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World War One Battles The Battle of Charleroi, one of the Battles of the Frontiers, was one of the key battles on the Western Front in 1914, and one of the early major German victories. The Battle of Le Cateau was essentially a rearguard action fought by the British in late August 1914, during the general Allied retreat along the Western Front in the face of sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers. The battle began with a nine-day German offensive that was only halted with the arrival of French reinforcements and the deliberate flooding of the Belgian front.Belgian troops opened the sluice gates of the dykes holding back the sea from the low countries. webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles1.htm   (15644 words)

Battle of Waterloo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The battle was to involve 73,000 French soldiers; while the Allied army from Britain, Hanover, Brunswick, and the Netherlands and Nassau (Of the 26 infantry brigades in Wellington's army, nine were British; of the 12 cavalry brigades, 7 were British. Until he was persuaded that the battle was lost and he should leave, Napoleon commanded the square which was formed on rising ground to the (Allied) right of the inn. After the French defeat at Waterloo and the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars at the Battle of Wavre, Napoleon was deposed and remained at large for some time in France before surrendering to the British. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo   (3179 words)

Battle of Waterloo - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta On the morning of June 18, the French and Anglo-Dutch armies were in battle position. The Anglo-Dutch forces, facing south, comprised 67,000 troops with 156 cannons, and Wellington had received assurances from Blücher that strong reinforcements from his army of 70,000 would arrive during the day. The emperor's battle plan was to capture the village of Mont-Saint-Jean and thus cut off the Anglo-Dutch avenue of retreat to Brussels. encarta.msn.com /text_761559940___5/Battle_of_Waterloo.html   (404 words)

Battle of Waterloo - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta The larger army, a force of 116,000 Prussians and Saxons, led by the Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, was based at Namur. Advance elements of Blücher's army were stationed as far west as the towns of Gilly and Charleroi. He then drove north to the Ligny area to engage Blücher, who with his army had hastened west from Namur hoping to intercept the French. encarta.msn.com /text_761559940___3/Battle_of_Waterloo.html   (500 words)

Battle Honours The first battle honour for infantry is now considered to be the motto "Virtutis Namurcensis Proemium", recognised in the 1747 Clothing Regulations as a distinction of the 18th Regiment of Foot for bravery at the battle of Namur in 1695. The next battle honour granted was "Minden" in 1801 for an action in 1759, and later in 1801 "Egypt" in the form of a Sphinx badge was granted to over forty regiments. Some sixty battle honours were subsequently granted retroactively for the 17th and 18th centuries, the most recent being "Belleisle" granted in 1951 to eight regiments for an action in 1761. www.7rar.asn.au /Colours/battlehonours.htm   (429 words)

Belgium - Regions and Art Cities / Overview n the Ardennes the three main cities are: Liege, the "Cite ardente", known for its irreverent citizens; Namur, the historic, strategic, fortified city on the Meuse river and Tournai, famous for a fabulous Romanesque/gothic cathedral, 18th century royal porcelain and XV and XVI century tapestry. Vauban strengthened Namur so well that it was thought impregnable, but only three years later it was taken in less than a month by the forces of William of Orange. Namur is also a rich repository of Mosan artwork, most notably the Treasury of the Priory of Oignies. www.geographia.com /belgium/bxart03.htm   (1087 words)

WORLD WAR II MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (A-F)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Battle of Sibuyan Sea - On the 24th the same Centre Force (2) is heavily attacked by Third Fleet aircraft as it nears the San Bernadino Strait. Battle of Surigao Strait - As the Southern Strike Force (3) tries to pass through from the southwest on the night of the 24th/25th, it is ambushed by Seventh Fleet's Adm Oldendorf with the six old battleships, cruisers and destroyers. Battle of Samar - Back to the north, early on the 25th, the threat is still great as the main Centre Strike Force (2) with four surviving battleships and eight cruisers sails through the San Bernadino Strait to attack the escort carriers and accompanying destroyers of Seventh Fleet. freespace.virgin.net /gordon.smith4/WW2USMoH1944.htm   (9053 words)

