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	Battle of Marciano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Marciano occured in the countryside of Marciano, August 2nd, 1554.
		Also known as "Scanagello" this battle marked the defeat of Siena and the victory of Florence.
		This article about a historical battle is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Marciano (87 words)

	Battle of Renty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Renty was fought on August 12, 1554, between France and the Holy Roman Empire.
		The French were led by Francis, Duke of Guise, while the Imperial forces were led by Emperor Charles V.
		This article about a battle in French history is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Renty (106 words)

	THE BLACK WATCH OF TEXAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Renty remem- bers that it was necessary time and again, as they journeyed to the plains country, to stop and break up a great herd of buffalo before they could proceed on the way with their men and wagons.
		Stratton remembered Renty was there and took active part in the battle--and after some investigation discovered that Renty's name was on the pay roll of A Troop, 4th Cavalry, with which he was doing duty as guade at the date of Pale Duro battle.
		Renty warms to the recollection of this escapade to this day, and still exaults in the fact that he was a little sharper witted than the wary Indian whom he shot and killed on the spot.
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	Lords And Dukes Of Nemours - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Originally destined for the priesthood, he was given the bishopric of Geneva at the age of five, but resigned it in 1510, when he was made count of Genevois.
		He distinguished himself at the sieges of Lens and Metz (1552-1553), at the battle of Renty (1554) and in the campaign of Piedmont (1555).
		In 1567 he induced the court to return from Meaux to Paris, took part in the battle of Saint Denis, protested against the peace of Longjumeau, and repulsed the invasion of Wolfgang, count palatine of Zweibriicken.
	21.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NE/NEMOURS_LORDS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm (1206 words)

	BELLUM - Colonel Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq - Battle Studies - Ancient and Modern Battle
		Discipline in battle becomes the more necessary as the ranks become more open, and the material cohesion of the ranks not giving confidence, it must spring from a knowledge of comrades, and a trust in officers, who must always be present and seen.
		Yet under such battle conditions formations are proposed which send skirmishers six hundred paces in advance of battalions and which give the battalion commander the mission of watching and directing (with six companies of one hundred and twenty men) troops spread over a space of three hundred paces by five hundred, at a minimum.
		The improvement of appliances, the extension of battle fields, the confidence to the infantry and the audacity to the artillery that the immediate support of the cavalry gives, demand that this arm be in every division in sufficient force for efficient action.
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	Historical Terms \| Term One-Chestnuts
		Battle of the Boyne: The battle of the Boyne was the decisive encounter in a war that was primarily about James's attempt to regain the thrones of England and Scotland, but is widely remembered as a decisive moment in the struggle between Protestant and Catholic factions in Ireland.
		However the defeat of the Royalist and Scottish army at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 ended the relevance of the Solemn League and Covenant as the power of the Presbyterians was broken on both sides of the border.
		Battle of Poltava: a battle between the armies of Peter I of Russia and Charles XII of Sweden on 28 June (new style 8 July) 1709, the most famous of the battles of the Great Northern War.
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		In the battles for human liberty no nation has stood with cleaner hands before the great tribunal, nor offered more spotless examples of patriotism to be emulated in all succeeding ages, than the Netherlanders in their gigantic struggle with Philip of Spain.
		The battle of liberty against despotism was now fought in the hop-fields of Brabant or the polders of Friesland, now in the: narrow seas which encircle England, and now on the sunny plains of Dauphiny, among the craggy inlets of Brittany, or along the high roads and rivers which lead to the gates of Paris.
		The siege of Dreux was abandoned; and Henry withdrew to the neighbourhood of Nonancourt.
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	Francis, Duke of Guise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He won international renown in 1552 when he successfully defended the city of Metz from the forces of Emperor Charles V, and defeated the imperial troops again at the Battle of Renty in 1554.
		He led an army into Italy in 1557 to aid Pope Paul IV (and probably to further his family's pretensions to the Angevin inheritance), but was recalled to France and made Lieutenant-General of France after the defeat of the Constable de Montmorency at the Battle of St. Quentin.
		Rouen was retaken from the Protestants by Guise after a month's siege (October); the battle of Dreux, at which Montmorency was taken prison and Saint-André slain, was in the end turned by Guise to the advantage of the Catholic cause (19 December), and Condé, leader of the Huguenots, taken prisoner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis%2C_Duke_of_Guise (868 words)

	House of Guise
		He took a courageous part in the campaigns against Charles V, for which Francis I rewarded him by making him master of the hounds and first chamberlain, and by the erection of the countship of Guise to a ducal peerage, an honour hitherto reserved for princes of the blood.
		François de Lorraine fought valiantly at the battle of Renty (1554).
		After the close of this war he went to Venice to engage in the campaign against the Turks, became a Venetian lord, and embarked with a fleet to assist the expedition of Don Juan of Austria.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/guise,house_of.html (6310 words)

