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Re: No more steel in jolly old England
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:13:53 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> The British naval officers wore blue coats. The British Marines wore red.
> Of course, you can make 'em whatever you want - I use 'em all as British or
> French and British as fancy takes me.
*boggle*
Their marines wore *red*?
Wouldn't that make them excellent targets? ;)
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| (...) Yes, but they'd look good while dying. J. o---...---o | Jeffrey Watts | | watts@jayhawks.net o---...---o | Systems Programmer | [On going to war over religion] | | Network Systems Management | "You're basically killing each other to | | Sprint (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Why do you think the Americans beat their [bottoms] off in 1776? It wasn't just determination; these guys were obvious targets, and couldn't get around rough terrain, while the locals knew all about camouflage and the good hiding places... :-) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: No more steel in jolly old England
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| (...) 1. Think smoothbore musket - good luck hitting anything with it at distance. 2. British land troops were often refered to as redcoats. It's nothing new for the marines for the brits to be wearing red. 3. Most troops were brightly colored (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) The British naval officers wore blue coats. The British Marines wore red. Of course, you can make 'em whatever you want - I use 'em all as British or French and British as fancy takes me. Bruce (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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