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Battles during 1704 A.D to 1815 A.D.
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Battle of Blenheim 1704 A.D
Battle of Pultowa 1709 A.D.
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Battle of Saratoga 1777 A.D.
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Battle of Valmy 1792 A.D.
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Battle of Waterloo 1815 A.D.
- Blenheim.
Battle of Blenheim. "Such," says Voltaire," was the celebrated battle which the
French called the battle of Hochstet, the Germans Plentheim, and the English Blenheim. The conquerors had about five
thousand killed and eight thousand wounded, the greater part being on the side of Prince Eugene.
- Pultowa.
Battle of Pultowa. Notwithstanding the fearful disparity of numbers and
disadvantage of position, the Swedes never showed their ancient valor more nobly than on that dreadful day. Nor do
their Cossack and Wallachian allies seem to have been unworthy of fighting side by side with Charles' veterans.
- Saratoga.
Battle of Saratoga. ...The British sick and wounded who had fallen into the hands
of the Americans after the battle of the seventh were treated with exemplary humanity; and when the Convention was
executed, General Gates showed a noble delicacy of feeling, which deserves the highest degree of honor...
- Valmy
Battle of Valmy. A few miles distant from the little town of St. Menehould, in
the northeast of France, is the village and hill of Valmy and near the crest of that hill a simple monument points out
the burial-place of the heart of a general of the French republic and a marshal of the French empire...
- Waterloo.
Battle of Waterloo. ...The battle was lost by France; past all recovery. The
victorious armies of England and Prussia, meeting on the scene of their triumph, continued to press forward and
overwhelm every attempt that was made to stem the tide of ruin...
1704 A.D to 1815 A.D.
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