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  1. Re: What were Napoleon's mistakes in the battle of Waterloo?

    The Union Army would strengthen with passing time. Time was on the Coalition's side. On the French border at the time of the campaign, there were only an Anglo-Dutch army and a Prussian army. If...
  2. Re: What were Napoleon's mistakes in the battle of Waterloo?

    The British didn't face the Guard until Waterloo, so all elements of the Guard were "the Imperial Guard". The eastern Allies had faced the Guard before, so they differentiate between them. It's like...
  3. Re: What were Napoleon's mistakes in the battle of Waterloo?

    Another 30k troops wouldn't have helped Napoleon's situation that much at Waterloo. What he needed was for Blucher's 100k+ troops to be kept away from the battlefield while he polished off...
  4. Re: What were Napoleon's mistakes in the battle of Waterloo?

    Clausewitz's calculations were that, in no battle in the war, did any victor have worse than 1-2 numerical odds. So if the allies could refrain from making overwhelmingly stupid mistakes, which On...
  5. Re: What were Napoleon's mistakes in the battle of Waterloo?

    In Clausewitz's analysis, borne out by later wars, France would not have been able to decisively win any wars in which the continent unites against it and then performs reasonably competently. Any...
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    Re: What was the Roman logistics system?

    Polybius has a lot of detail on how the Romans scouted and prepared the site for their camp, including the army commander personally surveying the location. There are examples where opposing armies...
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    Re: Did the Roman legionaries sometimes march 20 miles per day for several days in a row?

    C. Claudius Nero reportedly marched a picked force of 6000 infantry and 1000 cavalry over 300 miles in 7 days. In his case he was marching over friendly territory, and had envoys ride before him...
  8. Re: The latest anti-liberal rant thread (get your daily dose here)

    Coloured by bias though the thread rename is, it is far less so than the original. Which says a lot about the choice of thread title by the OP. Any future threads of this type will be moved into here.
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    2-2 against by far the worst team in the division, who are down to 10 men. You have a penalty. What's the result?

    We are mushrooms. Nous sommes les champignons.
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    Also, if you ever fantasise about playing professional football during a five a side, have a look at this for an example of the standards required. This man plays for England.
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    Accurate?
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    Talking about exciting finishes to the season, have you heard about what happened at Elland Road? Context: Leeds need to win to retain any chance of auto promotion, and Villa had previously put the...
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    I'm enjoying this season because we're currently top of the league.
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    Lower division football just doesn't satisfy me any more. I enjoy the bells and whistles of the Premier League.
  15. Re: Wouldn't It Have Been Smarter If Thatcher Didn't Announce When The British Fleet Would Be Leaving For The Falklands?

    It wasn't beyond question that Britain would have support for the campaign. Parts of the US administration saw this as part of the end of the British Empire, and ranged from seeing Argentina's...
  16. Re: Wouldn't It Have Been Smarter If Thatcher Didn't Announce When The British Fleet Would Be Leaving For The Falklands?

    It's a rather shorter journey from England to Normandy than it is to the Falklands. You can hide an overnight journey of a fleet. You can't hide a multi-month journey of the same. You're not getting...
  17. Re: Game of Thrones: TV Series - Season 8 (Book spoilers in tags with warning)

    It means more if you look at the background material. Brienne is supposedly a descendant of Duncan the Tall, who was the original "Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", and he was seen by the commonfolk as...
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    Re: 2018/19 Transfer Thread

    Posting this here as this is the most up to date football thread.

    If something needs bottling, no one does it better than Leeds United.
  19. Re: My translation of H.P. Lovecraft (collected works) is out...

    More Lovecraft material.

    The Lovecraft Engine - a random Lovecraftian description

    "A NOISELESS, DANK, NEARSIGHTED HALLUCINATION..."
  20. Re: Game of Thrones: TV Series - Season 7 (Book spoilers in tags with warning)

    All the disparate religions like the Drowned God, fire worship, the gods of the north and so on are all just fronts for a far more ancient system. One which does not deal with images, or windows into...
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    Re: Server Updates

    When you post, vBulletin does a number of processes so that everything is consistent. It hasn't been doing that, possibly because one or another process has been timing out.
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    Re: Why was flanking so effective?

