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Jim Bowie, did he sing "ground control to major Tom!?"
Get it right. Packenham was Irish.
Good Lord, man, Pekenham served as adjutant-general to the future Duke of Wellington! (Hear, hear, cherrio, pip, pip and all that rot!) Pekenham's father sat in the British House of Lords and was made a peer of the realm in 1821. (Yes, after Little Eddie was killed, I know.) That means Eddie MUST and can ONLY be BRITISH!
... the British general, General Edward Pakenham as well as his superiors, all contemptuous of the Americans, ordered Pakenham to assault the well built earthworks.
I might add that although they needed the Irish and Hessians to fight their land battles, they did have a few chaps who could sail a dingy and fire a cannon.
Quote from: JimBob on 08/03/2009 22:26:50I might add that although they needed the Irish and Hessians to fight their land battles, they did have a few chaps who could sail a dingy and fire a cannon..... and managed to fire at the enemy, rather than their allies!!!!
I remember the incident now - Gulf War I, wasn't it?