----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Webster" <jimweb@simonides.org>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Best wishes
> Oh yes and who can forget the last invasion of the United kingdom in
> 1797? For those who do not know of this event a French invasion force
> landed at Fishguard in Wales. While the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry were
> assembling to do battle with them a local woman called Jemima Nicholas,
> rallied a large group of other women who marched upon the French wearing
> the traditional Welsh red coats and tall hats.
>
> The French, seeing the strange costume were convinced that an army of
> crack troops was about to descend on them, and surrendered immediately.
> Jemima herself is reputed to have rounded up a dozen invaders using only
> a pitchfork.
>
> Mandatory MV content - there were no jeeps at the battle
>
None of which were restored using handy NAPA parts. . . . . . . . . .
Richard
STAL II 984
20ET51
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