Re: Distances? Trave Rates!

From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 01:48:56 +0300 (EEST)


On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Stephen Tempest wrote:

> By comparison, in 1704 the Duke of Marlborough marched an army 45,000
> strong 250 miles in 35 days - an average of 7.1 miles per day - and
> this was hailed as an astonishing feat of logistics and generalship.
>
> Stephen
> - who, incidentally, is uncomfortable with the idea that the vast,
> sprawling Lunar Empire is apparently not much bigger than Britain...

Hear! Hear! This is exactly what prompted me to bring the matter up originally. :)

        -Adept

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