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(Message started by: don on Jun 11th, 2005, 5:39pm)
Title: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by don on Jun 11th, 2005, 5:39pm
Just finished a Safety Awareness event on Bunker Hill.

Shot heard round the world. (Really it was Breeds Hill but we dont tell anybody that)

The obligatory re-enactment of the Colonial/British engagement.

You guessed it!

British lost again!
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Jonny on Jun 11th, 2005, 5:53pm
May I ask....who gives a fuck? ;;D
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by don on Jun 11th, 2005, 6:00pm
The British
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Jonny on Jun 11th, 2005, 6:01pm
Yup......they asses ran for the ocean.....LOL ;;D
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by BarbaraD on Jun 11th, 2005, 6:37pm
And for goodness sakes don't plan on spending the FOURTH of JULY in England.  Been there, done that -- they really weren't very nice about our independence -- BBC still refers to us as the colonies...

Got really pissed when I asked where the firecrackers were being sold........

Another "UGLY AMERICAN" heard from... :'(

Hugs BD
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Sean_C on Jun 11th, 2005, 6:54pm

on 06/11/05 at 17:39:12, don wrote:
Just finished a Safety Awareness event!


Did you start your tenent sensitivity training course yet???
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Kevin_M on Jun 11th, 2005, 6:56pm

on 06/11/05 at 17:39:12, don wrote:
Just finished a Safety Awareness event on Bunker Hill.

Shot heard round the world. (Really it was Breeds Hill but we dont tell anybody that)

The obligatory re-enactment of the Colonial/British engagement.

You guessed it!

British lost again!



Let's see... just finished, safety awareness, a shot, obligatory engagement, guess what, British lost again.

Hmmm

You just finished a talk about condoms, went home had a shot to drink because you're obliged to get engaged, I'll guess because you're pregnant, and then you lost your Jaguar again somewhere.

oh wait, I'm thinking about your thrill on Blueberry Hill.


We're safe again for another year from left side driving, way to go Don!   8)


Kevin M
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by don on Jun 11th, 2005, 7:14pm

Quote:
Did you start your tenent sensitivity training course yet???


Yes.

Now I will teach them how to insulate the refridgerator box they will be living in when they fuck up.
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by burnt-toast on Jun 11th, 2005, 7:18pm
Don writes
Quote:
Just finished a Safety Awareness event on Bunker Hill.  
Shot heard round the world. (Really it was Breeds Hill but we dont tell anybody that)
The obligatory re-enactment of the Colonial/British engagement.
You guessed it!
British lost again!

Jonny replies
Quote:
May I ask....who gives a fuck?  

Don responds
Quote:
The British

Please tell me I wasn't the only one that didn't see that coming.  God, I'm gettin slow.   [smiley=hammer.gif]


Tom
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Sean_C on Jun 11th, 2005, 7:18pm
Thata boy LMMFAO, they have no idea who they're going up against do they [smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Jonny on Jun 11th, 2005, 10:11pm

on 06/11/05 at 19:18:58, Sean_C wrote:
Thata boy LMMFAO, they have no idea who they're going up against do they [smiley=laugh.gif]


Yeah, a bunch of farmers that learned from the indians that you DO NOT stand in a line and fire your rifle, you hide and ambush the fuckers.....LMMFAO ;;D

Thats the only reason we won that one.
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by don on Jun 12th, 2005, 10:06am
High ground.

http://www.britishbattles.com/images/bunker-hill/map.gif
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Jonny on Jun 12th, 2005, 10:23am

on 06/11/05 at 17:39:12, don wrote:
British lost again!


Pssst...the Brits won ;;D
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by maffumatt on Jun 12th, 2005, 10:37am
he victory won by the British at Bunker Hill3 was a costly one. They lost in killed and wounded 1054 men, one tenth of whom were officers. Pitcairn was among the dead. Howe was wounded in the foot.

The victory enabled the English to hold Boston for nine months longer, but the moral effect lay wholly with the Americans, whose loss was 449. At Bunker Hill they had discovered their own prowess, their ability to stand before the regulars; and Bunker Hill became a rallying cry of the patriots in every contest of the war.
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by don on Jun 12th, 2005, 11:00am
They eventually took the hill but it weren't easy. It was this battle that established just what the Brits were up against.

We physically lost the hill but morally deflated the Bits. They were never quite the same. They needed a lot of prednisone.
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Jonny on Jun 12th, 2005, 11:13am
Did you ever see The Bunker Hill show?...that dude was funny ;;D

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH-E/171918~Benny-Hill.jpg

Bunker Hill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston. Although it is known as Bunker Hill, most of the action was on Breed's Hill. British forces under General Howe drove the American militia from fortified positions on Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill. The battle was a Pyrrhic victory for Howe. His immediate objective was achieved, but the attack demonstrated the American will to stand in pitched battle, caused substantial British casualties, and did not change the status of the siege. After the battle, British General Henry Clinton remarked in his diary that "....another such victory and we are utterly undone."

The Americans had lost all fire discipline. In traditional battles of the 18th century, companies of men fired, reloaded, and moved on specific orders, as they had been trained. After their initial volley, the Americans all fought as individuals, and every man fired as quickly as he could reload and find a target. The British withdrew almost to their original positions on the peninsula to regroup.

Hee Hee Hee ;;D

http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/special/galleries/bridge/12.htm
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Charlie on Jun 13th, 2005, 12:13am
I had an Aunt that never let it go that when she went to a library somewhere in England, thar books on us were indeed listed under "Colonies."

It was a big club though.

Charlie
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by Linda_Howell on Jun 13th, 2005, 2:00pm


Helen (LeLimey)

  After this,  Are you still coming to the convention?

     I hope so.  


Linda
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by LeLimey on Jun 13th, 2005, 2:19pm
If I could understand a word of it I might be offended!
I've decided the best "revenge" if that's what is needed is to turn up!
I'll be there Linda, I'm really looking forward to meeting you !
Helen
Title: Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
Post by sandie99 on Jun 13th, 2005, 2:35pm
Why this thing reminds me of one fellow abroad who tried to preach me Finland's history.... Like he knew it better than me! [smiley=laugh.gif]


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