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Battle of Stone Houses The Battle of Stone Houses was a skirmish between Texas Rangers and a band of Kichai Indians which took place on November 10, 1837. The skirmish, which took place ten miles south of what is now Windthorst, Texas, was named for three stone mounds near the battlefield which appeared to the Indians to be small houses.
Battle of Stones River The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro (in the South, simply the Battle of Murfreesboro), was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Of the major battles of the Civil War, Stones River had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides.
Battle of Stono Ferry The Battle of Stono Ferry was a poorly planned and badly conducted military operation during the American Revolutionary War. It took place on June 20, 1779, in South Carolina during the British retreat from an abortive raid on Charleston.
Battle of Stralsund (1628) The Battle of Stralsund was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought starting July 5, 1628 between the Holy Roman Empire and an alliance of the Swedes, Scots, and the inhabitants of Stralsund. The battle began when the Imperialists under Albrecht von Wallenstein besieged the port of Stralsund.
Battle of Stromboli The naval Battle of Stromboli took place on 8 January 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War between a French fleet of 20 ships under Abraham Duquesne and a combined Dutch-Spanish fleet of 19 Dutch and 1 Spanish ships under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter that lasted eight hours and ended inconclusively.
Battle of Suessola The Battle of Suessola was an episode in 241 BC in the Samnite Wars between the Samnite peoples living in the hills aorund [[Samnium], and ancient Rome. The Romans beat the Samnites, but were forced to withdraw due to the revolt of several of their Latin allies.
Battle of Suffolk (Hill's Point) The Battle of Suffolk at Hill's Point, also known as the Battle of Fort Huger, took place from April 11 - May 4, 1863 in Suffolk, Virginia as part of Confederate Army General James Longstreet's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War.
Battle of Suffolk (Norfleet House) The Battle of Suffolk at the Norfleet House Battery took place from April 13-April 15, 1863 in Suffolk, Virginia as part of Confederate Army General James Longstreet's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War.
Battle of Sulci The Battle of Sulci was a naval battle fought in 258 BC between the Roman and Carthaginian navies of the coast near the town of Sulci, in Sardinia. It was a minor Roman victory, obtained by consul Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus.
Battle of Summit Springs The Battle of Summit Springs (July 11, 1869) was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army under the command of Colonel Eugene A. Carr and a group of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Tall Bull (who died during the engagement, reportedly killed by Buffalo Bill Cody).
Battle of Sunda Strait In the Battle of Sunda Strait, on the night of February 28]-[[March 1, 1942 the United States cruiser USS Houston and the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth faced a major Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) task force. After a fierce battle of several hours duration, both Allied ships were sunk.
Battle of Surat Battle of Surat was a land battle that took place on January 5, 1664 near the city of Surat, Gujarat, India between the Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji and the InayatKhan of Mughal. The Marathas defeated the mughal forces.
Battle of Surinam The Battle of Suriname or Battle of Surinam was a battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain for the control of the Suriname colony. The colony, held by a Dutch garrison, was captured May 5, 1804, by a British squadron under Commander Hood together with troops under Sir Charles Green.
Battle of Svensksund (1789) The First Battle of Svensksund, also known as the First Battle of Rochensalm from the Russian version of the (Finnish: Ruotsinsalmi, was a naval battle fought in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, outside the present day city of Kotka, on August 24, 1789 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790).
Battle of Svensksund (1790) The Second Battle of Svensksund (fi: Ruotsinsalmi, ru: Rochensalm) was a naval engagement fought in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, outside the present day city of Kotka, on 9-10 July, 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790) in which Swedish naval forces defeated the Russian coastal fleet.
Battle of Swally The naval Battle of Swally took place on 29-30 November 1612 off the coast of Suvali (anglicised to Swally) , a village near the city of Surat, Gujarat, India, and was a victory for four British East India Company galleons over four Portuguese naus and 26 barks (rowing vessels with no armament).
Battle of Swift Creek The Battle of Swift Creek was fought on May 9, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Union forces were only partially successful: they inflicted damage on the local railroad, but further advance was halted.
