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Battle Creek Sanitarium The Battle Creek Sanitarium, also known as the Battle Creek Sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, first opened in 1866 as the Western Health Reform Institute, based on the health principles advocated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In 1876, Dr.
Battle Cruiser M-12 Battle Cruiser M-12 is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Sigma Enterprises in 1983. You control a battle cruiser "M-12" moving around the surface of the ocean, and shoot missiles at enemies under the water.
Battle Cry (game) Battle Cry is a board wargame based on the American Civil War, designed by Richard Borg and published by Avalon Hill in 2000. While superficially similar to conventional board wargames, it borrows from miniatures wargaming with its use of plastic figures and its simplified rules.
Battle Cry Campaign The Battle Cry Campaign is an organizing initiative of the parachurch organization, Teen Mania Ministries. This initiative, started in 2005 and headed by Teen Mania founder Ron Luce, has an evangelical Christian orientation; it primarily seeks to influence American and Canadian social and political culture.
Battle dice Battle dice is a dice game that uses small figures which represent superheroes that are placed inside a dice, and then rolled. It was created by Playmates and it began with the majority of the superheroes and supervillains from Marvel in 2006.
Battle Dress Battle Dress was the specific title of a military uniform adopted by the British Army in the late 1930s and worn until the 1960s. Several other nations also introduced variants of Battle Dress during the Second World War, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa, and after the Second World War, including Belgium and The Netherlands.
Battle Dress Uniform Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) in the United States was the standard military uniform worn into combat, battledress as opposed to 'display' dress uniforms worn at parades and functions. BDUs may be either plain fatigues or in camouflage colors.
Battle E device The Battle E device is a decoration of the United States Navy which is issued to those service members who have received the Navy E Ribbon For winning a Battle Efficiency Award. The purpose of the Battle E device is to denote the number of Navy E awards which a service member has received.
Battle for Britain (Private Eye) Battle For Britain was a satirical strip published in the satirical British magazine Private Eye. It was attributed to Monty Stubble, a nom de plume of editor Ian Hislop whose artistic collaborator was Nick Newman.
Battle for Henderson Field The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Henderson Field, took place October 23–26, 1942, and was a land, sea, and air battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.
Battle for Mexico City The Battle for Mexico City refers to the series of engagements from September 8 to September 15, 1847, in the general vicinity of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War. Included are major actions at the battles of Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, culminating with the fall of Mexico City.
Battle for Nevada The Battle for Nevada is the annual college football game between the University of Nevada, Reno (referred to simply as "Nevada" by the NCAA) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The Fremont Cannon is awarded to the winner.
Battle for Ohio The Battle for Ohio refers to the geographical rivalry and interleague matchup between Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians, an American League team based in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Cincinnati Reds, a National League team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. This can also be referred to as a Buckeye Series, since Ohio's state nickname is the "Buckeye State.
Battle for Ozzfest The Battle for Ozzfest was a reality TV show aired during the fall of 2004 on MTV, where 8 bands 'battle' it out in a series of challenges to win a slot on the stage of the rock festival Ozzfest, which is a primarily heavy metal-subgenre based music festival. The series lasted 12 episodes, the winner being decided by online voters.
Battle for the Bones The Battle for the Bones is an annual college football game played between the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers and the University of Memphis Tigers. The game is in reference to the trophy that the teams play for -- a 100-pound bronzed rack of ribs which is housed at the university that wins the annual matchup.
Battle for the Old Mountain Jug The Battle for the Old Mountain Jug is a football game played annually between Appalachian State and Western Carolina. Resembling a moonshine jug, the Old Mountain Jug is painted gold with Appalachian's mascot, a Mountaineer, and Western Carolina's mascot, a Catamount, on opposing sides.
Battle for the Palladium The Battle for the Palladium is an annual college football game between the Troy University Trojans and the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders. The schools first played in 1936; the trophy and named rivalry were introduced prior to the 2004 meeting, which was the first between the two teams as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Battle for Vedeno (2001) The 2001 battle for Vedeno was a struggle between Russian federal and Chechen separatist forces for the control of Vedeno in the Chechnya's mountains. The details of the battle are unknown due to the scarce independent sorces.
Battle For Pennsylvania This rivalry between the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates was natural since both teams joined the National League in 1883. But both suffered mediocrity until the 1970's when the Pirates, who won a World Series in 1971, were being challenged by the young Phils.
