Battle of Komarów, Polish cavalry defeated Bolshevik cavalry.
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Battle of Komarów, Polish cavalry defeated Bolshevik cavalry.
Correct!
(Well, probably. It stuck me as the kind of trivia in which the generally accepted answer may not necessarily be the correct one) According to my sources and the Internet, the Battle of Komarów in 1920 is the correct answer. Some Western countries such as Poland continued to use cavalry in a limited role beyond this date, but that was apparently the last battle in which both sides used them in substantial numbers.
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Alright...let's see...
On June 29th, 1922, the Government of France granted 100 hectares at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes" to which country?
Canada?Quote:
Originally Posted by evil_maniac from mars
Yeah its Canada.
Correct. Bonus points if you can tell me what the land was used for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Cemetery? Land was granted at key points by the French and Belgian governments to the allied nations for use as war cemeteries, with the host government providing maintenance Although 100 hectares seems a bit big for that purpose.Quote:
Originally Posted by evil_maniac from mars
Googling, I see that it was set up as a memorial park.
I've used this question elsewhere, let's see if anyone here can get it. An additional clue is Goats. Another clue is military song lyrics.
A friend of princes, and a would be King. I was among the most powerful men my people have seen, yet I died poor, spurned by my protege. I ended the Great Rivalry through charm and through water, the exact reverse of my people's reputation. Who am I?
It was a memorial I think.:book:Quote:
Originally Posted by evil_maniac from mars
https://img188.imageshack.us/img188/...emorial0pl.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Csar
Thanks for clearing that up evil maniac its a really big memorial.
Pannonian I have no idea what the answer is could you give another clue.
His people are talked about in the Rome forums ad nauseam. Also, note the clueQuote:
Originally Posted by Csar
I ended the Great Rivalry through charm and through water, the exact reverse of my people's reputation.
Which tells you that his people were famously charmless landlubbers who were involved in a Great Rivalry at some point. Let me add the clue that this Great Rivalry was with a famously charming seafaring nation.
Carthaginians? :balloon2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Were the Carthaginians a famously charming sea-faring nation? Did the man who ended the Rome-Carthage rivalry use charm and naval warfare to do so?Quote:
Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
Looking at the 1st page of the Monastery, I see a number of threads about the geographic area where this Great Rivalry took place, including at least one started by yourself.
The only answer could be: Greeks. :balloon2:
So use the clues to find the country, find the events, then find the individual. Posters talk about his people all the time, and the reputation of his people is such that their name has even become an adjective. I've seen at least one poster in one of your threads who named himself after them.Quote:
Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
Spartans, Thermopylae, King Leonidas? :book:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
A friend of princes, and a would be King. I was among the most powerful men my people have seen, yet I died poor, spurned by my protege. I ended the Great Rivalry through charm and through water, the exact reverse of my people's reputation. Who am I?Quote:
Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
You'll need to find omeone who fits the clues. IE. someone who was famously charming, and who carried out a decisively successful naval campaign. Also someone who was hugely powerful among his people, and yet was not a King, but was the friend of princes (plural).
Another clue is that his people reached the peak of their power as a result of his campaigns, but his protege threw it all away in pursuit of a vendetta. These are some pretty well-known names in ancient history, with the subject appearing in the lyrics of one of the best known military songs in the world.
If you get his people right, the fact that he achieved power despite not being King narrows the field considerably. If you think you've got the right country, google or wiki for significant wars involving this country, and you'll find their opponent. Then look for who was responsible for ending the war, and you'll have the right man.
Gimme one more clue. Period: Antiquity, Medieval, Rebirth(16th to 19th century), Modern.
Pericles?
Heres some quotes from a wikipedia article on Pericles
He was re-elected as general.Quote:
[Pericles or Perikles (ca. 495 BC-429 BC, Greek: Περικλῆς, meaning "surrounded by glory") was a prominent and influential statesman, orator and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age (specifically, between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars). He was a descendant of the renowned Alcmaeonidae family.
/QUOTE]
Note that it said GENERAL
QUOTE]The Samian War was the last important military event before the Peloponnesian War. After Thucydides' ostracism, Pericles was being continuously re-elected to the generalship, the only office he ever officially occupied,Quote:
Pericles made his first military excursions during the First Peloponnesian War
he also lead Athens to greatness by expanding their "golden age"
[QUOTE=Pannonian] A friend of princes, and a would be King. I was among the most powerful men my people have seen, yet I died poor, spurned by my protege. I ended the Great Rivalry through charm and through water, the exact reverse of my people's reputation. Who am I?QUOTE]
he was among the most powerful men in Greece, he was spurned by prestige of a powerful Athens. The great rivalry between Athens and Sparta. His peoples reputation as founders of democrocy and sciences
Wrong with Perikles. The Greeks were renowned seafarers.Quote:
charm and through water, the exact reverse of my people's reputation
This man's people were famously charmless landlubbers, but he himself was a famous charmer and a successful admiral who led them to victory over a famously charming sea-faring nation. For Pericles to be the man, Athens would have had to have been a famously charmless society with a traditionally land-based military, who led them to victory over a traditionally sea-faring enemy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hannibal99
Edzymedieval: I've already said this is ancient history.
Not all of them. This man's country was notoriously inept at sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
Spartan admirals would be my guesses so heres some spartan admirals i found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicratidas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander
Lysander
EDIT: dang. Hannibal99 beat me to it. Good job, Hannibal99.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aenlic
so was it right? and thanks aenlic
Some evidence:
QUOTE]A friend of princes, and a would be King. I was among the most powerful men my people have seen, yet I died poor, spurned by my protege. I ended the Great Rivalry through charm and through water, the exact reverse of my people's reputation. Who am I?[/QUOTE] he was the de facto spartan leader of hid fleet. He was among the Spartans, the most powerful the greeks had seen. He ended the Peloponessian War, the Great Rivalry through charming the kings and winning naval battles. the exact reverse of the land based Spartan armies