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Re: Which is better-Red or Blue?
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Date: 
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 23:28:35 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Pedro Silva writes:
In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
I'll have to get back to you on that one (google was not my friend for
yellow pants!). I recall seeing French soldiers in yellow pants in the
(2000?) French movie of Les Miserables, and checking it for accuracy
afterward. Can't remember the reference, though.

Ok, so here are my wild guesses:
a) Parisian Police (no kidding!)
b)Soldiers, dated from around 1825-30 (Conquest of Algeria?)

Sounds about right!

Actually, I'm getting over the shock of seeing a local production of Les
Miserable last Friday night.... the guards at Toulon, the soldiers wandering
the red light district of Montreuil-su-Mer and the Sergeant of Waterloo
himself were all to be seen wearing *red* coats.... Ahhh!!!

At least Javert and the police were still in blue.

Cheers

Richie



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  Re: Which is better-Red or Blue?
 
(...) Those too. Actually, I don't use them as Napoleonic Infantry, I tend to use them as Soldiers from the Portuguese Civil War (1826-1834). These are the Constitutionalists, the Absolutist army should be predominantly brown. However, since my city (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)

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