100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 2000 M01 1 - 474 pages Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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... cavalry under Henry Ireton was on the left . A long , dense hedgerow bordered the western edge of the battlefield , and Fairfax placed a force of 1,000 dragoons behind it . The battle opened at 1000 , with the Roy- alist cannon firing a ...
... cavalry under Henry Ireton was on the left . A long , dense hedgerow bordered the western edge of the battlefield , and Fairfax placed a force of 1,000 dragoons behind it . The battle opened at 1000 , with the Roy- alist cannon firing a ...
Page 223
... cavalry stretched behind the entire line . A further concentration of thirty cavalry divisions was on the road . They had marched quickly enough to outpace their artillery , so none was available . Turenne placed his 6,000 infantry ...
... cavalry stretched behind the entire line . A further concentration of thirty cavalry divisions was on the road . They had marched quickly enough to outpace their artillery , so none was available . Turenne placed his 6,000 infantry ...
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... cavalry RUSSIAN infantry cavalry redoubts 1/2 Shevardino NAPOLEON DAVOUT to Smolensk JUNOT NEY GROUCHY 200 Cossacks DALZOUS Borodino EUGENE ORNANO UVAROV BAGRATION 100 Great Redoubt KUTUSOW Gorki 2 BARCLAY WURTTEMBERG TUCHKOV ...
... cavalry RUSSIAN infantry cavalry redoubts 1/2 Shevardino NAPOLEON DAVOUT to Smolensk JUNOT NEY GROUCHY 200 Cossacks DALZOUS Borodino EUGENE ORNANO UVAROV BAGRATION 100 Great Redoubt KUTUSOW Gorki 2 BARCLAY WURTTEMBERG TUCHKOV ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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