Tuesday Quiz - who is this?

[Coalman]

not thermopolae (good red herring , that one)
not the last samurai

major clue

This warrior had fought the Teutons for five years before he was taken

Bugger - not Crimea then.

[DiscoStu]

Gaius Marius?

[EternalOptimist]

Gaius Marius?

not the famous reformer of the legions

major major clue.

The mounted troops were a recon battalion

[shaunbhoy]

Caesar??

[EternalOptimist]

Caesar??

not Caesar


another clue

the gap was actually a river crossing

[Coalman]

Saladin ?

Crusades - Jerusalem

[Zippy]

Is this a fictional battle? Helms Deep, Theoden?

[EternalOptimist]

Is this a fictional battle? Helms Deep, Theoden?

not a crusader, although he was English

a real person

[Cyberman]

It's not Arnhem is it ?

[EternalOptimist]

It's not Arnhem is it ?

Johnny Frost