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It is a resting-place to which at close of day the weary retire to gather new strength for the battle and toils of tomorrow.
In Abbo's version of events, the king refused to meet the Danes in battle, preferring to die a martyr's death.
Officially the site of the battle is deemed by Leicestershire County Council to be in the vicinity of the town of Market Bosworth.
As explored by Professor Philip Morgan, a battle might initially not be named specifically at all.
The region has experienced extensive changes over the years, starting after the battle.
According to legend, Richard III drank from one of the several springs in the region on the day of the battle.
Samuel Parr in 1813 to mark the well from which the king is said to have drunk during the battle.
It is in what was at the time of the battle an area of marginal land at the meeting of several township boundaries.
A new interpretation of the battle now integrates the historic accounts with the battlefield finds and landscape history.
This has disappeared but is known to have stood at the time of the battle, in the vicinity of Apple Orchard Farm and North Farm, Dadlington.
This also accounts for the large number of dead in Dadlington parish, leading to the setting up of the battle chantry there.
His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp.
Either way, Richard led a cavalry charge deep into the enemy ranks in an attempt to end the battle quickly by striking at Henry Tudor himself.
In 1485, following his death in battle against Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field, Richard III's body was buried in Greyfriars Church in Leicester.
Mr. McElroy said this interunion battle showed the vibrancy and importance of organized labor.
After a closely fought battle the Spanish were forced to surrender on honorable terms.
His men could not find any trace of the 90 men, 17 women, and 11 children, nor was there any sign of a struggle or battle.
In the following decades there was a constant battle between the company lobby and the Parliament.
It played an important role in the first modern naval battle fought in Japan.
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Duncan was killed in battle by Macbeth, who had a long and relatively successful reign.
Cromwell's conduct in this battle proved decisive, and demonstrated his potential as both a political and an important military leader.
Just as at Edgehill, the battle stalemated at nightfall, and the armies disengaged.
This facilitated further engagements in short order, which allowed greater intensity and quick reaction to battle developments.
During the battle, Cromwell switched his reserves from one side of the river Severn to the other and back again.
Such a surprise attack would either produce a devastating effect on morale, or force him to weaken his main battle line.
The battle of Wagram of 1809 involved 300,000 men, and 500,000 fought at Leipzig in 1813, of whom 150,000 were killed or wounded.
The battle began favorably for the Austrians as their initial attack surprised the French and gradually drove them back.
Melas stated that he'd won the battle and retired to his headquarters around 3 pm, leaving his subordinates in charge of pursuing the French.
Napoleon finished off the battle with a concentrated central thrust that punctured a hole in the Austrian army and forced Charles to retreat.
Although the French had won, the Russian army had accepted, and withstood, the major battle Napoleon had hoped would be decisive.
The Russians had lost 150,000 in battle and hundreds of thousands of civilians.
This was by far the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars and cost more than 90,000 casualties in total.
Jervis liked Nelson and so did not officially reprimand him, but did not mention Nelson's actions in his official report of the battle.
On 20 February, in a standard promotion according to his seniority and unrelated to the battle, he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue.
The battle plan called for a combination of naval bombardments and an amphibious landing.
Nelson briefly came on deck to direct the battle, but returned to the surgeon after watching the destruction of Orient.
At a banquet that evening, he told Prince Frederick that the battle had been the most severe he had ever been in.
Nelson had devised a plan of attack that anticipated the allied fleet would form up in a traditional line of battle.
During the battle, Wellesley led his men, in a line of battle of two ranks, against the enemy to a gentle ridge and gave the order to fire.
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Wellesley, with command of four regiments, defeated Dhoondiah's larger rebel force, along with Dhoondiah himself who was killed in the battle.
Years later, however, he remarked that Assaye was the best battle he ever fought.
Despite the damage done to the Maratha army, the battle did not end the war.
These included an attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, landings in Thailand and Malaya and the battle of Hong Kong.
Guadalcanal soon became a focal point for both sides with heavy commitments of troops and ships in the battle for Guadalcanal.
They landed on Luzon in January 1945 and recaptured Manila in March following a battle which reduced the city to ruins.
The Polish People's Army took part in the Battle of Berlin, the closing battle of the European theater of war.
During his period of command, his battalion was stationed at Ploegsteert but did not take part in any set battle.
Noises of battle were muffled and sleep was easier in the deepest stations, but many were killed from direct hits on several stations.
In the last days of the battle, the bombers became lures in an attempt to draw the RAF into combat with German fighters.
