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	Category:Battles - Military History Wiki
		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 annihilation" is one in which the defeated party is destroyed in the field, such as the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.
		A "decisive battle" is one of particular importance; 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.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /index.php?title=Category:Battles (1314 words)

	Fifteen decisive Battles — Infoplease.com
		The naval battle at SYRACUSE (Sep., 413 B.C.), when the Athenians under Nicias and Demosthenes were defeated with a loss of 40,000 killed and wounded, and their entire fleet.
		Fifteen decisive Battles - Fifteen decisive Battles (The), according to Sir E.S. Creasy, were: 1.
		Battle - Battle Professor Creasy says there are fifteen decisive battles; that is, battles which have...
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	Amazon.ca: Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo: Books: Edward Shepherd Creasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He is at his best especially in describing the ancient battles for which it is easier to maintain a scholarly distance; the battles of Marathon and Arbela, for example, are both well-researched and, overall, admirably portrayed.
		Not only are their numerous omissions, tenuous stretches of logic and dubious, clearly biased interpretations (for which an objective analysis would cast serious doubt over his choice of this battle at all in terms of actual significance)-Creasy displays a distressingly outspoken nationalism that seems overwrought even by the standards of his own time.
		The essay on the Battle of Poitiers pitting the Franks against the Moslem forces in 732 comes off as an encomium to the Frankish leader rather than a historical examination, though admittedly Creasy's use of various primary sources and his consideration of some of the battle's details are exemplary.
	www.amazon.ca /Fifteen-Decisive-Battles-World-Marathon/dp/0306805596 (1280 words)

	Random Facts about Decisive Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Battle of Blenheim, in which the French and Bavarians were defeated by the allied armies of Great Britain and Holland under the Duke of Marlborough, Aug. 2, 1704.
		Battle of Valmy where the allied armies of Prussia and Austria were defeated by the French under Marshal Kellerman.
		Of important and decisive battles since that of Waterloo we may mention in our own Civil War those of Gettysburg, by which the invasion of the North was checked, and at Chattanooga, Nov. 23 and 25, 1863, by which the power of the Confederates in the southwest received a deadly blow.
	www.facts-about.org.uk /random-facts-about-decisive-battles.htm (531 words)

	Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Battle of Carrhae - Parthian archers destroy a legion, June 53 BC.
		World War II Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Association
		Battles of the Winter War - Soviet invasion of Finland 1939 - 1940
	vikingphoenix.com /military/war/battles.htm (117 words)

	The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Excerpt: That battle was the determining crisis of the contest, not merely between Rome and Carthage, but between the two great families of the world...
		Five of the battles are described as a clash of civilizations between European and Asiatic powers (or between the Indo-European and Semitic linguistic families), with each one being a European victory and with the view that the Europeans are superior.
		In 1920 lord Edgar Vincent D'Abernon published The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World: Warsaw, 1920, in which he claimed that the next battle on the list was the battle of Warsaw, fought in 1920 by the Polish and Bolshevik forces during the Polish-Bolshevik War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Fifteen_Decisive_Battles_of_the_World (1279 words)

	The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo, by Sir Edward Creasy
		Synopsis of Events between the Battle of Marathon, B.C. 490, and the Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, B.C. Synopsis of Events between the Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse and the Battle of Arbela.
		THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. Synopsis of Events between the Battle of Arbela and the Battle of the Metaurus.
		The battle was sculptured also on the Temple of Victory in the Acropolis; and even now there may be traced on the frieze the figures of the Persian combatants with their lunar shields, their bows and quivers, their curved scimetars, their loose trowsers, and Phrygian tiaras.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/readings/tfdbt10.htm (17036 words)

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		The Battle of Marathon, 490 BC Excerpt: Two thousand three hundred and forty years ago, a council of Athenian Officers was summoned on the slope of one of the mountains that look over the plain of Marathon, on the eastern coast of Attica.
		The Battle of the Metaurus, 207 BC Excerpt: That battle was the determining crisis of the contest, not merely between Rome and Carthage, but between the two great families of the world...
		Five of the battles are described as a clash of civilizations between European and Asiatic powers (or between the Indo-European and Semitic linguistic families), with each one being a European victory and with the view that the Europeans are superior.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-29486.aspx (3043 words)

	Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World Patton Historical Society Library
		There are some battles, also, which claim our attention, independently of the moral worth of the combatants, on account of their enduring importance, and by reason of the practical influence on our own social and political condition, which we can trace up to the results of those engagements.
		The immediate subject of their meeting was to consider whether they should give battle to an enemy that lay encamped on the shore beneath them; but on the result of their deliberations depended not merely the fate of two armies, but the whole future progress of human civilization.
		The genius of one enemy had, indeed, inflicted blows on her power in Thrace which she was unable to remedy; but he fell in battle in the tenth year of the war; and with the loss of Brasidas the Lacedaemonians seemed to have lost all energy and judgment.
	www.pattonhq.com /militaryworks/creasy.html (17743 words)

	Was World War I necessary? by Keith Windschuttle
		Moreover, the notion that an author might define the “decisive” battles of the world reveals a mentality directly at odds with the underlying assumption made by modern social science about the development of societies and civilizations.
		This is that the long-term course of history is determined by a combination of deep-seated structural and cultural forces, not by the kind of capricious factors that often affect the outcomes of battles, such as the tactics of generals, the discipline of armies, or the courage of soldiers.
		His decision surprised the British commander General Haig and the British cabinet who, as late as July that year, in the aftermath of widespread mutinies in the French army, had discussed the possibility of their own withdrawal from France.
	www.newcriterion.com /archive/18/dec99/keith.htm (4380 words)

	Dacapo Books
		It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy’s work such a classic—it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth.
		Out of 2300 years, Creasy only found fifteen battles which he called decisive in the highest sense.
		In doing so, he made his book a miniature military history of the western world, a classic that will repay continued study for generations to come, as it has for generations.
	www.perseusbooksgroup.com /dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306805596 (237 words)

	Canadian Army Reading List - Military Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The classic study of fifteen battles from Marathon in 490 BC to Waterloo in 1815.
		The elements of combat, command and control and the aftermath of battle are discussed from the perspective of several period armies.
		In contrast to the set-piece action of Vimy, the 100 Days, beginning with the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 and ending at Mons in November 1918, were noteworthy for the return of manoeuvre and high tempo.
	members.tripod.com /RegimentalRogue/library/CARL4_military_history.htm (1715 words)

	The Most Decisive Battle in World History - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		I was recently reading The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Sir Edward Creasy, and it's addition, Twenty Decisive Battles of the World by Joseph B. Mitchell.
		Couldn't vote for any of the above as I consider the Battle of Thermopylae probably the most decisive battle (land or sea) as far as the course of known history is concerned.
		Battles are won or lost by the side that makes the fewest mistakes.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=63201 (1300 words)

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		At any rate, it was believed that, in order to oppose the plan intended for the new campaign, the insurgents must risk a pitched battle, in which the superiority of the royalists, in numbers, in discipline, and in equipment, seemed to promise to the latter a crowning victory.
		Without question, the plan was ably formed; and had the success of the execution been equal to the ingenuity of the design, the reconquest or submission of the thirteen United States must in all probability have followed, and the independence which they proclaimed in 1776 would have been extinguished before it existed a second year.
		Burgoyne, in reply, stated his hopes that the promised co-operation would be speedy and decisive, and added that unless he received assistance before the 10th of October he would be obliged to retreat to the lakes through want of provisions.
	www.humanitiesweb.org /human.php?s=s&p=h&ID=944 (3192 words)

	US Government Sales - Redesign::Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of the French at ...
		In 1704, the armies of the French king Louis XIV, undefeated for two generations, were poised to extend the French frontiers to the Rhine and install a French prince on the Spanish throne.
		Based on original sources, this page-turning narrative brings the battle to life, effortlessly moving from the deliberations of kings to the travails of the common foot soldier.
		"Charles Spencer explores the decisive battle of Blenheim, the campaign that broke Louis XIV's domination of Europe and established the enduring reputation of the British redcoat.
	gov.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047171996X.html (381 words)

	War and Battle - Waterloo. Part 1
		In his book, ‘The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World’, in 1851 (from where fifteen of the War and Battle on this web site have been adapted), E.S. Creasy describes how England has now been blessed with thirty-six years of peace, since Waterloo.
		It is true that our troops have had battles to fight during this interval for the protection and extension of our Indian possessions and our colonies, but these have been with distant and unimportant enemies, compared with the battle of Waterloo.
		One good test for determining the importance of Waterloo is to ascertain what was felt by wise and prudent statesmen before that battle respecting the return of Napoleon from Elba to the imperial throne of France, and the probable effects of his success.
	war-and-battle.com /Waterloo..html (329 words)

