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Battle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A "decisive battle" is one of particular importance; often by bringing hostilities to an end, such as the Battle of Hastings, or as a turning point in the fortunes of the belligerents, such as the Battle of Stalingrad. Battles may be small scale, only involving a handful of individuals, perhaps two squads, up to battles on army levels where hundreds of thousands may be engaged in a single battle at one time. A "battle of encounter" is a meeting engagement where the opposing sides collide in the field without either having prepared their attack or defence. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle   (2614 words)

Battle of Trafalgar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was the most significant naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars and the pivotal naval battle of the 19th century. The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, is part of the War of the Third Coalition assembled by Britain against France. In 2005, the 200th anniversary of the battle was marked by six days of celebrations in Portsmouth during June and July, and at St Paul's Cathedral (where Nelson is entombed) and in Trafalgar Square in London in October, as well as across the rest of the UK. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar   (4927 words)

Battle Sussex - (William the Conqueror prevails) - an English Market Town (UK) Battle was founded on the site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, the name comes from the Rape of Haestingas (one of the six major divisions of the land of the South Saxons) in which the battle was fought. The town was built up around Battle Abbey which was constructed between 1070-1094 by William the Conqueror, as a penance ordered by the pope for the loss of life occurring in the battle, and in earlier raids in the surrounding area designed to draw Harold into conflict. 1264 saw Henry III and his army stop at Battle on their way to their defeat by Simon de Montfort at Lewes. www.villagenet.co.uk /esussex-iron/villages/battle.php   (586 words)

battleroyalefilm.com Battle Royale, a film by the veteran Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku, tells the story of a dystopic future in which each year, a randomly-selected 9th grade class is kidnapped and sent to a deserted island where they are equipped with weapons and are forced to kill each other until one survivor is left. Battle Royale has screened a handful of times in the United States, in some instances as part of a Kinji Fukasaku retrospective that toured the U.S. in 2001 and in the 2001 Seattle and Cleveland Film Festivals. The Special Version of Battle Royale was released theatrically in April 2001, four months after the theatrical release of the original version. www.battleroyalefilm.net /movie   (516 words)

Battle of Hastings 1066 Introduction To speak of this battle without recourse to the events that came before, would be an injustice to the people of this island who have fought and died for her. Battle of Hastings which was fought between King Harold II of England and Duke William of Normandy lthough this site is about the Battle of Hastings, It is only one of many battles that have been fought in this land prior to 1066. www.battle1066.com   (1161 words)

Star Wars: Databank battle droid Battle droid infantry is frightening in its uniformity -- only a numerical marking on the back of a comlink booster pack serves to distinguish one droid from another. While critics would be quick to point out a battle droid's mindlessness as a fault, the proponents of the mechanized soldiers would counter that it is instead a virtue. Against a peaceful populace, the Trade Federation army of battle droids was able to quickly conquer and take control of the Naboo population centers. www.starwars.com /databank/droid/battledroid   (359 words)

Battle-Abbey.html Battle in 1147 was under great pressure from the Bishop of Chichester, Bishop Hilary, a trained Church Lawyer. In February 1094 the Abbey church was consecrated in the presence of William II, the Archbishop of Canterbury and seven Bishops. By the spring of 1538 Robertsbridge and Battle were the only monastic houses surviving in Sussex and Robertsbridge surrendered on 16th April of that year. www.castles-abbeys.co.uk /Battle-Abbey.html   (2607 words)

Battle Mountain, Nevada: History and Description Battle Mountain's principal attraction for tourists is the bright stripe of enterprise still fronting on the highway and the railroad tracks as it has since its founding so long ago. Battle Mountain's 30-year snooze by the side of US 40 ended suddenly when the DuVal company invested more than $20 million in the development of large copper ore bodies in the hills to the south. Battle Mountain was the last stop for W.J. Forbes, a famous Nevada newspaperman of the l9th century. www.nevadaweb.com /cnt/cc/bmtn.html   (1001 words)

battle website Yes indeed, Battle are off to the big music convention that is SxSW (South by South West) in Austin, TX and will sandwich it with dates in New York then LA. An exciting March - full dates in the 'Live' section. Battle's 'Wicked Owl' download (available a week on Monday but streaming on Myspace NOW fellas) has been granted residency on the XFM Evening Playlist, which for a free, on-the-quiet download, is pretty bloody weapon in our opinion. Additionally, we can tell you that the world now seems to think that the new Battle LP is going to be named in contention with the new Strokes record. www.thisisbattle.com   (3345 words)

