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Marching Through
Georgia by S.M.
Stirling
CHAPTER ONE
"… finally in 1783. by the Peace of Paris. Great Britain made
peace with the American revolutionists and their European
allies. However, the revival of British naval strength in the last
years of the war made Spain and France ready to offer a
face-saving compromise, particularly when they could do so at
the expense of the weakest partner in their coalition, the
Netherlands. Franco-Spanish gains in the West Indies were to
be balanced by allowing Britain to annex the Dutch Cape
colony, which had been occupied in 1779 to prevent its use by
the French—almost as an afterthought, in an operation nearly
cancelled.

Poor and remote, the Cape was renamed after Francis Drake
and used as a dumping ground for Britain's other inheritance
from the American wan the Loyalists, tens of thousands of
whom had fought for the Crown and now faced exile as
penniless refugees. As early as 1781 shiploads were arriving;
after the Peace, whole regiments set sail with their families and
slaves as the southern ports of Savannah and Charleston were
evacuated. They were joined by large numbers of Hessian and
other German mercenaries formerly in British service. Within
a decade over 250.000 immigrants had arrived, swamping
and assimilating the thin scattering ofDutch-Afilkaander
settlers…
 200 Years: A Social History of the Domination,

by Alan E. Sorensson. Ph.D.

Archona Press, 1983



NORTH CAUCASUS FRONT, 20,000 ft. APRIL 14, 1942:
0400 HOURS

The shattering roar of six giant radial engines filled the hold
of the Hippo-class transport aircraft, as tightly as the troopers of
Century A, 1st Airborne Legion. They leaned stolidly against the