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 1814 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 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.
September 11 - USS Ticonderoga is victorious in the Battle of Lake Champlain
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 Laon
Laon was an episcopal see from the 5th cent.
During the Middle Ages it was torn by bitter struggles against the bishops by the burghers, who ultimately succeeded (12th cent.) in obtaining recognition of their charter.
The medieval cathedral of Notre Dame of Laon, erected in the 13th century.
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 Laon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
LAON, a town of northern France, capital of the department of Aisne, 87 mNE of Paris on...
Now after some time when be [Bishop of Laon] had set out for England to extract money from the English king, whom he had served, and who had formerly been...
Laon is the "flagship" church of the Northern School of Early Gothic.
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 New Bibliography of Additional War Poems - British War Poetry in the Romantic Age 1793-1815 - Electronic Editions - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
or The Battle of the Nile!." W.T. Fitzgerald.
"The Spanish Patriot's Invocation on the Eve of Battle." T.G. Ingall.
"The Battle of Albuera; or Beresford and Victory!" William Thomas Fitzgerald.
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 Book 22, 1814
The Duke of Ragusa, who was marching on Laon from Berry-au-bac, got near to the city, his soldiers lost their heads, and he had to retire in some disorder for several leagues, abandoning a few of his guns.
But, if the enemy have 70,000, or 80,000 men, such a battle would be a fearful risk, while if we move towards Troyes and strike in at their rear, while the Duke of Taranto retreats disputing every position, we may stand a much better chance.
Their services, battles, and wounds shall be set out, in fact everything that can testify to my satisfaction with brave men who have given me so many marks of their devotion.
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Tenskwatawa, the brother of Shawnee leader Tecumseh, was engaged in the Battle of the Wabash, aka Battle of Tippecanoe, in spite of his brother’s strict admonition to avoid it.
The battle near the Tippecanoe River with the regular and militia forces of Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison, took place while Tecumseh was out of the area seeking support for a united Indian movement.
Known as the Battle of the Thames in the United States, the U.S. victory over British and Indian forces near Ontario at the village of Moraviantown on the Thames River is know in Canada as the Battle of Moraviantown.
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 Zoids - New Century: Volume 2.5 @ EzyDVD
Laon joins the Backdraft group and challenges the Blitz team to a battle against his new team of Storm Sworders.
During their last battle with Laon, Brad noticed a strange Zoid running wild in the forest and has returned to find it.
Laon kidnaps Harry, thinking that he and Leena are together, and the Blitz team are forced to confront Laon and the Neo War Sharks!
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 Russian Generals of the Napoleonic Wars: Lieutenant General Adam Ivanovich Bistrom
He took part in battles at Guttstadt, Heilsberg and Friedland, where he was wounded to the chest.
During 1813-1814 Campaigns, he took part in battles at Labau, Ottendorf, Leipzig (received the Swedish Order of the Sword), Coblenz, Rheims (where he was wounded in the left shoulder) and Laon.
For the battle at Laon, he was awarded the Order of St. Anne (1st Class) with diamond signs.
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 Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher Biography / Biography of Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher Main Biography
He resumed the attack as soon as his defeated army was assembled and rested, and he soon won a major victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Laon (March 10, 1814).
He lost the battle, a good part of his army, and came close to losing his life.
Fortunately for the Prussians, Blücher's chief of staff, Count August Gneisenau, was able to organize an orderly retreat in the direction of the English army, which was under the command of the Duke of Wellington.
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 LONDONDERRY - LoveToKnow Article on LONDONDERRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Castlereagh's avowed intention to take this step without waiting for sanction from his cabinet put an end to evasion and delay.
Blucher was reinforced by the two divisions; the battle of Laon was fought and won, and the allies occupied the French capital.
He did not disguise his discontent with Napoleon's position at Elba, close to the French coast, though he advised England not to separate herself at this crisis from her allies.
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 Laon : Battle of Laon : Napoleonic Wars : Napoleon Bonaparte
Laon : Battle of Laon : Napoleonic Wars : Napoleon Bonaparte
Following up his success at Craonne, Napoleon Bonaparte again tried the flanking manouevre against Marshal Blucher's 85,000 men.
Bonaparte withdrew the next day leaving behind 6000 casualties, while his opponents suffered 4000.
