Battle of the Windmill

Legate · 22-07-2003, 05:04

In 1838, seeing political turbulence in Canada as an opportunity, members of a clandestine American organization, the Patriot Hunters, launched a series of attacks across the international border. The Hunters hoped to duplicate the success of the Texas rebellion two years before when their heroes Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie fought to establish a republic in northern Mexico. Detesting "tyranny and oppression wherever manifested," they believed that all it would take was "a good stand maintained for a short time" by Americans and then Canadians would do their own fighting to win freedom from the British yoke.

The most ambitious Hunter attack was launched in November 1838 when a force of more than 500 armed men, commanded by a European soldier of fortune, set out from northern New York in a flotilla of chartered and hijacked vessels. Avoiding the naval and military forces of two nations, they occupied a stone windmill near Prescott, Ontario, confident that Canadians would rally to their standard.

Their hopes were doomed. After five days of heavy fighting, British regulars and Canadian militia captured this "Alamo of the North" and those invaders who survived were imprisoned in Fort Henry at Kingston and tried by a court martial _ eleven were executed and sixty deported to an Australian penal colony. The Patriot Hunters' invasion resulted in nothing but destruction and loss of life, and their only memorial is the stone windmill, today a historic site, on its bluff beside the mighty St. Lawrence River.

Taken from
-Guns Across the River
Donald E. Graves

I'm sure most Canadians know of this and probally a few Americans ,but it is rather obscure note in history that would be a nice flavor event to have right at the start of the game.

Killerjes · 22-07-2003, 09:36

He, he - nice one!
Maybe it could even be a "universal" event triggered by oppressed nations next to liberal (or whatever the correct english term is) ones?

So much history to learn - so little time

Earl Uhtred · 22-07-2003, 17:51

I feel your pain, Killerjes

That's cool. Canada is forever loyal

KwangTiger · 22-07-2003, 19:47

hehe, it would be cool if one of the options was "The Hunters are too strong" and Canada ends up being like Texas, that we annex in a few years.

But its flavor. So, there's no choices.

22-07-2003, 05:04	#1
Legate Last Rank Militia Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 83	Battle of the Windmill In 1838, seeing political turbulence in Canada as an opportunity, members of a clandestine American organization, the Patriot Hunters, launched a series of attacks across the international border. The Hunters hoped to duplicate the success of the Texas rebellion two years before when their heroes Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie fought to establish a republic in northern Mexico. Detesting "tyranny and oppression wherever manifested," they believed that all it would take was "a good stand maintained for a short time" by Americans and then Canadians would do their own fighting to win freedom from the British yoke. The most ambitious Hunter attack was launched in November 1838 when a force of more than 500 armed men, commanded by a European soldier of fortune, set out from northern New York in a flotilla of chartered and hijacked vessels. Avoiding the naval and military forces of two nations, they occupied a stone windmill near Prescott, Ontario, confident that Canadians would rally to their standard. Their hopes were doomed. After five days of heavy fighting, British regulars and Canadian militia captured this "Alamo of the North" and those invaders who survived were imprisoned in Fort Henry at Kingston and tried by a court martial _ eleven were executed and sixty deported to an Australian penal colony. The Patriot Hunters' invasion resulted in nothing but destruction and loss of life, and their only memorial is the stone windmill, today a historic site, on its bluff beside the mighty St. Lawrence River. Taken from -Guns Across the River Donald E. Graves I'm sure most Canadians know of this and probally a few Americans ,but it is rather obscure note in history that would be a nice flavor event to have right at the start of the game. __________________ Vae Victis ICQ: 169005898 You're really a man of few words, aren't you? -JohnMK

22-07-2003, 09:36	#2
Killerjes Colonel Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aalborg, Denmark Posts: 1,067	He, he - nice one! Maybe it could even be a "universal" event triggered by oppressed nations next to liberal (or whatever the correct english term is) ones? So much history to learn - so little time __________________ I don't want to have a signature... Damn! Back to the FutuAARe - Part 3 - a Russian AAR - abandoned - due to marriage, house and baby

22-07-2003, 17:51	#3
Earl Uhtred Wotan Is Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Jarrow / sea Posts: 4,832	I feel your pain, Killerjes That's cool. Canada is forever loyal __________________ Dawn of the West 406 - 1071 Bloodaxe: War for Britain 865 - 978 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...d.php?t=302968 .

22-07-2003, 19:47	#4
KwangTiger The Maverick Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The land of the ice and snow with the midnight sun where the hot springs flow Posts: 3,104	hehe, it would be cool if one of the options was "The Hunters are too strong" and Canada ends up being like Texas, that we annex in a few years. But its flavor. So, there's no choices. __________________ Wow