Talk:Battle of Chestnut Neck

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I'ld say this would be a good place to practice looking at the other person's POV. Some examples: "that darkest period of the war" -- for whom? It seems to have been pretty bright for the British. "Privateer" or pirate? Which government had issued their Letter of marque? "capture", "sieze" or "steal" (note that colonists do one, the British the other)? "Having demolished, burned, and laid waste to all they couldn't steal" is another way of saying "having siezed or destroyed enemy combatants' property", or "having justly punished the pirates for their offences against the law of nations". "spies" or "loyalists"? What is the difference between that and "intelligence"? From the cited article the "spies" were deserters from Pulaski anyway: there's an objective difference. "massacre" or "successful attack on a unit of enemy troops"? "From this massacre, it is evident what would have been the fate of Chestnut Neck". I assume this means they would have engaged the enemy and attempted to destroy them. How about "After this successful action a follow-up attack on Chestnut Neck would clearly have been the next move" Have fun! Richard Pinch 07:19, 23 September 2006 (UTC)