Battle of Szigetvár The Battle of Szigetvár (also Battle of Siget) was a siege of the small fort located in Szigetvár, Hungary between 6 August and 8 September 1566, fought between the defending forces of the Habsburg Monarchy under the leadership of Croatian ban Nikola Šubić Zrinski (in Hungarian Zrínyi Miklós; note also that ban is a Croatian title), and the invading army of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
Battle of the Aegates Islands The Battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (Aegadian Islands, off the western coast of the island of Sicily, 10 March 241 BC) was the final naval battle fought between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War. The result was a decisive Roman victory which forced an end to the protracted conflict, to Roman advantage.
Battle of the Aguadores The Battle of the Aguadores was a sharp skirmish on the banks of the Aguadores river near Santiago de Cuba, on July 1, 1898, at the height of the Spanish-American War. The American attack was intended as a feint to draw Spanish defenders away from their nearby positions at San Juan Hill and El Caney, where the main blows were to fall later that day.
Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo was a 19th-century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texian forces, including Tejanos, during the latter's fight for independence — the Texas Revolution. It took place at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas (then known as "San Antonio de Béxar") in February and March 1836.
Battle of the Aleutian Islands The Battle of the Aleutian Islands was a struggle over the Aleutian Islands, part of Alaska, in the Pacific campaign of World War II. A small Japanese force occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska but the remoteness of the islands and the difficulties of weather and terrain meant that it took nearly a year for a large U.
Battle of the Ancre The Battle of the Ancre was the final act of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Launched on 13 November, 1916 by the British Fifth Army (formerly the Reserve Army) of Lieutenant General Hubert Gough, the objective of the battle was as much political as military.
Battle of the Ancre Heights The Battle of the Ancre Heights was a prolonged battle of attrition in October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Lieutenant General Hubert Gough's Reserve Army had finally managed to break out of the positions it had occupied since the start of the Somme fighting (1 July) and Gough intended to maintain the pressure on the German forces on the high ground above the River Ancre.
Battle of the Argenta Gap The Battle of the Argenta Gap was an engagement during the Second World War between British forces and German defensive positions in northern Italy, from 1 April until 19 April 1945, with the aim of opening up northern Italy to the Allied advance.
Battle of the Atlantic (1914-1918) The First Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918) was a naval campaign of World War I, largely fought in the seas around the British Isles and in the Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom relied heavily on imports to feed its population and supply its war industry; the German navy aimed to blockade and starve Britain using commerce raiders and unrestricted submarine warfare.
Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 right through to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and was at its height from mid-1940 through to about the end of 1943.
Battle of the barracks Battle of the barracks (Croatian: Bitka za vojarne) - sometimes also called War for the barracks - is a term given to a series of engagement that took place throughout Croatia as part of the Croatian War of Independence during 1991, with the most important fighting in September. It was fought between Croatian forces (still undeveloped military, police and volunteer forces) and the Yugoslav Peoples Army (JNA).
Battle of the Bagradas River (49 BC) The Battle of the Bagradas River (49 BC) occurred on August 24 and was fought between Julius Caesar's general Gaius Curio and the Pompeians under Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia. Curio was defeated and killed himself to avoid capture.
Battle of the Baltic (poem) The Battle of the Baltic is the title of an upbeat, patriotic poem written in 1801 by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. Its subject is the naval Battle of Copenhagen, fought earlier that year between the fleets of Britain and Denmark.
Battle of the Bands A Battle of the Bands is a generic term for a contest in which many bands, usually rock/guitar bands but often from a range of different styles, compete for the title of "best band". The winner is determined by a panel of judges, the general response of the audience, or a combination.
Battle of the Barents Sea The Battle of the Barents Sea took place on December 31, 1942 between British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR, and German surface raiders. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway.
Battle of the Basque Roads The Battle of the Basque Roads was a naval battle of the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic Wars. On the night of April 11 1809 Captain Thomas Cochrane led a British fireship attack against a powerful squadron of French ships anchored in the Basque Roads.
Battle of the Beams The Battle of the Beams was a period in early World War II when Luftwaffe bombers started using radio navigation for night bombing. British "scientific intelligence" at the Air Ministry fought back with a variety of increasingly effective means, and the Germans eventually gave up trying to use any such system.
Battle of the Beanfield The Battle of the Beanfield was an incident on June 1, 1985 when Wiltshire Police prevented a convoy of several hundred new age travellers from setting up the fourteenth Stonehenge free festival in Wiltshire, England. It became notorious for the police brutality reported to have taken place.
