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  Middle Ages Battles
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 heralded the defeat of the Anglo Saxons and the Norman Conquest of England.
Battles after this period raged in the Holy Land during the era of the crusades.
This was followed by a period of civil war in England known as the Wars of the Roses.
www.middle-ages.org.uk /middle-ages-battles.htm   (201 words)

  
  CalendarHome.com - Hundred Years' War - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The last battle of the war, the Battle of Castillon, was the first battle in European history in which artillery was the deciding factor.
At the first major battle of the war, the Battle of Crécy, it is said that the age of chivalry came to an end.
1421, 22 March Battle of Bauge The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat an outmanoeuvred English force commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
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  List of battles 601-1400 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Naklo Boleslaus III of Poland defeats Pomeranians
Battle of Rio Salado October 30 Alfonso XI of Castile and Alfonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I. Battle of Morlaix Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix.
Battle of Rovine October 10 Mircea cel Batrin the voievod of Wallachia defeated Beyazid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_battles_601-1400   (3125 words)

  
 Lord MacLeod's Highlanders 1777-1818
He lay a long time on the field of battle, narrowly escaping death from some of the more ferocious of the Mysore cavalry, who traversed the field spearing the wounded, and at last being unable to reach the force under Munro, he was obliged to surrender to the enemy.
The result of this battle was the total defeat of the enemy, who subsequently retreated on Lisbon, with the loss of twenty-one pieces of cannon, twenty-three ammunition waggons, with powder, shells, stores of all descriptions, and 20,000 rounds of musket ammunition, together with a great many officers and soldiers killed, wounded, and taken prisoners.
After the battle of Nivelle, in which the 71st did not take part, the regiment occupied part of the town of Cambo, and was there joined by a detachment of 16 men of the 2nd battalion (then in Glasgow), under the command of Lieutenant Charles Henderson.
www.electricscotland.com /history/scotreg/macleod/1777.htm   (14819 words)

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