Battle Force Tactical Training Battle Force Tactical Trainer, or BFTT, (Navy designation AN/USQ-46) is a highly flexible, interactive single ship, group, or force level tactical combat system trainer. The purpose of BFTT is to "provide training to enhance naval combat readiness.
Battle Frontier The Battle Frontier is a fictional island located in the Hoenn region in the video game Pokémon Emerald that specializes in variations of Pokémon battling. After defeating the Elite Four and obtaining the National Pokedex, the trainer needs to obtain the Frontier Pass to roam freely around the Battle Frontier.
Battle Games in Middle-earth (magazine) Battle Games in Middle-earth Magazine (BGiME) was a fortnightly magazine published by DeAgostini in conjunction with British games manufacturer Games Workshop. Unlike White Dwarf, which is dedicated to the three core systems of miniature wargaming produced by Games Workshop, BGiME was exclusively about The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.
Battle Gear 3 is a November 2002 arcade online racing game released by Taito and based on real Japanese locations such as Hakone and touge races onboard tuned sports cars licensed by famous Japanese makers including Honda, Toyota and Mazda.
Battle Ground Academy Battle Ground Academy (commonly known by the initials BGA) is a college-preparatory junior, middle, and high school in Franklin, Tennessee, USA, founded in 1889. It is so named because the school was originally located on part of the site of the Battle of Franklin in the U.
Battle Ground Lake State Park Battle Ground Lake State Park is a 280 acre park 21 miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington, USA, consisting of an ancient 400 foot volcano in the Boring Lava Field where a magma-induced steam explosion made a large bean-shaped crater which later filled with water. It is considered to be a smaller version of Crater Lake in Oregon
Battle honour A battle honour is a military tradition practiced in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and is an official acknowledgement rewarded to military units for their achievements in specific wars or operations of a military campaign.Battle Honours, website of the Ministry of Defence
Battle Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Battle Harbour is a 19th century summer fishing station, formerly a permanent settlement, located on the Labrador coast in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Battle Harbour was for two centuries the economic and social centre of the southeastern Labrador coast.
Battle Hunter Battle Hunter is an anime-styled turn-based strategy roleplaying game, released for the Sony PlayStation in 2001. The game revolves around a player-controlled hunter that must compete with three other hunters in order to win a relic, and makes heavy use of traditional RPG conventions such as dice and tile-based movement.
Battle Chasers Battle Chasers is an American fantasy comic book series by Joe Madureira, launched in April 1998. It was one of the most popular comics in the late 1990s, but suffered from extreme lateness, with an average of about half a year between issues.
Battle Chess Battle Chess is a computer game version of chess released for the 3DO, PC, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, Amiga, Amiga CDTV, CD32, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Acorn Archimedes and Nintendo Entertainment System in which the chess pieces came to life and battled one another when capturing.
Battle Chopper Battle Chopper (Mr Heli no Daibouken in Japan} is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Irem in 1987. You control a fighter chopper and shoot enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance levels.
Battle in Outer Space Battle in Outer Space (宇宙大戦争 - Uchu daisenso), is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1959. The film was made by Toho's legendary Godzilla directing/special effects/producing team of Ishirô Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, Tomoyuki Tanaka, and composer Akira Ifukube.
Battle K-Road Battle K-Road is a one-on-one beat 'em up arcade game released by Psikyo in 1994. The game is based on the real K-Road Tournament which was banned in every country because of its no-rules, survival of the fittest attitude, which attracts ruthless international fighters.
Battle Magic Battle Magic is the third album by Bal-Sagoth, released in 1998 on Cacophonous Records. It is the last album to feature Jonny Maudling on drums, who would go on to concentrate on the keyboards and composition of Bal-Sagoth.
Battle Masters Battle Masters is a board game by Milton Bradley made in collaboration with Games Workshop in 1992. It is a game the simulates the type of battles as seen in Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but with much simpler game mechanics not based on its parent game.
Battle Nexus In the fictional universe of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 animated series the Battle Nexus is a "nexus" of dimensions connecting various worlds, including Earth and the Triceraton homeworld. It is the site of the Battle Nexus Tournament, a competition held every three years in which great fighters from numerous galaxies battle for the title of the multiverse's greatest warrior.
Battle of "The Saw" The Battle of "The Saw" was a major event — although mostly a protracted siege rather than a battle — in the Mercenary War between Carthage and her former mercenary armies which had conducted the First Punic War. It takes its name from its location: a box like canyon known as "The Saw" because of its shape.