They were defeated in the Battle of Sedgemoor at Westonzoyland, the last battle fought on English soil.
From 942 to 1005, seven consecutive monarchs were either murdered or killed in battle.
In 1040, Duncan suffered defeat in battle at the hands of Macbeth, who was killed himself in 1057 by Duncan's son Malcolm.
The teachers are fighting a losing battle because even the language mavens are losing their grip on the distinction.
The question may be raised whether we will win the battle against racism, sexism, and agism only to lose the fight against languagism.
Oliver Cromwell visited the city twice on his way to battle, once on the way to the Preston and also on the way to the Battle of Worcester.
Little by little his head cleared, and he began once more to take a personal interest in the battle.
Vikings were relatively unusual for the time in their use of axes as a main battle weapon.
These games included gladiatorial combats, chariot races and a sensational mock naval battle on the flooded grounds of the Colosseum.
The aftermath of this battle sent the empire into a protracted period of decline.
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Following Edwin's death in battle, in either 633 or 634, Paulinus returned to Kent with Edwin's widow and daughter.
The turning point was the battle for Brindisi, where the Sicilians launched a major counterattack by both land and sea.
The naval battle was decided in the Sicilians' favour, and the Byzantine commander was captured.
The chronicler Jean Froissart observed the English invoking Saint George as a battle cry on several occasions during the Hundred Years' War.
According to myth, Saint George was cut into 365 pieces after he fell in battle and every single piece was spread throughout the entire country.
Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
In 686 Wilfrid was recalled to Northumbria after the death of Ecgfrith in battle with the Picts.
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado took his maiden victory and Williams's first since 2004 in a strategic battle with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
In the aftermath of the battle of Edgehill in October, Parliament became concerned that Charles might advance on London.
This battle was eventually settled when the hero Heracles decided to help the Olympians.
In addition, when Excalibur was first drawn, in the first battle testing Arthur's sovereignty, its blade blinded his enemies.
The Prose Lancelot of the Vulgate Cycle mentions a sword called Seure, which belonged to the king but was used by Lancelot in one battle.
He meets Asclepiodotus in battle and kills him, thus taking the kingship of Britain upon himself.
While the Gesta says this was after the main battle at Ely, the Peterborough Chronicle says it was before.
During a ferocious battle, Teach and several of his crew were killed by a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
The former, for example, is characterised by the mention of ravens, eagles, and wolves preceding particularly violent depictions of battle.
After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle.
Beowulf descends to do battle with the dragon, but finds himself outmatched.
Thereafter, she proudly displayed his head to her Hebrew army and led them into a victorious battle against the Assyrians.
Believing Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing battle, Romeo kills Paris.
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A battle culminates in Macduff's confrontation with Macbeth, who kills Young Siward in combat.
Joe de Graft adapted Macbeth as a battle to take over a powerful corporation in Ghana in his 1972 Mambo or Let's Play Games, My Husband.
In the first battle, he wounds Satan terribly with a powerful sword that God designed to even cut through the substance of angels.
After a lengthy battle, Regan's bid was seen off and two senior CWS executives were dismissed and imprisoned for fraud.
John Kipling was sent to Loos two days into the battle in a reinforcement contingent.
Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.
George personally accompanied them, leading them to victory, thus becoming the last British monarch to lead troops into battle.
The battle pitted the two bands against each other, with the conflict as much about British class and regional divisions as it was about music.
The decision was made to film the battle scenes in neutral Eire, where it was easier to find the 650 extras.
Oldman's former wife Donya Fiorentino, as part of a child custody battle in 2001, claimed he had a drug habit and abused her.
The Moroccan government sent the Moroccan cavalry as extras for some battle scenes.
He was also the film's second unit director, which included directing aerial shots and battle scenes.
This was mainly due to the fact that it was a popular pastime for troops to take their minds off from battle.
In a one on one battle the winner is the person to reach the last number or bullseye.
Maidana was saved by the bell but somehow regained composure and continued to battle on.
Equestrian sports provided entertainment for crowds and honed the excellent horsemanship that was needed in battle.
Australian steeplechaser Crisp is remembered for his battle with Irish champion Red Rum in the 1973 Grand National.
Jorge Lorenzo dominated the event for Fiat Yamaha, finishing nearly seven seconds clear of a battle for second place.
This saw Baz prevailing, replicating his victory from 2012, in similar conditions, after a spirited battle.
He finished fourth at Monza after a race long battle with Michael Schumacher, who he refused to blame the German after his aggressive tactics.
