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1762 - British looted Manila for 40 hours

Discussion in 'General Chit Chat' started by aposhark, Jul 10, 2015.

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  1. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    No he was being quite literal, it was and is required that one be obsequious in any dealings with the Bish. :)
    oss, Jul 14, 2015
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  2. Anon220806
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    Anon220806, Jul 14, 2015
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  3. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    No, Jim.
    I have only been to Manila a couple of times and couldn't get out fast enough to the more relaxed places in Phils.
    Intramuros ("inside the walls") does look very interesting though. Maybe another time.
    aposhark, Jul 14, 2015
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    I wanted to put three laughing smilies but sadly only one is allowed. Maybe this will suffice:

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    aposhark, Jul 14, 2015
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  5. oss
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    Yep everything else was called extramuros :)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intramuros

    Manila has its history, Intramuros and the old pre WWII name 'Pearl of the Orient', I know you don't like the place but even today you can see a lot of history there.

    Corregidor the island guarding the entry to Manila Bay is also something not to be missed, you would not believe that somewhere so beautiful and unspoiled could exist only 30 miles from Roxas Boulevard out in the bay.

    Loaded with weapons, originally a Spanish fortress but it still fell to the Japs and MacArthur had to exit stage left in a hurry, he came back though as he promised he would.

    And of course these locations were the stage that the 1762 drama played out on too (I mean Intramuros)

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    oss, Jul 15, 2015
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  6. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Thanks for posting all the photos, Jim. :like:
    aposhark, Jul 15, 2015
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    I used to work in Intramuros.

    It is well worth while to visit Corregidor. But rather humiliating for a Brit, because the Yanks and the Filipinos hung on there, massively outnumbered, without support, for weeks, whilst we surrendered Singapore to a smaller force in a few days.
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    Methersgate, Jul 15, 2015
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