06-28-2009, 01:22 PM
Quote:most of the western provinces didn't pay for themselves at least britain had good farm lands and resources ie tin.There were probably more strategic reasons for holding gaul and britain ie population movement control
Ireland had timber, wolfhounds gold and the most talented goldsmiths in western europe 8)
"The Kaiser knows the Munsters,
by the Shamrock on their caps,
And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
And all his big battalions, Prussian Guards and grenadiers,
Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers."
Go Bua
by the Shamrock on their caps,
And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
And all his big battalions, Prussian Guards and grenadiers,
Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers."
Go Bua