Translation of "Bataille du Moulin-à-Vent " (French → English) :

Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site of Canada [ Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site ]

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In my great riding of Leeds—Grenville this summer, people can visit the following sites of significance in Canada's history: the Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site near Prescott, where in 1838 British troops and local militia defeated an invasion force of 300 American and Canadian rebels and prevented them from capturing Fort Wellington; Fort Wellington, which was built during the War of 1812 to defend the St. Lawrence River shipping route; the St. Lawrence Islands National Park, a tiny jewel with a rich and complex natural and human history; the 1810 Old Stone Mill in Delta, which showcases milling technology and 1800s ind ...[+++]ustrial heritage; and the best part of the Rideau Canal, which, including Fort Henry and the Kingston Fortifications, is a world heritage site.

Windmills were used, obviously, in Holland—the old Dutch windmills—and we used small windmills across the prairies and many places to pump water and generate a little electricity up to about 1950, when we put in an electrical grid, and then they were all abandoned.

The EU’s calls for a respect for human rights and democracy mainly look like a delusional Don Quixote in rusty armour battling with windmills, when compared to the lucrative arms trade engaged in by the Member States of the EU.