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When displayed in war or battle, this banner signalled that the sovereign was present in person.
Coats of arms came into general use by feudal lords and knights in battle in the 12th century.
Kings and chiefs sometimes went into battle wearing helmets adorned with eagle feathers.
Moray was fatally wounded in the fighting at Stirling, and died soon after the battle.
After being defeated in battle he was driven from the Scottish mainland as an outlaw.
As it marked the turning point of the Hundred Years War, the significance of this battle was great.
It was the rallying point and the battle cry that made the Reformation nearly unassailable.
They were, however, of a smaller type than battle galleys, often referred to as galiots or fustas.
Pirates were legally subject to summary execution by their captors if captured in battle.
They set aside their plaids and other encumbrances before the battle, and dropped to the ground to avoid enemy volleys.
The Jacobites actually won the first day of the battle, killing large numbers of Government forces.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded in the brief battle.
Fitzjames' Horse was the only Jacobite cavalry unit to fight the whole battle on horseback.
The Jacobite artillery has been generally regarded as being ineffective in the battle.
The fleeing Jacobites must have put up a fight for Kerr's 11th recorded at least 16 horses killed during the entirety of the battle.
Following his flight from the battle, Charles Edward Stuart made his way towards the Hebrides with some supporters.
A stone lies on the eastern side of the battlefield that is supposed to mark the spot where Cumberland directed the battle.
Since 2001, the site of the battle has undergone topographic, geophysical, and metal detector surveys in addition to archaeological excavations.
Burgoyne tried to outflank the Americans but was checked at the first battle of Saratoga in September.
By comparison, Duffy notes that Frederick the Great usually commanded from 23,000 to 50,000 in battle.
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As was typical in the wars of the era, disease claimed far more lives than battle.
Although the battle was a tactical draw, it gave a great boost to French morale.
The Austrians evaded Bonaparte's attempts to intercept them but were driven into the city after a pitched battle on 15 September.
Napoleon and the French came under huge pressure in the early hours of the battle.
The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.
Thousands of soldiers were willing to go into battle to fight the enemy.
The company was involved in a legal battle with one of its employees.
A police officer was injured in a gun battle that took place last night.
The government has described the battle as a glorious victory.
The story that he won the battle single-handedly is a mere fable.
Reporters awaited confirmation from the army about the battle.
That would be a way more acrimonious custody battle than the one my parents had over me.
In the afterglow of the Swope Park jubilee, the antipark men quietly gathered strength for their big battle against the plan.
At first, when the Apollonians converged on her, Mary Theresa thought she had made a major mistake by going to the battle.
Australian broadcaster Clive James has admitted that he is losing his long-fought battle with leukaemia.
The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action.
To teach you this lesson, your Drill Sergeants will assign you a battle buddy.
You don't do anything without your battle buddy. If your battle buddy does something stupid, you pay for it.
We did not catch them napping, but found a well-entrenched battle line confronting us.
The discussion boards and blogsites became battle sites for supporters and detractors of Chaudhry.
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Back in August, the Toon ace was kicked from pillar to post by Karl Henry in a bone-crunching midfield battle at Molineux.
And as long as cannabusiness remains highly profitable to the criminal underworld, the battle will continue.
The use of the catch-pole is said to have been to take horsemen in battle by the neck and drag them from their horses.
Both the thrusters and the cautionaries thought the war would end with a massive naval battle involving the battleships of both fleets.
The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
The cooler heads will prevail when the top four men in the world do battle Friday in the semifinals at Wimbledon.
The battle space housing cyberoperations will be every bit as important as areas of operation on terrain of the past were.
If one, two, or more of a decury proceed bravely to battle, and the rest do not follow, the cowards are slain.
It is not until about the fourth week that extended-order drill, or actual battle formation, is practiced.
The bus was oppressively warm and the air-conditioning was fighting a losing battle with the heat.
Broder too, one of the Danish warriors at that battle, is represented as having consulted augury to forelearn the fate of the day.
That boy was one of the new draft, fresh out of boot camp, and yet it was his duty to pass messages upon which the fate of a battle might depend.
His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes.
Not terribly conflicted by the part she must play, she seems beyond reproach, as effective and inscrutable in battle as she is as a gobernadora.
Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.
Three years after the battle, the Roman armies had withdrawn to the Southern Uplands.
He was the last British monarch to die in battle, at the Battle of Flodden.
Elections in the constituency have traditionally been a battle between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
From Trinidad he proceeded to Tabasco and won a battle against the natives.
