On 21 May 99, at 9:44, Jim Eggert wrote about Re: [webpages-l] Forwarded: english version pleas:
I'm getting ~ five mails in a month - most in english. That Hesse becomes much more mails, could be (perhaps)from the soldiers, which did fight in north america in the 18th century.
Most people don't know that many of the "Hessians" that fought here weren't from Hessen at all. Many of the Germans who fought here for the British weren't mercenaries either.
The Ansbacher Jägers always get to become Hessian Jägers. :-( But when you say they weren't mercenaries - perhaps not the individuals but the outfits in general were sent here for money by their 'owners' or sovereigns. The British tried to buy up as many as they could get in Germany. The poor individual bloke had nothing to say about the matter and many tried to escape the assignment. There was even a revolt on one of the ships as they were loading to go down the Rhine. At least the Ansbachers were not too kean on this whole thing and once they got over here showed it with their eagerness to switch sides or surrender quickly. One thing is for sure, their hearts weren't in this thing and the only thing they got out of it was their pay. fred 26 Warren St. Beverly, NJ 08010 or 4788 Corian Court, Naples, FL 34114 or somewhere on the road but connected to fred@compu.com