Battle of the Bismarck Sea The Battle of the Bismarck Sea was a battle in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II, in which planes of the United States Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to Lae. Most of the task force was destroyed, and Japanese troop losses were extremely high.
Battle of the Border The Battle of the Border () refers to the battles that occurred in the first daysThe Battle of the Border began on 1 September, but sources vary with their assignment of an end date for this phase of the campaign. The shortest period is delimited by the date of 3 September (Encyklopedia Internautica), usually related to the battle of Mława, while the longer one gives the date of the 6th (Encyklopedia PWN) (the order of Edward-Rydz Śmigły to fall back) or sometimes the 7th of September (the symbolic capitulation of Westerplatte).
Battle of the Bosnian Highlands The Battle of the Bosnian Highlands was fought between the huge armies of the two most powerful Balkan rulers of the time: Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I, the great victor of the Battle of Anchialus over the Byzantine Empire ten years earlier, and King Tomislav of Croatia, the first king of the growing Croatian state.
Battle of the Boulevard The Battle of the Boulevard is the nickname given to the basketball game between Lipscomb University and Belmont University. Both universities are located in Nashville, Tennessee and are adjacent to Belmont Boulevard, just three miles from each other.
Battle of the Boyne The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite War in Ireland between the deposed King James VII of Scotland and II of England and his son-in-law and successor, William, for the English, Scottish and Irish thrones. It took place on July 1, 1690 (O.
Battle of the Brians The Battle of the Brians was an informal name given to the figure skating rivalry between Canadian Brian Orser and American Brian Boitano at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It is considered one of the most memorable competitions in figure skating history.
Battle of the Bridge of Arcole The Battle of the Bridge of Arcole (Bataille du Pont d'Arcole in French), occurred between November 15 and November 17, 1796. The battle was the culmination of a manoeuver game between the 19 000 man strong French army led by general Napoleon Bonaparte, and the 24 000 man strong Austrian army, led by general Alvinczy.
Battle of the Brule The Battle of the Brule was an October 1842 battle between the La Pointe Band of Ojibwe Indians and a war party of Dakota Indians. Occurring at the Brule River (Bois Brule) in what is today northern Wisconsin, the battle resulted in a decisive victory for the Ojibwe.
Battle of the Carmens The Battle of the Carmens is an informal name given to a figure skating rivalry between East German Katarina Witt and American Debi Thomas during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The competition is so named because both Witt and Thomas independently elected to skate to the music of Bizet's opera Carmen in their respective long programs (i.
Battle of the Caucasus The Battle of Caucasus is a generic name for a series of operations during the Great Patriotic War. In 1942, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Edelweiss, which was aimed at penetrating to the oil fields of Azerbaijan.
Battle of the Cedars The Battle of the Cedars (French: Les Cèdres) occurred during the American Revolutionary War, on May 15 - May 26, 1776, at Fort Cedars, located 28 miles (45 km) west of Montreal, Canada. It was a minor skirmish that resulted in the American garrison being captured without a fight.
Battle of the Clearwater The Battle of the Clearwater was a battle between the Nez Perce and the United States army. Retreating from the battlefield the Nez Percé, under the leadership of Chief Joseph began the long trek across Idaho and Montana before surrenedering to Oliver Otis Howard near the Canadian border.
Battle of the Col de Panissars The Battle of the Col de Panissars was fought on 30 September and 1 October 1285 between the forces of Philip III of France and Peter III of AragĂłn. It was a severe defeat for the French, who were already retiring over the Pyrenees when the Aragonese fell on them.
Battle of the Colline Gate The battle of the Colline Gate, fought in November of 82 BC, was the final battle by which Sulla secured control of Rome following the civil war against his rivals. The Samnites led by Pontius Telesinus attacked Sulla's army at the [gate on the northeastern wall, and fought all night before being routed.
Battle of the Cosmin Forest The Battle of the Cosmin Forest (1497) (Romanian: bătălia de la Codrii Cosminului; Polish: bitwa pod Koźminem) was fought between the Moldavian Prince, Ştefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), and King John I of Poland (John Albert) of the kingdom of Poland. The battle took place in northern Moldavia, about 50 km north of the-then capital of Suceava (), in the hills between Adâncata (nowadys Hlyboka), situated in the valley of the Siret river, and Cernăuţi (nowadays Chernivtsi), situated in the valley of the Prut river, and resulted in a major victory for Moldavia.
