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Date Posted: 09:08:03 02/05/08 Tue
Author: Anthony
Author Host/IP: host81-141-160-53.wlms-broadband.com / 81.141.160.53
Subject: Re: How do Brits view the movie 'The Patriot' by Mel Gibson?
In reply to: Lord Croker 's message, "Re: How do Brits view the movie 'The Patriot' by Mel Gibson?" on 18:46:45 01/29/08 Tue

>I think you will find that as a whole the British Army
>in the Colonies at the time was in fact honourable and
>wanted to fight the traditional way on the
>battlefield. However, you had the commander of the
>Green Dragoons, Colonel Tavington, who wanted to not
>only make something of himself but also gain land with
>a British victory. It was at his order, not Lord
>Cornwallis, that the Churhc was burnt down with the
>towns people in it.
>
>You will also find that it was the Americans who in
>this film are actualy beng protrayed as what I would
>say in the wrong. They did not follow traditional
>sensibilites and fight on the field, instead they
>attakced underprotected supply lines and harrased the
>enemny in what is now called gureilla warfare.

Colonel Tavington is a fictious character, there is no record that i know of, about redcoats burning down churches in the American war, its more like the rebels that go around burning property & terrorise peaceful folk.

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