You can grab it in the Scuttlebutt section: http://www.rcnavalcombat.com/Members/ScuttleButtNewsletter.aspx Oct 2007 issue
1281, Kublai Khan was determined to take Japan. He sent 40,000 soldiers on 900 ships from Korea and 100,000 troops on 3,500 ships from southeastern China to Hakata Bay. Despite the size of the force, they were not able to conquer Kyushu as quickly as they anticipated; heavy fighting went on for six weeks. Then, on August 14, a typhoon came blowing in from the northwest. The Chinese ships were blown into the narrow straits near the bay, where they hit rocks and sank. The dead bodies of men and horses floated everywhere--some claimed that one could even walk across the bay on them.
Banzai, indeed. I would have accepted either the Battle of Koan or the Second Battle of Hakata Bay. You are close enough, Emperor Ming the Merciless.
Who stated this, where and why: It was written in their Qu'ran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy's ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.
I guess all the History Majors are out on the unemployment line, Hint: Thomas Jefferson and Sam Adams (not the beer)
I can peg the time period to the events around US involvment in Tripoli around the early 1800's, but this is not my area of experese
Too many clues made this one easy. Back in 1785, John Adams, then America’s Ambassador to England, and Thomas Jefferson, Ambassador to France, met with the envoy from Tripoli, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman, and inquired as to why American ships were targets of hostility. The answer they received was this:
Since no one else has taken a stab at it, my best guess is you're asking for something to do with one of the HMS Black Prince's. I don't know what makes any of them the first in anything. All of them were named for "The Black Prince" Edward, son of King Edward III. I discovered he was the "first Knight of the Garter" and the "first Prince of Wales not to become King of England." Is that what you're going for?
I was a little concerned that if I say too much it would give it away. Lets try this. The first Man-of-War........
Aha! A merchant ship beginning life as the Black Prince was later purchased by the Continental Congress to become the first warship in the Continental Navy, known as USS Alfred. I still like my answer about the first Knight of the Garter...
I wonder how they came up with the name USS Alfred. For being the nation's first warship, it's not a name that's been held in high honor since.
Something a little different for the next question...a loon recently in the news is associated with the following photos. Name that plane!
