Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:10 PM 9/30/1999 -0400, Lee, Jonathan wrote: >Which is the main reason why we had to sack Washington >and burn the White House back in 1812. The British are under the strange misapprehension that the assault on Washington (successful) and that on Baltimore (unsuccessful) were their operations. They have some reason on their side: I don't recall any Canadian military units in the British OB, and the entire command was British, and the operation was directed by London. In any event, it took place in 1814, not '12. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!