	The Battle of Poitiers. Of Two Frenchmen That Fled from the Battle of Poitiers and Two Englishmen That Followed Them. ...
		Then sir Oudart alighted and came to him or he could rise, and said, ‘Yield you, rescue or no rescue, or else I shall slay you.’ The Englishman yielded and went with him, and afterward was ransomed.
		Also ie fortuned that another squire of Picardy called John de Hellenes was fled from the battle and met with his page, who delivered him a new fresh horse, whereon he rode away alone.
		There he was more than a year till he was perfectly whole; and when he departed he paid for his ransom six thousand nobles, and so this squire was made a knight by reason of the profit that he had of the lord Berkeley.
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	A Parallel History of France and England Consisting of Outlines and Dates.
		In a battle with the Imperial forces, headed by the Marquis of Pescara and the Constable de Bourbon, he was defeated, wounded, and made prisoner.
		In 1554, Henry caused Hainault and Artois to be ravaged, and a doubtful battle was fought at Renty.
		The leadership of the Huguenots devolved on Jeanne, queen of Navarre, and Coligny, the latter of whom was defeated and wounded at Montcontour.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/yonge/history/history.html (18587 words)

	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor @ JobsInArt.com (Jobs in Art) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The great Hungarian defeat at the 1526 Battle of Mohacs was in some ways a moral defeat for the West as a whole.
		In 1545 the opening of the Council of Trent began the Counter-Reformation, and Charles won to the Catholic cause some of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
		He also attacked the Schmalkaldic League in 1546 and at the Battle of Mühlberg defeated John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and imprisoned Philip of Hesse in 1547.
	www.jobsinart.com /encyclopedia/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (1743 words)

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		He served under Louis XII., with whom he was present at the battle of Agnadello (1509), under the emperor Charles V. in 1520, and finally under his nephew, Francis I. In 1528 Francis gave him the duchy of Nemours and married him to Charlotte of Orleans-Longueville.
		He was a supporter of the Guises, and had to retire for some time into Savoy in consequence of a plot.
		In 1567 he induced the court to return from Meaux to Paris, took part in the battle of Saint Denis, protested against the peace of Longjumeau, and repulsed the invasion of Wolfgang, count palatine of Zweibrucken.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=52454 (741 words)

	The Chronicles of Froissart
		Then the second battle of the Englishmen came to succour the prince's battle, the which was time, for they had as then much ado; and they with the prince sent a messenger to the king, who was on a little windmill hill.
		Then the battle began on all parts, and the battles of the marshals of France approached, and they set forth that were appointed to break the array of the archers.
		Then that night they lay in the field beside whereas the battle had been: some unarmed them, but not all, and unarmed all their prisoners, and every man made good cheer to his prisoner; for that day whosoever took any prisoner, he was clear his and might quit or ransom him at his pleasure.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /etcbin/toccer-new2?id=FroChro.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all (14495 words)

	August Military History
		Battle of Peterwardein: Austria's Eugene of Savoy (40,000) routs 150,000 Turks
		Battle of Cassano d'Adda (Carcano): Lombad Guelfs defeat Frederick II A Bull of Pope Gregory IX formalizes the duties of military chaplains.
		Battle of Manzikert: Turks defeat and capture Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Battle of Ascalon: Crusaders defeat the Fatimids
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	Louis Hennepin
		He was employed by his brethren to solicit alms at different places, among others in Dunkirk and Calais, where the stories related by old sailors stimulated his desire to visit distant countries.
		At the battle of Senef, between the Prince of Conde and William of Orange, he was present as regimental chaplain, and in 1673 he was ordered to Canada.
		On his return to Europe he was named guardian of the convent of Renty in Artois.
	www.famousamericans.net /louishennepin (1683 words)

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		Crowley-Milling was put up for the night by a farmer who next morning bicycled with him to a friend's house where he was fitted out with civilian clothes over his uniform.
		He moved on to an MI 9 escape organisation safe house at Renty, but was at first suspected of being a German posing as an RAF pilot, and came close to being shot.
		But he was issued with a false identity card and on Aug. 27 a St.Omer shoemaker collected him by car and the next day accompanied him by train to Lille, where he joined up with a Czech sergeant pilot.
	members.lycos.co.uk /jadastra/crowley.html (1350 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		Promoted to colonel in Jan.1863, he fought in the battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and the Wilderness.
		In Nov. 1864, DuBose was promoted to brigadier general and given command of his own brigade in Kershaw's Division, which participated in the battle of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign.
		She was almost crippled with rheumatism, and showed me a pair of poor swollen knees that made my heart ache.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/tdgh-mar/mar02.htm (1320 words)

	Screenwriter Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Renty and Wrinkles leave the bedroom and head for the
		Renty then grabs a weapon and knocks the dog out.
		Renty and Lisa are in the same room when DJ emerges from the
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1554 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sebastian I the Desired (in Portuguese, SebastiÃ£o I o Desejado; born in Lisbon, January 20, 1554; died at Alcazarquivir, August 4, 1578) was the sixteenth king of Portugal.
		Events January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch.
		// Events August 5-7 - First outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins August 22 - Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1554 (2938 words)

