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* Poke, The Battle of Tours, from the book Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World From Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Creasy, MA
* Poke, The Battle of Tours, from the book Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World From Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Creasy, MA
In a 2008 review, Lee's " Peek n Poke " said of Robot Tank " In a toss between the official Atari Battle zone and this — each one is just as good and its hard to choose — maybe the Atari effort wins?
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The organization's initials were said to stand for " We Poke Along ", " We Piddle Around ", " We Putter Along ", " Working Piss Ants ", or the " Whistle, Piss and Argue gang ".
Released on August 29, 1995 in North America, the album was a collaboration with Bad Boy's main producers " The Hitmen ", including Chucky Thompson and Combs, but it resulted in recordings with Poke & Tone and Herb Middleton.
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Price had previously had success with another hit which she had written, " Slow Poke ", under a similar arrangement with the two men.
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A similar road, called the Swetland Railroad, was built from mines in Poke Hollow down a route which later became Washington Avenue, across Bull Run to another wharf on the river.
Poke bonnets, which had been worn during the late Regency period, had high, small crowns and brims that grew larger until the 1830s, when the face of a woman wearing a poke bonnet could only be seen directly from the front.
* Poke check: When the goaltender wants to poke the puck away from an opposing player, he quickly slides his hand up the stick, thrusting forward towards the puck.
; Poke checking: Using the stick to poke the puck away from an opponent.
For example, Poke In The Eye does only one point of direct damage, but also renders the target unable to defend against a follow-up attack from the same player who used Poke In The Eye, and either leaves the target defenseless against an attack from the next player to take a turn, or, if the next player is the victim, makes the victim lose a turn.
* Poke ( Hawaii ), a salad made from marinated raw fish
The Buzz Cola advertisement shown before The Poke of Zorro is a parody of the opening Normandy invasion sequence from the film Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ).
The album featured production from Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Stargate and Poke & Tone.
Written by Lopez, Troy Oliver, Mr. Deyo, Samuel Barnes, and Jean-Claude Olivier and produced by Cory Rooney, Oliver, and Poke & Tone, it was released to radio in late September 2002 as the lead single from Lopez's third studio album, This Is Me ... Then ( 2002 ).
Battle and Tours
Alaric was forced by his magnates to meet Clovis in the Battle of Vouillé ( Summer 507 ) near Poitiers ; there the Goths were defeated and Alaric slain, according to Gregory of Tours, by Clovis himself.
The city was plundered by the troops of Abd er Rahman in 732, after he had defeated Duke Eudes in the Battle of the River Garonne near Bordeaux and before the former was killed during the Battle of Tours on 10 October.
He is remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, in which he defeated an invading Moorish army.
The Arab Chronicles, the history of that age, show that Arab awareness of the Franks as a growing military power came only after the Battle of Tours when the Caliph expressed shock at his army's catastrophic defeat.
* 732: Battle of Tours, the Franks stop the advance of Arabs into Europe.
The advance into Western Europe was only stopped in what is now north-central France by the West Germanic Franks under Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours in 732.
The Battle of Tours ( 732 ).
The mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, defeated that raiding party at the Battle of Tours ( although the battle took place between Tours and Poitiers ) and earned respect and power within the Frankish Kingdom.
So it was that the armies of the Frankish ruler and warlord Charles Martel, which defeated the Umayyad Arab invasion at the Battle of Tours in 732, were still largely infantry armies, the elites riding to battle but dismounting to fight, providing a hard core for the levy of the infantry warbands.
He won the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alemanni in 496, at which time, according to Gregory of Tours, Clovis adopted his wife Clotilda's Catholic ( i. e. Nicene ) Christian faith.
Under Charles Martel's leadership, the Franks defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours in 732, limiting the expansion of Islam onto the European continent.
* 732 – Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe.
With news arriving of the Battle of Hattin, he took the cross at Tours in the company of other French nobles.
A desperate Odo turned to his archrival Charles Martel for help, who led the Frankish and leftover Aquitanian armies against the Muslims and beat them at the Battle of Tours in 732, killing Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi
But Europeans defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours in 732 ; this proved to be the high water mark of the Islamic conquests in western Europe and of the expansion of Al-Andalus.
