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Shakespeare used the Battle of Towton to illustrate the ills of civil war; in 3 Henry VI, Act 2, Scene 5, a father finds he has killed his son, while a son finds he has killed his own father. In the sixteenth century William Shakespeare wrote a number of dramatisations of historic figures.
Second Punic War: 40,000 (including Archimedes) 9,000 Siege of Carthage: 149-146 BC Third Punic War: 450,000 (including 50,000 civilians enslaved) 200,000 Siege of Athens and Piraeus: 87–86 BC Mithridatic Wars (First Mithridatic War) 400,000 (including prisoners) 200,000 [1] Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) 63 BC Mithridatic Wars (First Mithridatic ...
Philippine–American War: 0.21–0.78 million [175] [176] 1899–1913 United States vs. Philippine Republic, later Tagalog Republic, Sultanate of Sulu and Sultanate of Maguindanao Philippines Kalinga War: 0.25 million [177] 262 BC–261 BC Maurya Empire vs. Kalinga: Indian subcontinent First Congo War: 0.25 million [178] 1996–1997 Zaire vs. AFDL
Also known as "The Battle of Clifton Moor", this was the last action of the Jacobite rising of 1745 to take place in England, and the last time English and Scottish armies clashed on English soil, but it is debated whether this counts as a full battle or just a "skirmish".
The Battle of Aughrim (Irish: Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 ( old style , equivalent to 22 July new style), near the village of Aughrim, County Galway .
British casualties on the first day were the worst in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties, 19,240 of whom were killed. [52] [53] British survivors of the battle had gained experience and the BEF learned how to conduct the mass industrial warfare which the continental armies had been fighting since 1914. [51]
The Oxford history of the British army (Oxford UP, 2003). Cole, D. H and E. C Priestley. An outline of British military history, 1660-1936 (1936). online; Higham, John, ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (1971) 654 pages excerpt; Highly detailed bibliography and discussion up to 1970. Sheppard, Eric William.
The allied army, some 27,000 [2] strong, outnumbered the French garrison by around five to one and after encircling the town on 17 March 1812, began to lay siege by preparing trenches, parallels and earthworks to protect the heavy siege artillery, work made difficult by a week of prolonged and torrential rainfalls, which also swept away bridging works that were needed to bring the heavy cannon ...