BATTLE OF THE BULGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) As the Battle of the Bulge opened in heavy fog on the morning of 16 December the American forces in the path of the German attack comprised less than five divisions, about 83,000 men equipped with 242 Sherman tanks, 182 tank destroyers, and 394 pieces of corps and divisional artillery. The Fifteenth Army was to pin Allied troops in the Aachen area on the penetration's northern shoulder, and the Seventh Army was to block Patton on the southern flank. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest American land battle of World War II and one of the bloodiest, but the U.S. Army performance was outstanding under extremely difficult circumstances. www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944bulge.php   (1869 words)

Battle of Waterloo The emperor's battle plan was to capture the village of Mont-Saint-Jean and thus cut off the Anglo-Dutch avenue of retreat to Brussels. The Battle of Waterloo was one of the bloodiest in modern history. The battle is also an event in the plots of the novels The Charterhouse of Parma (1839), by the French writer Stendhal; Vanity Fair (1848), by the British author William M. Thackeray; and Les misérables (1862), by the French writer Victor Hugo. www.uhigh.ilstu.edu /soc/nuh/nuh8.htm   (2155 words)

The Battle of Roucoux 1746 British Regiments: Roucoux is not a battle honour for any British regiment. The following regiments were present at the battle: Royal Scots Greys (2nd), 6th and 7th dragoons, 8th, 19th, 33rd and 43rd Foot. Regimental anecdotes and traditions: This is not a significant battle in British military history and no anecdotes or traditions are known. www.britishbattles.com /battle_of_roucoux.htm   (341 words)

Battle of Bouvines (27 July 1214) In 1109, Henry I campaigned in the Vexin, a region in Normandy, to successfully prevent an attempt by Louis VI of France (1108-1137) [son of Philippe I] to divide Normandie with the duc d'Anjou. A major battle at Brémule (20 August 1119) was decisively won by Henry I, and Louis VI had to agree that suzerainty over Maine and Brittany belonged to Henry I. However, Henry I's claim to Maine was also resisted by the powerful comte d'Anjou, Fulk V (1092-1143). It was a great pitched battle, the greatest of its age, in contrast to the many smaller and briefer engagements of the period. xenophongroup.com /montjoie/bouvines.htm   (6657 words)

Broadside. Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on the 21st of October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The battle itself was the culmination of a long campaign. The battle continued in the dying wind and, as their masts and sails were shot away, the ships of both fleets drifted slowly about each other, looking for targets through the clouds of smoke. www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk /battle-of-trafalgar.html   (2856 words)

Battle of Namur German troops hail Austrian siege artillery as the citadel of Namur burns in the background. The shops were opened and in the classic phrase "business was as usual." This was quite incomprehensible to me. It certainly indicated that the people of Namur knew nothing of the danger which threatened their city. Why Namur should have fallen as quickly as it did is to me one of the mysteries of this war. www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Liege/Namur_00.htm   (1991 words)

Stanton County Indian Battle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) It is said that at the battle on the Elkhorn he laid the foundation which in later years made him one of the most powerful chieftains the Sioux tribe ever had. According to Historian Bowman's notes which he prepared after interviewing many Indians who were in the great battle-- a battle that startled the whole Indian world-- the Omaha's and Ponca's were led to believe that after the Norfolk skirmish the Sioux had drawn off and gone their way, but this was not true. McFarland a scar on him and which he said he received in the battle between the Sioux and the Omaha's and Ponca's The old Indian, an Omaha, said there had never been another battle in the world like that one and h was only surprised that a single Omaha or Ponca's escaped alive. www.stanton.net /indianbattle.htm   (4064 words)

