World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
under Lord cornWallis. When Cornwallis, hemmed in by Colonial forces, finally relented and surrendered his army, it was Lincoln, ...
middle of the entire Russian position. Because Raglan’s order was in writing, Lucan had to order Lord Cardigan to take his 600 t ...
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0 MacArthur, Douglas (1880–1964) American general The son of General Arthur MacArthur (1845–1912), a Civil War veteran who com ...
The fall of the Philippines, as well as Bataan and Corregidor, left much of the western Pacific in Japa- nese hands. MacArthur a ...
Emperor Hirohito in Japanese society and retained him as a figurehead leader. In June 1950, forces from North Korea invaded Sout ...
He formed an alliance with another cousin, Thorfinn, the earl of Orkney, and together the two men defeated Duncan’s forces near ...
The editors of The Wordsworth Dictionary of Military Bi- ography write: “The attack of 8 September was the one perfectly-planned ...
not to support a law that outlawed the hiring of those with monarchist leanings; he was succeeded by Jules Grévy. MacMahon then ...
quickly as possible. The Russian government blundered when, instead of supplementing Makharoff ’s forces, it recalled a squadron ...
losses (9 October 1779), and Lincoln withdrew to re- inforce Charleston, leaving Marion in temporary com- mand of the defeated R ...
References: Weems, Mason Locke, The Life of Gen. Fran- cis Marion: A Celebrated Partisan Officer in the Revolution War against t ...
and lechery. André Masséna somehow managed to pursue a lifelong and monumental enthusi- asm for gold and women, while at the sam ...
excellency supposed to be John de Riuas with the forces of Flaunders: but shortly after ad- vertisement came, that the Archduke ...
an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In 1846, he graduated sec- ond in his class and wa ...
election, were angered by Union defeats in battle after battle and desired an end of the war. However, a series of battlefield v ...
the world—which he renamed the Haghia Sophia. The 15th-century historian Tursun Beg wrote that Mehmet’s mosque “not only encompa ...
numerically, because he had his opponent at a psycho- logical disadvantage before the battle, because he dared to take the initi ...
east facing the potential Russian threat moving against Germany’s eastern border. When the time came, Moltke altered the plan ev ...
1838, Mahmud sent him to Armenia to advise a Turkish general who was preparing his troops to battle against Mehemet Ali of Egypt ...
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