Grigorss overcomes the suitor in battle, delivers the city from its oppressors and marries Sibylla who had fallen in love with the beautiful knight the moment she saw him.

In the early months of 1714, the battle between Swift and Steele over the issue of the Succession entered its major phase.

Sturdy and strong after more than a century of continuous use, the old covered, wooden bridge that spans the Tygartis Valley River at Philippi will have a distinctive part in the week-long observance of the first land battle of the Civil War at its home site, May 28th to June 3rd.

Although it was at the Battle of The Little Horn, about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history, that the 7th Cavalry first made its mark in history, the regiment was ten years old by then.

The Senate launched the 87th Congress with its own version of an ancient liberal-conservative battle, but in contrast with the House's guerrilla war it seemed as pro forma as a Capitol guide's speech.

But it is most interesting in its account of the unending problems of high command, of decisions and their reasons, of the myriad matters that demand attention in addition to battle action.

The Couperin `` La Steinkerque '', with its battle music, brevity, wit and refined simplicity, already shakes off Corelli and points towards the mid-century elegances that ended the baroque era.

* 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.

But on Cemetery Hill, the I Corps could muster only a third of its men as effective for duty and the corps was essentially destroyed as a combat force for the rest of the battle ; it would be decommissioned in March 1864, its surviving units combined into other corps.

As Peter Heather notes, the Visigothic kingdom was thrown into disarray " by the death of its king in battle.

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Whilst heavier armour provides better protection, it makes vehicles less mobile ( for a given engine power ), limits its air-transportability, increases cost, uses more fuel and may limit the places it can go-for example, many bridges may be unable to support the weight of a main battle tank.

At its mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 by which Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet, ending the Peloponnesian War.

With this arrangement, the pro-life club held on to its right to immediately reopen the case again should the UVSS deny resources to the club in the future, and the UVSS was able to avoid an expensive legal battle it did not have the will to pursue at the time.

The battle gives its name to

The plan was sound if all its parts were implemented, but it allowed Marlborough to cross the Nebel without serious interference and fight the battle he had in mind.

A battle always has as its purpose the reaching of a mission goal by use of military force.

A victory in the battle is achieved when one of the opposing sides forces the other to abandon its mission, or to surrender its forces, or routs the other, i. e., forces it to retreat or renders it militarily ineffective for further combat operations.

The use of the term " battle " in military history has led to its misuse when referring to almost any scale of combat, notably by strategic forces involving hundreds of thousands of troops that may be engaged in either a single battle at one time ( Battle of Leipzig ) or multiple operations ( Battle of Kursk ).

A decisive battle can cause the losing side to surrender, while a Pyrrhic Victory such as the Battle of Asculum can cause the winning side to reconsider its long-term goals.

Following the rapid change from a loose formation to a rigid line of battle both fleets raised their colours ; each British ship added additional Union Flags in its rigging in case its main flag was shot away.

Sometimes the soldiers are unable to immediately gauge the significance of the combat ; in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, some British officers were in doubt as to whether the day's events merited the title of " battle " or would be passed off as merely an " action ".

The psychological significance was that this was the first open field battle won by the royal forces, so it increased the morale of the Polish forces and lowered the morale of the Teutonic Knights.

This was in the medium and longer term of much greater significance to the royal house of France than it was to De Montfort — and with the battle of Bouvines was to secure the position of Philip Augustus vis a vis England and the Empire.

Appointments by influence were common in the navy at this time, but the significance of Beatty's choice lay in Seymour's relative inexperience as a signals officer, which later resulted in difficulties in battle.

However, historians today stress the symbolic and not the strictly military significance of the battle, for within six months of the defeat a new Ottoman fleet of some 250 sail including eight modern galleasses had been built, with the shipyards of Istanbul turning out a new ship every day at the height of the construction.

Under pressure from the Saxons, and misinformed as to the significance of this battle, Gregory abandoned his waiting policy and again pronounced the excommunication and deposition of King Henry on 7 March 1080.

Although the battle itself was not of the greatest significance militarily, this was a pivotal moment in history ; it marks the spread of Chinese papermaking into regions west of China as captured Chinese soldiers revealed secrets of Chinese papermaking to the Arabs.

Alessandro Barbero writes, " Today, historians tend to play down the significance of the battle of Poitiers, pointing out that the purpose of the Arab force defeated by Charles Martel was not to conquer the Frankish kingdom, but simply to pillage the wealthy monastery of St-Martin of Tours ".

The view that the battle has no great significance is perhaps best summarized by Franco Cardini says in Europe and Islam

This is seen as the greatest significance of the battle.

The real significance of the battle was political and strategic: the Roman defeat left a large and hostile foreign force within the frontiers of the Eastern Roman Empire but surprisingly and finally, only the Western Roman Empire will suffer.

Outside of Canada the battle has much less significance and is simply noted as being one part of the larger offensive of the Battle of Arras.

The battle is of great significance in Greek history, and, by extension, European history.

Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, it had significance as enough of a victory to give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from potential plans for recognition of the Confederacy.

In 1960, the National Park Service, recognizing the significance of the 1861 battle, designated Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.

The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships.

This battle is famous not only because of its significance in history, but also because it demonstrated the importances of troop training, morale, loyalty and organized battle command.

Other theses in the historiography stress the significance of the battle.

Some of these numbers may have been exaggerated due to the overall significance of the battle.

However, because Azai Nagamasa was made playable in Samurai Warriors 2, as opposed to the first game where he was a unique non-playable character, the battle had a larger significance.

The major significance of this battle was to the former voivode Wszebor, whose military experience far exceeded the ability of Władysław's commanders.

Unless David had other undeclared aims and ambitions, which defeat at the Standard thwarted, therefore, the battle had no long-term significance.

It was the largest and last great cavalry battle of significance in which cavalry was used as such and not as mounted infantry.