Medal of Honor, Kwajalein, Marshalls, Bismarcks, Eniwetok, Atlantic, Battle, Saipan, Phillipine, Sea, Guam, Tinian, ... Battle of Sibuyan Sea - On the 24th the same Centre Force (2) is heavily attacked by Third Fleet aircraft as it nears the San Bernadino Strait. Battle of Surigao Strait - As the Southern Strike Force (3) tries to pass through from the southwest on the night of the 24th/25th, it is ambushed by Seventh Fleet's Adm Oldendorf with the six old battleships, cruisers and destroyers. Battle of Samar - Back to the north, early on the 25th, the threat is still great as the main Centre Strike Force (2) with four surviving battleships and eight cruisers sails through the San Bernadino Strait to attack the escort carriers and accompanying destroyers of Seventh Fleet. www.naval-history.net /WW2USMoH1944.htm   (9075 words)

Battle of Crécy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) One of the most terrible battles of the Middle Ages and also one of the most decisive battles of all time was waged in its immediate This battle is also notable for Czech history because of Czech King Jan of Luxembourg, who brought a support force of several thousand armor-clad knights to the rescue of the French. The battle at Crécy was only one of many incidents of the Hundred Years’ War, which was in fact a series of eight great conflicts, and plunged Britain and France into war for more than 100 years (1337-1453). www.arms-armor.cz /battles/crecy/index.php3   (1951 words)

The Battle of Waterloo La Haye Sante Farm The French approach to the battle was up from the country to the South of La Belle Alliance. The time was 3pm and there was a lull in the battle, the only active fighting being the continuing attack on Hougoument at the western end of the line which had been sucking in more and more of Reille’s corps. The battle began slowly swinging in the Allies favour as Blucher’s Prussian Army arrived on the field in the South-East. www.britishbattles.com /waterloo/waterloo-army-positions.htm   (1491 words)

Westyorks Their fifteen Battle Honours are only exceeded by the nineteen of the 10th Gurkha Rifles (which fielded three battalions in~ the campaign), and the Honour “Burma 1942-45”, the dates covering all four years of the War, is shared only with the Royal Berkshires, 7th Gurkhas and 10th Gurkhas. Joining battle at Pegu, the battalion was constantly involved in heavy fighting throughout the terrible retreat from Burma, but gained a formidable reputation which was to remain for the rest of the war. In 1916, fifteen battalions of the \Vest Yorkshires and nine of the East Yorkshires fought in the Battle of the Somme, and in the Spring 1917 offensive it was twelve and nine. www.burmastar.org.uk /westyorks.htm   (2136 words)

The Battle of Quatre-Bras The battle was fought around the crossroads of Quatre-Bras, a small hamlet with only four houses. Knowing the Emperor's battle plan and that d'Erlon's corps was needed at Ligny, he hastily wrote the note in the Emperor's name. Ney was furious when he saw one of his corps marching away from the battle and sent an order for it to turn around immediately and join him. www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/100/quat.html   (2154 words)

Battle of Ramillies --  Encyclopædia Britannica The battle marked the end of the order's expansion along the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea and the beginning of the decline of its power. Two battles in the fall of 1777 that marked the turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolution were the Battles of Saratoga. The Battle of Marathon was a decisive victory for the Greeks during the Persian Wars. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062595?tocId=9062595   (857 words)

The Battle of Roucoux 1746 The following regiments were present at the battle: Royal Scots Greys (2nd), 6th and 7th dragoons, 8th, 19th, 33rd and 43rd Foot. During the Jacobite rebellion, which had brought almost all the British regiments back to Britain, Marshall Saxe continued with his invasion of Flanders, capturing Brussels, Antwerp, Namur and Charleroi. Regimental anecdotes and traditions: This is not a significant battle in British military history and no anecdotes or traditions are known. britishbattles.com /battle_of_roucoux.htm   (340 words)

Battle honours on flags Sweden used battle honours painted or embroidered on flags during the Napoleonic era. The British still use battle honours on flags, but they have had to fine tune the rules several times in order to accommodate three centuries' worth. "Battle Honours of the British and Commonwealth Armies" (Ian Allan). flagspot.net /flags/xf-batt.html   (615 words)