    The Ghosts of Cannae by Robert L O'Connell has a section on the likely experience of the troops involved on both sides, including the mechanics of killing that many men. AFAIK The Face of Battle is...
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    Re: Why was flanking so effective?

    There is also the question of how well trained the troops are. Given that the bulk are militia, most of their training will be in holding their nerve and giving as good as they get. They don't get...
  24. Re: Special recognition for Gigantus for his achievement as a Modding Hex

    I remember Beli and Aradan. Were they the last?
  25. Re: Special recognition for Gigantus for his achievement as a Modding Hex

    The non-former owner admin who has done more for TWC than any other was Simetrical, and he only has Divus. There's no need to create any new awards.
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    Sticky: Re: New Citizens Post Here

    A little late, but welcome, and a request. Keep your nose clean for long enough, then run for magistrate. The site bodies can always do with more active members, and the moderation-related bodies can...
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    Re: this is awesome

    Graphic picture of someone committing sudoku.

    https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/78/41/90/240_F_78419047_S3StQbv5UrUmjWLF16lvc6bwTd3s5FlN.jpg
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    Re: A cat outside the building

    This is possibly the most educational video about hyenas that you'll ever see.

    PMUIwxUsZ0Q

    Also this.

    Kevin Richardson - Hyenas - The Perfect World
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    Re: How are you enjoying the slow death of TWC?

    Just giving another on the subject of citizenship, and an apology to the Curia.

    My patron is imb39, the most prolific patron on TWC. He went out of his way to promote me to the CdeC, and kept...
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    Re: The GREAT HOUSE of WILPURI

    While Sim proudly paraded his membership of the House of Crandar. I remember the name as a bogeyman, but I can't remember why it was so now. Was Crandar an exceptionally draconian and wilful...
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    Re: Genealogy of TWC Project

    With the proven dedication over a period of 2 years, I have to say that this is the best thing to have happened in the Symposium during my time as member. The project has been suggested in the past,...
  32. Re: Game of Thrones: TV Series - Season 7 (Book spoilers in tags with warning)

    Haha. It's just occurred to me to look up this youtube user, and apparently he's the most notorious commentator on the series on the web. As one commenter says, he is very convincing with a...
  33. Re: Game of Thrones: TV Series - Season 7 (Book spoilers in tags with warning)

    He is, and I've subscribed to him. However, this guy is the one I was talking about, with his analyses of Craster's shenanigans and how they link in with the Starks. Also, his analyses of the Winds...
  34. Re: Game of Thrones: TV Series - Season 7 (Book spoilers in tags with warning)

    Working title is "Dreams of Spring", but he hasn't finished book 6 ("Winds of Winter") yet, although preview chapters of book 6 have been released.



    One of the fan channels does a pretty...
  35. Re: Britain allows boys to wear skirts as part of new gender-neutral school uniform

    It's not really the school's place to teach children not to bully. It's the parents' job to do so. My experience in a comprehensive was exactly what Greyblades describes, that kids are cruel by...
  36. Re: Greek government finally deals with the important stuff: homeopathy

    Homeopathic A&E
  37. Re: Darrell Castle of Tennessee Constitution Party Presidential Nominee

    A similar thread was closed less than 2 hours ago. Please do not re-post closed threads.
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    Poll: Re: 2015/16 English Premier League

    Conceding something like 40 shots on goal in their last derby probably didn't help. It's normally former public schoolboys paying good money who are dominated like that.
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    Poll: Re: 2015/16 English Premier League

    You'll also need to lose 7-1 at home in your opening game in League 1.
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    Poll: Re: 2015/16 English Premier League

    In case anyone missed it when it was aired.

    Hillsborough - 30 for 30 (updated for BBC 2)
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