Battle of a Fortnight's Length In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Battle of a Fortnight's Length (-110 CY) was a pivotal historical event that solidified the power of the ancient Oeridian kingdom of Aerdy. After the defeat of Nyrondal cavalry squadrons in this conflict, the Kingdom of Aerdy became known as the Great Kingdom, its king presiding over the Sunndi swamplands of the south, westward along the shores of the Teflic Gulf and the Sea of Yar, to the Nyr Dyv north to the Shield Lands and the Flan-dominated land of Tenh.
Battle of al-Qādisiyyah The Battle of al-Qādisiyyah (; transliteration, Ma'raka al-Qādisiyyah; ; alternate spellings: Qadisiyya, Qadisiyyah, Kadisiya) was the decisive engagement between the Arab Muslim army and the Sassanid Persian army during the first period of Muslim expansion which resulted in the Islamic conquest of Persia. Although there is little doubt that this battle occurred, scholarship suggests that its legend has grown manyfold and a whole mythological literature (full of topoi) has developed around it.
Battle of annihilation A Battle of annihilation is a military strategy whereby an attacking army seeks to destroy the military capacity of the opposing army in a single planned pivotal battle. This is achieved through the use of tactical surprise, application of overwhelming force at a key point, or other tactics performed immediately before or during the battle.
Battle of Aachen The Battle of Aachen was a battle in World War II that took place in October 1944 in the German city of Aachen. At the time of this battle, there were only about 20,000 civilians living there, the remainder of some 160,000 inhabitants (1939 census) that had been evacuated by the German commander Gerhard von Schwerin to protect them from Allied attacks.
Battle of Abensberg The Battle of Abensberg took place on April 20 1809, between the French, WĂĽrttembergers (VIII Corps) and Bavarians (VII Corps) under Napoleon which numbered about 90,000 strong, and 80,000 Austrians under the Archduke Charles of Austria. On the French left, Marshal Lannes' corps drove back the Austrians after a feeble resistance.
Battle of Abrittus The Battle of Abrittus (now Razgrad, Bulgaria), also known as the Battle of Forum Terebronii, occurred in Scythia Minor in early June, 251, between the Roman Empire and Goths under King Cniva. The Romans were defeated, and Emperors Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus were both killed during battle, largely owing to the failure of the general Trebonianus Gallus to attack aggressively.
Battle of Abukir (1799) The Battle of Abukir was Napoleon Bonaparte's final victory in Africa. In this battle, Napoleon decisively defeated the Turkish army commanded by Seid Mustafa Pasha, which had disembarked in Egypt from the British fleet of Sidney Smith.
Battle of Abukir (1801) The Battle of Abukir (1801) was the second battle of the Egyptian campaign, fought on March 8, 1801 at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile delta. In this battle, a British army of 5000 led by General Ralph Abercromby landed along the beach to dislodge an entrenched French army of 2000 under General Louis Friant.
Battle of Abydos The Battle of Abydos was an Athenian naval victory in the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, the Spartan fleet under Mindarus attempted to rescue a small allied fleet that had been driven ashore at Dardanus, but was attacked by the Athenian fleet, under Thrasybulus.
Battle of Acosta Ă‘u The Battle of Acosta Ă‘u or Campo Grande was a battle during the War of the Triple Alliance, where, in August 16, 1869, 20,000 men of the Triple Alliance fought Paraguayan forces made up of 6,000 soldiers, many of them children.
Battle of Actium The Battle of Actium was a naval battle of the Roman Civil War between Mark Antony and Octavian (Caesar Augustus). It was fought on September 2, 31 BC, near the Roman colony of Actium in Greece (near the modern-day city of Preveza), on the Ionian Sea.
Battle of Ad Decimum The Battle of Ad Decimum took place on September 13, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), under the command of general Belisarius. This event and events in the following year are sometimes jointly referred to as the Battle of Carthage, one of several battles to bear that name.
Battle of Adairsville The Battle of Adairsville was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on May 17, 1864, just northeast of Rome, Georgia. The brief engagement was a Confederate delaying action that allowed General Joseph E.
Battle of Adasa The Battle of Adasa was fought in 161 BC between the forces of Judas Maccabeus and the Seleucids, whose army was led by Nicanor. Maccabeus won this battle, but within a year, he would be defeated and killed at another battle at Elasa.
Battle of Adowa The Battle of Adowa (also known as Adwa or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on 1 March, 1896 between Ethiopia and Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray. It was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Abyssinian War.
