Legend has it that the Brecbennoch, was carried to the Battle of Bannockburn ( 24 June 1314 ) by the vastly outnumbered Scots army and the intercession of Columba helped them to victory.

And yet his constant reiteration of the point that well-disciplined professional soldiers counted for twice as much as erratic amateurs helped overcome the ideological distrust of a standing army.

It did not prevent the German army from conquering Poland in a matter of weeks with its innovative Blitzkrieg tactics and helped by the Soviet Union's attack on Poland.

After the war, positive publicity on army psychological testing helped to make psychology a respected field.

He supplied weapons to the Uyghur Ili army and Red Army support against Chinese forces, and helped them establish the Second East Turkestan Republic of which Islam was the official state religion.

He worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction in World War II to a central position in Europe, rebuilt its army and came to terms with France, helped make possible Western European unification, opposed rival East Germany, and made his nation a member of NATO and a firm ally of the United States.

One of their most famous victories was in 1177 during the Battle of Montgisard, where some 500 Templar knights helped several thousand infantry to defeat Saladin's army of more than 26, 000 soldiers.

The rocket's devastating destruction also helped to lower the morale of the German army.

Led by Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow and helped by the Russian Orthodox Church, the united army of Russian principalities inflicted a milestone defeat on the Mongol-Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.

Charles Taylor — then leader of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia — reportedly helped form the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) under the command of former Sierra Leonean army corporal Foday Saybana Sankoh, an ethnic Temne from Tonkolili District in Northern Sierra Leone.

The revolutionary army established large-scale public works programs and successfully implemented an urban and rural literacy campaign, which helped dramatically increase the literacy rate.

It helped Napoleon enough to be widely imitated in Europe and the U. S. In the Peninsular War ( 1807 – 1814 ), several similar telegraphs had been used in the Lines of Torres Vedras, by the Anglo-Portuguese army.

He paid more attention to Hanover and surrounded himself with Germans, making him an unpopular king, However he did build up the army and created a more stable political system in Britain and helped bring peace to northern Europe.

In the 890s these reforms helped him to repulse the invasion of another huge Danish army – which was aided by the Danes settled in England – with minimal losses.

Once there, they helped Seuthes II make himself king of Thrace, before being recruited into the army of the Spartan general Thibron.

Its expanded agricultural output helped sustain Qin's large army with food and natural resources ; the Wei River canal built in 246 BC was particularly significant in this respect.

In 1184, after a series of failed attempts, the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf invaded Portugal with an army recruited in Northern Africa and, in May, besieged Afonso I in Santarém ; the Portuguese were helped by the arrival of the armies sent by the archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, in June, and by Ferdinand II in July.

Local Native American Lumbee guides helped Sherman's army cross the Lumber River, which was flooded by torrential rains, into North Carolina.

" Longstreet helped save the Confederate Army from defeat in his first battle back with Lee's army, the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864, where he launched a powerful flanking attack along the Orange Plank Road against the Union II Corps and nearly drove it from the field.

Generally, Scotto – English relations were relatively amiable and an extension of the truce until 1436 helped the English cause in France and the promises made in 1428 of a Scottish army to help Charles VII and the marriage of James's eldest daughter to the French king's son Louis were unrealised.

On the heels of this victory, Théoden rode with an army to Minas Tirith and helped break its siege in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, where he was slain.

Mordacq helped inspiring trust and mutual respect from the army to the government which proved essential to the final victory.

From 1379 to 1382, he helped his father-in-law put down revolts in Flanders, particularly in Ghent, organising an army against Philip van Artevelde.

During World War I, the French army reportedly – according to Fritz Haber, the German chemist who helped develop poisonous gas for German Army use ( see below ) – used 2000 tons of prussic acid as a poison gas agent in artillery ammunition.

After the death of the Western Emperor Valentinian II in 392, Stilicho helped raise the army that Theodosius would lead to victory at the Battle of the Frigidus, and was one of the Eastern leaders in that battle.

Instead of sitting in the Assembly, he took part in the unsuccessful rising at Tonbridge in favour of King Charles I: Hammond helped to raise a troop of horse in his neighbourhood for the king's service, and was obliged to flee in disguise for Oxford, then the royal headquarters.

Despite his wound, Brown had helped maintain troop morale throughout the siege, thus contributing to the success of the defense of the Fort.

The Center helped Congressman John Murtha ( D-PA ) develop " strategic redeployment ", a comprehensive plan for the Iraq War that includes a timetable and troop withdrawals.

