RIFLEMAN DODD: A NOVEL OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN The story in the book talks about an infantry warrior named Private Matthew Dodd and his journey to re unite with his fellow soldiers. The British army was retreating to the lines of Torres Vedras and Dodd was left behind since he separated from his comrades during the retreat in Portugal behind enemy lines. He knew that he had to do one thing‚ and that was to kill all the Frenchmen. Private Dodd ran through a lot of problems during his journey trying
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formidable national army that defeated a colonial superpower. Indeed‚ Washington’s military leadership was instrumental in resolving the American Revolutionary War in the favor of the colonists. However‚ close study of the Continental Army’s progress during the war shows that in battle‚ especially early in the war‚ General Washington was regularly defeated and outmaneuvered by British forces. Tactically outmatched‚ Washington found success by strategically outsmarting his British counterparts; making
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Traders comes from the Iroquois referred to all white people as Yankees Raw materials made Fish Lumber England was going through industrial revolution relying heavily on wood and using it almost all trees in England gone Livestock British begin to give land to individuals The church is waning by 1700‚ church has lost all of its control Economic Expansion higher standard of living Middle class begins to rise merchants trade is booming The merchant class is becoming more powerful
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Opportunities for Social Interaction (Education & Housing) Divided Loyalties • The difference in political beliefs between the Protestants and Catholics also contributed to the conflict in Northern Ireland. • The Protestants see themselves as British and want Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK. They are afraid that a union with the Republic of Ireland would mean that the Catholic government would be intolerant of their Protestant beliefs. • The Catholics see themselves as Irish and want
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the Swamp fox. The swamp fox was a group of men who fought the British Army using Guerrilla warfare. "Marion and his irregulars often defeated larger bodies of British troops by the surprise and rapidity of their movement over swampy terrain". 2 The Hollywood version of the Swamp fox was quite close; the main Character Benjamin Martin was the leader of a group similar to the Swamp fox. The members of this group destroyed some British arm supplies line by using "hit and hide" method. There were many
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Description book‚ 32nd Foot‚ 1815-26. WO 25/366. Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers’ Service Documents (various individual service documents) Sinclair (Captain John Sinclair‚ 79th Foot‚ letters covering the period 1792-1815). MS GD 139/369. National Army Museum‚ London O’Grady (Lieutenant Standish O’Grady‚ 7th Hussars. Letter to his father‚ 1st Viscount Guillamore‚ July 1815). MS 1973-01-51. Kelly (Captain Edward Kelly‚ 1st Life Guards Fitzgerald (Colonel Edward Thomas Fitzgerald. Letters to
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Serbia was conquered by Germany and Austria. The British French landing at Gallipoli had turned out to be a disaster‚ and the German led Turks successfully repelled the Allied expeditionary force there. The western front remained deadlocked. At the Chantilly conference of
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Ward of the British Army’s intent to control the Boston Harbor. As a result‚ GEN Ward ordered Colonel William Prescott to occupy and fortify Bunker Hill. On June 16‚ 1775‚ COL Prescott and 1‚200 Militia troops marched to the Charlestown Peninsula and constructed a fortification throughout the night. The next morning‚ a British naval ship noticed the fortification and launched an attack‚ formally beginning the Battle of Bunker Hill. In its attempts to overrun the Militia‚ the British Army conducted
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Continental Army. Benjamin avoids it due to the fear war against Great Britain. Captain James Wilkins votes against and joins the Loyalists. Benjamin’s eldest son Gabriel immediately signs up to fight‚ without his father’s permission and joins the Continental Army. Some years later‚ Charleston falls to the British and a wounded Gabriel returns home carrying dispatches. The Martins care for both British and American wounded from the nearby battle‚ before British Dragoons
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job of the British forces in 1914 and 1915 was to support the French. This is because the British Army was very small. In 1914‚ it had about 250‚000 men scattered around the British Empire. In that year‚ the British sent 5 divisions (a division was usually about 15‚000 men) to the front in France. The French army had 72 divisions and the Germans had 122 divisions. The French and Germans both had a system of compulsory military service. This meant all men served about 2 years in the army and gained
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