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Pitched battle; Pocket: see "salient". Pyrrhic victory: a victory paid for so dearly that it potentially could lead to a later defeat ("a battle won, a war lost"). Raid; Rank: a single line of soldiers. Reconnaissance; Reconnoitre: to go to an area (reconnoitering) to find out information of the exact location of an enemy force.
While presented by Bede as being fought simply over the issue of Edwin, this war may have actually involved issues of power and territory between the two rulers. [7] D.P. Kirby has argued that the battle was more than a clash between two kings over the treatment of an exiled nobleman but was "part of a protracted struggle to determine the military and political leadership of the Anglian ...
Involuntary enforced idleness is the punishment used for lazy or slacking workers in zero-hour contracts. Paid time off, which was introduced in the 20th century as a trade unionist reform, is now absent from an increasing number of job arrangements both as a money-saving mechanism and so that only work pays and thus reinforcing the stigma ...
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2–21 September Operation Orator – Allies defend Convoy PQ 18 from German attacks. Convoy losses 13 merchant ships, as to Germany's loss of four U-boats, majority of convoy makes it to Arkhangelsk. 4 September - 2 November Battle of Bell Island - Two German submarines sink four Canadian ore ships off Newfoundland with heavy casualties.
Battle of Leyte (land battle) – 1944 – World War II; Battle of Leyte Gulf (sea battle) – 1944 – World War II; Battle of Liaoyang – 1904 – Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Ligny – 1815 – War of the Seventh Coalition; Battle of Lincoln (1141) – 2 February 1141 – Stephen of England vs Matilda, England.
Battle of Carteia – Romans defeat Carthaginians in Hispania. Battle of Carteia (naval) – Romans defeat Carthaginians in a naval battle near the city of Carteia. 204 BC Autumn: Siege of Utica – Scipio's siege of Utica in Africa fails. Battle of Crotona – Hannibal fought a drawn battle against the Roman general Sempronius in Southern ...