Battle of the Counts The naval Battle of the Counts took place on 23 June 1287 at Naples, Italy, when an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a large combined Angevin (Apulian and Principatan) galley fleet commanded respectively by Reynald III Quarrel and Narjot de Toucy.
Battle of the Crimissus In 340 BCE Carthage sent a large army under Asdrubal and Hamilcar against Syracuse. If Plutarch is to be believed, the force numbered 70,000 and included many four horsed war chariots and Timoleon commanded only 5000 foot and a 1000 cavalry against them.
Battle of the Dardanelles (1656) The Action of 26 June 1656 took place on 26 and 27 June 1656 inside the Dardanelles Strait. The battle was a clear victory for Venice and the Knights of Malta over the Ottoman Empire, although their commander, Lorenzo Marcello, was killed on the first day.
Battle of the Dardanelles (1807) The naval Battle of the Dardanelles took place on 10 and May 11, 1807 during the Russo-Turkish War (1806-12, part of the Napoleonic Wars). It was fought between the Russian and Ottoman navies near the Dardanelles Strait.
Battle of the Diamond The Battle of the Diamond was a sectarian skirmish fought in Loughgall, Northern Ireland in 1795 between a Catholic faction known as the Defenders and a Protestant one called the Peep O'Day Boys. The fight led to the formation of the Orange Order.
Battle of the Dindar River A battle near the Dindar River that occurred in the year 1738, between the forces of the Ethiopian Emperor Iyasu II and the Sennar army under King Badi IV. The battle was disastrous for the Ethiopians and for Iyasu.
Battle of the Dnieper The World War II Battle of the Lower Dnieper of 1943 is one of the largest battles in world history, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides and stretching on a front 1400 kilometers wide. During this four-month campaign, the left bank of the Dnieper was liberated from Nazi occupation by Soviet forces, who crossed the river in force and created several bridgeheads on the right bank as well as liberating Kiev.
Battle of the Downs The naval Battle of the Downs took place on 31 October 1639 (New style) during the Eighty Years' War and was a decisive defeat of the Spanish, commanded by Admiral Antonio D'Oquendo, by the United Provinces, commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp.
Battle of the Dunes (1658) The Battle of the Dunes, fought on June 14, 1658, is also known as the Battle of Dunkirk. It was a victory of the French army, under Turenne, against the Spanish army, led by John of Austria the Younger and Louis II de Condé.
Battle of the Eastern Solomons The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and, in Japanese sources, as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea (第二次ソロモン海戦)) took place on 24-25 August, 1942 and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought by the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the lengthy Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands campaign. As at Coral Sea and Midway, the ships of the two adversaries were never in direct visual range of each other.
Battle of the Elleporus The Battle of the Elleporus was fought in 389 BC between the forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse and the armies of the Italiote League. The armies of Syracuse triumphed, and Dionysius' control was extended into Southern Italy.
Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC) The Battle of the Eurymedon was fought in 190 BC between Roman forces and a Seleucid fleet. The Seleucids were led by the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal, who had gone into exile in the events following the Battle of Zama.
Battle of the Falkland Islands The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval engagement of the First World War, fought between units of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) on 8 December 1914. The British, reeling from the defeat at the Battle of Coronel sent a large force to destroy the German cruiser squadron.
Battle of the Fýrisvellir The Battle of the Fýrisvellir was a battle that took place on the Fýrisvellir, where modern Uppsala is situated, in the 980s for the throne of Sweden between Eric the Victorious and his nephew Styrbjörn the Strong. Most of what is extant is found in the short story Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa.
Battle of the Gabbard The naval Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank, the Battle of the North Foreland or the Battle of Nieuport took place on 12–13 June 1653 New Style during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk, England between fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces. In Dutch the battle is known as the Zeeslag bij Nieuwpoort.
Battle of the Gods Battle of the Gods is a beat-em-up video game currently in development by Classified Studio productions. The premise is that a variety of gods and figures from many religions have got tired of seeing humans settle their battles for them, and have decided to settle matters in an all-versus-all fight to the death.
Battle of the Golden Spurs The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch: De Guldensporenslag, French: "bataille des Ă©perons d'or") was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk in Flanders. The battle is also called The Battle of Courtrai after the French name for Kortrijk.
