World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
sites in Egypt, where he ruled from afar as a pharaoh during the 27th dynasty with the name Setut-re. He also began the construc ...
Davout: “The First Consul [Napoleon] does not like Davoust, because when in Egypt he associated with all of those who made a poi ...
terlitz” and “Jena,” in Collins Dictionary of Wars (Glasgow, Scotland: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995), 25, 118–119; Croly, Geor ...
member of the Rafi Party, which eventually merged with the Labor Party. Dayan, however, was outside politics, and when another A ...
his education at the University of Pennsylvania, but he was forced to enter the military after being tried and ac- quitted for m ...
catur fired a shot that hit Barron in the thigh; Barron, however, shot Decatur in the chest, a mortal wound. He died in agony 12 ...
vice during this campaign, Denikin was named chief of staff of the southwestern front. Following the war’s end, Denikin returned ...
settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he died on 8 Au- gust 1947 at the age of 74. Despite having desired that his body be retur ...
lower part of California and a portion of the Mexican coast. In 1875, tired of this duty, Dewey was relieved of command and allo ...
Don John of Austria See John of austria. Drake, Sir Francis (ca. 1540–1596) English sailor Francis Drake was born about 1540, al ...
fered her, and to resist the king of Spain’s preparations.” Drake was made the head of this fleet, commanding in the ship Elizab ...
that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted... (London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1628); “Some New Spanish Documents Dealing wi ...
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Early, Jubal Anderson (1816–1894) Confederate general Born in Franklin County, Virginia, on 3 November 1816, Early entered th ...
Creek (19 October 1864), where he should have won a brilliant victory but lost. He staged a final resistance at Waynesboro (2 Ma ...
Boswell, E., ed., Edmond Ironside; or, War Hath made All Friends (London: Oxford University Press, 1928). Edward I (1239–1307) E ...
English landowners, barons, clergy, knights, and others, this became the exemplar of future parliaments. The English army moved ...
Zhukov—The Greatest Commanders of World History, ed- ited by James Lucas. (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1988), 37. Edward II ( ...
ment unto the Death of King James... (London: E. Cotes, 1660), 15–18. Edward III (1312–1377) English king The eldest son of King ...
King Edward III, engraving by George Vertue, ca. 1730 eDwARD iii 0 ...
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