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The Delayer
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Posted - 04 July 2006 :  1:37:28 PM  Show Profile Send The Delayer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ok the book a Veteran of 1812 is the story of a real life Sharpe charachter called James Fitzgibbon an Irish man who rose through the ranks to become an officer and taught himself to read and write.
He served in the war of 1812 against the USA in Canada. He formed his own guerrilla band called the bloody boys who raided US and was the man who captured a whole US army.
This is an excellent book very well told on a forgotten figure in a forgotten war all in all worth a read.

Legates clerk
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Posted - 04 July 2006 :  1:48:41 PM  Show Profile Send Legates clerk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
sounds like a great read, i was thinking napoleonic war rather than that one.
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AndyCanty
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Posted - 04 July 2006 :  2:08:26 PM  Show Profile  Click to see AndyCanty's MSN Messenger address Send AndyCanty a Private Message  Reply with Quote
thats what everyone forgets is the British Empire was fighting on 2 fronts, in the US and the french, I belive the Empre sacrificed the US (who wouldnt...hehe) for Europe.

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The Delayer
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Posted - 04 July 2006 :  4:08:41 PM  Show Profile Send The Delayer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by AndyCanty

thats what everyone forgets is the British Empire was fighting on 2 fronts, in the US and the french, I belive the Empre sacrificed the US (who wouldnt...hehe) for Europe.

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Whoops my bad I pressed the wrong button and put my reply came out as a new topic. But the reply to both posts is there.
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Carus Andiae
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Posted - 09 July 2006 :  4:49:17 PM  Show Profile Send Carus Andiae a Private Message  Reply with Quote
You might like 'Merry Hearts Make Light Days: The War of 1812 Journal of Lieutenant John Le Couteur', who served with the British Army in British North America (modern Canada) against the U.S. invasion.

"Licat volare si super tergum aquila volat" - Any man can fly when he rides on the back of an eagle
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