The British Army in retreat.  Was this the first Dunkirk?

 

1. Which proves yet again that you should never turn your back on the frogs.

   Posted by Drew458       01/05/2009  at  04:35 PM  



2. A prototype for Dunkirk? In a sense. The first Dunkirk? No. That would probably be the British evacuation from Spain during the War of Spanish Succession, where dozens of thousands of British, Dutch, Austrian, Portuguese, and Pro-Hapsburg Spanish evacuated to Portugal and Britain under the guns of the Bourbon powers.

   Just in case anybody doubted my ability to analyze obscure historical facts.

   Posted by Turtler       01/06/2009  at  12:36 AM  



3. Well, the question really was rhetorical. The fighting retreat simply reminded me of the same thing. Retreat and leave and come back again.  Actually, I should have remembered
   the War of Spanish Succession as it isn’t actually obscure at all.  Not to me anyway.

   Posted by peiper       01/06/2009  at  10:07 AM  

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