First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Somme, 1916 Meanwhile the British attack was renewed in north-east, the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, by the Fourth Army on 15 September. The French Commander in Chief, Joffre, conceived the idea as a battle of attrition, the aim being to drain the German forces of reserves, although territorial gain was a secondary aim. Comprising the main Allied attack on the Western Front during 1916, the Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, which to this day remains a one-day record. www.firstworldwar.com /battles/somme.htm   (1956 words)

The Battle of Gettysburg - Gettysburg Welcome Center Although the Battle of Gettysburg did not end the war, nor did it attain any major war aim for the North or the South, it remains the great battle of the war. The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1 with Confederate troops attacking that Union cavalry division on McPherson Ridge, west of town. Additionally, an estimated 569 tons of ammunition was expended and, when the battle had ended, 5,000 dead horses and the other wreckage of war presented a scene of terrible devastation. www.gettysbg.com /battle.shtml   (895 words)

hastings In the lead up to the Battle of Hastings, William's men had done considerable damage to the area around Hastings as the Domesday Book was later to show. For the first part of the battle, the Normans suffered heavy losses and they only took charge of the battle once the peasant soldiers of Harold had broken down the shield wall that protected them. Perhaps he was too confident about defeating an army made up of men who had just marched over 250 miles from Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire after fighting an exhausting and bloody battle. www.historylearningsite.co.uk /hastings.htm   (958 words)

The Pentagon's Film Festival - A primer for The Battle of Algiers. By Charles Paul Freund Ali was indeed the hero of the Casbah, the Muslim section of Algiers; as the film suggests, his death marked the end of the real battle for the city. This is where The Battle of Algiers is potentially most valuable and most dangerous as a point of comparison for the U.S. military. The Battle of Algiers was the premier political film of the 1960s. www.slate.com /id/2087628   (1684 words)

GT Battle - Rockingham, UK - Drifting - Time Attack - Zero-60 Well the first GT Battle went ahead on 25 th June 2005 and we are pleased to tell you it was a success with over 4000 people attending on a damp Saturday. GT Battle has received congratulations and encouragement from the trade, car clubs, magazines, spectators etc. With between 4,000-4,500 attendees for a first time show we know this is what people want. For this reason we will be holding the second GT Battle in the summer of 2006. www.gtbattle.com   (1575 words)

Battle of Midway - Part 1 The Yorktown wounded and sinking at the Battle of Midway For that goal, Yamamoto's order of battle included most every fighting unit that was not needed in tasks around the Empire. Since the Army was not convinced of the decisive nature of the future battle at Midway, it had pursued its own plans. www.sunwest-emb.com /wiseman/bmidway.htm   (6028 words)

Battle Royale - battleroyalefilm.com Battle Royale II: Revenge new Region 2 (Japan) release date: The extended cut of BRII that was originally scheduled for release in September finally has a new release date (February 21) as well as pre-order links at Amazon Japan and Yesasia.com. Netflix has imported the Wision release (see below), which includes R0 NTSC versions of Requiem and the Special Version of the first film. New Battle Royale Forums address: the battleroyalefilm forums are now also accessible through the URL battleroyaleforum.com. www.battleroyalefilm.net   (746 words)

Battle Royale Interestingly, the opposition that the Battle Royale Act has created is hinted at in the scene in the briefing room where the bloodied corpse of 3B's regular class teacher is brought out to show the teenagers, because he, it is said, was most strongly against the selection of his class for the Battle Royale. Battle Royale is one of those strange beasts, an action film which works on several different levels. Sadly, Kinji Fukusaku died on the 12th January 2003, having been taken to hospital following complications of cancer some weeks earlier, during the filming of Battle Royale II. www.mandiapple.com /snowblood/battleroyale.htm   (1520 words)

Battle Royale Manga The classmates turn upon themselves in a battle for survival, treaties are made and broken, and former friends become foes as the relentless countdown continues. Weapons are handed out and each student is sent out into the field alone and unprepared for the horror that awaits them. Amid the betrayals and rising body count, two classmates confess their love for each other and swear to survive this deadly game together. www.tokyopop.com /dbpage.php?propertycode=BAT&categorycode=BMG   (163 words)