Records indicate that Alexander had several large oared ships built at Ayr, but he avoided a sea battle.
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The battle ended a two-day siege of an apartment block, where the suspects were holed up.
A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste.
The land north of the Tweed was finally ceded to Scotland in 1018 as a result of the battle of Carham.
The latter reported that Macbeth was killed in the battle by Siward, but it is known that Macbeth outlived Siward by two years.
She didn't want to lose their childish battle of wills, but neither did she want some parasite swimming up her hoo-ha.
Tacitus further discusses the role of women in Chapters 7 and 8, mentioning that they often accompany the men to battle and offer encouragement.
The same lack of typical Beaker association applies to the about thirty found stone battle axes.
Later the Roman army was routed at the battle of Allia and Rome was sacked in 390 BC by the Senones.
At the battle of Telamon in 225 BC, a large Celtic army was trapped between two Roman forces and crushed.
They cut off the heads of enemies slain in battle and attach them to the necks of their horses.
Like the Spartans, the Seleucids lost the battle, and were forced to evacuate Greece.
Eventually, however, Antony and Octavian fought against each other in one last battle.
Once completed, it could accommodate up to 100,000 sailors and embarked troops for battle.
Julius Asclepiodotus landed an invasion fleet near Southampton and defeated Allectus in a land battle.
Although the Severn is visible from British Camp, it is nowhere near it, so this battle must have taken place elsewhere.
Ariovistus of the Suebi is reported to have done the same thing in his battle against Julius Caesar.
The Iceni were defeated by Ostorius in a fierce battle at a fortified place, but were allowed to retain their independence.
The battle took place at an unknown location, probably in the West Midlands somewhere along Watling Street.
If you weigh well the strength of the armies, and the causes of the war, you will see that in this battle you must conquer or die.
The site of the battle is not given by either historian, although Tacitus gives a brief description.
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The Kennet valley, close to Silchester has also been suggested as a candidate site for the battle.
Constantine and his Franks marched under the standard of the labarum, and both sides saw the battle in religious terms.
Alaric was disappointed in his hopes for promotion to magister militum after the battle of the Frigidus.
The soldiers were trained to memorize every step in battle, so discipline and order could not break down into chaos.
The battle is next mentioned in an 8th century text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
Germanus's involvement would also place the battle around 430, although Bede's chronology shows no knowledge of this.
Modern writers have suggested the details of the battle were so well known that Gildas could have expected his audience to be familiar with them.
The battle appears to have ended as a draw, and the expansion of Wessex ended for about thirty years.
This is likely due to losses suffered during the battle and an apparent peace agreement with the Britons.
The battle of Mons Badonicus is believed to have been fought around this time.
Gildas states that the Saxons were completely defeated in the battle, in which King Arthur participated according to Nennius.
The capture of Cirencester, Gloucester and Bath in 577, after the pause caused by the battle of Mons Badonicus, opened the way to the southwest.
It survived until 869, when the Vikings defeated the East Anglians in battle and their king, Edmund the Martyr, was killed.
He then succeeded his cousin as King of Dublin, but after a heavy defeat in battle in 947, he was once again forced to try his luck elsewhere.
Ulf the usurper's realignment and participation in the battle did not, in the end, earn him Cnut's forgiveness.
Even the state's loss in a battle at the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg in 2007 did not settle the matter.
By 1058 Malcolm had killed Macbeth in battle and taken the Scottish throne.
The day after the battle, Harold's body was identified, either by his armour or marks on his body.
Leaving Robert of Mortain in charge of Lincolnshire, he turned west and defeated the Mercian rebels in battle at Stafford.
In addition to ending both invasions, the battle allowed the duke's ecclesiastical supporters to depose Mauger from the archbishopric of Rouen.
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Harold's body was identified the day after the battle, either through his armour or marks on his body.
Although this was William's first defeat in battle, it did little to change things.
The Albanian forces could not take part in the ensuing battle because it had started before their arrival.
Immediately before the battle, the Venetian fleet had secured a victory in the coast surrounding the city.
Henry successfully evaded Stephen's larger army along the River Avon, preventing Stephen from forcing a decisive battle.
Soon after this battle, in 732, the Moors raided Vasconia and Aquitaine as far north as Poitiers and defeated Odo twice near Bordeaux.
The first scene of battle was the city of Gloucester, which Edward managed to retake from the enemy.
The campaign never came to a major battle, and Llywelyn soon realised he had no choice but to surrender.
