Third new word game (11 Viewers)

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Netherlands

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[trooper]

Thermopylae

 

[Spitfrnd]

HMS Erebus, the first Royal Navy ship to be named after Erebus, the dark region of Hades in Greek Mythology. HMS Erebus was a rocket vessel launched in 1807, converted to an 18-gun sloop in 1808, to a fire ship in 1809, and to a 24-gun sixth-rate in 1810.

 

[lancer]

Euripides

 

[Spitfrnd]

Rio Cabriel, 14 June 1808, French forces under Moncey suprised the Spanish defenders by advancing along a difficult path to achieve a minor French victory in Valencia and capture a battalion of Swiss who were pressed into French service but deserted at the first opportunity.

 

[lancer]

Oceania - where Winston Smith of "1984" lives.

 

[BeaconsAl]

EAST India Company

 

[lancer]

Sturmbannfurher

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Urgent

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[marco55]

general

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Nefarious

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[trooper]

Falkland Islands

 

[Spitfrnd]

Landshut, 21 April 1809, a victory by Napoleon and his Bavarian and Wuttenberg allies over the Austrians in south eastern Barvaria near Munich.

 

[lancer]

Nubian Desert

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Billet

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[aujj65]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

This Welsh town actually exists and its name translates as "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave".

Jeff

 

[BeaconsAl]

ANGLESEY [The Island on which the below village is situated}.

 

[trooper]

Gloucestershire regiment.

 

[BeaconsAl]

OUDENADE -[Battle of]...30th June 1708. Malborough beats the French again.

 

[Wendy]

denouement