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The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle, took place during 18–20 February 1653 (28 February – 2 March 1653 (Gregorian calendar)), [a] during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp escorting merchant shipping through the English ...
33rd Texas Cavalry, Texas Army: Colin D. McRae 2 KIA, 18 WIA Victory/atrocity [59] [60] 1862 Battle of Corpus Christi: Texas Militia: Alfred M. Hobby / Charles G. Lovenskiold 1 KIA, 1 WIA Victory [61] 1862 First Battle of Galveston: 26th Texas Cavalry, Texas Army: Xavier Debray: 0 Loss [62] [63] [64] 1863 Second Battle of Galveston: Texas Army ...
The first "kill" by an American UAV was on October 7, 2001, in Kandahar. [ 20 ] Both the US Air Force and Navy had been developing plans for operational follow-ons to their respective demonstrator programs, but pressures rose for the two services to merge their efforts, resulting in the formation of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS ...
A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009. An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints ...
Portland was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Wapping, and launched in 1653. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns. [1] She took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay in 1689, when her Irish-born captain George Aylmer was killed in action.
British victory: in the largest battle of the war the American army of George Washington is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan Landing at Kip's Bay: September 15, 1776: New York: British victory: British capture New York City and hold it for the duration of the war Battle of Harlem Heights: September ...
The Johnson-Grant venture, the first battle of the Texas Revolution in which the Mexican Army was the victor. From the Johnson forces, 20 Texans killed, 32 captured and 1 Mexican loss, 4 wounded. Johnson and 4 others escaped after capture and proceeded to Goliad. Johnson would survive the Texas Revolution. M Battle of Agua Dulce: Agua Dulce ...
Urrea's forces were never defeated in battle during the Texas Revolution. His most notable success was that of the Goliad Campaign, in which James Fannin's 400 soldiers were surrounded and induced to capitulate under terms, but were massacred in Urrea's absence on the orders of Santa Anna. [1] Urrea also fought in the Mexican–American War.