	Catholic Community Forum Discussion Groups - View Single Post - God’s Providence will never fail us.
		Illumined by her light, strengthened by her food, guided by her spirit, supported by her arm, sheltered under her protection, they will fight with one hand and build with the other.
		With one hand they will give battle, overthrowing and crushing heretics and their heresies, schismatics and their schisms, idolaters and their idolatries, sinners and their wickedness.
		With the other hand they will build the temple of the true Solomon and the mystical city of God, namely, the Blessed Virgin, who is called by the Fathers of the Church the Temple of Solomon and the City of God.
	www.catholic-forum.com /forums/showpost.php?p=11903&postcount=4 (327 words)

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		It was found when there was time for the news to come, that this defeat, the Battle of the Herrings, so-called, had happened as she said, at the exact time; and such a strange fact added much to the growing enthusiasm and excitement.
		He thinks the man was a mere King's messenger with news, probably charged with the melancholy tidings of the loss at Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings): and that the fact he did accompany Jeanne and her little part was entirely accidental.
		But it was a losing game which they were playing, a part which does not suit the genius of the nation; and the superstition in favour of the English who had won so many battles with all the disadvantages on their side,--cutting the finest armies to pieces--was strong upon the imagination of the time.
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	Chronicles of Froissart
		The battle was fought in a plain near to Auray on a Sunday morning (29th September 1364).
		How sir John Chandos discomfited the battle of the earl of Auxerre, and how sir Bertram of Guesclin was discomfited and taken, and the lord Charles of Blois slain in the battle, and of the pitiful complaint that the earl Montfort made for his death.
		SUMMARY.-The battle of Auray was won by the party of the earl of Montfort under sir John Chandos, and sir Charles of Blocs was slain.
	ehistory.osu.edu /MiddleAges/booksandliterature/froissart/0151.cfm (447 words)

	1562 dgun.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under Anne de Montmorency and Guise.
		Although his first three voyages were semi-piratical enterprises, Queen Elizabeth I was in need of money and England saw pirates as fighting England's battles at their own cost and risk.
		He fought an indecisive battle with Sorley Boy MacDonnell near Coleraine in 1564, and the following year marched from Antrim through the mountains by Clogh to the neighbourhood of Ballycastle, where he routed the MacDonnells and took Sorley Boy prisoner.
	2005.en.dgun.org /en/1562 (9730 words)

	True Devotion To The Blessed Virgin by St. Louis de Montfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lastly, Mary must become as terrible as an army in battle array to the devil and his followers, especially in these latter times.
		It is true that on our way we have hard battles to fight and serious obstacles to overcome, but Mary, our Mother and Queen, stays close to her faithful servants.
		She is always at hand to brighten their darkness, clear away their doubts, strengthen them in their fears, sustain them in their combats and trials.
	www.hismercy.ca /content/ebooks/True.Devotion.to.Mary.html (23405 words)

	Ebook More Info -Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach - Free For You. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was created Great Officers of the Crown of France in 1556, but the Truce of Vaucelles temporarily curtailed his military activity.
		He led an army into Italy in 1557 to aid Pope Paul IV (and probably to further House of Guise 's pretensions to the Angevin inheritance), but was recalled to France and made Lieutenant-General of France after the defeat of the Constable de Montmorency at the Battle of St. Quentin (1557).
		Taking the field, he captured Calais from the England in January 1558, Thionville and Arlon that summer, and was preparing to advance into Luxemburg when the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis was signed.
	sk_ngc.1795.sk.lmoney.org (2126 words)

	UBC Archives -:An Inventory of His French Canadian History Collection at the University of British Columbia Library, ...
		Series consists of type- and hand-written transcript copies of original documents, dating from1598 to 1816, related to early Canadian and North American history.
		Series consists of a view of the French fort at Beausejour, a view of the Point of Beausejour and Pointe a Roger, a plan of the Battle of St. Charles during the 1837 rebellion, and a plan of the Great Quebec Fire.
		Series consists of early printed material, including an engraving, an advertisement, a theatre hand-bill, a military report, and a circular letter, related to social, military, and religious activities in early French Canada.
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	The Project Gutenberg EBook History of United Netherlands, 1590(b) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		battle, and it was rare that the king under any circumstances could be
		infantry recoiled, the day seemed lost before the battle was well begun.
		After the battle of Ivry, he had most seriously inclined his ear to the
	www.worldebooklibrary.com /eBooks/Gutenberg/etext04/jm62v10.htm (12468 words)

	PHILIP OF SAVOY - Online Information article about PHILIP OF SAVOY
		battle of Agnadello (1509), under the See also:
		Metz (1552-1553), at the battle of Renty (1554) and in the See also:
		He was a supporter of the Guises, and had to retire for some See also:
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