First World War.com - Feature Articles - Germany During World War One The result of this battle, the Battle of Marne, was a major swing in the German army's momentum as they were now moving backward for the first time. During October, while the battle of Yser was going on in the west, the German forces launched an offensive and advanced all the way to Warsaw and Iangorad, but by the end of October, a build-up of Russian forces along the border caused the Germans to retreat from Poland completely. The battle was reduced to a "grim endurance test on a narrow battlefield transformed by rain into a grenade pocked quagmire." Falkenhayn was attempting to "bleed the French white" by exhausting their resources, but the battle proved to be just as exhausting for the Germans as it was for the French. www.firstworldwar.com /features/germanyduringww1.htm   (5186 words)

Roi The battle scars have aided to advance the corrosion of this building, allowing the elements to corrode what is left standing. Given the battle related damage to the structures, it is highly unlikely that even if continuous maintenance had been performed, since battle, the structures might be in slightly better condition, but they would still be deteriorating at an accelerated rate," she added. Roi-Namur, a place where a battle for control of the Kwajalein Atoll was waged and the turn of the Japanese influence in the south pacific. www.dreams-to-reality.net /Roi_Namur.htm   (2368 words)

The LV.Greyes Partnership, Textiles and Historic Furnishings Restoration It is traditional that a regiment's Battle Honours are embroidered on a scroll on the Regimental Colours. Because of their importance in battle, and to avoid confusion, it was necessary to ensure that every soldier could recognize his own unit or regiment's flag or Colour that he would fight under. To lose it often meant that the battle itself was lost, and acts of great bravery and heroic self-sacrifice were repeatedly performed in their defence. members.shaw.ca /lvgreyes/SreportFlags.htm   (3092 words)

BSU Senior Honors Thesis | Philip Givan | Essays | Personal History | Roi-Namur The Battle for Roi-Namur was one of the four stepping stones in the island-hopping campaign that would bring the United States within reach of the Japanese mainland (Proehl). The islands of Roi and Namur were merely 1200 by 1250 yards and 800 by 900 yards wide, respectively, at their widest points, but over 3000 enemy troops were waiting to defend every inch of them. Debris continued to fall for a considerable length of time which seemed unending to those in the area who were all unprotected from the huge chunks of concrete and steel thudding on the ground about them. web.bsu.edu /kparker/givan/essays_roi1.asp   (1389 words)

Namur Namur is a good place to use as a centre to visit the entire area. For all their attempts to strengthen the Citadel, Namur fell in 1692 to the army of Louis XIV of France, following a month long siege by Vauban the military engineer and mind behind many of France's fortresses. In retaliation for these atrocities as they were considered the Germans had a habit of holding entire villages to blame and raising them to the ground massacring the population. www.webmatters.net /belgium/ww1_namur.htm   (800 words)

Kwajalein Control Facility - Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands For weeks the coming battle had been known only by its code name, "Operation Flintlock." Not until the big convoy had passed the Hawaiian Islands was its destination revealed to all hands - the twin islands of Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands. This led to one of the most remarkable series of incidents of the battle, and example of the spirit of comradeship between Marines and Navy corpsmen. The battle for Kwajalein Island was still in progress when the 25th Regiment began its sweep down the atoll. www.angelfire.com /hi2/kwa/0his_ww2c.html   (3627 words)

Napoleon The battle degenerates into a slugfest with most of the units being reduced to single steps, Wellington and Napoleon desperately rallying units in the cavalry battle and Blucher attempting to rally the Allied center. Their only chance was to force march the British to within reinforcing range of Namur, while sending the Prussians to engage in Namur while also attacking in Huy to tie down half the French army. The battle in the middle was reinforced heavily from both sides with heavy casualties in fierce hand to hand combat. www.boardgamers.org /yearbook/nappge.htm   (1783 words)

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