Battle of the Granicus The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in Northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here where Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large force of Greek mercenaries.
Battle of the Great Meadows The Battle of the Great Meadows, also known as the Battle of Fort Necessity was a battle of the French and Indian War fought on July 3, 1754 in present-day Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It, along with the Battle of Jumonville Glen, are considered the opening shots of the French and Indian War which would spread to the Old World and become the Seven Years' War.
Battle of the Great Plains The Battle of the Great plains was a battle fought between Scipio Africanus of Rome and a combined Carthaginian and Numidian army late in the Second Punic War, designed as diversionary tactic by Rome to disrupt Hannibal's attack on Italy. By defeating the Carthaginians, Scipio Africanus caused Hannibal to leave Italy and return to Africa, where he was later defeated at the battle of Zama.
Battle of the Gridiron Stars The Battle of the Gridiron Stars is a television show that airs on ESPN. It pits teams of National Football League players, one from the American Football Conference ("Americans") and the National Football Conference ("Nationals"), against each other in various athletic events.
Battle of the Gulf of Naples The naval Battle of the Gulf of Naples took place on 5 June 1284 in the south of the Gulf of Naples, Italy, when an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a Neapolitan galley fleet commanded by Charles of Salerno (later Charles II of Naples) and captured Charles.
Battle of the Gulf of Yenikale The Battle of the Gulf of Yenikale was a naval battle fought between the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792. The Russian navy was led by admiral Admiral Fyodor Ushakov.
Battle of the HelgeĂĄ The naval Battle of the HelgeĂĄ took place in 1026, between Denmark and the other Scandinavians, at the estuary of a river called HelgeĂĄ. Opinions are divided on whether it was the HelgeĂĄ of Uppland or the HelgeĂĄ of eastern SkĂĄne, but the battle is retold in skaldic poetry and in sources such as the Danish Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus and the Icelandic Saga of Olaf the Holy by Snorri Sturluson.
Battle of the Herrings The Battle of the Herrings is the name of a military action near the town of Rouvray in France, just north of Orleans, which took place on February 12, 1429 during the siege of Orléans. The immediate context of the battle was an attempt - which would prove unsuccessful - on the part of French forces, led by Charles of Bourbon, the Count of Clermont, to intercept and divert a supply convoy which was designed to reprovision the English forces who had lain siege to the town of Orleans since the previous October.
Battle of the Hill of the Jews The Battle of the Hill of the Jews (named by Miguel de Castanhoso for a community of Beta Israel who lived there) was a battle fought in Ethiopia in August of 1542 between the Portuguese forces of ChristovĂŁo da Gama and Muslim followers of Ahmad Gragn. The Portuguese won the battle, capturing many horses that they had badly needed to have exploited their victory in the previous battle of Jarte.
Battle of the Hindenburg Line The Battle of the Hindenburg Line, which began September 18 1918, was a key turning point in the Hundred Days Offensive that eventually led to the end of World War I. British forces spearheaded the attack against the German line, continuing their effective use of tanks that started earlier in the Offensive at the Battle of Amiens.
Battle of the Hydaspes River The Battle of the Hydaspes River was a battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Punjabi Indian king Porus (Pururava or Purushotthama in Sanskrit) on the Hydaspes River (now the Jhelum) in the Punjab region of ancient India. The kingdom of king Porus was situated in the part of Punjab which is now part of modern day Pakistan (see Pakistani Punjab).
Battle of the Iron Triangle The Battle of the Iron Triangle took place on May 16, 1974, when the 9th Division of the Vietnam People's Army backed by a small contingent of tanks launched an attack on Rach Bap, took possession of An Dien and pushed south towards Phu Cuong.
Battle of the Java Sea The Battle of the Java Sea was a major naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied navies suffered a series of disastrous defeats at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in actions over several days in February-March 1942.
Battle of the Kasserine Pass The Battle for Kasserine Pass took place in World War II during the Tunisia Campaign. It was, in fact, a series of battles fought around Kasserine Pass, a two-mile-wide gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia.
Battle of the Kentish Knock The naval Battle of the Kentish Knock (or the Battle of the Zealand Approaches) was fought on 8 October 1652 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea about 30 km from the mouth of the river Thames. In Dutch the action is called the Slag bij de Hoofden.
