12-03-2007, 06:16 AM
Well, there were certainly survivors, as you might expect, because all four sources ultimately draw on survivors accounts. One source refers to the cavalry deserting the PBI (poor bloody infantry), but then, with some relish describes how they didn't make it! ( Obviously a Grunt! )...that some escaped and fought their wat through to a fort is also almost certain.....As you say others were ransomed or recaptured over the next 30 years or so.....
For a full account, including the sources, by Jona Lendering ( a member here) on his Livius site go here:-
www.livius.org/te-tg/teutoburg/teutoburg01.htm
For a full account, including the sources, by Jona Lendering ( a member here) on his Livius site go here:-
www.livius.org/te-tg/teutoburg/teutoburg01.htm
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
