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Battle of Balikpapan 1st battle (23–24 Jan, 1942) (Pacific Campaign of WW2) Battle of Balikpapan 2nd battle (1–21 July 1945) (Pacific Campaign of WW2) Battle of Bamianshan – 1950 – Chinese Civil War; Battle of Bang Bo – 1885 – Sino-French War; Battle of Bang Rajan – 1767 – Burmese–Siamese wars
The Battle of Lauffeld [a] took place on 2 July 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Fought between the towns of Tongeren in modern Belgium, and the Dutch city of Maastricht , a French army of 80,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of 120,000, led by the Duke of Cumberland .
Battle of Trois-Rivières: June 8, 1776: Quebec: British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec [26] Battle of Sullivan's Island: June 28, 1776: South Carolina: American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed [27] Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: June 29, 1776: New Jersey: American victory [28] Battle of Gwynn's Island: July 8–10 ...
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
The Battle of Ashdown was a West Saxon victory over a Danish Viking army on about 8 January 871. The location of Ashdown is not known, but may be Kingstanding Hill [ a ] in Berkshire. Other writers place the battle near Starveall, a short distance north of the village of Aldworth and south east of Lowbury Hill.
April 12–13 Battle of Fort Sumter – First battle of the war; May 7 Battle of Gloucester Point; May 18–19 Battle of Sewell's Point; May 29-June 1 Battle of Aquia Creek – First use of naval mines by Confederacy; June 5 Battle of Pig Point; June 27 Battle of Mathias Point; July 28 Sinking of the Petrel – Last naval battle involving a ...
Pitched battle; Pocket: see "salient". Pyrrhic victory: a victory paid for so dearly that it potentially could lead to a later defeat ("a battle won, a war lost"). Raid; Rank: a single line of soldiers. Reconnaissance; Reconnoitre: to go to an area (reconnoitering) to find out information of the exact location of an enemy force.
The Battle of Marathon was a watershed in the Greco-Persian wars, showing the Greeks that the Persians could be beaten; the eventual Greek triumph in these wars can be seen to have begun at Marathon. The battle also showed the Greeks that they were able to win battles without the Spartans, as Sparta was seen as the major military force in Greece.