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (1942) Battle of the Kerch Peninsula () was a World War II offensive by German and Romanian armies against Soviet forces defending the Kerch Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Crimea. It was launched on May 8, 1942 and concluded around May 18, 1942 with the near complete destruction of Soviet defending forces.
Battle of the Lipari Islands The Battle of the Lipari Islands or Lipara (Lipara harbour, 260 BC) was the first encounter between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the First Punic War. The Carthaginian victory was a result of an ambush, rather than a fixed battle.
Battle of the Lisaine The Battle of the Lisaine was fought from January 15 to January 17 of 1871 between Prussian and French forces. The French were led by Charles Denis Bourbaki, and were attempting to relieve the Siege of Belfort.
Battle of the Little Bighorn The Battle of the Little Bighorn — which is also called Custer's Last Stand and Custer Massacre and, in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass — was an armed engagement between a Lakota-Northern Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army. It occurred June 25–June 26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory.
Battle of the Lycus The Battle of the Lycus was fought in 66 BC between the Roman Republic army of Pompey and the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Pompey easily won the battle, and Mithridates later committed suicide, ending the Third Mithridatic War.
Battle of the Lys The Battle of the Lys (also known at the 4th Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Estaires) was part of the 1918 German offensive in Flanders during the First World War, originally planned by General Ludendorff as Operation George but scaled back to become Operation Georgette, with the objective of capturing Ypres. Starting on 9 April, 1918, the battle lasted until 29 April.
Battle of the Mediterranean The Naval Battle of the Mediterranean was waged during World War II, to attack and keep open the respective supply lines of Allied and Axis armies, and to destroy the opposing side's ability to wage war at sea.
Battle of the Medway The Battle of the Medway took place in 43 on the River Medway in the lands of the Iron Age tribe of the Cantiaci, now the English county of Kent. It was an early battle in the Claudian invasion of Britain, led by Aulus Plautius.
Battle of the Mincio River In the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Battle of the Mincio River was fought on February 8, 1814 and resulted in an inconclusive engagement between the French under Eugène de Beauharnais and the Austrians under Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde. The battle was not as decisive as Eugène hoped, and in the end it had little significant impact upon the major campaign being waged in France.
Battle of the Mississinewa The Battle of the Mississinewa, also known as Mississineway, was an expedition ordered by William Henry Harrison against Miami Indian villages in response to the attacks on Fort Wayne and Fort Harrison in the Indiana Territory.
Battle of the Netherlands The Battle of the Netherlands (Slag om Nederland in Dutch) was part of Case Yellow (Fall Gelb), the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The battle lasted from 10 May 1940 until 17 May 1940, during which Nazi Germany conquered and occupied the Netherlands.
Battle of the Network Reality Stars Battle of the Network Reality Stars is a television series that aired on the Bravo channel in the US in August and September 2005. Based on the popular 1970s and 1980s television competition Battle of the Network Stars, the show consisted of thirty-three competitors from several different reality television shows.
Battle of the Neva Battle of the Neva (Невская битва in Russian, or Nevskaya bitva) was fought between the Novgorod Republic and Swedish armies on the Neva River, near the settlement of Ust-Izhora, on July 15, 1240. It was part of the medieval Swedish-Novgorodian Wars.
Battle of the Nile This article is about the 18th century French/British naval battle in Aboukir Bay, Egypt. For the last battle of the dynastic struggle between Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII, in which Julius Caesar intervened, see Battle of the Nile (47 BC).
Battle of the Nile (47 BC) The Battle of the Nile (47 BC) was fought between Roman general Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII of Egypt and between rival Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII of Alexandria and Egypt during the Alexandrine civil war.
Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros The Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros or Koundouras took place in the spring of 1205, in Messinia, Peloponnese, between the Franks and the Greeks, resulting in a victory of the Frankish knights and the collapse of the local resistance.
Battle of the pips The Battle of the Pips refers to an incident that occurred on July 27, 1943, as part of the Aleutian campaign of World War II. In preparation for the attack on the island of Kiska planned for that coming August, the US Navy formed TG 16.
Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) The Battle of the Philippines was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan in 1941-42 and the defense of the islands by Filipino and United States forces. Although the result was a Japanese victory, the perseverance of the defenders delayed Japanese attacks on other areas and assisted Allied counterattacks in the South West Pacific Area, from late 1942.

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