Prom' site(s) of the month - part 3

[Prometeus]

This is a cool site i discovered yesterday, with a lot of interesting links:

http://www.veneziaviva.com/tuttilink/soldatini.htm

And, just in case you haven't noticed them yet...

http://kipar.org/kirkes_spanish_succession.html

http://www.regiments.org/milhist/wars/18thcent/02es-suc.htm

http://tetrad.stanford.edu/hm/HorseNMusket.html

http://baccus6.wargame.com/SSGNW.htm

http://baccus6.wargame.com/kuhncds.htm

[Jay Bee]

It would be nice to find and English webpage where the naked truth about Gibraltar was told...

[Prometeus]

http://www.gibraltar.gi/history/brfhistory.html ?

Or maybe this one...
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0858411.html ?

PS Speaking about Gibraltar... a few english sites about this one, too...

http://www.regiamarina.net/xa_mas/gi...braltar_it.htm

[Jay Bee]

Nice sites, but I said the naked truth, not the politically-correct truth.

Hint: why did the English seize Gibraltar and not Ceuta a few days after?

[Prometeus]

Royal Navy needed quickly a naval base in orderd to let English fleet to operate all of the year into Mediterranean sea during Spanish Succession War; a naval base with two requests... easy to take and easy to defend... and with a good strategic position. That's why they choose Gibraltar...

[Jay Bee]

Yes but, why did they take the Rock so 'easily' and not Ceuta, which was less defensible?

[Prometeus]

Why?

They did like Algerian pirates, that waited until citizens were drunk as hell celebrating a religious festivity outside the walls?

Ps I'm not kidding... Algerians really did it in 1530 or so...

[Waku]

Originally posted by Jay Bee
Yes but, why did they take the Rock so 'easily' and not Ceuta, which was less defensible?

As far as I remember the first objective was Cádiz, but it was heavily fortified, there was a plan to fortify Gibraltar but it was never carried out, that's why.

I don't really know, but I think Ceuta was fortified too.

[Prometeus]

Cappero!!! Cadice!!! I totally forgot about it....

[Jay Bee]

Why? Talk about days that live in infamy...

That's it

[Waku]

Originally posted by Prometeus
Cappero!!! Cadice!!! I totally forgot about it....

Ma come?! non puoi dimenticare Cadice

[Prometeus]

Waku, Waku... tira più un capello di donna che una mandria di buoi...

[Waku]

Originally posted by Prometeus
tira più un capello di donna che una mandria di buoi...

los españoles somos menos refinados:

"Tiran más dos tetas que dos carretas"

[Prometeus]

Originally posted by Waku


los españoles somos menos refinados:

"Tiran más dos tetas que dos carretas"

Dipende... a seconda dei capelli di cui si parla...

[Waku]

Originally posted by Prometeus
Dipende... a seconda dei capelli di cui si parla...

LMAO