02-07-2006, 11:27 PM
Assur,Feb 7 2006, 12:47 PM Wrote:True enough, they fought the Austrians later, well played. I oughta know better, I read Trevalain's second volume on Garibaldi just this past Thanksgiving. *blushes* Getting sloppy.Occhidiangela,Feb 7 2006, 05:11 PM Wrote:It was a small, dedicated force under Garibaldi that took Sicily from the Austrians.Small nit. Garibaldi took Sicily from the Bourbon dynasty ruling the Kingdom of Both Sicilys. When they took on the Austrians in 1866 they got stomped but gained Venice and the other territories they wanted because they were allied with Prussia.
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FWIW: Italian Bourbon is only a bunch of aristocrats, nothing to drink. What a bad idea. :shuriken:
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete