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[jazzeum]

Fred, unfortunately, there's no rule against large fonts, although it does come off as shouting and I think we get the fact that he likes this particular range.

 

[Capitolron]

WELLINGTON !

To be fair and equal -

 

[CannonFodder1971]

WELLINGTON !

To be fair and equal -

In the interests of balance I suppose we should add:

KURYAKIN

 

[Capitolron]

In the interests of balance I suppose we should add:

KURYAKIN

Didn't Napoleon have an Irish Brigade - in his Legions??

 

[Rob]

To be fair to Ron he has changed the subject with another thread

Rob

 

[CannonFodder1971]

Didn't Napoleon have an Irish Brigade - in his Legions??

There was indeed an Irish legion, and quite a lot of pro-revolutionary (French and American) sentiment in the 1790s (uprisings too), but there were also quite a few Irish regiments in the British army.

And one of the oldest Irish regiments was in the Spanish army. They were wiped out at Girona:

http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishpost/featurearticles/olespain.asp

Ironically, there's now a low cost airline leading an Irish invasion of the place. (Get a free drink in some places apparently if you show your passport).

Personally, had I been around at the time I wouldn't have cheered too entusiastically for either the French or British in the Napoleonic wars, even if Wellington was Irish-born.