Battle of Adré The Battle of Adré took place in Adré, Chad on December 18, 2005. The battle began when the Chadian rebel groups Rally for Democracy and Liberty (RDL) and Platform for Change, Unity, and Democracy (SCUD), allegedly backed by the government of Sudan, attacked the garrison in this city.
Battle of Adrianople The second Battle of Adrianople (August 9 378) was fought between a Roman army led by the Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels (largely Thervings as well as Greuthungs, non-Gothic Alans, and various local rebels) led by Fritigern. The battle took place near Adrianople and ended with an overwhelming victory for the Goths.
Battle of Adrianople (1205) The Battle of Adrianople occurred on April 14 1205 between Bulgarians under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I. It was won by the Bulgarians after a skillful ambush using the help of their Cuman and Byzantine Greek allies.
Battle of Adrianople (813) During the Battle of Adrianople the Bulgarian emperor Krum led his army south towards Adrianople and pitched camp near Versinikia. Michael I, the Byzantine emperor, lined up his army against the Bulgarians, but neither side initiated an attack for two weeks.
Battle of Adys The Battle of Adis (or Adys) was fought in 255 BC between Carthage and a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus. Regulus inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Carthaginians, and the latter then sued for peace.
Battle of Affane The Battle of Affane was fought in county Waterford, in south-eastern Ireland, in 1565, between the forces of the Fitzgerald Earl of Desmond on one side and the Butler Earl of Ormonde on the other. The battle ended in the rout of the Desmond or "Geraldine" forces.
Battle of Ager Sanguinis The Battle of Ager Sanguinis, also known as the Battle of the Field of Blood, the Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat, took place between the Crusader Principality of Antioch and the Ortoqid ruler of Aleppo in 1119.
Battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War. The combatants were the English army of King Henry V and that of Charles VI of France.
Battle of Agosta The naval Battle of Agosta took place on 22 April 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War and was fought between a French fleet of 29 man-of-war, 5 frigates and 8 fireships under Abraham Duquesne and a Dutch-Spanish fleet of 27 (17 Dutch, 10 Spanish) plus 5 fireships with Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter in command. The battle was a short but intense affair and ended abruptly when Duquesne, after hearing that De Ruyter had been mortally wounded, retreated.
Battle of Agrigentum The battle of Agrigentum (Sicily, 261 BC) was the first pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between Carthaginians and the Republic of Rome. The battle was fought after a long siege which started in 262 BC and resulted both in a Roman victory and the beginning of the Roman control of Sicily.
Battle of Aguadulce The Battle of Aguadulce was a battle that occured during the Thousand Days War, between Liberals and Conservatives. It occurred between February 23rd and August 27th, 1901 and ended in an overwhelming victory on the part of the Liberal army under the command of General Benjamin Herrera over the Conservative army based in the city of Aguadulce under the command of General Fransisco Castro.
Battle of Ain Jalut The Battle of Ain Jalut (or Ayn Jalut, in Arabic: عين جالوت, the "Eye of Goliath or the "Spring of Goliath") took place on September 3, 1260 between the Egyptian Mamluks and the Mongols in Palestine.
Battle of Aishiya The Battle of Aishiya was fought on October 19, 1976, when a combined force of PLO and Communist gunmen attacked Aishiya, an isolated Christian village in a mostly Muslim area of southern Lebanon. The village was successfully defended by the artillery arm of the Israeli Defense Forces during the day, with 24 shells (each packing 66 kilograms of TNT) fired by 175-millimeter self-propelled artillery units.
Battle of Aizkraukle The Battle of Aizkraukle (Ascheraden, Aizkriaukle) was fought on March 5, 1279 by Traidenis against the army of the Teutonic Order, which was defeated. In the battle the Master of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, Ernst von Rassburg was killed as well as Eilart Hoberg, the leader of the Danish knights from North Estonia.
Battle of Akraba Italic textThe Battle of Akraba was fought in 632 between the forces of Abu Bakr and the forces of Mosailima. Khalid bin Walid, general under Abu Bakr, (AKA by Sunnis as Syaifullah/Sword of God);(584 - 642 ) was a Muslim Arab soldier and general.