A desperate Odo turned to his archrival Charles Martel for help, who led the Frankish and leftover Aquitanian armies against the Muslims and beat them at the Battle of Tours in 732, killing Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi
Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection ( as perceived by some speakers ) of its local spoken French, and the Battle of Tours in 732.
In 732 AD, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi and a large army of Muslim horsemen from Al-Andalus advanced 500 km deep into France, and were stopped at Tours by Charles Martel and his infantry igniting the Battle of Tours.
Tours was the site of the episcopal activity of St. Martin of Tours and has further Christian connotations in that the pivotal Battle of Tours in 732 is often considered the very first decisive victory over the invading Islamic forces, turning the tide against them.
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Sargon of Akkad ( Sharru-kin = " legitimate king ", possibly a title he took on gaining power ; 24th century BC ) defeated and captured Lugal-Zage-Si in the Battle of Uruk and conquered his empire.
The second question is the meaning of the word avita: Gildas could have meant " ancestors ", or intended it to mean more specifically " grandfather " — thus indicating Ambrosius lived about a generation before the Battle of Mons Badonicus.
Tonnant and Spartiate, both of which later fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, joined the Royal Navy under their old names while Franklin, considered to be " the finest two-decked ship in the world ", was renamed HMS Canopus.
The Battle of the Nile has been called " arguably, the most decisive naval engagement of the great age of sail ", and " the most splendid and glorious success which the British Navy gained.
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( 2011 ) " The Battle of Adwa ", Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press, ISBN
It included later mainstays such as " Frog and toad — the main road " and " Apples and pears — stairs " as well as many that later grew more obscure, e. g. " Battle of the Nile — a tile ( vulgar term for a hat )", " Duke of York — take a walk ", and " Top of Rome — home ".
* 1899 – Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed " The Filipino Thermopylae ", is fought.
( 1986 ), " Provision for the families of the Montfortians disinherited after the Battle of Evesham ", in P. R.
Some of his more notable songs include " The Treaty ", " The Battle of the Kegs ", and " The New Roof, a song for Federal Mechanics ".
" The Othismos, Myths and Heresies: The Nature of Hoplite Battle ", War in History, Vol.
Roads from the Old Town valley lead towards the Victorian area of Clive Vale and the former village of Ore, from which " The Ridge ", marking the effective boundary of Hastings, extends north-westwards towards Battle.
The Battle of Castillon ( 1453 ) was regarded as the last engagement of this " war ", yet Calais and the Channel Islands remained ruled by the Plantagenets.
Before unveiling the logo Bob McNair described the colors as " Deep Steel Blue ", " Battle Red " and " Liberty White ".
After this battle, the future king calls himself " Prince of Portugal ", the first step towards " official independence " that will be reached in 1139 after the Battle of Ourique.
* End of the Battle ... Not the End of the War (" Diverse Reports ", 1985 )
Even when Superman was depowered after the Battle of Metropolis and remained out of sight for a year, the only thing Luthor accomplished in that time was the self-sabotaged ' Everyman ' project, where " found a big destructive machine so could break things ", claiming that Superman drove him to it.
* 1934 – The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the " Battle of Toledo ", a five-day melée between 1, 300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6, 000 picketers.
* 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The " Regulators ", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
These featured a battle scene, " that might well have impressed itself in the mind of the young Uccello ", and thus influenced The Battle of San Romano.
* Cavanaugh, Michael A., and William Marvel, The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater: " The Horrid Pit ", June 25 – August 6, 1864 ( 1989 )
The Sontarans make their return in the revived series in the episodes " The Sontaran Strategem " and " The Poison Sky ", with Christopher Ryan playing the Sontaran leader, General Staal of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet and also being the story arc's primary antagonist.
The band also did a dance routine to " Rampart Street ", and performed the background music to a Battle of New Orleans recreation.
Four Swords Adventures includes two gameplay modes: " Hyrulean Adventure ", with a plot and gameplay similar to other Zelda games, and " Shadow Battle ", in which multiple Links, played by multiple players, battle each other.
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