http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/ A mailing list devoted to Colonial Wargames and warfare in the 1800's. wargame, wargames, war, battle, military, simulation, Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:03:50 GMT colcampbell50 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88811 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88811 Finally, the battle report of my Bayou Wars convention game, The Assault on Fort Khalaam, is posted on my blog: http://colcampbellbarracks.blogspot.com/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:42:33 GMT baddawg6us http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88810 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88810 NO, i am one of the "BLACK SHEEP" of the family. like my paternal grandfather i was a dawgface soldier in the 1st INF DIV as a grunt on one RVN tour, served Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:25:53 GMT Kent McClure http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88809 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88809 There may be another possibility. There was another "Lee" rifle that had good stopping power from a slightly earlier time period. That was the .45/70 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:27 GMT mike blakeuk - BT Total Broadband email a http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88808 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88808 The text and some pictures can be found in Files - Botch's Bits. Mike ... From: mike blakeuk - BT Total Broadband email account To: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:22:10 GMT martinisword9 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88807 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88807 wow, you was a jarhead? I was USMC 1965-1971, 0211/0251/8611 with Chinese Mandarin and Korean at DLI. Attended CAP school in Danang for Vietnamese. ... From: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:17:35 GMT Mintz, Mark http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88806 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88806 Sorry, my fault...I didn't say fully what I meant. I didn't mean that the Legion was in China, but rather that the troops there were closely enough uniformed Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:31 GMT daniel peyrot http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88805 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88805 Sorry Sorry, I don't think the FFlL was in Beijing for the 1860's campaign nor in Shanghai against the Taipings. The main force was formed by 2e bataillon de Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:11 GMT Mintz, Mark http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88804 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88804 Blue coats and white trousers for the Second Opium War period in China. I've seen nice lithographs of French troops storming bridges and villages on the way to Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:22:17 GMT rttakezo2000 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88803 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88803 Sorry, after being released from the stocks...don't mean to create confusion. Yes, Dan did receive the MOH for actions. Always wondered just how drunk he was Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:10 GMT rttakezo2000 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88802 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88802 Smedley Butler Daly was in the pokey sober'n up when the fight'n broke out from what I recall Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:48:06 GMT baddawg6us http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88801 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88801 WELL DAN DALY(i think it was him) was the USMC ranker i used as a source, and he says he was bustin' caps into the BOXERS with a 6mm LEE straight pull bolt Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:47:45 GMT rfrusso@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88800 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88800 Hi I think the only quibble I have and had on the "Lee" is related to the movie trying to find one. Simply, what I have is that they only made 10,000 of them. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:36:51 GMT Al Maurer http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88799 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88799 In 1940, yes. In the 30s, against the Druze. Al Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:22:08 GMT Ross Maker http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88798 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88798 ... Yes. In Syria, the Legion actually fought itself (Vichy v. Gaullist units). RWM Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:44:12 GMT Al Maurer http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88797 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars/message/88797 ... North African tribesmen. They went to Indochina in blue overcoats but quickly changed to Marine uniforms (blue tunic/white pants, white sun helmet) ...