Re: Harfleur vs. Neuss

[Gerry Embleton]

Who thought it a long siege?If one of the besieged and if short of  
food then it was a long siege....If one of the besiegers  and under  
fire,under paid and in a camp riddled with the bloody flux then it    
was far too long a siege. if the commanders had planned on a six month  
siege then it was pleasingly short,although the kings finance  
department probably thought all sieges were  far too long.
  There are no objective judgements nor historical "facts",only our  
poor opinions of what men may have thought based on the tiny fragments  
of information that have come down to us.
Gerry
"An hour spent in boring company can seem like an eternity..A week in  
the arms of a loved one like an hour"
On 13.12.2009, at 23:10, Brent E Hanner wrote:

> Christian Folini wrote:
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>> Still, Harfleur is considered a long siege. Why is that?
>
> People are stupid.  Even for that part of the 100 years war it isn't a
> long siege. Both the Siege of Rouen and the Siege of Orleans were  
> longer
> by a significant amount.
>
> Brent
>
> -- 
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> That is
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> the
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