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		Gettysburg was the decisive battle of the Civil War, which threatened the disruption of the United States, and in the momentous issues involved, the battle of Gettysburg was as decisive as any battle in the world's history.
		The Outcome of a battle is often decided by the valor of a small force of men under the command of an intelligent and cool-headed officer, at some critical and crucial point.
		The State of Maine furnished fifteen military organizations in the battle of Gettysburg, and it is safe to say that every organization did its whole duty and reflected credit on the noble state which sent such splendid men to the defense of the nation's life.
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	Amazon.com: Twenty Decisive Battles of the World: Books: Joseph B. Mitchell,Edward Creasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo by Edward S. Creasy
		In the original work, Sir Edward surveyed the historical battles that changed the course of human civilation, from the defeat of the Persians by the Greeks at Marathon to the defeat of Napolean at Waterloo.
		This newer edition covers the decisive battles of modern history, ending with the defeat of the Germans at stalingrad.
	www.amazon.com /Twenty-Decisive-Battles-Joseph-Mitchell/dp/1568524587 (906 words)

	Main Page - All World Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Sir Edward Creasy
		During World War II the photographers of the United States armed forces created on film a pictorial record of immeasurable value.
		An appreciation not only of the terrain upon which actions were fought, but also of its influence on the capabilities and limitations of weapons in the hands of both our troops and those of the enemy, can be gained through a careful study of the pictures herein presented.
	www.allworldwars.com (2352 words)

	The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo By Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.-Chapter 9
		The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo By Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.-Chapter 9
		But it is far better to adopt the spirit-stirring words of the old chroniclers, who wrote while the recollections of the battle were yet fresh, and while the feelings and prejudices of the combatants yet glowed in the bosoms of their near descendants.
		An armed man came in the throng of the battle, and struck him on the ventaille of his helmet, and beat him to the ground; and as he sought to recover himself, a knight beat him down again, striking him on the thick of his thigh, down to the bone.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/wars/chapter9.html (11349 words)

	Decisive Events in the Building of Illinois
		Professor Creasey of the London University wrote a book entitled, "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World." He attempt to show that each of the battles named was a pivoted event in history.
		It determined the fate of all the vast territory from the Alleghanies to the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, The shot that killed Montcalm was heard by the French at Starved Rock, Crevecoeur, Cahokia and Kaskaskia.
		Another event decisive in its influence upon the history of the State was the purchase of Louisiana in 1803.
	www.museum.state.il.us /RiverWeb/landings/Ambot/Archives/transactions/1903/Decisive_20events.html (5593 words)

	The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo By Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.-Chapter 6
		The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo By Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.-Chapter 6
		A gorge in the mountain ridge, through which runs the modern road between Paderborn and Pyrmont, leads from the spot where the heat of the battle raged, to the Extersteine, a cluster of bold and grotesque rocks of sandstone; near which is a small sheet of water, overshadowed by a grove of aged trees.
		After some minor engagements, a pitched battle was fought between the two confederacies, A.D. 16, in which the loss on each side was equal; but Maroboduus confessed the ascendency of his antagonist by avoiding a renewal of the engagement, and by imploring the intervention of the Romans in his defence.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/wars/chapter6.html (7162 words)

	A Biblical Interpretation of World History, Chapter 1
		After Saturn was driven to the shadowy land of death, and the world was under Jove [Jupiter], the AGE OF SILVER came in, lower than gold, better than bronze.
		Marx's contribution to world history was the introduction of economic factors.
		John wrote (I John 5:19) "that all the world lies in the power of the evil one." Although Satan attempts to manipulate human society, he always tries to remain anonymous.
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /worldhis/Hist01.html (9147 words)

	Oneida County History
		The gallant defense oI Fort Stanwix against St. Leger, the battle of Oriskany, where St. Leger's forces were prevented from joining those of Burgoyne, made possible the victory oI Saratoga.
		Cressy, in "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World," says concerning the battle of Saratoga and the part Oriskany played, that, "with a successful completion of Burgoyne's plan, the independence declared in 1776 would have been extinguished -- the defeat and capture of Burgoyne's army were made possible by the battles of the Oriskany and Bennington."
		The section, now comprised in, Oneida County, had been settled by Germans of the Palatinate and Puritans from the east, but at the end of the war the region was deserted and was reverting to the wilderness.
	www.hopefarm.com /oneidany.htm (916 words)

	The Battle of Chalons - 451 AD (DBA Battle Scenario)
		Aetius' plan, it seems, was to encourage Attila to strike at his center drawing the Huns in and exposing their flanks to an enveloping movement by both wings of the Roman army.
		The battle began with skirmishing on the Roman left as Aetius advanced his infantry to seize high ground overlooking the Marne River (note: some accounts place the highground on the Visigothic side of the field).
		One account of the battle, written by the historian Jordanes 100 years after the fact, asserts that Aetius was not present to direct the fighting.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/chalons.html (969 words)

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