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1. (Apr. 12-14, 1861, SC) - Anderson (Union) surrendered to Beauregard (Confederate) near Charleston

2. (June 24 - Nov. 13, 1916, France) - draw between Haig (British) and Germans; largest one-day casualties in British history; last use of cavalry in W Europe; first use of tanks by British

3. 1812; (Sept 10, 1813) Oliver Hazard Perry (US) defeats the British navy on Lake Erie, 'We have met the enemy and they are ours'

4. (1199 - 1204) - called by Innocent III; Venetians took Zara in Hungary and Constantinople

5. (Sept. 11, 1297, Scotland) - Wallace (Scotland) defeated Earl of Surrey (England)

6. Spanish Succession; (1708, Europe) - Duke of Marlborough (England) and Eugene of Savoy (Austria) defeated the Duke of Vendome (France), forcing Louis XIV to sue for peace

7. (Apr. 1917, France) - Byng (British) captured the ridge from Germans

8. Mexican-American; (May 8, 1846, TX) - Taylor defeated Arista (Mexico) near Brownsville

9. (Sept. - Nov. 1863, GA & TN) - Bragg (Confederate) defeated Rosecrans (Union) at Chickamauga GA Sept. 19-20, but Thomas and Grant (Union) defeated Bragg at Lookout Mountain (Battle above the Clouds, led by Hooker) and Missionary Ridge Nov 24-25; Union gained control of TN

10. (Oct. 25, 1415, France) - Henry V (England) defeated D'Albret (France); French troops trapped in mud slaughtered by English bowmen

11. (Mar. 8-9, 1862, VG) - Virginia (Confederate) sunk Congress and Cumberland (Union) but was stopped by the Monitor (designed by Ericsson); first ironclads battle

12. Spanish Succession; (1706, Belgium) - Duke of Marlborough (England) defeated France, forcing them out of the Netherlands

13. 1812; (Oct. 26, 1813, Quebec) - de Salaberry (Canada) turned back Purdy (US), an advance unit of Hampton's force advancing to Montreal

14. War of the Roses; (1455, England) - Margaret of Anjou (Lancaster), wife of Henry VI, defeated Earl of Warwick (York)

15. (338 BC, Greece) - Philip II (Macedonia) defeated Athens and Thebes

16. (Oct. 7, 1571, Greece) - Don Juan's (Austria) navy defeated Ali Pasha (Ottomans)

17. (Aug. 1914, East Prussia) - von Hindenburg and Ludendorff (Germany) defeated Samsonov (Russia), who committed suicide

18. War of the Roses; (Aug. 22, 1485, Leicestershire) - Henry Tudor (Lancaster) defeated Richard III (York); Thomas and William Stanley joined Henry; Richard III was unhorsed and killed

19. Great Northern; (July 8, 1709, Ukraine) - Peter I (Russia) defeated Charles XII (Sweden)

20. (June 17, 1775, MA) - Howe (British) dislodged Prescott and Putnam (US) but endured heavy casualties; Ward (US) had ordered fortification of Bunker Hill but Americans actually located at Breed's Hill

21. (July 5 - Aug. 6, 1943, USSR) - Popov (USSR) defeated von Kluge (Germany); greatest tank battle in history

22. (Apr. 25 1915 - Jan. 8 1916, Turkey) - Ataturk (Turkey) and von Sanders (Germany) prevented Hamilton (British) from advancing; Monro (British) evacuated; physicist Moseley killed

23. 1812; (Sept. 11, 1814, NY) - also Battle of Lake Champlain; Macdonough (US) defeated Downie (British) in naval battle; Prevost (Canada) withdrew from NY

24. Chaco War; (1934, Bolivia) - Paraguay defeated Bolivia

25. (May 4-8, 1942, near New Guinea) - Nimitz (US) stopped Japanese advance on Port Moresby; Lexington sunk; first Japanese setback and first naval battle fought entirely by carrier-based aircraft

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