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A chevauchée (French pronunciation:, "promenade" or "horse charge", depending on context) was a raiding method of medieval warfare for weakening the enemy, primarily by burning and pillaging enemy territory in order to reduce the productivity of a region, in addition to siege warfare most often as part of wars of conquest but occasionally as a punitive raid.
The Battle of Sugar Point, or the Battle of Leech Lake, was fought on October 5, 1898 between the 3rd U.S. Infantry and members of the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians in a failed attempt to apprehend Pillager Ojibwe Bugonaygeshig ("Old Bug" or "Hole-In-The-Day"), as the result of a dispute with Indian Service officials on the Leech Lake Reservation in Cass County, Minnesota.
The raid ended with his arrival at Smithville, Tennessee, on January 5, 1863. Morgan's men covered 500 miles (800 km) in the raid, killed or wounded 150 Union soldiers, and captured more than 1,800. He had also caused more than $2 million in damage to Union infrastructure, including the railroad.
CC Sabathia isn't the lock that Ichiro is, but he has a decent shot to be elected this year (and if not this year, definitely in the future). He pitched for three teams over a 19-year career ...
Athenaeus marched with 4000 men and 600 horsemen into Petra, Nabataea's stronghold, during the night time while the Nabataean men were away trading. [1] Coming from Judea and after 3 travel days across 160 km, Athenaeus captured the place easily as only women and children were present, and the troops loaded themselves with as much frankincense ...
The Alamo Bowl will be a glorified Big 12 game. The bowl announced which schools it is considering for the Dec. 28 game on Thursday.And all four of them are in the Big 12. Iowa State, BYU, Arizona ...
First up, the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, while Baltimore heads to Houston to take on the Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET. Both games are on Netflix. Both games are on ...
At dawn on 2 November 2024, an Israeli naval force consisting of the Shayetet 13 elite commando unit landed in Batroun, raided a chalet, and kidnapped a Lebanese citizen, before returning to Israel in a speedboat. According to local media reports, the raid was conducted by more than 25 armed men. [5]