The operation was successful, but it left Henry with permanent scars, evidence of his experience in battle.
Nevertheless, the victory is seen as Henry's greatest, ranking alongside the battle of Poitiers.
He joined a revolt instigated by his brother Dafydd in 1282 in which he died in battle.
But the new leader, the Dauphin Charles, avoided another pitched battle, and the city of Reims withstood siege.
During the battle, the Gascon noble Jean de Grailly, captal de Buch led a mounted unit that was concealed in a forest.
Edward succeeded to the dukedom in 1402, but was killed at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, with no issue.
Richard and his second son Edmund were killed at the battle of Wakefield on 30 December.
A coup attempt failed in late 1483, but in 1485 Richard met Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth Field.
During the battle, some of Richard's important supporters switched sides or withheld their retainers from the field.
He was the last of the Plantagenet kings, as well as the last English king to die in battle.
The Battle of Towton, near York, was the biggest battle of the Wars of the Roses.
The battle was fought in thick fog, and some of Warwick's men attacked each other by mistake.
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Her army, commanded by the fourth successive Duke of Somerset, was brought to battle and destroyed at the Battle of Tewkesbury.
Richard was slain during the battle, supposedly by the major Welsh landowner Rhys ap Thomas with a blow to the head from his poleaxe.
In the populated areas, both factions had much to lose by the ruin of the country and sought quick resolution of the conflict by pitched battle.
Catherine contested the proceedings, and a protracted legal battle followed.
Henry was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle.
As at Tewkesbury Abbey after 1471 battle, Edward IV prepared to order his extraction and probable execution.
Richard III's death at Bosworth Field effectively ended the Wars of the Roses, although it was not the last battle Henry had to fight.
His opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle.
After the battle Henry was crowned king below an oak tree in nearby Stoke Golding, now a residential garden.
From the 15th to the 18th centuries the battle was glamorised as a victory of good over evil.
The exact site of the battle is disputed because of the lack of conclusive data, and memorials have been erected at different locations.
In their recreations of the battle, Henry started by moving his army towards Ambion Hill where Richard and his men stood.
Henry won this battle easily, but other malcontents and conspiracies would follow.
Ross finds the poem, The Ballad of Bosworth Field, a useful source to ascertain certain details of the battle.
Their common complaint is that, except for its outcome, very few details of the battle are found in the chronicles.
The means by which Richard is shown to prepare his army for the battle also earned acclaim.
Coursen agrees that, in this version, the battle and Richard's end are trite and underwhelming.
A great number of Castilians went to America or died in battle.
I found him in the middle of a custody battle with his first wife.
Charles was victorious at the battle of Cropredy Bridge in late June, but the royalists in the north were defeated at the battle of Marston Moor just a few days later.
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By this point in the war, the barons on both sides were eager to avoid an open battle, so members of the clergy brokered a truce, to the annoyance of both Henry and Stephen.
Odo engaged the Franks in battle, but lost and came out weakened.
This pivotal war with Venice has come to be called the War of Chioggia because of this decisive battle which resulted in the defeat of Genoa at the hands of Venice.
Richard then ordered a general counterattack, which won the battle.
West of this site lies another stone, erected by Forbes, marking the place where the body of Alexander McGillivray of Dunmaglass was found after the battle.
Legions were often significantly understrength from recruitment failures or following periods of active service due to accidents, battle casualties, disease and desertion.
I was at the Naval Hospital, at Yarmouth, on the morning when Nelson, after the battle of Copenhagen arrived at the Roads, and landed on the jutty.
They didn't want the hogs to die, because they would later throw them into battle with the ajaks, in a public spectacle at the end of the hunting season.
For the noble warrior, his childhood was of first importance in learning both individual military skills and the teamwork essential for success in battle.
During the battle, Henry ordered that the French prisoners taken during the battle be put to death, including some of the most illustrious who could be used for ransom.
He was acknowledged by the Pope as Prince of Wales for a time, and defeated Henry III in battle in 1245 during the English king's second invasion of Wales.
Anyway, battle put the princes' lives at risk, as is demonstrated by the Northumbrian and Mercian overlordships brought to an end by a defeat in the field.
Summing up the furious October 22-27 battle in the longest Naval communique of the war, the department identified six American ships lost in action.
At this critical juncture, both Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II decided to engage Napoleon in battle, despite reservations from some of their subordinates.
The effect of the battle was to virtually destroy the Dauphin's field army and to eliminate the Scots as a significant military force for the rest of the war.
