Just downloaded the mod and it works fine but the message was clipping off the screen at the top and bottom. I play at 4k not sure if that's the actual cause though. So I just opened up the plugin and added a font size of 16 for the message and now it fits perfect and is still easily readable. Just figured I'd let you know and in case anyone else had the same issue.
The print is very small. And actually, nearly half of it is taken up with a large fonted lie "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes". Supposedly said by Putnam (who was nowhere near the fighting), this was actually a later invention by Mason Weems (who also invented the BS about Washington & the cherry tree and never lying, etc). Others later claimed that it must've instead been said by another American officer, Prescott - but this is also now deemed to be, at best, extremely unlikely (see later in same above link).
The origin of the exact saying was Sir Andrew Agnew of the Royal Scots Fusiliers at the Battle of Dettingen, 1743, whose men were outnumbered and facing a charge by French cuirassiers. Rather than take the charge full frontal, he ordered his men to open lanes and allow the riders in, adding, in Scots' dialect, "Dinna fire till ye can see the whites of their e' en if ye dinna kill them they'll kill you." It worked. The French cavalry duly charged in, thinking they were scattering the infantry, and were then slaughtered. [wiki]
After the battle, King George II (who commanded in person that day, the last time a British monarch did so) rode up and said "So, Sir Andrew, I hear the cuirassiers rode through your regiment today." Agnew replied "Ou, ay, yer Majestee, but they dinna get oot again." Weems spent much time in England and would've read about it there, for it was famous and well recorded, and birth of the saying. [note others have said similar-ish stuff earlier, eg Gustavus Adolphus (30yrs War), but not as close (or near) as whites of their eyes]
As someone from a transgenerational, trans-continental military family and student of history, I appreciate that you took the time to share this bit of military history with us.
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Thanks for the mod, I like these type of cut content restoration mods.
The origin of the exact saying was Sir Andrew Agnew of the Royal Scots Fusiliers at the Battle of Dettingen, 1743, whose men were outnumbered and facing a charge by French cuirassiers. Rather than take the charge full frontal, he ordered his men to open lanes and allow the riders in, adding, in Scots' dialect, "Dinna fire till ye can see the whites of their e' en if ye dinna kill them they'll kill you." It worked. The French cavalry duly charged in, thinking they were scattering the infantry, and were then slaughtered. [wiki]
After the battle, King George II (who commanded in person that day, the last time a British monarch did so) rode up and said "So, Sir Andrew, I hear the cuirassiers rode through your regiment today." Agnew replied "Ou, ay, yer Majestee, but they dinna get oot again." Weems spent much time in England and would've read about it there, for it was famous and well recorded, and birth of the saying. [note others have said similar-ish stuff earlier, eg Gustavus Adolphus (30yrs War), but not as close (or near) as whites of their eyes]
And thanks to ossumpossum for implementing what should have been there in the first place.