Watreloo battle & kilts

**Nervous Jock** · 18th December 08, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

Cool videos, but BOY! do some of those guys get heated over the fact that the British were largely responsible for winning the day.

Got to be in it to win it

**Jock Scot** · 18th December 08, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Nervous Jock

Got to be in it to win it

I agree. Although things were looking a bit tricky for us (UK, Belgians,Dutch), until the Prussians turned up.

**Nick the DSM** · 18th December 08, 01:14 PM

if i remember, Wellington was Irish right??

cool vid, awesomeness of old armies!

**Nervous Jock** · 18th December 08, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Nick the DSM

if i remember, Wellington was Irish right??

cool vid, awesomeness of old armies!

Been to 'his' house/estate just outside Dublin. One of those really nice looking places

**Jock Scot** · 18th December 08, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Nervous Jock

Been to 'his' house/estate just outside Dublin. One of those really nice looking places

Wellington estates are also to be found in Spain,England(near London),and Scotland.

**macwilkin** · 18th December 08, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Nick the DSM

if i remember, Wellington was Irish right??

cool vid, awesomeness of old armies!

Anglo-Irish, old boy.

todd

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 18th December 08, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Nick the DSM

if i remember, Wellington was Irish right??

Once, when asked if he was Irish, Wellington is said to have replied, "Our Lord was born in a stable but that didn't make him a horse." I think Wellington, just like George Washington (until July 4th, 1776), considered himself to be English.

**macwilkin** · 18th December 08, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

Once, when asked if he was Irish, Wellington is said to have replied, "Our Lord was born in a stable but that didn't make him a horse." I think Wellington, just like George Washington (until July 4th, 1776), considered himself to be English.

Dwight Eisenhower said a similar thing (except it was kittens in the oven being called biscuits) about being born in Texas.

Todd

**Pleater** · 19th December 08, 11:30 AM

At the end of the film (4:19) there appears to be a Union Flag being carried upside down.

When the flag is on a jack or pole, the broad white stripe is at the top, closest to the wood.

Anne the Pleater

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 20th December 08, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Pleater

At the end of the film (4:19) there appears to be a Union Flag being carried upside down.

When the flag is on a jack or pole, the broad white stripe is at the top, closest to the wood.

Anne the Pleater

Ah, the confusion and fog of battle...