Questions 1. When was shrapnel shell invented? 2. To who or what was "Jingling Johnnie"? 3. When was the first recorded use of aircraft in warfare? 4. What specific battle did the following regiments take part in and were awarded it as a battle honour? 4th Dragoon Guards; 5th Dragoon Guards; Royal, Dragoons; Royal Scots Greys; Inniskilling Dragoons; 4th Hussars; 8th Hussars; 11th Hussars; 13th Hussars; 17th Lancers and Sutherland Highlanders. 5. When did the following battles take place? 1) Inkerman 2) Kandahar 3) Ramillies 4) Egmont-Op-Zee 5) Talavera. Answers to the Quiz 1. This shell was invented between 1784 and 1800 by General Shrapnel of the Royal Artillery from whom it devised its name. Originally it consisted of a thin iron shell, fitted with musket or carbine balls, sufficient powder being inserted with the balls to cause the bursting of the shell when ignited by a fuse. In 1852 it was ordered that these shells should be called Shrapnel Shells instead of Spherical Case Shot. 2. It is an instrument sometimes used by military bands - a pole surmounted by a crescent from which bells are hung. In the-days of the Turkish Janissaries it was the Standard of the band and had a number of dyed horsetails hanging to it but no bells. 3. At the Battle of Fleurus in 1793 the French used a balloon sent up to a height such as to give them a complete view of the Austrian Army. It was asserted that the knowledge they obtained of the enemy, their arrangement of battle, etc., was responsible for their victory and driving the Austrians from before Maubeuge. 4. Balaclava, October 25 1854 (The charges of the Heavy and Light Cavalry Brigades and the "Thin Red Line" of Highlanders who turned back the Russian Cavalry. 5 On 5 November 1854 (2) 1 September 1880 (3) 12 May 1706 (4) 2 October 1799 (5) 27 July 1808. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 173 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com