Military Quiz of the Month

Answers

by Don Featherstone

1. Dates of the Battle of Lutzen (Thirty Years War); Chalgrove Field (English Civil War; Brandywine Creek (War of the American Revolution); Spion Kop (South African War)?

    1. 16 November 1632; 15 June 1643; 11 September 1777; 21/27 January 1900.

2. Who were the opponents in the Battle of the Masurian Lakes in 1914 and who won?

    2. The Germans beat the Russians.

3. Who commanded the Royalist Army at the Battle of Marston Moor on 2nd July 1644?

    3. Prince Rupert.

4.What was the decisive naval action of the War of the Grand Alliance fought on the 19th May 1692?

    4. La Hogue.

5. Name the three main towns besieged by the Boers in the early days of the Second Boer War?

    5. Ladysmith; Mafeking; Kimberley.


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