C1700-C1900

Question 1

Infantry?

Answer 1

Musketeers only needed to form 2
lines as muskets could be loaded
quicker, adopted rhythmic marching
so could move quickly

Question 2

Cannons?

Answer 2

Easier to transport, more powerful and
accurate

Question 3

Cavalry

Answer 3

Used to find out what enemy was
doing and fight small battles

Question 4

Artillery Tactics

Answer 4

Field guns lighter and pulled by
horses, so tactics could be more fluid

Question 5

Industrialisation?

Answer 5

Factories powered by coal,
electricity and petrol allowed
people to mass produce
industrial goods
Developments in transportation
and communication - telegraphs,
radios, steam engines

Question 6

Cardwell’s reform?

Answer 6

ecretary of War between 1870
and 1874
Army Enlistment Act fixed the
term of enlistment to 12 years,
was previously for life
Selection and promotion of
officers no longer based on
money or influence but merit
Created reserve forces
stationed in Britain
Abolished flogging or harsh
disciplinary measures in army

Question 7

Crimean war?

Answer 7

Short dispatches of telegraph
were sent from the Crimean
War to London, which only
took 5 hours
Public criticism of leadership
during the war lead the
government to resign

Question 8

Boer war?

Answer 8

First major conflict Britain involved in
when most of population were literate -
97% of people in 1900
Newspapers were more popular and
development of the telegraph made it
possible to communicate news of conflict
quickly
Newspapers often exaggerated and
influenced public opinion
Newspapers sent 300 journalists to report

Question 9

Battle of Balaclava 1854

Answer 9

Russian attack on British held port in Crimea
Charge of the Light Brigade - Raglan ordered
Lucan to recapture their cannon, but was poorly
explained
Lucan thought he was being asked to attack
Russian cannons
Out of 673 men, 113 were killed, 134 wounded
and most of horses killed, for no reason
Raglan heavily criticised

Question 10

Battle of Waterloo 1815

Answer 10

When Napoleon invaded Belgium the
Duke of Wellington’s army was waiting,
blocking Napoleon’s access to Brussels
Wellington had 68,000 troops compared
to Napoleon’s 72,000
Rainfall meant Napoleon had to wait,
leaving the Prussian army time to arrive
and help Wellington
Wellington gave order to stand on ridge
and shoot French, and they defeated them

Question 11

Rifles?

Answer 11

from 1850 technological
improvements made them more
effective

Question 12

Minie bullets?

Answer 12

invented in 1847,
expanded in the barrel making
loading easier

Question 13

Conical bullet?

Answer 13

increased range of
rifles

Question 14

Percussion bullets

Answer 14

loading was
easier and rifles more reliable by
ending reliance on powder and flint