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The Battle of Brienne occurred on the 29th of January 1814 when the allied armies of Russia and Prussia under Blucher were defeated by the French.
The Battle of Busaco was fought between English and Portuguese armies under the Duke of Wellington and the French under Marshal Andre Massena on the 27th of September 1810 during the Peninsular War.
The Battle of Junin was an engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands near Lima on August the 6th 1824.
The Battle of Algiers was a bitter conflict in Algiers from 1954 to 1962 between the Algerian nationalist population and the French colonial army and French settlers.
The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
The Battle of Navas de Tolosa was fought in 1212 between Yakub Almansur of the Almohades and the kings of Aragon, Castile and Navarre.
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Every lost battle is a principle of weakness and disorganisation; and the first and immediate desideratum is to concentrate, and in concentration to recover order, courage, and confidence.
If the strategic relations after a battle require that we should cover ourselves right and left by detached corps, so much must be done, as from circumstances is unavoidable, but this fractioning must always be regarded as an evil, and we are seldom in a state to commence it the day after the battle itself.
If Frederick the Great after the battle of Collin, and the raising of the siege of Prague retreated in three columns, that was done not out of choice, but because the position of his forces, and the necessity of covering Saxony, left him no alternative.
The Battle of Brienne was fought on January 29, 1814, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Russians and Prussians under General Blücher.
The battle took place near Brienne-le-Château, where Napoleon had studied in his early years.
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At the Battle of Marengo, as colonel on the staff of Melas, he was hit by five bullets, after endeavouring on the previous evening to bring about modifications in the plan suggested by the "scientific" Zach.
In 1809, now a lieutenant field marshal, he fought at the Battle of Wagram, and in 1810 he received the commandership of the Maria Theresa order and the colonelcy of the 5th Radetzky hussars.
From 1809 to 1812, as chief of the general staff, he was active in the reorganization of the army and its tactical system, but, unable to carry out the reforms he desired owing to the opposition of the Treasury, he resigned the post.
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March 27 - War of 1812: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
July 5 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario.
July 25 - War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane - Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18.00; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.
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Battle of Hill 60 - 1915 - World War I - Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Lone Pine - 1915 - World War I - Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of the Nek - 1915 - World War I - Battle of Gallipoli
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Loménie de Brienne, Étienne Charlesatyen´ shärl lomane´ de breen´, 1727-94, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
He was a count and in 1210 married Mary, John of Brienne (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
The Battle of Brienne was fought on January 29, 1814, and resulted in a French victory The battle took place near Brienne-le-Château, where Napoleon had
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Events * January 14 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden * January 29 - French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle of Brienne * January 31 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
* March 10 - Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
* July 25 - War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane - Reinforcements arrive near Niagara for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18.00; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.
