Thread: Name that Battle!

  1. February 07, 2020, 07:33 AM #7781
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    That's a classic, Altdorfer's battle of Issus.
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  2. February 07, 2020, 09:39 AM #7782
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    Well, I guess thanks to Hazzard for taking my turn lol.




















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  3. February 09, 2020, 01:07 PM #7783
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    Quote Originally Posted by General Brewster View Post
    Well, I guess thanks to Hazzard for taking my turn lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abdülmecid I View Post
    That's a classic, Altdorfer's battle of Issus.
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  4. February 09, 2020, 01:49 PM #7784
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    The drummer boy was probably nonexistent, while the name of the defeated general is mainly remembered in posterity, because of a sank battleship:



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    I know it's Manuel Belgrano. The hint was to obvious

    Could it be the battle of Taccuari?




















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  6. February 10, 2020, 03:20 AM #7786
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    Tacuarí is the correct answer. The loyalists of Paraguay defeated the attempt of the United Provinces to invade their country. Although it was technically a victory for the Spanish Crown, the battle also marks the independence of Paraguay. +rep and your turn!
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  7. February 10, 2020, 06:52 AM #7787
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    Thanks Abdul, excellent pic once more!

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  8. February 10, 2020, 06:57 AM #7788
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    The drummer boy was probably nonexistent, while the name of the defeated general is mainly remembered in posterity, because of a sank battleship
    The Belgrado was a Light Cruiser.

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    Yes.




















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  10. February 10, 2020, 07:46 AM #7790
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    A minor battle on the right side of the Rhine.
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  11. February 10, 2020, 08:43 AM #7791
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    Neuwied?




















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  12. February 10, 2020, 10:32 AM #7792
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    Exactly.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuwied_(1797)

    Can someone rep General Brewster. I can't twice in a short time.
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  13. February 10, 2020, 10:36 AM #7793
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    Alas, I repped him two hours ago...

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    Battle of Jutland.

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  16. February 10, 2020, 10:57 AM #7796
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    Nope.




















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  17. February 10, 2020, 05:01 PM #7797
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    Battle of Doggerbank, visible is the SMS Blücher.
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    Nope and it certainly is not SMS Blücher.




















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    How about a hint?

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    It's the right war.




















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