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France and Britain fought over the control of the Channel, as one of the episodes of the globalised warfare that followed the start of the hostilities in 1778. Early in the war, the first fleet action in European waters was fought on 27 July 1778, 100 miles west of Ushant, an island at the mouth of the Channel. The two French and British battle ...
A wager was made on the sex of a certain individual. The individual concerned was a French national known as Monsieur le Chevalier D'Eon.D'Eon was a captain in the Dragoons and had served France in diplomatic postings firstly in Russia and later in England.
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1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1778th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 778th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start ...
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Battle of Monmouth painting shows George Washington rallying his men while an embarrassed Charles Lee waits nearby. The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, saw a colonial American army under Major General George Washington fight a British army led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton.
From December 1777 to June 1778, Washington made his headquarters in a business residence owned by Isaac Potts A map of the Valley Forge winter encampment in 1777, published in John Lossing Benson's 1860 book, The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution The encampment at Valley Forge in 1778 from and 1830 engraving by G. Boynton
Former President Donald Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche exit the courthouse and speak to media after Trump was found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30 ...