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    Hey, isn't March 26th, 1351 your birthday?

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    Battle of the Thirty is correct.
    It was a pre-arranged duel of 30 French vs 30 English knights and squires.
    There were spectators, refreshments were served and it also seems there also was a halftime break.
    It's from events like this one that we know butchery was the sport of their time.
    Cookiegod has it.

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    Shipka Pass, one of the many blunders of Süleyman Pasha.

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    Correct.

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    hmm showing the painter's signature makes that rather easy
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    Governor Frontenac receiving the British envoys during King William's War, they demanded the surrender of Quebec City. Frontenac was so angry that he threatened to hang the envoy. I visited his huge house in Quebec over 10 years ago.

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    My bad, I only noticed the signature after having uploaded the picture. Anyway, Oda is absolutely correct! Frontenac succeeded in repelling the British invasion. The French governor has a rather unique personality.

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    "Famous general without peer in any age, most superior in valor and inspired by the Way of Heaven; since the provinces are now subject to your will it is certain that you will increasingly mount in victory." - Ōgimachi-tennō

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    wtf is that

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    The monument of the Vargas Swamp Lancers in Colombia, which leads me to guess the battle of the Vargas swamp

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    I gotta say, I don't really get this sculpture.

    Doesn't seem to make any more sense to me from this other angle either.

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    I don't get it either. I guess the gist of it is lancers charging.

    But Vargas Swamp is right.

    I can't give rep to Cookie either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Oda Nobunaga View Post
    I can't give rep to Cookie either.
    That's just the system trying to keep me down.


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    Yep. I shall rep thee later, when me reppowers are repplenished.

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    I'm repping him now, cheers.

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    Chechenya.

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