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  2. Military victories against the odds - Wikipedia

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    Another battle often noted for being a victory against all odds was the Battle of Agincourt (1415), [10] [11] which saw a depleted English army, led by King Henry V and composed of 5,000 to 8,000 longbowmen, achieve victory over a superior French army of 15,000 to 30,000 cavalry and heavy infantry; the English were outnumbered, possibly by as ...

  3. Battle of Austerlitz - Wikipedia

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    Although this spectacular victory was soured by the defeat of a Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar [54] the following day, French success on land continued as Vienna fell in November. The French gained 100,000 muskets, 500 cannons, and intact bridges across the Danube .

  4. Battle of Zenta - Wikipedia

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    The battle resulted in a spectacular victory for Austria. The main Ottoman army was scattered and the Austrians gained complete freedom of action in Ottoman Bosnia . On 22 October after Eugene mounted a raid with six thousand cavalry including Serbian Militia of the Sava, Sarajevo was captured; after the Ottomans killed the messengers sent to ...

  5. Syrian rebel leader’s victory speech holds a message for Iran ...

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    This victory, my brothers, has come through the suffering of those who endured imprisonment,” he said. In a country where the God you chose, and how you pray, can define your class, limit your ...

  6. Mission Accomplished speech - Wikipedia

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    The banner. On May 1, 2003, United States president George W. Bush gave a televised speech on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.Bush, who had launched the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq six weeks earlier, mounted a podium in front of a White House-produced banner that read "Mission Accomplished".

  7. How Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Election Victory Helped ‘Heal ...

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    The career of Jimmy Carter, the U.S. President who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, will be remembered for many things: his peanut-farming background, his speedy rise to political fame and fall after ...

  8. Battle of Vienna - Wikipedia

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    The victory at Vienna set the stage for a conquest of Hungary and (temporarily) lands in the Balkans in the following years by Louis of Baden, Maximilian II Emmanuel of Bavaria and Prince Eugene of Savoy. The Ottomans fought on for another 16 years, eventually losing control of Hungary and Transylvania.

  9. Harris concedes election, saying she promised Trump a ... - AOL

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    Harris' concession comes hours after Trump cinched a spectacular victory, winning several swing states and a swath of new voters since his last campaign.