In 1588‚ as her troops were assembled at Tilbury‚ Queen Elizabeth I of England made a speech to rally her troops before the expected invasion of the troops of Spain. Throughout history‚ the outcomes of battles have been altered by the speeches made by one of their commanding officers. Queen Elizabeth’s purpose was just that‚ to rally her troops to victory. To rally her troops‚ Queen Elizabeth described the promised spoils of victory so they would have more motivation to fight harder and fight to
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Poem - Battle Within. Battle Within. Each day gloomy as the last‚ with the dimmest light shining through. Everyday an invisible battle‚ fighting to keep on going‚ to not let the demons win. The smallest light of hope helps you to find your way. Trying to break free from its hold‚ this is the dark battle of depression‚ we can never give up this fight‚ no matter how many times it tries to control us‚ for we are stronger than this demon‚ we can make it through no matter how tough it gets. We just need
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everyone knew what they had to do and where they had to be. Snowball had devised different tactics to defend the farm. The first wave of attack consisted of pigeons and the geese but Jones and his men easily drove them off with their sticks; the second wave was made up of Muriel the goat‚ Benjamin the Donkey and all the sheep who rushed forward and prodded as well as butted the men from all sides. In spite of everything‚ the men rushed into the yard‚ just as snowball had planned‚ and just as
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Concluding the Battle of Navarino‚ it was the battle that sealed independence for the Greeks. The loss of the navy’s presence in the Aegean would allow the Greek nation to grow. This is because without their navy‚ the Ottomans could not efficiently send troops or supplies to control the Balkan Peninsula. An American surgeon Samuel Gridley Howe said‚ “This day has been to me one of the happiest of my existence‚ and to all Greece one of joy and exultation. For it has brought the confirmation of
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of England and Spain to withdraw‚ but the French refused to do so‚ for their emperor had ordered them to invade Mexico and establish a French colony here. In the summits of Acultzingo the first combat between the Mexican and European troops was given‚ and on that occasion our army suffered a defeat. General Ignacio Saragossa‚ who was at the head of the Army of the East created to defend the country from the foreign invasion‚ prepared with great care the defense of the city of Puebla
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Operation Dynamo was a major event that occurred during World War II which is one of many factors to the outcome of the War. The battle of Dunkirk all unfolded on the beaches of Frances which involved five countries; Britain‚ France‚ Belgium Canada and Germany. The battle was known as the “Miracle of Dunkirk‚” because it was the evacuation of over 300‚000 trapped allied troops in Europe. This event was first triggered on the 12th of May 1940‚ when Adolf Hitler commanded his army to invade France. Within
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The battle of waterloo may be considered the greatest battle in the Napoleonic wars. It was also napoleons greatest defeat. This battle brought the down fall of napoleons reign‚ and helped restore the king of France to his throne. This restore Europe back to its original state. Napoleon had returned to from his exile on the island of Elba to build an army and reclaim his empire. Many states joined together forming the Seventh Coalition to fight Napoleon. Napoleon had to act fast‚ so he split
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Hour 18 January The Battle of Camden What was The Battle Of Camden? The Battle Of Camden was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men‚ Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British commanded by General Charles Cornwallis’s force on the morning of August 16‚ 1780. This battle had many leaders‚ events‚ effects and causes that made it such a page stopper in history. The battle of Camden was a lopsided
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The Second World War began with Hitler’s attack on Poland in 1939 and ended with the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. During these six years many battles were fought in both the European and Pacific theatre that led to the success of the Allies and to the collapse of the Axis Powers. On September 1 1939 Hitler attacked Poland and two days later Britain and France declared war. For the next five months little military action was taken and this period was named ’the Phony War’. However‚ in April
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The battle of tours is often called the Battle of Poitiers. This battle was fought on October 10 732 between the forces under the Aranksn leader Charles Martel and a massive Islamic army led by Emir Abdual Rahman al Ghaflql and Al Rahman near the city of Tours‚ France. In the battle leaders Charles Martel a Christian defeated a large army of Spanish Moors‚ slowing down the Muslims advance into Western Europe. Abd-ar-Rahman‚ the Muslim governor of Cordoba was killed in the battle and the Moors retreated
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