There is also some misunderstanding on her husband’s name whether it was John Hays or William Hays. Military records indicate that her husband was William Hays‚ who enlisted as a gunner in a Pennsylvania artillery regiment in 1777. Apparently John Hays was never listed as a member of the artillery.
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By 1990‚ Iraq had spent eight years at war with Iran and was £50 billion in debt. Explaining why Iraq invaded Kuwait‚ Tariq Aziz‚ the Iraqi foreign minister said: "The leadership was focusing domestically on rebuilding the country‚ those cities and towns that had been destroyed during the war… improving the standard of living for people in Iraq." Iraq may have invaded Kuwait because of the oil policy pursued by Kuwait. Kuwait was deliberately producing oil far beyond its OPEC quota
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Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………................................03 How had science and technology changed the nature of warfare?......................................................................................................04 How awful was daily life for soldiers in the trenches?…………………………………………………......................................10 Why was defending the Ypres Salient so difficult?………………………………………………….......................................15 Why was the Battle
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armored warfare‚ therefore limiting innovation to naval and aviation assets. In addition‚ the intra-service conflict among the German general staff reduced innovation between armored warfare and other ground warfare systems including the infantry‚ artillery and cavalry. Intra-service rivalry and politics affected aviation innovation is several
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Arndt‚ Joshua Captain Wade MS III 02/16/2017 The Military Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo‚ fought on June 18‚ 1815‚ was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. "On 13 March 1815‚ six days before Napoleon reached Paris‚ the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw. Four days later‚ the United Kingdom‚ Russia‚ Austria‚ and Prussia mobilized armies to defeat Napoleon. Critically outnumbered‚ Napoleon knew that once his attempts at dissuading one or more of the Seventh Coalition
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did manage to somehow surprise him‚ he made sure he was prepared. Napoleon purposely placed the artillery in his camps as if he were on the battlefield. He would find and approve certain spots around the camp so that there was a clear shot of the enemy. When Napoleon was on the battlefield he had his artillery set up to protect and support the cavalry‚ not the infantry. The reason he used artillery to help cavalry was the fact that cavalry was only armed with a sabre‚ and not guns like the infantry
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BATTLE OF RAICHUR The city is located in a doab flanked by the rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra‚ which makes it fertile and well supplied with water. The battle of Raichur fought by Sri Krishnadevaraya‚ King of Vijayanagar empire and Ismail Adil Shah‚ the king of Bijapur. The battle of Raichur had far-reaching effects. The Hindu victory weakened the power and prestige of the Adil Shah. He turned his attention to make alliances with the other Muslim neighbours. The victory also caused other Sultans
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Which technology was most effective during WW1 Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun’s barrel
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1. Nicholas II Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia from 1894 until 1917 when he was forced to abdicate. He was the leader of Russia during a turbulent time when the Russian society was ready for the changes he was not willing to make. Nicholas II would lead Russia into War World I as the commander of the Russian army despite his qualifications to do so. He wouldn’t back down from war and let his country slide into worsening circumstances which would eventually lead to his abdication and the
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the Charles River to the Charlestown peninsula in order to capture Bunker Hill. This force included men from regiments commanded by Colonel Prescott‚ Colonel Frye‚ Colonel Bridge‚ around 200 men from the work party under Captain Knowlton‚ and an artillery company commanded by Captain Gridley. The combined forces were over 1000 men. Additional forces would also arrive throughout the fortification
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