French Wheellocks

[TobJohn]

Our Sam has certainly got some clues .Which I mean in a complimentary way. As for loot after Waterloo I think all the Cabinet d arms guns had inventory numbers so the V&A gun likely had these As for mixes of parts & cultures even the Vikings traded into the Ottoman Empire .' Business is business'after all.
Regards Rudyard

Good point and the French (extremely controversially) had alliances and positive relations with the ottomans in the 1500s.

 

[Sam squanch]

I have a positive relationship with my ottoman- it cushions my feet after a long day!

 

[TFoley]

The anti-French sentiment in this thread is appalling! For shame!



I'm kidding, of course. My last name traces back to 16th century northern France.

Remember that we ARE talking about people who demanded that British Paratroopers landing in France earlier today as part of the D-Day commemorations show their UK passports and full documentation?

Where were they on this day in 1944?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...to=windows-widget-push-notification&ci=584289

 

[TFoley]

I bet they would have gotten in clear if they'd landed between 11am and 3pm, when the douainiéres were having their lunch.

 

[Tyler L]

Remember that we ARE talking about people who demanded that British Paratroopers landing in France earlier today as part of the D-Day commemorations show their UK passports and full documentation?

Where were they on this day in 1944?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...to=windows-widget-push-notification&ci=584289

Well you know if the Brits would've just stayed in the EU they might not have had that problem.

I bet they would have gotten in clear if they'd landed between 11am and 3pm, when the douainiéres were having their lunch.

Please, don't steal the article writer's jokes

 

[TFoley]

Well you know if the Brits would've just stayed in the EU they might not have had that problem.


Please, don't steal the article writer's jokes

I know, but it's just as funny second-hand.....

 

[Rudyard]

Remember that we ARE talking about people who demanded that British Paratroopers landing in France earlier today as part of the D-Day commemorations show their UK passports and full documentation?

Where were they on this day in 1944?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...to=windows-widget-push-notification&ci=584289

I know where my dad was that day I remember him saying he was wet for days. And the piles of bodies stacked like cord wood at Falaise's gap .His forth RA likely had a hand in that .
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