Topic: Diplomatic_Means's trivia 3

Redneck · February 2nd, 2004

The Brits used it (khaki uniform) starting in 1848 in India.

diplomatic_means · February 2nd, 2004

Was that during a war? Cuz that's not the answer I have in my book.

Redneck · February 2nd, 2004

What's the year in your book? There was almost always a border dispute or regional rebellion that the British were involved in in India.

diplomatic_means · February 2nd, 2004

If I say the year you will figure out the war, but I promise this is an actual war, not a dispute or rebellion. I can't say much about the war cuz i don't know much about it.

D_Plus_One · February 2nd, 2004

Boer War?

diplomatic_means · February 3rd, 2004

nope. Finally found a hard one. If no one can get it in the next couple days I'll post the answer and a new question.

FutureRANGER · February 3rd, 2004

Are you sure your book is right? I came up with the Boer War too, according to this
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.c...dson/khaki.htm

Quote:

Surprisingly it was not until 1885 that the entire army in India followed suit. It then took fifteen years before the British military adopted the uniform - referred to as KD, Khaki Drill - to fight the Boer War. Khaki has since, of course, been used by armies throughout the world.

EDIT: Or is it the Kaffir War in South Africa during 1851?

diplomatic_means · February 3rd, 2004

This was before the Boer war and it wasn't the Kaffir war.

GuyontheRight · February 3rd, 2004

The American Revolution. All that desert fighting sure warented some drastic style changes :P

FutureRANGER · February 4th, 2004

Then Paul Revere would have yelled "The mudcoats are coming, the mudcoats are coming!"

Ok after much digging I haven't gotten a definate answer, but the closest I came is the Crimea War.

February 2nd, 2004	Post 21
Redneck Buttercup	The Brits used it (khaki uniform) starting in 1848 in India. __________________ No boom, no boom, no boom, Amen.

February 2nd, 2004	Post 25
D_Plus_One Optio	Boer War? __________________ Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori -Wilfred Owen

February 3rd, 2004	Post 29
GuyontheRight Tribuni Angusticlavii	The American Revolution. All that desert fighting sure warented some drastic style changes :P __________________ No Voice

February 2nd, 2004	Post 22
diplomatic_means Centurion	Was that during a war? Cuz that's not the answer I have in my book.

February 2nd, 2004	Post 23
Redneck Buttercup	What's the year in your book? There was almost always a border dispute or regional rebellion that the British were involved in in India.

February 2nd, 2004	Post 24
diplomatic_means Centurion	If I say the year you will figure out the war, but I promise this is an actual war, not a dispute or rebellion. I can't say much about the war cuz i don't know much about it.

February 3rd, 2004	Post 26
diplomatic_means Centurion	nope. Finally found a hard one. If no one can get it in the next couple days I'll post the answer and a new question.

February 3rd, 2004	Post 28
diplomatic_means Centurion	This was before the Boer war and it wasn't the Kaffir war.

February 4th, 2004	Post 30
FutureRANGER Tribuni Angusticlavii	Then Paul Revere would have yelled "The mudcoats are coming, the mudcoats are coming!" Ok after much digging I haven't gotten a definate answer, but the closest I came is the Crimea War.