He has helped to found Botswana's first centre for opera training, the Number 1 Ladies ' Opera House, for whom he wrote the libretto of their first production, a version ofMacbeth set among a troop of baboons in the Okavango Delta.

Emma's parents moved to Richmond at the outset of the American Civil War, where her father helped with Virginia and Confederate troop training.

On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimea ( Charge of the Light Brigade ), Sergeant Malone, while returning on foot from the charge, in which his horse had been shot, stopped under very heavy fire and helped a troop sergeant-major ( John Berryman ) and other sergeant ( John Farrell ) to move a very severely wounded officer ( who subsequently died ) out of range of the guns.

Cammaerts ' Jockey circuit played its part following the Normandy Landings: they and the other SOE circuits cut railway lines and helped to severely hinder German troop and machinery movements.

During the Second World War, Vincent helped establish the Armed Forces Radio Service ; in 1943, his intervention in the musicians ' strike led to the creation of the V-Disc, and he was subsequently awarded the Legion of Merit for his contributions to troop morale.

Sabine helped rescue 500 men from the chartered troop transport Governor during a storm on 2 November 1861.

Apollo helped Admetus win Alcestis, the daughter of King Pelias and later convinced the Fates to let Admetus live past his time, if another took his place.

Since this office was a stepping stone to higher office and the Senate, it helped to ensure that only wealthy individuals ( mostly landowners ) would win election to high office.

At the end of his presidency, Clinton moved to New York and helped his wife win election to the U. S. Senate there.

He subsequently became one of the league's most prolific hitters and with his home run hitting prowess, he helped the Yankees win seven pennants and four World Series titles.

Holly helped win over an all-black audience to rock and roll / rockabilly when the Crickets were booked at New York's Apollo Theater for August 16 – 22, 1957.

After the departures of Ramírez and Sandy Alomar, Jr., the Indians signed Ellis Burks and former MVP Juan González, who helped the team win the Central division with a 91 – 71 record.

This critical error helped the Padres win the game 6 – 3, with a 4-run 7th inning and keep Chicago out of the 1984 World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

White and Martin, who helped the Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos, became the first defensive linemen to win the award.

The incident with Steve Bartman and a come-from-behind win in Wrigley Field in Game 7 helped the Marlins capture their second NL pennant, keeping the " Curse of the Billy Goat " alive and well.

This migration was made possible by the newly won influence of physicists such as Sir John Randall, who had helped win the war with inventions such as radar.

Hagi started the season 1992 – 1993 with Brescia Calcio but in the first season the club was relegated to Serie B ; in the next season Hagi helped Brescia Calcio win the Italian Serie B and get promoted to Serie A.

The following season he was the English Second Division's top scorer as he helped Leicester win promotion to the top flight.

In 1997, Cronje played for Ireland as an overseas player in the Benson and Hedges Cup and helped them to a 46-run win over Middlesex by scoring 94 not out and taking three wickets.

After relocating to Indianapolis, Indiana, eighteen-year-old Aaron helped the Indianapolis Clowns win the 1952 Negro League World Series.

His goal was to provide numerical evidence to prove what players helped or hurt a team to win.

Down 17-14 the Chargers sacked Manning near his own goal line ; following the ensuing punt they clawed to range of a successful Nate Kaeding field goal ; the game to overtime and two Colts defensive penalties helped set up a 22-yard Darren Sproles touchdown and the 23-17 San Diego win.

The game helped the World team win the match 52 – 48.

was Bench's finest statistical season ; he became the youngest man ( 22 ) to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award, hit. 293, led the National League with 45 home runs and a franchise-record 148 Runs batted in, and helped the Reds win the National League West Division.

In 1973, Bench slumped to 25 home runs and 104 RBI, but helped the Reds rally from a 10 1 / 2 game deficit in July to the Los Angeles Dodgers to win a major league-high 99 games and claim another National League West Division.

The next year Senator John F. Kennedy helped fund the program, which trained some 70 % of the top leaders of the new nation, including the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, environmentalist Wangari Maathai.

His paper on quantum mechanics, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 1936, helped win him a teaching position at Edinburgh the following year.

Hewitt's win helped him finish the year as world no.

Despite the modern view that longbows had trouble penetrating high-quality plate armour after about 1350, as late as 1415 the hail of arrows created by massed ranks of thousands of longbowmen helped to win the battle against plate-armoured French knights at Agincourt.

In college, he played for the UC Berkeley rugby union team and helped them win a string of national championships.