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by Heldenkaiser
Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:39 pm
Forum: Birth of America AARs
Topic: 1775 Aar
Replies: 66
Views: 51491

Your translation is litterally perfect...but here, in that specific case, Presque ile is the name of a location (i.e. a village name) :niark: Yes, but because it *is* a peninsula. :innocent: "Presque Isle State Park is a 3,200-acre sandy peninsula that arches into Lake Erie. As Pennsylvania's only ...
by Heldenkaiser
Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:35 pm
Forum: Birth of America AARs
Topic: 1775 Aar
Replies: 66
Views: 51491

grenna wrote:The Americans have taken Presque Isle (?)


It means "almost an island", hence "peninsula".

Nice AAR, Gene.

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