In the two Battles of Villmergen in 1656 and 1712 the Freie Ämter became the staging ground for the warring Reformed and Catholic armies.

The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo.

Following the First World War, the British Battles Nomenclature Committee was formed to decide on standard names for all battles and subsidiary actions.

Battles also affect the commitment of one side or the other to the continuance of a war, for example the Battle of Incheon and the Battle of Hue during the Tet Offensive.

* Rhea, Gordon C. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7 – 12, 1864, Louisiana State University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8071-2136-3.

On June 16, 2012 a historic world premiere of " Mixed Team ( couples ) ski jumping event for men and women " ( also called Battles of Genders or Duels of Genders ) was held at Mostec in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Matters of dispute by the participants and writers and historians since the war have included the wisdom of pursuing an offensive strategy in the wake of the failed Nivelle Offensive, rather than waiting for the arrrival of the American armies in France, the choice to attack in Flanders over areas further south or the Italian front, the climate and weather in Flanders, Haig's selection of General Hubert Gough and the Fifth Army to conduct the offensive, debates over the nature of the opening attack between advocates of shallow and deeper objectives, the passage of time between the Battle of Messines and the opening attack of the Battles of Ypres, the extent to which the internal troubles of the French armies motivated British persistence in the offensive, the effect of mud on operations and the decision to continue the offensive in October, once the weather had broken and the human cost of the campaign on the soldiers of the German and British armies.

The plan for a year of steady attrition on the Western Front, with the main effort in the summer being made by the British Expeditionary Force, was scrapped by Nivelle and the French government for a decisive battle, to be conducted in February by the French army, with the British army's contribution becoming a preliminary operation, the Battles of Arras.

Map of the Battles for Chattanooga, 1863

Subsequently at the invitation of E. Nelson Bridwell, Beck submitted a script for a new story " Captain Marvel Battles Evil Incarnate.

Battles typically lasted for months and lead to casualties measured in the hundreds of thousands for attacker and defender alike, such as the Battle of the Somme, where 20, 000 men died on the first day.

Recently, the castle was also prominently featured as the temporary stadium for the Iron Chef French Battles, of the original Japanese Iron Chef television show.

Filming for parts of several Civil War films also took place in Lexington, including the documentary " Lee Beyond the Battles " and Gods and Generals.

On November 23, 1863, the Battles for Chattanooga began when Union forces led by future United States President and Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant reinforced troops at Chattanooga and advanced to Orchard Knob against Confederate troops besieging the city.

* Battles of Arras, for a list of battles so named.

It is best known as the location that British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Horatio Gates at the end of the Battles of Saratoga on October 17, 1777, often cited as the turning point for the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

In World War I, Liege ’ s strong line of reinforced concrete military forts halted the German ’ s conquest of Belgium for a few days, giving time to the King and the rest of the Army to dig their trenches in Flanders and line up for the Flanders Field Battles.

Battles inside the party produced the Campaign for Democratic Socialism to defend the Gaitskellite position in the early 1960s.

The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo.

The Dagor Dagorath ( Sindarin for Battle of Battles ) is a fictional battle described in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.

This prompted a lawsuit resulting in a settlement where Enya was given credit and royalties for her sample .< ref > Battles, Jan. " Rap takes Enya's 12 notes up chart ", Sunday Times 03 / 28 / 2004.

In Europe, the pedigree of Niall Noígíallach would be contender for the longest, through Conn of the Hundred Battles ( fl.

Wargames also diversified in subject, with the first science-fiction wargame ( Galactic Warfare, published in the UK by Davco ) appearing in 1973 and one of the longest lasting and most successful ( Star Fleet Battles, published by Task Force Games ) appearing in 1979 ; and in size with both microgames such as Steve Jackson's Ogre, and " monster games " appearing during the decade.

* June 26 – American Civil War – Battle of Mechanicsville: Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the troops of General George McClellan in the first of the Seven Days ' Battles.

The American Revolution begins this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride.

In Estarreja in the Central region of Portugal, the town's first references to Carnival are noted in the 14th century, with " Flower Battles ", or richly decorated floats which paraded through Estarreja's streets.

** Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War

Leicester's own standing militia fought along with other minutemen at the first conflict between Massachusetts residents and British troops, the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.

He received a commission as a brigadier general on July 19, 1861, and served first as a brigade commander in the ( Confederate ) Army of the Potomac, and then in David R. Jones's division of the Army of Northern Virginia through the Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, Northern Virginia Campaign, and Maryland Campaign.

Christie starred in two other films released in 1965, first appearing as Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy, a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O ' Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and ( uncredited ) John Ford.

Saruman's Uruk-hai fought against the Rohirrim at the Battles of the Fords of Isen, at the first of which King Théoden's son Théodred was killed, and at the Battle of the Hornburg, where the vast majority of the Uruks were defeated and destroyed.

Star Fleet Battles was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming, Arts, & Design Hall of Fame in 2005 where they stated that " Star Fleet Battles literally defined the genre of spaceship combat games in the early 1980s, and was the first game that combined a major license with ' high re-playability '.

According to Star Control: Great Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Captain Rand is referred to as saying " That is one ugly sucker " when the image of a VUX first came onto his viewscreen.

In the year of the four emperors ( 69 ), XIII Gemina supported first Otho and then Vespasian against Vitellius, fighting in the two Battles of Bedriacum.

In the first and second Battles of Bergisel on May 25 and May 29 Hofer's troops again defeated the Bavarians and drove them out of the country.

A key character in Arundel and Rabble in Arms is American officer and eventual traitor Benedict Arnold, with Roberts focusing on Arnold's expedition to Quebec and the Battle of Quebec in the first novel and the Battle of Valcour Island, the Saratoga campaign and the Battles of Saratoga in the second.

Allward's first commission was for the figure of Peace on the Memorial of the Battles in the North-West ( 1895 ) in Queen's Park, Toronto.

Patriots ' Day ( officially Patriots ' Day in Massachusetts and Patriot's Day in Maine ) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.

Previously, it had been designated as April 19 in observance of the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.

* The first " monster " scenario in the tabletop wargame Star Fleet Battles, titled " The Planet Crusher: The Creature that ate Sheboygan III ," is based on the planet killer in this episode.

* first and second Battles of Syracuse in 415 and 414 BC, where Athens fought the Syracusans and Spartans

The series was divided into Weapons ( 43 books ), Battles ( 31 books ), Campaigns ( 29 books ), and War Leaders ( 30 books ) sub-series, and was an immediate success with a cost per book of only 1 US dollar at first.

The station was used mainly for training, and the first squadrons were equipped with Vickers Wellesley aircraft, but soon converted to Fairey Battles.

Battles work very similarly to those of Dragon Quest, Mother, and the fellow Sega RPG series Phantasy Star, in that they are first person and the player is placed in a position where the hero and team mates would be.