We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/reillys_battery.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...A final council of war assigned each national contingent a gate to attack along the city�s outer walls but agreed to postpone the assault when the Russian commander stated that his troops needed time to recuperate from the grueling march from Tientsin. The agreement was short lived, however, for on the evening of August 13 the Russians stole a march on the rest of the allies and attacked Peking on their own at the gate originally assigned to the Americans. News of the Russian action led first the Japanese and then the American and British contingents to make a... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/reillys_battery.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/reillys_battery.html Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:40:20 -0600