World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
commanded troops in battle for 40 years and lacked both the experience and the intelligence to win battles. The most that can be ...
him to conclude a peace agreement with the Hittites. Al- though he then warred against the Libyans in northern Africa, historian ...
Japanese War: The Battle on the Scha-Ho (London: Hugh Rees, 1910); Solzhenitsyn, Alexandr Isaevich, August Che- tyrnadtsatogo (A ...
Richard I, engraving by George Vertue, 1732 RichARD i the lion-heARteD ...
ing, and desired to be buried as near him as might be, perhaps as thinking they should meet the sooner, that he might ask him fo ...
IV. Richard dealt firmly with opposition and rebellion, and on 22 June 1483 he announced that his brother’s children were illegi ...
maneuvers during this battle later noted that “[despite] exposing himself continuously to fire” he “personally di- rected the op ...
He advanced the prestige of the Allied Forces and strengthened the bonds of friendship and cooperation among the many nations se ...
against them at Khudaganj (2 January 1858) and Kursi (22 March 1858). He was struck with a sickness, and was sent back to Englan ...
Horatio kitchener. In London, he was named as com- mander in chief of the British army, succeeding Lord Garnet Wolseley. Given a ...
writes: “Bruce’s position was partly covered by a marsh, and further strengthened by pitfalls, in which the En- glish cavalry wa ...
in 1757). When Parliament was dissolved in 1754, he did not have this political seat to fall back on, and he looked for addition ...
cities honoured Rodney with their Freedom, in- cluding Huntingdon, at which ceremony Sand- wich made reference to the fact that ...
forcing Paulus to surrender; the remainder of the Ger- man forces formally capitulated on 2 February 1943. Paulus submitted dire ...
the city of Monte Matajur, near Caporetto, Italy, for which he won the Prussian Ordre pour le Mérite, an award usually given to ...
While in the hospital, Rommel was apparently contacted by senior German officers who were plotting to kill Hitler and end the wa ...
homeward journey. Two years later he was able to seize Barcelona, but on his way back to England he took the opportunity to capt ...
and although Bragg’s right was repulsed, he was else- where successful, and by nightfall Rosecrans was in full retreat. Bragg, h ...
siege (15–24 July 1643). In June 1644, he was given the titles earl of Holderness and duke of Cumberland. Rupert was not defeate ...
of ships he captured. He returned to France in 1653 but, after arguing with the English Royalists there, left for Germany, where ...
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