JULY 1961.
PRIZE COMPETITION.
Here are the answers to the July, 1961 competition.
1.	Which famous soldiers said the following:
	(a)	Up Guards and at them again
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo.
	(b)	I came, I saw, I conquered.
Veni, vidi, vici was written by Julius Caesar in 47 BC.
	(c)	Every French soldier carries in his cartridge pouch the baton of a Marshal of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte
	(d)	But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of a tiger.
William Shakespeare
2.	Which British King last led his troops into battle?
George II was the last British monarch to lead an army in battle at Dettingen, in 1743.
3.	What was the official name of Oliver Cromwell's 'Roundheads'?
The New Model Army
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