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The Battle of Derna was the first land battle of the United States on foreign soil after the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). [10] It was the decisive action of the First Barbary War (1801–1805) although Eaton was furious over what he called a "sell-out" between the State Department diplomat Tobias Lear and the bey. Hamet returned to ...
Battle of Derna (1805), a battle during the Tripolitan War; Battle of Derna (1912), a battle during the Italo-Turkish War; Battle of Derna (1941), a battle between Commonwealth and Italian forces during World War II; Derna campaign (2014–2016), a battle during the Second Libyan Civil War; Siege of Derna (2016–2019), a siege during the ...
The turning point in the war was the Battle of Derna (April–May 1805). Ex-consul William Eaton , a former Army captain who used the title of " general ", and United States Marine Corps 1st Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon led a force of eight U.S. Marines [ 40 ] and five hundred mercenaries— Greeks from Crete, Arabs , and Berbers —on a march ...
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In the days that followed the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna, reports emerged of survival – a six-year-old boy plucked from the water from a third-floor balcony, a father saving ...
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I n Derna, the city on the coast of Libya all but swept away by flooding on Sept. 11, the surging complexities of climate change combined to devastating effect with the stubborn realities of ...
Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through ...