Battle of Akroinon The Battle of Akroinon was fought at Akroinon (also known as Acroinon or Acroinum, near modern Afyon) in Phrygia, on the western edge of the Anatolian plateau, in 739 between an Umayyad Arab army of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, led by his brother Sulayman, and Byzantine forces led by Leo III the Isaurian and his son, the future Constantine V. In a decisive victory Leo expelled the Arab forces from Asia Minor, leaving Constantine well-placed to take advantage of the collapse of the Umayyad dynasty.
Battle of Al Mansurah The Battle of Al Mansurah was fought on February 8, 1250 between the French Crusaders led by Louis IX and an Ayyubid army led Emir Fakr-ed-din. The French had been moving towards Cairo after capturing the town on Damietta.
Battle of Al Qaim The Battle of Al Qaim (code-named Operation Matador) was a military offensive conducted by the United States Marine Corps, against insurgent positions in Iraq's northwestern Anbar province, which ran from 8 May 2005 to 19 May 2005. It was focused on eliminating insurgents and foreign fighters in a region known as a smuggling route and a sanctuary for foreign fighers Miles, May 10, 2005.
Battle of Alalia The naval Battle of Alalia took place between 540 BC and 535 BC off the coast of Corsica between Phocaeans and allied Etruscans and Carthaginians. The Punic-Etruscan fleet of 120 ships defeated the Greek force of sixty ships and the nearby colony of Alalia (now Aléria) was taken over by Carthage.
Battle of Alam el Halfa The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between August 30 and September 6, 1942 during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The combatants were Panzer Army Africa, commanded by Erwin Rommel ("the Desert Fox") and the British Eighth Army, commanded by Bernard Montgomery.
Battle of Alamance The Battle of Alamance ended the so-called War of the Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control. Some historians consider it the opening salvo of the American Revolution, although the rebellion was against local government, and not against the king or crown.
Battle of Alarcos Battle of Alarcos (July 18, 1195), was a battle between an alliance of Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and some Castilian cavalry led by Pedro Fernández de Castro versus King Alfonso VIII; also referred as the Disaster of Alarcos.
Battle of Alberta The Battle of Alberta is a term applied to the intense rivalry between the cities of Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta and Calgary, the province's largest city. Most often it is used to describe sporting events between the two cities, although this is not exclusive as the rivalry predates organized sports in Alberta.
Battle of Alcatraz The Battle of Alcatraz was an unsuccessful escape attempt at the Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary that lasted from May 2-4, 1946. Two guards and three inmates would be killed in the incident, with another 14 guards and one inmate injured.
Battle of Alcácer Quibir The Battle of Alcácer Quibir (variant spellings are legion: Alcácer-Quivir, Al Quasr al-kibr, Alcazarquivir, Alcassar and so on, meaning grand palace in Arabic), also known as Battle of Three Kings, was a major battle fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir between Tangier and Fez, on 4 August 1578. The combatants were the army of King Sebastian of Portugal, and a large Moroccan army nominally under the Emir of Morocco, Abd Al-Malik of the Saadi dynasty.
Battle of Aldearn The Battle of Aldearn took place in 1645, near Aldearn, Nairnshire, about three miles east of Nairn. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose commanded the Royalist army, which had previously achieved success at Inverlochy and Dundee.
Battle of Aldenhoven (1794) The Battle of Aldenhoven was fought on October 2, 1794, and resulted in a French victory under General Jourdan against the Austrian army under General Clairfayt. The battle took place near the town of Aldenhoven, 20 km north-east of Aachen, in present Germany.
Battle of Alexandria The Egyptian city of Alexandria figured prominently in the military operations of Napoleon's expedition of 1798. The French troops stormed the city on the July 2, 1798, and it remained in their hands until the arrival of the British expedition of 1801.
Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 31 30 BC between the forces of Octavian and Marc Antony during the final war of the Roman Republic. Although Antony's side was plagued by desertions, he still managed to narrowly win the battle.
Battle of Algeciras Bay The Battle of Algeciras Bay was a primarily naval engagement which took place in Algeciras Bay in July 1801. The battle took place in two parts, several days apart, and was fought between allied French and Spanish forces and the British.
Battle of Alligator Bridge The Battle of Alligator Bridge took place on June 30, 1778, and was the major engagement in Colonel Elijah Clarke's third and final unsuccessful campaign to conquer East Florida. In a disastrous battle, Clarke's 300 Georgia militiamen went up against a far larger force composed of British regulars, Tories, and Indians.
Battle of Alma The Battle of the Alma (September 20, 1854), which is often considered the first battle of the Crimean War (1853–1856), took place in the vicinity of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St.
