The official AHF other eras quiz thread

[Polar bear]

hi,

one week later, the traditional hint #1 : the poem´s author was ...

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[Polar bear]

hi,

another week later, hint # 2

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[Polar bear]

hi,

hint # 3 ... in the year of 1798 ...

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[Ironmachine]

It took some time and a few good hints, but finally:
The Battle of the Nile, French ship-of-the-line L’Orient.
The poem is "Casabianca", by Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "The boy stood on the burning deck / Whence all but he had fled; / The flame that lit the battle's wreck / Shone round him o'er the dead..."

[Polar bear]

hi, Ironmachine,

I had nearly given up hope ... very good

the torch is back in your proven hands ...

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[Ironmachine]

Thanks, pb.
Now, a battle that is considered a "first" for a famous military corps, involving its specialty:

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Which battle?

[Polar bear]

hi, ironmachine,

you didn´t make it too tough ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nassau

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[Ironmachine]

Correct answer, of course.
Over to you again.
Regards.

[Polar bear]

hi,

a simple question : which action ?

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[AVV]

Hello!
Fight between SMS Panther and Haitian gunboat Crête à Pierrot, September 6, 1902 - aka Markomannia-Zwischenfall?

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[Polar bear]

hi, Aleks,

you got the type right ... but the action was earlier and many miles (nearly half of the globes circumference) away ...

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[AVV]

Then... SMS Iltis against Chinese forts at Dagu (Taku) in 1900?

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[Polar bear]

hi, Aleks,

quite right.

back to you ...

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[AVV]

Thanks!
What event is this monument dedicated to?

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[Ironmachine]

It is dedicated to the successful defence of Odessa during the Crimean War.