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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Flodden
    all probability be defeated, or to refuse battle, earning disgrace and the anger of King Henry. Waiting for James to make a move was not an option because...
    84 KB (10,996 words) - 16:12, 11 July 2024
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    considerable disadvantage. However, Walter, to whom the overall command had been given, was unwilling to refuse battle when he had the advantage of numbers,...
    9 KB (976 words) - 20:03, 1 August 2024
  • decided to refuse battle and stayed within his fortified camp, he then managed to bribe the Celt-Iberian mercenaries to desert Gnaeus. This led to Hasdrubal's...
    12 KB (1,623 words) - 05:53, 5 June 2024
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    Lysander (category Ancient Greeks killed in battle)
    anchor 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 (2,859 words) - 17:02, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hundred Years' War
    Buckingham commanded an expedition to France to aid England's ally, the Duke of Brittany. The French refused battle before the walls of Troyes on 25 August;...
    100 KB (11,456 words) - 18:47, 4 August 2024
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    Royalists would refuse battle rather than attack it. He is said to have sent a message to Fairfax, saying, "I beseech you, withdraw to yonder hill, which...
    28 KB (3,357 words) - 15:49, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Second Battle of Panipat
    captured and subsequently beheaded by Bairam Khan after Akbar refused to behead him to assume the title of Ghazi. Humayun, the successor of Babur, the...
    14 KB (1,832 words) - 16:55, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652)
    Scotland. The Scots, commanded by David Leslie, retreated to Edinburgh and refused battle. After a month of manoeuvring, Cromwell unexpectedly led the...
    48 KB (6,062 words) - 19:14, 16 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Gettysburg
    Pennsylvania. The battle, which was won by the Union, is widely considered the Civil War's turning point, ending the Confederacy's aspirations to establish an...
    130 KB (16,814 words) - 18:52, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Castillon
    reinforcements. Talbot then refused to withdraw even after realizing the strength of the French position, causing his men to suffer severe casualties from...
    16 KB (1,832 words) - 20:04, 24 July 2024
  • 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 Dyrrhachium (48 BC)
    and to reduce Pompey's standing in the eyes of the foreigners and his own men by putting him on the defensive and making him openly refuse battle. In...
    11 KB (1,374 words) - 13:48, 1 August 2024
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    Black Monday (1360) (category Battles of the Hundred Years' War)
    France, refused battle. It was not possible to breach the defenses so over the next week Edward would try to induce the Dauphin into open battle. All attempts...
    8 KB (760 words) - 06:50, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Alamo
    of the occupants. Santa Anna's refusal to take prisoners during the battle inspired many Texians and Tejanos to join the Texian Army. Motivated by a desire...
    77 KB (9,806 words) - 10:46, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Berlin
    The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the...
    77 KB (9,156 words) - 18:17, 3 July 2024
  • Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 American cyberpunk action film based on Yukito Kishiro's manga series Gunnm (or Battle Angel Alita in English). It was directed...
    116 KB (9,646 words) - 06:29, 20 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Stalingrad
    while Soviet defenders described the battle as their "Red Verdun", in which they would refuse to surrender to the enemy. German captain Wilhelm Hosenfeld...
    210 KB (25,226 words) - 05:41, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Corupedium
    πεδίον, "the plain of Kyros or Koros") was the last battle between the Diadochi, the rival successors to Alexander the Great. It was fought in 281 BC between...
    4 KB (352 words) - 13:28, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Hastings
    Battle Hastings Eastbourne Rye Newhaven Lewes Crowborough Hailsham Bexhill-on-Sea Heathfield Uckfield Seaford Peacehaven The Battle of Hastings was fought...
    63 KB (7,910 words) - 18:17, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Tanagra (457 BC)
    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...
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