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 The Sharpe Calendar - March
Battle of Craonne, French (Napoleon) defeat Allies (Blucher) (6th Coalition)
Battle of Ostrach, Austrians (Charles) defeat French (Jourdan) (2nd Coalition)
Battle of Stockach, Austrians (Charles) defeat French (Jourdan) (2nd Coalition)
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 Book 12, Chapter 18
The battle of Craonne began, or, rather, began again, at daybreak on the 7th.
Meanwhile the Emperor marched with the vanguard and wished to reach Laon by the evening of the 8th; but to gain that city it was necessary to pass over marshy grounds by means of a narrow embankment.
The whole army hastened to follow his movement, and in the evening of the 9th it was in sight of Laon and in battle array before the enemy, who occupied the city and the heights.
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 Timeline of the Napoleonic Wars
20 September: Battle of Valmy, the revolution endures.
15-16 October: Battle of Wattignies, French relieve Maubeuge and close road to Paris.
16 April: Battle of Mount Tabor; Turkish army attempting to relieve Acre is defeated.
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 1814   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
March 10 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon[?] in France.
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July 5 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa[?] - American Major General Jacob Brown[?] defeats British General Phineas Riall[?] at Chippewa, Ontario[?].
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 Zoids:Shadow Battle Vol 5
Volume 5: The Shadow Battle Dr. Laon continues to cause trouble as he challenges the Blitz Team to a battle and plots his revenge with Harry against Dr. Toros.
Then, against Stoller in his Elephander, Bit equips Liger with the heavy Panzer battle armor, but no amount of armor will protect the Blitz Team against betrayal when one of their old friends joins the Backdraft Team!
Rating 5/5 This show is great, it has speed and great battle shots and makes wonder what will happen next.
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 Everything you always wanted to know about 1814   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
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Born at Mezieres, in the department of Ardennes, he was cradled in the very lap of war, and was yet a mere boy; when, in the summer of 1813, he joined the corps called the _garde d'honneur_.
He made the campaign of Germany, and was present in the battles of Leipzig and of Hanau, in the last of which he received a ball in the right arm.
He shortly, however, resumed his post with the army assembled for the defence of France, and at the battle of Laon received a severe _coup de sabre_ on his forehead, the scar of which added much to the martial aspect of his countenance.
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1814 Battle of Ft. Erie September 17 - British are unable to capture fort from US Battle of New Orleans January 8 - Jackson defeats British army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of Ghent signed in December, not yet arrived
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1836 Battle of Coleto March 19 - Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de Urrea.
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 Timeline France 1796-1869
The flagship of Napoleon's fleet, L'Orient, sank in the battle.
The battle began when the Russians attacked the British-French supply depot at Balaclava near Chersonesos, some eight miles from Sevastopol, on the Black Sea Crimean Peninsula.
1859 Jun 24, At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle of the Three Sovereigns, the French army led by Napoleon III defeated the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I in northern Italy.
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 Iraq War News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Pray for the soldiers who fired by mistake our Calipari, because Italian and European communist medias will try to paint them as "the bad Americans", but the "real" Italy knows that it is not like that, the non-communist Italians (and we are the majority) stand by your side.
Pray by reading the Prologue of Saint John's Gospel before a battle, and Jesus Christ will be your strength.
The battle took three weeks, and resulted in 50,000 Japanese casualties.
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 Today in History: March 10
The building of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem is completed.
Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by an allied army at the Battle of Laon, France.
The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States' war with Mexico.
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 THE NAFZIGER COLLECTION
Designed for the wargamer, this collection is an extensive collection of military history and orders of battle.
Note: All files with the second letter being an "X" or "Z" are archival material.
Nearly all of the other French orders of battle have been heavily modified based on that material as well.
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 Amazon.com: Zoids:Shadow Battle Vol 5 (2002): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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This show is great, it has speed and great battle shots and makes wonder what will happen next.
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 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Smoking & Health - Tobacco Risk Awareness Timeline 1492-1835   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A desire of course is excited for strong drinks, and these when taken between meals soon lead to intemperance and drunkenness." (Jacob Sullum, "Smoke Alarm," Reason Online, March 2001) The resource for this information can be found on the Reason Online Web Site.
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British Writer Charles Lamb proclaims in a letter to a friend, "This very night I am going to leave off tobacco!
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