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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... supply of barrel staves , vital for stor- ing the necessary supplies for the upcoming Spanish invasion . Only want of reinforcement kept him from staying and causing even more damage . Before returning to England , he raided toward the ...
... supply of barrel staves , vital for stor- ing the necessary supplies for the upcoming Spanish invasion . Only want of reinforcement kept him from staying and causing even more damage . Before returning to England , he raided toward the ...
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... supplies . Charles next marched on Poland , where a 4 - year campaign against King Augustus finally ended in Swed- ish victory with the signing of the Treaty of Altranstadt on 24 September 1706. Poland pledged to remain quiet ...
... supplies . Charles next marched on Poland , where a 4 - year campaign against King Augustus finally ended in Swed- ish victory with the signing of the Treaty of Altranstadt on 24 September 1706. Poland pledged to remain quiet ...
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... supplies did nothing to endear him to the people . When he did call for loyalists to join his army , they responded in smaller numbers than he had expected . Greene , on the other hand , tried to pay for supplies , although all he had ...
... supplies did nothing to endear him to the people . When he did call for loyalists to join his army , they responded in smaller numbers than he had expected . Greene , on the other hand , tried to pay for supplies , although all he had ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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