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The Battle of Echoee, or Etchoe Pass, was a battle on June 27, 1760 during the French and Indian War, between the British and colonial force under Archibald Montgomerie and a force of Cherokee warriors under Seroweh. It took place near the present-day municipality of Otto, in Macon County, North Carolina. [3]
The Battle of Restigouche was a naval battle fought in 1760 during the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in the United States) on the Restigouche River between the British Royal Navy and the small flotilla of vessels of the French Navy, Acadian militia and Mi'kmaq militias. [1]
A roughneck is a person whose occupation is hard manual labor. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with the workers on a drilling rig . The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.
USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60) is a United States Navy oceanographic survey ship, and the lead vessel of her class. Her mission is to collect acoustical, biological, physical, and geophysical surveys of the world's oceans.
One version of the patch worn on the uniforms of American pathfinders who served during World War II. In military organizations, a pathfinder is a specialized soldier inserted or dropped into place in order to set up and operate drop zones, pickup zones, and helicopter landing sites for airborne operations, air resupply operations, or other air operations in support of the ground unit commander.
On 18 March 1760, he bought 63 acres on Christians Creek from William Curry. [ 37 ] : 177 In early 1748, Buchanan accompanied Dr. Thomas Walker and James Patton on a journey west, as far south as the "Fork Country of the Holston " (present-day Kingsport , Sullivan County, Tennessee ), [ 38 ] to survey the westernmost lands which were included ...
Roughneck, those employed in the oil industry. Roughnecks, a 1990s BBC One programme about oil rig workers; Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, a CGI animation television series; Calgary Roughnecks, a Canadian lacrosse team; Houston Roughnecks, an XFL (2020) team
The Allied defeat caused disappointment in Britain where many had expected better news, following the large expansion of Frederick's army. It led some to question Ferdinand's leadership of the Allied army, although Ferdinand had been leading an outnumbered force during the campaign and would go on to win further victories at Warburg, Vellinghausen, and Wilhelmsthal, successfully defending ...