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  76th Regiment of Foot
In that campaign, the regiment fought at the Battle of La Corunna in January 1809, as part of the 2nd Division, which was under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope.
The 76th fought with distinction in a battle that caused 800 casualties for the British and 1,500 for the French.
Mysore, Ally Ghur, Delhi 1803, Leswaree, Deig, Hindoostan, Corunna, Nive, Peninsula
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 Science Fair Projects - The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Subsequently, the regiment was presented with a new stand of Regulation Colours on the 28 February 1854, emblazoned with its new distinctions of the name of the Duke of Wellington, his crest and motto, by the Colonel of the Regiment, Lieutenant General Sir Henry D'Oyley.
The 'Dukes' fought with distinction at the Battle of Monte Ceco in October 1944 where Private Richard Henry Burton, of the 1st Battalion, was awarded a VC for his courageous action in the battle.
The fighting that ensued was bloody and more akin to the battles that the 'Dukes' had fought in the World War I. Shells were now raining down on the Hook from artillery and mortars, from both the Chinese and UN forces.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - India
On the death of Muhammad of Ghur, Qutb-ud-Din Aybak, his viceroy in Delhi and a former slave, proclaimed himself Sultan.
The application of British policy in India was facilitated by the power vacuum that followed the Battle of Panipat (1761), when neither the Mughal Empire nor the Maratha Confederacy was strong enough to exercise authority.
In one battle, fought at Chilianwala, the Sikhs inflicted nearly 2,500 casualties on the British.
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 Battle of Ally Ghur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Ally Gurgh was fought during the Second Marhatta Wars (1803-1805) at Aligarh, India.
The Aligarh fort, one of the strongest forts in India, was fortified and commanded by a first-rate French General, General Perron.
This article about a historical battle is a stub.
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, provides us with detailed information of how a defensive position was prepared to...
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 New Page 1
It is clear that the battles fought in the last thousand years were between kings and not religions.
The two battles between Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan in 1191 and 1192 are the source of much mythology, thanks partly to the fanciful writing of the British historian, Col. James Tod.
Towards the end of his life, the Sultan of the neighbouring Golconda was his greatest ally in their common cause against Aurangzeb - an emperor who, in fact, expended far more of his time, energy and money in wars against the Muslim rulers of Bijapur and Golconda than he did against the Marathas.
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 History of Iran: Ghaznavid Dynasty
In battle near Peshawar, Mahmud's 15,000 Ghulam cavalry routed Jaipal's army of 12,000 horse, 30,000 foot and 300 elephants, leaving nearly half their number dead.
Jaipal was captured and released to rule as a tributary, but was so grief-stricken by his defeat and despised by his people for it, that he abdicated in favor of his son Anandpal and immolated himself on his own funeral pyre.
When the battle finally materialized, Mahmud found his army hard pressed by the fierce attack of Khokar tribemen on both flanks when a stray arrow panicked Anandpal's elephant causing it to flee the field.
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 Science Fair Projects - Category:Battles
Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession
Battles of the War of the Grand Alliance
Battles of the War of the Spanish Succession
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 Battle
Then came the infantry of Ghur pushing their karwah before them as protection against the arrows of the enemy.
So far all was well, however, it was apparent that Fevzi and his Turkomans on the left were in some doubt as to whether they could face the might of the Aznauri and, listening to his tribesmen, Fevzi called them to a halt after only a short advance to await developments to his right.
The rapid advance of the Seljuq horsemen had opened a gap in the line that Giray could not ignore, and, realizing that the Turkomans on the left were unusually timid he resolved to make the most of this.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - Pakistan
Between 1175 and 1186 the regions of Sind and Punjab were conquered by Muhammad of Ghur, leader of the Turkish Ghurid Empire, which was centered in what is now west central Afghanistan.
Pakistan had been an ally of the Taliban, which had established a fundamentalist Islamic regime in Afghanistan in 1996.
The Taliban was accused of harboring the suspected mastermind of the terrorist attacks, Osama bin Laden.
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 Warhammer - derniers évènements
Battle of Grimgrill Dale: the Horn of Sigismund was given to the Emperor by the grateful dwarves after this battle.
