100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 1. jan. 2000 - 474 sider 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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Side 258
... victory at Trenton had the previous year . Once again , the Continental Congress could expect to field an army ... victory and their independence . A British victory in New York , splitting the colonies , would probably have bro- ken the ...
... victory at Trenton had the previous year . Once again , the Continental Congress could expect to field an army ... victory and their independence . A British victory in New York , splitting the colonies , would probably have bro- ken the ...
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... Victory while Vice Ad- miral Cuthbert Collingwood commanded the right column . The engagement began about noon on 21 October . Collingwood's ship , the Royal Sover- eign , was first to engage , and soon his column had cut the line of ...
... Victory while Vice Ad- miral Cuthbert Collingwood commanded the right column . The engagement began about noon on 21 October . Collingwood's ship , the Royal Sover- eign , was first to engage , and soon his column had cut the line of ...
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... victory at Gettysburg was not as decisive as it should have been . The true importance of Gettysburg is the Confederate failure . Lee's mystique could only have been enhanced by a rebel victory , and Meade would certainly have joined ...
... victory at Gettysburg was not as decisive as it should have been . The true importance of Gettysburg is the Confederate failure . Lee's mystique could only have been enhanced by a rebel victory , and Meade would certainly have joined ...
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