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This one is a tough slog.  I don't have a record of this incident, and the desperate google search was also unhelpful. Another hint?

I think that there will be tremendous pressure  to allow duty free booze again (if it has been banned).  A thorny problem, as for many reasons a bootle of booze can be quite a nasty weapon, yet it is major business to sell the stuff duty free.

Given the overwhelming response, perhaps a clue might be in order.

And what about all of the promises to increase reserve force strength?  It will be most instructive to see if the trucks actually pull up and anyone gets out.

Koenigsegg  is correct - I forgotten about the Seydlitz, but the Hipper class of heavy cruiser had the same side profile as the KM Bismarck, however when viewed from the front or rear the broad battleship beam is readily evident. Good information from others as to Kriegsmarine vessels.

Yes, the KM Tripitz, as the KM Bismarck's sister ship qualifies, but there are two other vessels that also share that (clue) larger ship's profile. The KM Scharnhorst and the KM Gneisenau are different in not having the second aft turret.  What are those other vessels?

Well-done probum non poenitet!  The County Class heavy cruiser Suffolk with its modern radar is the vessel that maintained contact with the KM Bismarck in the days leading up to the sinking of the German battleship. Here's another question on the Bismarck:  What vessel or vessels had a nearly...

Well done!  Narvik it is. Let's do another navy one from WW2 shall we? What ship shadowed the KM Bismarck by radar from 23 May until the morning of 25 May 1941?

A good guess, but I did specify "ship".

Thanks Rhibwolf, the Napoleonic period is a bit of a specialty of mine.  Let's do a WW2 navy one shall we? What  Norwegian port gave its name to a class of German ship?

Bingo.  Villers-en-Cauchies: Austrian Lt. General Otto had only 2 squadrons of the British 15th Light Dragoons (160 men) and 2 squadrons of Austrian Hussars (112 men) available.  Major Aylett commanded the two British squadrons and was the officer wounded (not killed as I earlier stated) in the...

Okay, okay, here's a big hint:  Every British officer involved in this action, except the one killed, was knighted by the emperor of the allies with whom they charged.  The allies took 66 casualties and the French suffered 800 killed and some 400 wounded and lost 3 guns.

Another hint?  Okay, Napoleon was not yet an emperor at the time of this action.

No correct answers yet...  Perhaps a small hint is in order.  They were using French as it was a language that they had in common with their allies in that charge.

Oh, it wasn't a "Frenchie" charge - they were charging the French... Anyone?

During what action in the Napoleonic wars did British officers lead a charge shouting the battle cry "Vive l' Empereur!"?

Sometimes infantry - they were capable of being hauled by about eight men or one horse, and thus were sometimes used as a battalion gun.

Good answer recceguy. They were also called grasshopper guns because they had a carriage too light for the gun and thus recoil would cause the whole thing to jump back and even flip.

Hmm back to the Napoleonic period, I see.  Incidentally Adolphe Pegoud is  the correct answer as 'the foolhardy one'.  One of the first French Aces, his comrades referred to him as the patron saint of fighter pilots.  He was one of the first aviators to be referred to as an acrobatic pilot...

To continue with the early flight theme, who was the aviator and later fighter pilot dubbed by the French press as "The Foolhardy One"?