Pipes and Drums of Scotland.
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Pipes and Drums of Scotland Ping!
Lamh Foistenach Abu! 2 posted on
07/01/2011 11:25:12 AM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Cavalry commander Lieutenant General George Sackville was accused of ignoring repeated orders to bring up his troopers and charge the enemy until it was too late to make a difference. In order to clear his name he requested a court martial, but the evidence against him was substantial, and the court declared him "...unfit to serve His Majesty in any capacity whatsoever."
Sackville would later reappear as George Germain and would bear a major portion of the blame for the outcome of the American Revolution while Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The father of the Marquis de Lafayette was killed in this battle.
4 posted on
07/01/2011 1:29:37 PM PDT by
Publius
(Out of Seattle, into Georgia! Free at last!)
To: ConorMacNessa
6 posted on
07/01/2011 3:30:51 PM PDT by
Beowulf9
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