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The first half of The Charles Men, ending on the climax of the battle of Poltava in 1709, is more dramatically coherent than the second.
With troops dispersed on fields of battle rather than on the parade ground, it may seem that a certain amount of monitoring is automatically enforced by the lines of communication.
The battle is not easy.
`` It would be a disgrace, and, as I have already said to the people of Tennessee, if Hearst is nominated, we may as well pen a dispatch, and send it back from the field of battle: ' All is lost, including our honor ' ''.
The account of the battle is, next to his descriptions of Garibaldi's campaigns, Trevelyan's outstanding military narrative.
The scene is etched in sharp detail, the military problems brilliantly explained, and the excitement and importance of the battle made evident.
He is usually something of an underdog, he must battle the organized police force as well as recognized criminals.
In his fulminating against the literary world, Krim is really struggling with the New Yorker in himself, but it's a losing battle.
Engaged as it is in a battle for world trade as a condition of national survival, this country can have little patience with labor's family feuds.
We pointed out that emotional excitement may lead to psychosomatic disorders and neurotic symptoms, particularly in certain types of personality, but it is also known that the reliving of a strong emotion ( `` abreaction '' ) may cure a battle neurosis.
For them, providing appetizing food under battle or emergency conditions is a paramount consideration.
Garryowen is the battle cry of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, `` The Fighting Seventh ''.
The battle of the Naktong River is just one example of how the battle cry and the spirit of The Fighting Seventh have paid off.
He is not likely to win this battle easily.
The Vienna meeting will bring together a seasoned, 67-year-old veteran of the cold war who, in Mr. Kennedy's own words, is `` shrewd, tough, vigorous, well-informed and confident '', and a 44-year-old President ( his birthday is May 29 ) with a demonstrated capacity for political battle but little experience in international diplomacy.
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.
Claude Jannequin's vocal description of a battle ( the French equivalents of tarantara, rum-tum-tum, and boom-boom-boom are very picturesque ) is lots of fun, and the singers get a sense of grace and shape into other chansons by Jannequin and Lassus.
Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d ' Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in English history as the Battle of Agincourt.
The museum building is shaped like a longbow similar to those used at the battle by archers under King Henry.
At the battle with Amalek, he is chosen with Hur to support the hand of Moses that held the " rod of God " ( Exodus 17: 9 ).
* 1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In Homer, Aphrodite, venturing into battle to protect her son, Aeneas, is wounded by Diomedes and returns to her mother, to sink down at her knee and be comforted.

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The battle between the Athenians and Amazons is often commemorated in an entire genre of art, amazonomachy, in marble bas-reliefs such as from the Parthenon or the sculptures of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
In the Royal Navy the battle has been commemorated by the ship names HMS Aboukir and HMS Nile and in 1998 the 200th anniversary of the battle was commemorated by a visit to Aboukir Bay by the modern frigate HMS Somerset, whose crew laid wreaths in memory of those who lost their lives in the battle.
The inscription supposedly commemorated the execution of Aristocrates of Arcadia, who had betrayed the Messenian hero Aristomenes at the battle of the Great Trench .< ref > Paul Anthony Cartledge " Aristomenes ( 1 )" The Oxford Classical Dictionary.
The battle is commemorated at the shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga.
The battle is commemorated at Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, established in 1929.
The battle is commemorated at the Mansfield State Historic Site four miles south of Mansfield off Louisiana Highway 175.
The horse was supposedly shot and killed during the battle while being ridden by Macdonell, and it is commemorated in a monument erected in 1976 in Queenston near the cairn marking the spot where Brock fell.
The battle proved to be a decisive one for the rule of the Scanian lands and it has been described as the most significant event for Charles ' personality ; Charles commemorated this date for the rest of his life.
The battle is commemorated at the Mansfield State Historic Site some four miles south of Mansfield off Louisiana Highway 175.
The anniversary of the battle was celebrated as a national holiday for many years, and continues to be commemorated in south Louisiana.
In France, the battle was officially commemorated in a rare way: apart from the Battle of Magenta ( in the Italian Campaign ), it was the only one of Emperor Napoléon III Bonaparte's exploits to lead to the awarding of a victory title ( both of ducal rank ); this distinction was bestowed upon Marshal Pélissier.
Music composer Kevin Houben commemorated the battle in his concert work, Thyellene, battle on the heath.
The Spartans commemorated their victory with a dedication at Delphi of statues of the trierarchs who had fought in the battle.
Created by Walter Seymour Allward who is best known for his design of the " mammoth Canadian Battlefields Memorial in Vimy, France ( 1922-36 ), that commemorated the important battle of Vimy Ridge.
The battle is commemorated at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.
In 2005, the 600th anniversary of the battle of Pwll Melyn was commemorated by a son-et-lumiere show at the castle.
One, beautifully carved, showed Amenophis III in battle with Nubians and Syrians ; the other, of black granite, was over ten feet high, larger than any stela previously known ; the original text commemorated the building achievements of Amenophis and described the beauties and magnificence of the temple in which it had stood.
* Grenville's final battle on Revenge is commemorated in a poem by Alfred Tennyson (" The Revenge ").
The most likely battle commemorated by this monument is, perhaps, the battle of Cos in 255 BC, in which Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia won over the fleet of Ptolemy II of Egypt.

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