The battle of Bannockburn was undoubtedly of one of the most spectacular battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence. Although the struggle against the English was to continue for some 13 years more, the Scottish victory was of enormous importance as it secured the future of the throne for Robert Bruce, King of Scots.
To avoid confusion, at this point it should be noted that Robert Bruce, shown as a traitor in the film Braveheart, was no such thing. Never on any occasion did Bruce betray Wallace, since in actual fact, Wallace's support lay with the restoration of John Baliol as King, Bruce's rival claimant to the Scottish throne. Baliol was a weak man, this being the main reason that Edward of England favoured him. He was given the name " Toom Tabard" (empty coat) after his coat of arms was taken from him after backing down to English demands .
Bruce was a man of outstanding bravery and courage, who with the aid of amazing tactics and pure perseverance, led the Scots through 30 years of war to win their longed for freedom.
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose sank to the bottom of the Solent Sea without even firing a single shot against the attacking French Fleet.
The Mary Rose weighed from 500 to 700 tons and mounting 91 guns.
The remains of theis Might Tudor Warship can been seen in Portsmouth's historic dockyard.
"there's only one way to win a war: shout, shout, and shout again!" - The Duke of Wellington ((Blackadder - Stephen Fry))
July 19th, 2005 some of my posts here included the following:
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HECK! said this in post #2 : What if the husband was a porn star? That would be funny too.
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HECK! said this in post #160 : Are you all talking about the Dark Tower books? Any person here who likes that is a toolbox willie.
-HECK!
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HECK! said this in post #34 : All meat on the pizza. Olives suck.
I dump a bunch of red peppers on it though... reminds me of a funny drunk story actually. I was in Vegas during the last Super Bowl and was stumbling around the strip at 3 a.m. or so looking for some grub with a 40oz of Miller Lite in one hand and another drink in the other hand. I found this run down restaurant and got a slice of pizza. I dumped so much red pepper on it you couldn't see the pizza. My mouth was on freakin' fire. I had to down so much beer, quicker than normal, to cool off. Good times.
06-24-2006 12:22 PM
