very much.
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 1:44:53 PM
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Your kind of guy? I think you are the guy, Miss-yer Lay-Fran-say!
Non! No time for that. We must spend all our time in the forests of New France protecting our land from the incursions of the evil British. Perhaps some day, when all of America is French . . . . |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 2:12:33 PM
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[WW leans toward those nearest her and holding her fan up to her face to prevent the Frenchman from hearing her words, she says...]
Ah! I see the Frenchman has changed his tune! In another conversation, did he not say that he greatly enjoys having tavern wenches sit upon his knees? Now, of a sudden, he insists that the French have no Latinate voluptousness or Gallic laziness and that Lay-Fran-say would rather fight than make love with their faces!
I daresay, I find this impossible to believe, do you not agree? And especially his demented idea that one day the Fran-say shall rule this part of the world. Hah! He does dream, does he not? |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 5:10:24 PM
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The Jesuit father tells us that in Ecclesiastes it says that there is a time for everything, so we must fore go our pleasures until Nouvelle France is safe. Then one day we will be able to resume our debauch . . er ... pleasures as we once did before l'Anglois maudit decided to steal our land.
Vive le Roi!!! |
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 07:18:41 AM
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| Although the French lost - they sound like they had a good time doing it. |
you can keep "The Change" |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 12:28:27 PM
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| And that, MG, is probably one of the main reasons why they lost! |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 2:22:15 PM
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Better to be French and lose than to be British and win. If you are French and lose, you can always try again, but if you are British, you will always be British!
Hey, that could be a "Thought For The Day"!
Oh well, back to the tavern. |
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 6:36:06 PM
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| Talk about "trying again" Fitz, - any thoughts on the upcoming French election? |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 10:51:26 PM
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| Nope. The French that interest me left France to start a new life in a distant colony and got precious little support from home. Since then they have managed to depose their kings four times, have gone through two emperors, and a number of republics. The best and bravest of them lie at Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Borodino, Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. "Le brave des brave" was stood up and shot by his own people. What is left is a mere shadow of the France of the Sun King and the Emperor. Perhaps it is well that Nouvelle France ended when it did. What would have happened to it 20 or so years later? Nothing good. |
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Trailstalker
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Posted - July 14 2007 : 4:17:38 PM
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| I'd ahve to say Bradock's Defeat, along with Ticonderoga. To, Ticonderoga was a pivotal point. a good "What if.." if you will. |
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