the army suffered heavy losses
6115th/19th The King's Royal Hussars — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 15th/19th The King s Royal Hussars caption= dates= 11th April 1922 1st December 1992 country= United Kingdom allegiance= branch= British Army type= Line Cavalry role=Formation Reconnaissance size= Regiment command …
62Triple Alliance, War of the — or Paraguayan War (1864/65–70) Bloodiest conflict in Latin American history, fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López (1827–70), objecting to Brazil s… …
63Bulge, Battle of the — (Dec. 16, 1944–Jan. 16, 1945) In World War II, the last German offensive on the Western Front, an unsuccessful attempt to divide the Allied forces and prevent an invasion of Germany. The bulge refers to the wedge that the Germans drove into the… …
64Lion of the Desert — Infobox Film name = Lion Of The Desert caption = director = Moustapha Akkad writer = H.A.L. Craig starring = Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger producer = Moustapha Akkad distributor =Moustapha Akkad budget = US$35,000,000 released = 17… …
65Charleston, South Carolina, in the American Civil War — Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at a Federal ship… …
66Significant events of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 — Listed below are some significant events in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which began on October 23, 1956 and was brutally crushed by Soviet forces in November. * On October 23 a crowd of 100,000 was waiting at the Parliament for Imre Nagy,… …
67Óengus I of the Picts — Infobox Monarch name =Óengus son of Fergus title =King of the Picts caption =The figure of the Old Testament King David shown killing a lion on the St Andrews Sarcophagus is thought to represent King Óengus. The figure is dressed as a Roman… …
68Royal Munster Fusiliers (New Army) — The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a peacetime Irish regiment of the Regular British Army up to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. The immediate need for a considerable expansion of the British Army resulted in the formation of the New Army …
69Late Roman army — The Late Roman army is the term used to denote the military forces of the Roman Empire from the accession of Emperor Diocletian in 284 until the Empire s definitive division into Eastern and Western halves in 395. A few decades afterwards, the… …
70Battle of the Wilderness — The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5 ndash;7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant s 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Both armies suffered heavy… …
