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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1958945, member: 39"]Yes, this was pretty common then. Pretty much all those mercenaries were sent to North America based on contracts that their governments had with the British side or with the French/American side. Was a fairly normal way, for the rulers in those days, to make money. So mercenaries from what today is called Germany fought on either side of the Revolutionary War, depending on who "bought" and sent them ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1958945, member: 39"]Yes, this was pretty common then. Pretty much all those mercenaries were sent to North America based on contracts that their governments had with the British side or with the French/American side. Was a fairly normal way, for the rulers in those days, to make money. So mercenaries from what today is called Germany fought on either side of the Revolutionary War, depending on who "bought" and sent them ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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