Resembling Murat in personal enterprise and fearlessness, he also resembled that prince of beaux sabreurs in carrying his love of dress into the very field of battle.
An instructor informed us that in battle, your rifle is your best friend.
During the battle the French appeared to retreat towards their camp.
Some variants of the tale say that all the bogatyrs perished in the battle except Ilya of Murom, who, however, died after coming back as a winner.
The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.
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He sat brooding about the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
Maybe she could just step up her letter-writing campaign to the newspapers. She wondered if she wasn't fighting a losing battle anyway, trying to educate bucketheads.
In the ensuing Battle of Wagram, which also lasted two days, Napoleon commanded his forces in what was the largest battle of his career up until then.
Many of the highlanders went home with booty from the battle and recruiting resumed, though Whig clans opposing the Jacobites were also getting organised.
The Russians again avoided battle, although in a few cases this was only achieved because Napoleon uncharacteristically hesitated to attack when the opportunity arose.
During the War of the Austrian Succession, George participated at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, and thus became the last British monarch to lead an army in battle.
In addition to French and German, he was also schooled in English and Italian, and studied genealogy, military history and battle tactics with particular diligence.
They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down.
After the battle, the Yorkists found Henry hiding in a local tanner's shop, abandoned by his advisors and servants, apparently having suffered another bout of mental illness.
Henry knighted thirty Lancastrian soldiers immediately after the battle.
The villain is a grotesque exterminator voiced by Paul Giamatti, and the climactic battle against him, though it drags on a bit too long, does have its moments.
The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives, and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men.
Free and independent electresses might object to be set in the forefront of the battle to shield their husbands and brothers from consabulary buckshot.
And the clanging call of the general alarm rasped you to battle stations, night and day, from sleep and from meals, always with the same emptyhandedness of failure in the end.
Sport spectacles like football's World Cup command worldwide audiences as nations battle for supremacy and the fans invest intense support for their national team.
Jervis decided to give battle and the two fleets met on 14 February.
We think thou mightst find in that camp some cavalier who, for the love of truth and his own augmentation of honour, will do battle with this same traitor of Montserrat.
In a battle between the Maltese and the Moors, Saint George was alleged to have been seen with Saint Paul and Saint Agata, protecting the Maltese.
The battle, between a Royalist rebellion and a New Model Army detachment, was a decisive victory for the Parliamentarians and allowed Oliver Cromwell to conquer Wales.
Warriors were sometimes rallied into battle by blowing horns and warpipes.
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Most of Edward's council signed the Devise for the Succession, and when Edward VI died on 6 July 1553 from his battle with tuberculosis, Lady Jane was proclaimed queen.
And, by the way, during those halcyon days we fought another battle.
He spoke haltingly of his battle with cancer and its affect on his family.
That June, De Forest entered into an extended legal battle with an employee, Freeman Harrison Owens, for title to one of the crucial Phonofilm patents.
Nelson returned to Gibraltar at the end of July, and travelled from there to England, dismayed at his failure to bring the French to battle and expecting to be censured.
The threat of the Jacobite movement to the United Kingdom and its monarchs effectively ended at the Battle of Culloden, Great Britain's last pitched battle.
He spent the following weeks preparing and refining his tactics for the anticipated battle and dining with his captains to ensure they understood his intentions.
A code of ethics in battle prevailed among the Germanic kin.
While he was still in Leicester, after the battle of Bosworth Field, Henry was already taking precautions to prevent any rebellions against his reign.
After a battle in Otumba they reached Tlaxcala, having lost 870 men.
Some of the battles took place in Yorkshire, such as those at Wakefield and Towton, the latter of which is known as the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.
The reign of the Viking kings came to an end with the last king Eric Bloodaxe dying in battle in 954 after the invasion and conquest by the Kingdom of England from the south.
Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians.
At least three owners died in battle, two were executed and one murdered.
This action cost half of the 100 casualties suffered in the battle.
At four o'clock in the morning of 21 October Nelson ordered the Victory to turn towards the approaching enemy fleet, and signalled the rest of his force to battle stations.
He does mention a battle fought by Cenwealh at Wirtgernesburg, which is not in any of the extant manuscripts, so it is possible he had a copy now lost.
He asked several times to see Hardy, who was on deck supervising the battle, and asked Beatty to remember him to Emma, his daughter and his friends.
The sergeant tells them how the battle was won thanks to Macbeth.
He is regarded as one of the greatest defensive commanders of all time, and many of his tactics and battle plans are still studied in military academies around the world.

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