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The Battle of the Porpoises (Portuguese: Batalha das Toninhas) is the name given to a military blunder involving the Brazilian Navy in the Gibraltar Strait, near the end of the First World War. [1] While on patrol for potential German submarines, the crew of the Bahia slaughtered a passing shoal of porpoises, mistaking them for the periscope of ...
Battle of the Rice Boats: March 2–3, 1776: Georgia: British victory [21] Raid of Nassau: March 3–4, 1776: Bahamas: American victory. They raided against the Bahamas to obtain supplies [22] Battle of Saint-Pierre: March 25, 1776: Quebec: American victory [23] Battle of Block Island: April 6, 1776: Rhode Island: British victory [24] Battle of ...
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.
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HMS Porpoise was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, which was built by Thornycroft between 1912 and 1914. Porpoise served through the First World War , taking part at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where she was damaged.
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Another group raided Cape Porpoise, which was a desolate community inhabited principally by unshielded fishermen. [17] At Saco, the Wabanaki killed 11 and took 24 captive. (Saco was raided again in 1704 and 1705.) [ 18 ] [ 3 ] They overwhelmed the garrison in the fort at Winter Harbor (in present-day Biddeford near Biddeford Pool ), forcing ...
Battle of Brest: England 1342 Battle of Morlaix: France 1345, August Battle of Bergerac: England English attack by Earl of Derby against a French army moving towards Bergerac from Montcoq in Gascony. After a running battle, the English stormed the city and sacked it, taking many prisoners and goods. The French reported heavy losses. 1345, October