Battle of Grootscher Marsh: this was the final decisive engagement between Emperor Wilhelm's forces and the armies of Westerland.
Battle of Hangover Hill: this conflict was started by a large Goblin force who ambushed Bugman's Dwarf Rangers after one of their serious drinking contests.
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 Islam
There was no way of knowing it at the time, but the battle of Manzikert in 1071 was the end of Mediaeval Romania and the beginning of modern Turkey.
This was never more than partially effective, since, as the saying goes, once you pay the Danegeld, you can't get rid of the Dane (very similar kinds of pirates and slavers, as pagans, in their day).
When he defeated them at the Battle of the Pyramids, he may not have stopped to think (so distracted by all the Egyptian stuff) that he had beaten victors over the Mongols.
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 Hephthalites / White Huns
The chief Sinjibu was the boldest and strongest of all the tribes and he had the largest number of troops.
For the allies of Chosroes were Western Turks, a new power was to dominate the steppe for next few centuries.
A Western student's first encounter with the mysterious Ephthalites, or Hephthalites, or White Huns of Central Asia, is probably via the writings of Procopius, that contemporary of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and fierce polemicist against his sovereign and the Empress Theodora.
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 Ghaznavids (962-1186 AD) -- DBA III/63   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1150 AD, Ala Al-Din Hussain (Janansuz) of Ghur sacked Ghazna and drove back the Seljuqs until he was defeated and captured.
Islamic historians recount use of 400-700 elephants in individual battles, with each elephant bearing a crew of four spearmen or archers.
Elephants used in battle were protected with all-around armor.
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 Lords of the Earth, Campaign TWENTY-FOUR, Turn 21   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The two armies were almost perfectly matched, and the battle was decided by entirely by the professionalism of the Kushan mercenaries and the valor of the Ghaznavid lancers.
Too, Jasmine and her generals were new to battle, while Muhammad had long experience in the field against the Yasi and the Khazakhs.
After fierce battles along the Oxus and in the qanat-watered plains Jasmine was forced to admit defeat.
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 The Hephthalites of Central Asia - by Richard Heli
Wars between the former allies resolved with Persian tribute in 475.
Ephthalite centers are at Ghur, Balkh, Warwaliz (north of today's Kunduz near the source of the Oxus) and Hsi-mo-ta-lo.
Turks and Chosroes (Khusrau) of Persia ally to capture and divide Ephthalite empire.
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 Trivia Archive
At the battle of Helsingborg in 1362, the Hanseatic League and its allies, Sweden, Mecklenburg and Holstein,
Austria was the Russian ally that declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
In 1334, the Delhi sultanate of India invaded the Turkish province of Madura.
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 Morrowind Summit Forums
These troops are led to battle by Grey Seers, who sometimes bring Screaming Bells, giant magical bells pushed forward by the Skaven horde, and by Skaven Warlords who are the most powerful fighters in the Skaven army.
In battle, they combine ferocity with a savage lack of discipline, fighting and battling amongst themselves in their eagerness to get at the enemy.
Beastmen hordes are extremely dangerous in battle; a ferocious horde of brutish warriors, great lumbering chariots, packs of slavering Chaos Hounds and bands of larger beasts eagerly tear apart any enemies that dare to stand in their way.
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 The Duke of Wellington's Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Regular, 2nd Battalion also fought at the Battle of the Marne, the Battle of the Aisne, the Battle of La Bassée and the brutal first Battle of Ypres.
The Battle of Cambrai saw the first large scale use of tanks though, within the week, the Germans had regained nearly all territory that they had earlier lost.
They fought at the Battle of Medjez Plain, as well as the Battle of Djebel bou Aoukaz in 1943, taking the town on 27th April.
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 Who We Are
In adddition to these the Regiment has two Honorary 'Battle' Colours; the Honorary Queens Colour and The Honorary Regimental Colour, both of which are of the original size of 6' 6" by 6' 6".
These Honorary Colours were originally awarded to the 76th Regiment, in 1808, by the Honorable East India Company, for their distinguished services in India, during 1803-1804, at the capture of the Fortress of 'Ally Ghur' and the capture of 'Delhi'.