The chronicles of a futile battle: Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD - Softpedia The battle is hazardous and, if the industry won't settle soon for a direction or the other, the adopting of a format will be delayed and all the experts analyzing the phenomenon cite the end of another battle, the '80s confrontation between VHS and Betamax, which only brought disadvantages to all those involved. The DVD+R/RW vs. DVD-R/RW battle, born, all in all, still in the entertainment area, generated a lot of confusion and lead to a much lower than expected PC technology implementation ratio. The battle is inevitable, and it's not necessary about who is going to sell more units or who is going to get more popular, it's about information control. news.softpedia.com /news/The-chronicles-of-a-futile-battle-Blu-Ray-vs-HD-DVD-631.shtml   (3567 words)

Santiago After the battle, Schley was asked about this peculiar maneuver, and over the years he gave several different answers, none of them particularly satisfactory. He was forced to tow the monitors like reluctant children behind his bigger ships to get them to the scene of the battle. Suffice it to say that the Army did leave Tampa, arrive east of Santiago de Cuba, march overland, engage the Spanish Army, and succeed in putting pressure on Cervera’s ships forcing him to flee from the bay and into battle with the United States Navy. www.spanamwar.com /santiago.htm   (10420 words)

the Battle of Ankara Through the day long battle in the heat, Bayazed's well trained army is without water, one of the reasons given by historians for Bayazed having lost the Battle of Ankara. Foot soldiers were involved in hand to hand combat and cavalry needed water for the horsemen and the horses during the battle, which lasted a whole day in the heat of July. The battle lasted one full day, in the heat of July and the Ottoman Army was exhausted and thirsty. members.core.com /~turgut/ankara.htm   (1240 words)

Downhill Battle - Music Activism Downhill Battle is a non-profit organization working to break the major label monopoly of the record industry and put control back in the hands of musicians and fans. Downhill Battle launched in August 2003 to create a public voice that could counter the distortions of the RIAA and the major record labels. Downhill Battle has been leading the fight for reform, and it's become a full-time effort for several of us. downhillbattle.org   (5006 words)

The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill Introduction o mark the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Massachusetts Historical Society presents its first "web exhibition" -- personal accounts and eyewitness descriptions of the battle, along with contemporary maps, drawings, engravings, broadsides, and artifacts, either preserved by the participants or found on the battlefield. The site of the Battle of Bunker Hill is located in present-day Charlestown, Massachusetts. The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill www.masshist.org /bh   (272 words)

Battle X Flash Games - A Flash Game Community - Flash Chat and Multi-Player Online Gaming The purpose of the Battle X flash games project is to provide you, our member, with an ever changing flash games community that is cutting edge and thriving with users from around the world. If there is anything you would like to see on Battle X, please drop us an e-mail or fill out our survey. Members are granted chi points for participating in the flash games, and member points are rewarded for clicking around the Battle X community. www.battlex.ca   (329 words)

Robot Battle: Home / News Robot Battle is unique because it takes strategy rather than reflexes, accuracy, or timing to succeed. Robot Battle is a programming game that challenges you to design and code adaptable battling robots. Winning Robot Battle players are those who create the smartest robots. www.robotbattle.com   (499 words)

The Battle of Britain - Home Page Supporting this official text are a series of pages detailing such facets of the Battle as the Commanders, the Aircraft and the changes in Tactics on both sides as the situation developed. These pages catalogue the official reports of the most important event in Royal Air Force history, the Battle fought over Britain between the 10th July and 31st October 1940. For the first time, the complete Fighter Command Operational Diaries for the period have been published in full, day by day over the whole period the Battle. www.raf.mod.uk /bob1940/bobhome.html   (164 words)

TheHistoryNet: From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Battle of the Bulge: Robert Walter's Baptism of Fire Swept up in the largest American campaign of the war in Europe, Robert Walter remembers the Battle of the Bulge as a series of small dramas that played themselves out in the wooded hills near Elsenborn Ridge. On a gunfire-swept slope near Richmond on September 29, 1864, USCT soldiers stood to the test and proved black men made good professional troops. www.historynet.com   (375 words)

Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway, fought over and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll, represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war. For artworks related to the Battle of Midway, see the Navy Art Gallery page The Battle of Midway. On 4 June 1942, in the second of the Pacific War's great carrier battles, the trap was sprung. www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm   (1221 words)

Battle Sussex, UK - Hastings - Fairlight The busy market town of Battle is situated close to the site of the famous Battle of Hastings. The actual site of the battle was the Senlac field to the north of the seaside town of Hastings... Advertise on the Battle Web Site from just £40 www.battle-sussex.co.uk /home   (329 words)

BATTLE OF THE YEAR Ever as many countries were not represented as this year with the Battle. The shows and the Battles moved times again on a very high level. Vagabond Crew / France (winner of Battle Of The Year France) www.battleoftheyear.com   (336 words)

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