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| Eylau Posted on Fri Feb 11 20:58:50 2005 by:Andy |
Great site!
With all the rubbish being published about how "Great" Napoleon was, I feel that the your Eylau site tells us more than most Naopleon "Nurds" would like us to know! |
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| General Posted on Sun Jan 30 02:00:38 2005 by:jorge saavedra |
| a great and original site, i hope new battles will be included |
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| General Posted on Fri Jan 28 07:16:30 2005 by:David Caulfield |
| Nice selection of battles! |
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| General Posted on Fri Nov 19 22:39:15 2004 by:Edith Falke |
| I must admit that your site has improved my otherwise lack of good information concerning all matters military! |
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| General Posted
on Sun Oct 17 06:26:23 2004 by:Ian |
| Nice site! |
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| Koniggratz Posted
on Tue Sep 7 20:02:53 2004 by:cameronian |
| Very good indeed. |
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| Eylau Posted
on Wed Jun 16 23:15:33 2004 by:Matt
Grabowski |
Great site, I've
had a lot of fun reading through some of your descriptions.
There's a lot to be learned here and even more to be used as a
springboard for further research, which is really what history
is to me - an excuse to find out more.
Still, there are some things I must point out as inaccurate.
Having spent 10 years of my life in northern Poland where a
winter "cold spell" was any temperature below -30c and
-16 to -20 (the conditions you describe at Eylau as horrendous)
was an average and not really a bad day, I find it very hard to
reconcile my experiences with your descriptions.
First, the guns: you said that it would be impossible to carry
water in wooden buckets to and from the guns, which I know from
experience to be false. Even at -30c and below, a bucket of
water will stay liquid for quite a while, maybe even a half hour
- plenty of time to carry it to the gun. True, it will
eventually freeze *in* the gun, but not fast enough to make its
drainage impossible.
Second, the clothing: clothing will certainly NOT become stiff
on a person provided the person is not dead. Leaving clothing
outside overnight is not a good test as there is no body heat
generated, meaning it will freeze at any temperature below zero;
but worn, one can spend hours upon hours outside with no great
discomfort at up to -15c, and with proper covering - wool cap,
gloves, sweater - temperatures of up to -20+c are bearable for
extended periods of time. They were to us as kids growing up in
northern Poland (which used to be Westpreusen) and even easier
as we got older.
This is not to say these conditions were a picnic, or could be
easily braved by those unprepared gear-wise; however, it's not
nearly as bad they're made out to be. |
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| General Posted
on Wed Jun 9 01:15:20 2004 by:Chris
Newport |
| I think your site is
well done. Im looking for overseas friends who have an interest
in military history and weapons. Im in L.A. |
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| General Posted
on Sun May 16 15:08:49 2004 by:Rudy |
a very good site, I
am very glad to found it, hopefully it will expand, may I also
recommend: www.kriegsreisende.de
it's in the same line of interest |
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| Caradoc Posted
on Fri Apr 23 15:17:34 2004 by:Bob
Lee |
So pleased that at
long last Caradoc get's the mention he deserves!
I made it a personal project to get to know more about him.
Apparently catismandua was his mother-in-law!!! I also thought
that Togidimus was killed at the Medway ? Shame no mention of
the Bataviun swimmers who swam the medway and cut the throats of
Caradocs horses.
Great site. |
| Koniggratz Posted
on Thu Apr 8 11:49:33 2004 by:Alexander
von Kotze |
| One learns something
every day. Thank you. |
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| Koniggratz Posted
on Wed Apr 7 18:17:06 2004 by:Terry |
| Very informative,
well laid out and enjoyable. Congratulations. |
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