Without the Prince, the English war effort against Charles the Wise and Bertrand Du Guesclin was doomed.

Du Guesclin also defeated Charles II of Navarre at the Battle of Cocherel in 1364 and eliminated the noble's threat to Paris.

Du Guesclin and his men were able to drive Peter out of Castile in 1365 after the capture of Magallon and Briviesca fortresses, and the capital Burgos.

Du Guesclin was captured after a memorable resistance, and ransomed by Charles V, who considered him invaluable.

Having recovered freedom, La Rochelle refused entry to Du Guesclin, until Charles V recognized the privileges of the city in November 1372.

Having made a deal with Henry, Du Guesclin returned to Peter.

While interned, Clamence meets a comrade, introduced to the reader only as " Du Guesclin ", who had fought in the Spanish Civil War, was captured by " the Catholic general ", and now found himself in the hands of the Germans in Africa.

On the left the Count of Auxerre, on the right Du Guesclin, in the center Charles of Blois.

Du Guesclin, having broken all his weapons,

Du Guesclin was taken into custody and ransomed by Charles V for 100, 000 francs.

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Du Guesclin was knighted in 1354 while serving Arnoul d ' Audrehem, after countering a raid by Hugh Calveley on the Castle of Montmuran.

In 1356-1357, Du Guesclin successfully defended Rennes against an English siege by Henry of Grosmont, using guerrilla tactics.

When he became King in 1364, Charles sent Du Guesclin to deal with Charles II of Navarre, who hoped to claim the Duchy of Burgundy, which Charles hoped to give to his brother, Philip.

After chivalric resistance, Du Guesclin broke his weapons to signify his surrender.

Du Guesclin was again captured, and again ransomed by Charles V, who considered him invaluable.

Du Guesclin and Henry of Trastámara renewed the attack, defeating him at the decisive Battle of Montiel ( 1369 ).

Du Guesclin agreed, but also told it to Henry who gave him more money and land promises to lead Pedro to his tent.

But then Du Guesclin, who had stayed inactive for he was compromised to both, made his final choice.

War with England was renewed in 1369, and Du Guesclin was recalled from Castile in 1370 by Charles V, who had decided to make him Constable of France, the country's chief military leader.

By tradition this post was always given to a great nobleman, not to someone like the comparatively low-born Du Guesclin, but Charles needed someone who was an outstanding professional soldier.

The inference is overwhelming that Du Pont's commanding position was promoted by its stock interest and was not gained solely on competitive merit ''.

Counsel for the Government invited Du Pont's views on this proposal before recommending a specific program, but stated that if the court desired, or if counsel for Du Pont thought further discussion would not be profitable, the Government was prepared to submit a plan within thirty days.

In addition, the right to vote the General Motors stock held by Du Pont was to be vested in Du Pont's stockholders, other than Christiana and Delaware and the stockholders of Delaware ; ;

Du Pont's counterproposal was filed on May 14, 1958.

Du Pont would be enjoined from having as a director, officer, or employee anyone who was simultaneously an officer or employee of General Motors, and no director, officer, or employee of Du Pont could serve as a director of General Motors without court approval.

Of interest is a recent announcement by Du Pont's Polychemicals Dept. of a new methyl methacrylate monomer designated as Monocite H 100, which was developed specifically for production of cast acrylic sheets for the sign and lighting industry.

Likewise, Kant formulated the nebular hypothesis, according to which the solar system was evolved from a rotating mass of incandescent gas, nearly a half century before its scientific value was made plain by Laplace in his Systeme Du Monde.

As these Swiss were moving from the Selkirk settlement to become the first civilian residents of Minnesota, Dousman of Michilimackinac, Michigan, and Prairie Du Chien was traveling to Red River to open a trade in merchandise.

The program came out of the NBC Special Projects department, and was slotted in the Du Pont Show Of The Week series.

Longwood Gardens, near Kennett Square, Pa. ( about 12 miles from Wilmington, Del. ), was developed and heavily endowed by the late Pierre S. Du Pont.

However the dismasted Tonnant, Commodore Du Petit Thouars now dead from his wounds and thrown overboard at his own request, was unable to make the required speed and was driven ashore by its crew, while Timoléon was too far south to escape with Villeneuve and in attempting to join the survivors had also grounded on the shoal.

Du Boulay retired in 1924 and was replaced by M. B. Williamson who served until his death in 1939.

The name Île de la Passion () was officially given to Clipperton in 1711 by French discoverers Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, commanding the French ships La Princesse and La Découverte.

The handheld pistol-and-trigger crossbow was invented in China in the 4th century BC ; it was written by the Song Dynasty scholars Zeng Gongliang, Ding Du, and Yang Weide in their book Wujing Zongyao ( 1044 AD ) that massed missile fire by crossbowmen was the most effective defense against enemy cavalry charges.

The son of the gangster Du Yuesheng was arrested by him.

Du Pont was living in the United States at the time and had close ties to Jefferson as well as the prominent politicians in France.

A Chinese captured at Talas, Du Huan, was brought to Baghdad and toured the caliphate.

When the communist forces finally defeated the nationalist troops the next year and deputy commander-in-chief Du Yuming was captured, Liu was again fired by Chiang Kai Shek, who was lucky enough to escape Xuzhou via plane.

Du was captured during the Huaihai Campaign and held in communist prisons until his pardon in 1959, after which he was rewarded a high-ranking position in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, reportedly because the Chinese government wanted to convince his son-in-law Yang Zhenning, a Nobel laureate in physics, to return to China.

Consort Du was captured along with Chen Shan.

Du Pont transported Major John Fremont ’ s troops to San Diego, where they captured the city.

Du Pont himself anguished over it and, despite an engagement in which vessels under his command defeated and captured a Confederate ironclad, was relieved of command on July 5, 1863, at his own request.

Then Holt is sent to a Belgian farm to rescue Manon Batiste, a female OSS operative and the main character of Medal of Honor: Underground ( although renamed to Manon Du Champs in European Assault ), who was captured by Von Schrader's most loyal man, Freder Engel.

However, Du Quesne was attacked by a British force led by Henry Osborne and two of his ships were captured, including his own flagship.

While searching for Du Paris, the two were captured by Apocalypse.

* Privateer Du Guay Trouin captured by on 30 December 1760.

* Privateer Du Guay Trouin of 10 guns and 116 men, which Unite captured on 19 May 1810.

By winter 886, Qian had captured Yue Prefecture, and Liu Hanhong was captured by his own subordinate Du Xiong ( 杜雄 ) the prefect of Tai Prefecture ( 台州, in modern Taizhou, Zhejiang ).

After a victory over Xue's officer Li Junwang ( 李君暀 ), however, for reasons unclear, Du attacked and captured Chang Prefecture, and Ding fled to Huainan.

Qian also sent his cousin Qian Qiu ( 錢銶 ) to attack Su Prefecture ( 蘇州, in modern Suzhou, Jiangsu ), and Qian Qiu captured it in spring 888, allowing Qian Liu to control most of Zhenhai territory, which he largely held onto from this point on — resisting even an imperial attempt to take control of Su, by a failed assassination attempt against the imperially-commissioned prefect Du Ruxiu ( 杜孺休 ), which caused Du Ruxiu to flee and allowed Qian to retain control.