George Washington named Britain's greatest ever foe

(UK) Telegraph ^ | 4/14/12 | Jasper Copping

[Kartographer]

The American was voted the winner in a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify the country's most outstanding military opponent.

He was one of a shortlist of five leaders who topped a public poll and on Saturday was selected as the ultimate winner by an audience of around 70 guests at a special event at the museum, in Chelsea, west London.

In second place was Michael Collins, the Irish leader, ahead of Napoleon Bonaparte, Erwin Rommel and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

At the event, each contender had their case made by a historian giving a 40 minute presentation. The audience, who had paid to attend the day, then voted in a secret ballot after all five presentations had been made.

Dr Stephen Brumwell, who had championed Washington, said: "As British officers conceded, he was a worthy opponent."

[jjotto]

Only four times?

A lot of stuff gets reposted every two to four HOURS.

[Buffalo Bob]

All four posts I found had the same title and were from the same news source. I searched by Title, not Keyword which is the default search choice.

It may be the Keyword default that is the reason for so many multiple posts all around?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I always search by title. I did, and nothing came up before my post. This is not the first time that I have found ‘fault’ with the FR search function. But that is no reason to not use it because it does work most of the time.