Battle of Almansa The Battle of Almansa, fought on April 25, 1707, was one of the most decisive engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession. At Almansa, the Franco–Spanish Empire army under Berwick soundly defeated the allied forces of Portugal, Britain, and the United Provinces led by the Count of Galway, reclaiming most of eastern Spain for the Bourbons.
Battle of Als In 1864 the Prussians under Herwarth von Bittenfeld secured Als after a night attack masterminded by the Chief of Staff (later Field Marshal) Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, thus bringing the Second War of Schleswig to a close. The Battle of Als (or Alsen) was fought on 29 June 1864 during the Second War of Schleswig between Denmark and Prussia.
Battle of Altamaha Bridge The Battle of Altahama Bridge, also known as the Battle for the Doctortown Railroad Trestle, was an American Civil War engagement fought December 19, 1864, in Wayne County, Georgia, during Sherman's March to the Sea. The Confederate victory temporarily prevented Federal forces from destroying a vital railroad bridge during Maj.
Battle of Amblève The Battle of Amblève took place in 716 near Amel. The mayor of the palace of Austrasia, Charles Martel, defeated his Neustrian and Frisian rivals who were led by King Chilperic II, his mayor Ragenfrid, and Radbod, Duke of the Frisians.
Battle of Amdjereme The Battle of Amdjereme took place in Amdjereme, Chad on March 6, 2006, only two weeks after Chad and Sudan signed the Tripoli Accord in which the governments of the two nations pledged to end support for rebels operating in their respective countries. The attack began when Janjaweed, Sudanese militiamen, aided by the Government of Sudan, crossed the border from Sudan into Chad and raided the town of Amdjereme.
Battle of Amstetten The Battle of Amstetten was a minor engagement during the War of the Third Coalition between the First French Empire and the alliance of the Austria and Russia. It occurred on November 5, 1805 when the Austrians retreating from Vienna fought a rear-guard action against Marshal Murat's cavarly and a portion of Jean Lannes' corps.
Battle of An Lao The Battle of An Lao occurred after the Viet Cong captured the district headquarters of An Lao, about 300 miles from Saigon. The Viet Cong were successful in repeatedly beating back large numbers of counterattacking ARVN troops.
Battle of An Loc The Battle of An Loc was a major battle of the Vietnam War that lasted for 66 days and culminated in a desicive victory for South Vietnam. In many ways, the struggle for An Loc in 1972 was the single most important battle of the war as South Vietnamese forces halted the North Vietnamese advance towards Saigon.
Battle of Anegawa The 1570 battle of Anegawa (姉川の戦い) came as a reaction to the sieges of the castles of Odani and Yokoyama. Oda Nobunaga, along with Tokugawa Ieyasu, laid siege to these two fortresses of the Asai and Asakura families.
Battle of Angamos The Naval Battle of Angamos (October 8, 1879) was an important struggle in the War of the Pacific, where the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar was surrounded and captured by the Chilean Navy. The captain of the ironclad, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau, was killed in the combat.
Battle of Antietam The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South), fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties.
Battle of Antioch (145 BC) The Battle of Antioch in 145 BC saw the defeat and overthrow of Seleucid king Alexander Balas by Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, but the Egyptian pharaoh died in the battle. This battle is also known as the Battle of the Oenoparus.
Battle of Antioch (218) The Battle of Antioch (June 8, 218) took place between two Roman armies of the Roman Emperor Macrinus and his contender Elagabalus, whose troops were commanded by general Gannys. Elagabalus won and was crowned emperor.
Battle of Antrim The Battle of Antrim was fought on June 7, 1798, in the county Antrim in Ulster, northern Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken. The British won the battle, beating off a rebel attack on Antrim town following the arrival of reinforcements but the county governor, Lord O'Neill, was fatally wounded.
Battle of Antukyah The Battle of Antukyah was fought in 1531 between the forces of Adal under Imam Ahmad Gragn and an Ethiopian army under Eslamu. Huntingford has located Antukyah about 55 miles south of Lake Hayq, at the edge of the Ethiopian highlands.
Battle of Ap Bac The Battle of Ap Bac was a small-scale action early in the Vietnam War that resulted in the first major combat victory by Viet Cong guerrillas against regular South Vietnamese forces. The battle took place on January 2, 1963, near the hamlet ("ap" in Vietnamese) of Bac, 65 kilometers southwest of Saigon in the Mekong Delta.

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