Common to both the 33rd and the 76th Regiments were the rare 'Red Facings', linings, to their uniforms, This unusual distinction continues today by the use of a red backing to the Cap Badge and the use of Red Lanyards by officers, warrant officers and sergeants, and Red Sashes by Sergeants and warrant officers.
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 Islamic Awareness Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1192 Mohammed the Ghur, nominal Abbasid Emir of the Punjab, defeats the remains of the Hindu Rajput armies and
Allies with the Ottomans for a two front war against Shi'ah Persia.
The Malay and Javanese (indonesian) Hindu princes ally with Islam in a failed attempt to expel them.
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 MSN Encarta - Print Preview - India
They therefore sought support among the smaller parties in order to form a government.
The distribution of seats at the 11th Lok Sabha was 193 seats to the BJP and its allies, 177 to the United Front, 144 seats to the Congress and its allies, 28 to independents and others, and 18 seats to the Tamil regionalist Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
India officially became a nuclear power in May 1998, when it detonated five nuclear devices.
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 TIMELINE 11th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
Islamic History of the 11th Century 1005 Byzantine recovery of Durazzo (with aid of Chryselioi) The Byzantine Empire in the 11th Century 1006 A supernova, or "guest star", is reported in China, Japan, Europe, and Arab lands; it remains visible for several years.
Islamic History of the 11th Century 1016 Ard-Righ Brian Boru defeats the Norse in Ireland at the battle of Clontarf, both Brian and Jarl Sigurdhr of Orkney are slain.
1040 Seljuk Turks threaten the Byzantino-Armenian border The Byzantine Empire in the 11th Century 1040: Battle of Dandanqan, the Seljuks defeat the Ghazanavids.
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 SACW | 1 Sept. 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is constitutionally irrelevant for the BJP to claim that Ms Mayawati made her decision "unilaterally", without "consulting" her allies.
The BJP and allies, forecasts a friendly India Today-ORG-Marg poll, will lose 55 Lok Sabha seats (from the present 304), reducing the NDA to a minority.
What she obviously meant was that the new queen became the favourite wife of the emperor.
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 How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs In Five Parts- Part Four De Lacy O'Leary D. D.
In tracing the part played by Buddhism no attention has been paid to Tibet, although Buddhism is said to have been introduced there by King Srong-Ban Gampo, the founder of Llhasa, in 629-650, for Tibetan Buddhism really traces from monks of Magadha who conducted missionary work in Tibet as late as the eleventh century.
It was an army sent by him which engaged in the battle of Kerbela (10th October, 680), and was responsible for the tragic death of al-Husayn, the surviving son of 'Ali the Prophet's son-in-law.
And it was an army sent by him which besieged the holy city of Mecca and (accidentally) burned the sanctuary of the Ka'ba (November, 683).
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 SpaceBattles.com - Lords of Ether: 1005 OOB Thread
The Gelgoog-Marine received it’s testing under fire at the battle of Zebara where it was found to be a match for OCTAGON’s GM-81C’s but was proven to lack the speed to deal with GM Starefires.
The Imperial Navy finally received it's hardening in battle at Zebara and the new lessons are being hurridly introduced.
Unless quickly followed by a victory, the effects on the Population’s morale from defeat in battle are magnified, and losing a war almost invariably leads to a revolution or rebellion.
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 Lords 10, Turn 97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anglia had merely less than five thousand men, mostly in the form of heavy gun corps, which would prove useless without the support of more infantry to carry the brunt of the fighting.
Since Beaucleric had built no walls the battle for Anglia and Ipswich would be fought on the fields and in the streets.
In a short battle, the Kingdom of Anglia fell.
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 Lost Worlds Page 10 - From 1000AD to 1400AD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1331AD: Duchies of Greece: Following the Battle of Cephissus in 1311 when the Catalan Company took over the Duchy of Athens, the displaced Duke of Athens Walter de Brienne, a general of Florence and expelled from their as a tyrant, lands near Arta to reclaim his Duchy of Athens, but is repulsed.
The commander of the defending forces, the Palatine of Hungary, flees wounded from the scene of the battle.
Notably in 1066, Eustace III was with William the Conqueror and charged dramatically with a gold cross/consecrated gonfanon, at the Battle of Hastings.
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 ► » THE HINDU TIMELINE (by Hinduism Today)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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