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IRISH CONFEDERATE WARS
Irish Confederate Wars: Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland
Oliver Cromwell's Irish campaign is remembered for both its brilliance and its bloody-handed ruthlessness.
   
GREAT NORTHERN WAR
Great Northern War: Swedish King Charles XII's Campaigns
Young Charles XII was the driving force of the Great Northern War.
 
BATTLE OF THE BOYNE
Battle of the Boyne: King William III's Victory in Ireland
England's Dutch-born King William III pursued his lifelong war against King Louis XIV of France with strategic diplomacy and personal courage in battle.
   
 
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor
At Marston Moor in 1644, the English Civil War teetered for nearly two hours between decisive victory for Royalists or Roundheads.
 
BATTLE OF ABOUKIR BAY
Battle of Aboukir Bay
The sudden swoop of a British fleet commanded by the bold young Vice Adm. Sir Horatio Nelson stunned the French naval force in Aboukir Bay in 1798, crushing General Napoleon Bonaparte's dreams for an Eastern empire.
   
 
SCOTTISH CIVIL WAR
Scottish Civil War: Battle of Dunbar
The Scottish army had superior numbers and position on the morning of September 3, 1650, but all Oliver Cromwell needed was an opportunity--and he spotted one.
 
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
French and Indian War: Brigadier General John Forbes' Expedition
Rather than repeat Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock's disastrous march on Fort Duquesne through western Virginia in 1755, in 1758 Brig. Gen. John Forbes took a new route -- carved through the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania.
   
 
THIRTY YEARS' WAR
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Breitenfeld
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden arrived too late to save Magdeburg, but at Breitenfeld he changed the course of the Thirty Years' War -- and the state of the military art.
 
WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim
Even to reach Blenheim, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborogh, adopted a bold course that shocked his adversaries. His field strategy was equally unorthodox.
   
 
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Battle of Princeton
Facing Maj. Gen. George Washington's army at Assunpink Creek on January 2, 1777, Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis expected to 'bag the fox' the following day, but the next morning brought an unpleasant surprise--the fox had vanished.
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