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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Naseby
    believed that this position was too strong, and that the Royalists would refuse battle rather than attack it. He is said to have sent a message to Fairfax...
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    in their prepared position and in all probability be defeated, or to refuse battle, earning disgrace and the anger of King Henry. Waiting for James to...
    83 KB (10,953 words) - 16:56, 25 January 2024
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    Walter, to whom the overall command had been given, was unwilling to refuse battle when he had the advantage of numbers, a rarity for the Christians of...
    9 KB (995 words) - 16:02, 5 June 2024
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    Lysander (category Ancient Greeks killed in battle)
    at the nearby port of Notium. At first, the Spartan was content to refuse battle and let his higher wages, funded by Cyrus, encourage desertions among...
    23 KB (2,861 words) - 17:40, 22 May 2024
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    and his own men by putting him on the defensive and making him openly refuse battle. In response, Pompey also started construction of a fortified line facing...
    11 KB (1,374 words) - 00:35, 28 November 2023
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    outflanked him near Poitiers but refused to surrender himself as the price of their acceptance. This led to the Battle of Poitiers (19 September 1356)...
    100 KB (11,439 words) - 18:54, 6 June 2024
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    Scotland. The Scots, commanded by David Leslie, retreated to Edinburgh and refused battle. After a month of manoeuvring, Cromwell unexpectedly led the English...
    48 KB (6,062 words) - 19:14, 16 March 2024
  • Scipio had arrived at his objective first. Hasdrubal Barca decided to refuse battle and stayed within his fortified camp, he then managed to bribe the Celt-Iberian...
    12 KB (1,623 words) - 05:53, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Stalingrad
    Verdun", while Soviet defenders described the battle as their "Red Verdun", in which they would refuse to surrender to the enemy. This is made certain...
    210 KB (25,217 words) - 20:05, 24 May 2024
  • Piraeus. Like other walls that were built, it allowed the Athenians to refuse battle and retreat without fear of being cut from supplies coming from the...
    9 KB (1,057 words) - 22:43, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Corupedium
    The Battle of Corupedium, also called Koroupedion, Corupedion or Curupedion (Ancient Greek: Κύρου πεδίον or Κόρου πεδίον, "the plain of Kyros or Koros")...
    4 KB (352 words) - 11:13, 16 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Saragarhi
    The Battle of Saragarhi was a last-stand battle fought before the Tirah Campaign between the British Indian Empire and Afghan tribesmen. On 12 September...
    31 KB (3,386 words) - 16:46, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Bulge
    The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which...
    169 KB (19,691 words) - 22:46, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Castillon
    The Battle of Castillon between the forces of England and France took place on 17 July 1453 in Gascony near the town of Castillon-sur-Dordogne (later...
    15 KB (1,832 words) - 12:40, 29 May 2024
  • overlooking the plain. Because of his position, Antigonus could give or refuse battle at will. Unbeknownst to Eumenes, Antigonus got in touch with his cavalry...
    5 KB (620 words) - 17:10, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Inverkeithing
    Scottish army, commanded by David Leslie, refused battle until 3 September when it was heavily defeated at the Battle of Dunbar. The English occupied Edinburgh...
    43 KB (5,356 words) - 18:05, 9 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Waterloo
    (the 3rd) of this army fought at the Battle of Wavre on the same day. The battle was known contemporarily as the Battle of Mont Saint-Jean in France (after...
    194 KB (23,881 words) - 11:25, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ/ ) was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between...
    130 KB (16,824 words) - 22:05, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Sekigahara
    the final battle of Sekigahara 1600: May 7 – Ieyasu asks Uesugi Kagekatsu for explanations for his military mobilization. Kagekatsu refuses Ieyasu. June...
    57 KB (5,367 words) - 05:59, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Gallipoli (1416)
    if the Ottomans refused to negotiate. The subsequent events are known chiefly from a detailed letter written by Loredan after the battle. The Ottomans exchanged...
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