A Game for the Amateur Military Historian.

[Jules]

The charge of the Rohirim?

[grobnok]

actually no.

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by grobnok

What's avincourt? And people, don't read the image source. And it's not the crusades.

The Battle of Avincourt involved the loss of a lot of French Knights. I forget off the top of my head when it occurred, but it appears by the picture that it happened in the same timeframe.


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[grobnok]

Originally posted by Darsnan


The Battle of Avincourt involved the loss of a lot of French Knights. I forget off the top of my head when it occurred, but it appears by the picture that it happened in the same timeframe.


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I think you meat agincourt or azincourt.

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by grobnok

I think you meat agincourt or azincourt.

You may be right - I'm just reflecting off the top of my head here.


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[Jon Shafer]

Is it the Battle of Hastings, 1066?

[molly bloom]

It's probably a battle fought in Eastern Europe or the Balkans- the gentleman in the far right lower corner has what looks like a composite bow on the Mongol or Turkish model rather than an English longbow, and the older man with the Patriarchal style beard is wielding a sword that looks like a cross between a scimitar and the kind of weapon the Dacians used against the Romans.

However the picture's not large enough for me to make out any more details, although the presence of what looks like women might indicate a siege, or an encampment caught by surprise.


Not enough geographical detail in the background for me to make out anything either- except what looks like a wayside cross to the right.

Could be siege of Acre, Jerusalem, Adrianople, Antioch, Aleppo....

[Ted Striker]

Hmmm...another clue is that there is a crucifix statue in the upper right hand corner.

There also appears to be a woman in the middle of the shot clutching a baby

EDIT: oh you already saw the cross

[chequita guevara]

Notice the dude with the beard. That's a clue. Add it with Molly's clues and you should be able to figure it out.

[Ted Striker]

IT'S OPERATION DESERT STORM!!!!

[molly bloom]

Battle of Lechfeld?


Battle of Augsburg?



Give us a clue, there's not much to go on, nondescript mediaeval dress notwithstanding.

Not Kossovo, I suppose?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
IT'S OPERATION DESERT STORM!!!!

Close.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Give us a clue, there's not much to go on, nondescript mediaeval dress notwithstanding.

Just looking at the bearded by himself, what would you guess he is?

I had actually guessed the event (but then I cheated to make sure).

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Tours.

Woah. I learned something in my art history class.

[chequita guevara]

The man wins a cigar!

Grobby sure seems obsessed with outsiders invading Europe. Must be his Hunnish roots.