http://www.fmft.net/ Frivolity, Free Market Economics & Firearms en-us mrfmft@yahoo.com 2009-11-07T00:14:44+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004304.html As you can all well imagine, lots more to come on this particular topic over the next few days... 4304@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-07T00:14:44+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/001316.html English and French royalist troops under Sir John Norris, supported by a naval squadron under Sir Martin Frobisher, stormed the Spanish fort at Roscanvel in Brittany and massacred the defenders. Frobisher, however, was wounded in the assault and subsequently died... 1316@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-11-07T00:05:56+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004300.html 4300@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-06T00:36:41+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002027.html As part of the preparations for Edward I's second campaign in Wales, a flotilla of small ships had been sent to Anglesey, held by the English, to construct a pontoon bridge across the Menai Strait. The plan was for the... 2027@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-11-06T00:01:48+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004298.html 4298@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-05T22:33:03+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002024.html The third major engagement of the Crimean War, the Battle of Inkerman, was fought. The Russians planned a major coordinated assault by four large columns of troops from Sevastopol against British positions on Mount Inkerman. The British position, held by... 2024@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-11-05T00:01:03+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004299.html 4299@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-04T00:34:55+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002645.html A British, Austrian and Turkish fleet captured Acre.... 2645@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-11-04T00:01:42+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004297.html 4297@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-03T22:31:05+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002022.html RAF Bomber Command mounted a major raid on Dusseldorf on the night 3/4 November, 589 bombers attacking the city, with another 62 conducting a diversionary attack on Cologne. 38 of the Dusseldorf aircraft made the first large-scale test of... 2022@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-11-03T00:01:45+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004296.html 4296@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-02T22:30:16+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/002020.html 2 November proved an eventful date for Royal Navy ships bearing the name Antelope. In 1757, HMS Antelope captured a French privateer, Moras, which had been raiding merchant ships in the Atlantic. Exactly a year later,Antelope captured the French Belliquex... 2020@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-11-02T00:01:49+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004295.html 4295@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-11-01T22:27:52+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/001292.html Sepoy Khudadad Khan was serving in the machine-gun section of the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis at Hollebeke, when German fire killed all the other men in his detachment. Himself wounded, he nevertheless continued to man a machine-gun... 1292@http://www.fmft.net/ On This Day ... 2009-10-31T00:01:27+00:00 http://www.fmft.net/archives/004303.html These are the results of yesterdays polling & apologies to those of you that had difficulty voting. As I type this, the techies responsible are being tied across the muzzles of 18-pounder cannons. But to get back to the actual... 4303@http://www.fmft.net/ Guns Galore 2009-10-30T06:29:58+00:00