Free Military Quiz III

Oh thx, I hope I find a dignified new question. Hmmm, yet I didn't manage to distinguish easy and difficult questions well, so fresh away...

When was the first ship sunk by a submarine? Date & names of both ships required, and: What happened to the submarine?

 

See, I had considered this one easy.

Hint: Pretty much earlier than WW1, in a very popular war.

 

Hint: American Civil War

 

Actually I think it was much earlier, Knight. Don't remember exactly if it was during the American revolution or the 1812 war, but a wooden submergible powered by a man's leg and a drill sank a British frigate.

I'd post the story but I had it in a book I borrowed and was never given back...

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

The submarine book serving as my source does not mention this. The first submarine attack was during the War of Independence, but it failed. From then to the Civil War, no more submarine attacks on ships seem to have occurred.

Hint: It's easy to find on the web.

 

Kinght, I'll research your question. But I am right. I've now got my book back!

September 6th, 1776 The first submarine attack, by David Bushnell's submersible craft Turtle , is initiated unsuccessfully against Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Bay off Manhattan Island. A second attempt to sink British shipping later in September also failed.

And there was another attack in the 1812 war, when a copy of the Turtle attacked unsuccesfully HMS Ramillies.

But I think you mean the first SUCCESFUL attack...

[ 09. December 2003, 09:49 AM: Message edited by: General der Infanterie Friedrich H ]

 

Got it!

It was CSS L. H. Hunley, whih in the night of February 17th 1864 sunk the USS Housatonic, anchored in Sullivan's Island.

 

Correct. Unfortunately, the Hunley was destroyed herself in the action. Back to you again.

 

WWI multiple question:

July 14th 1918, the greatest day in French History. That day, in Les Champs Elysées, under l'Arc du Triomphe paraded maréchal Joffre, maréchal Foch and maréchal Pétain before the French Armies, field marshal Lord Haig before his BEF and General of the Armies Pershing before his AEF.

But there were other French generals heavily cheered and applauded by the crowd; général Gouraud and général Pau. What did these man have physically in common?

There was général Fayolle, général Debeney, général Maistre and général _______ called 'The Butcher' by his troops. And finally, général de Castelnau who wore a black ribbon in his lef arm. Why?

Hint: For those who own "To lose a battle" by Alistair Horne is will be incredibly easy!

[ 09. December 2003, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: General der Infanterie Friedrich H ]

 

I do not own this book, let's do it step by step:

Gouraud and Pau both had lost their right arms.

 

Castelnau had lost a son (three in total in this war).

 

And the butcher... of course this is a common name for military commanders causing high casualties, but your answer is probably...

Charles Mangin.

 

Indeed! Up to you, AGAIN!

I just want to point out that Pau and Gouraud had both lost an arm, however, the latter lost it in the war of 1914-1918 and the former in the war of 1870-1871.

 

Well, dammit quiz ping pong, isn't it?

A Prussian corps with little less 15,000 men was surrounded by the Austrians and resigned without much of a fight. In which war, where and when did this take place, and what were the names of the respective commanders?

[ 10. December 2003, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]

 

Hint: 7 year war.

 

Maybe the battle of Kolin on June 18th 1757 or the battle of Hochkirk on October 14th 1758?

 

Sorry, no. As it was hardly a battle, many battle lists do not mention the event.

But the Austrian commander was the same as in the two you mentioned, and it was later.

[ 12. December 2003, 01:07 PM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]

 

Hint: The Prussian commander was Finck. He got captured. After the war, Friedrich (who was responsible for the desaster!) blamed him for the defeat, and he was released from the army and convicted 1 year of prison.

 

Hint: The event happened shortly after Kunersdorf.

 

Last hint: The Austrian called the event the "happy Finckenfang" (Finck ~ Fink = finch: "catch of the finch").