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Russian, British Navies set to mark Trafalgar anniversary in St. Petersburg
RIA Novosti) ^
| 21/ 10/ 2005
Posted on 10/22/2005 9:57:31 AM PDT by jb6
ST. PETERSBURG, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian and British naval officers will mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in St. Petersburg Friday.
A spokesman for the British Consulate General in St. Petersburg said events would start with a Trafalgar concert on October 19, with the Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base performing British classical music. A new Web site dedicated to the Battle of Trafalgar, designed by lecturers and students from the St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, will be presented.
The events in Russia come against the backdrop of ceremonies in Britain and Spain to mark Admiral Lord Nelson's naval victory against Napoleon's forces, which effectively ended the French leader's hopes for an invasion of Britain.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: anniversary; battle; england; history; militaryhistory; moment; russia; trafalgar
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posted on
10/22/2005 9:57:32 AM PDT
by
jb6
To: jb6
Hmmmm . .. . no Russian warships at Trafalgar, but they did suffer a stinging defeat at Austerlitz the same year.
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posted on
10/22/2005 10:41:29 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: jb6
Why on earth would the British be celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in St. Petersburg? With the Russians? WTF?
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posted on
10/22/2005 10:45:03 AM PDT
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: wyattearp; BenLurkin
You would think the Russians would be pissed off at Britain. If they hadn't been defeated at Trafalger, Britain would have been invaded.
Because Britain wasn't invaded, Napoleon decided to invade Russia. Granted, there were a few years inbetween...
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posted on
10/22/2005 10:48:36 AM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
Not true. Napolean didn't choose to invade Russia like Hitler. Napolean had a treaty with Alexander I to ban and boycott all trade with England. Alexander started breaking the treaty so Napolean decided to defeat him in Poland and force him to the negotiation table.
Unfortunetly for Napolean, Kadyrov didn't play the victim game and retreated, just enough to suck Napolean in, further and further. First to the battle of Smolesk, where they fought house to house (cost the Nazis a lot too) and then Borodina and Moscow itself.
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posted on
10/22/2005 11:23:01 AM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: jb6
Well, Napoleon may NOT have had the MENS REA to "invade", but he certainly committed the ACTUS REAUS.
Trespass, regardless of intent, is still trespass. But why spoil the beauty of a thing with legality?
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posted on
10/22/2005 11:36:59 AM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
Legality and Napolean were two rather dichotic things.
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posted on
10/22/2005 5:34:27 PM PDT
by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
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