Fontenoy, Battle of
Fontenoy, Battle of (11 May 1745) A battle in the War of the
AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, fought at Fontenoy, a village in Hainault in south-west Belgium: it saw a major victory for the French over Austria and her allies.
SAXE, the French commander, had overrun the Austrian Netherlands. The British general, the Duke of
CUMBERLAND, was advancing to the relief of Tournai with a British, Austrian, and Dutch force; he found a gap in the French line of fortifications but was driven back.
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U.K. Begins Iraq War Inquiry
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; ...superiors that he thought were counterproductive to the mission. He complains, for instance, that when the Americans decided in March 2004 to arrest a key Shia leader, they didn't even tell the British, even though the move sparked an uprising throughout...
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SIC 3991 Brooms and Brushes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...www.abma.org/whatsnew.htm. "About the Industry," Philadelphia: American Brush Manufacturers Association, 7 March 2004. Available from http://www.abma.org/industry. Baker, Deborah J., ed. Ward's Business Directory of US...
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SIC 2371 Fur Goods
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...Furriers Lament Spotty Season." Women's Wear Daily, 10 January 1995. Munk, Nina. "Animal Magnetism." Forbes, 10 March 1997. Riga, Andy. "Fur Industry Expects a Revival: Warm Winter Hurts Sales in 1997, Not the Anti-Fur Crusade: Group...
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SIC 2385 Waterproof Outerwear
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...sales of $32 million. Further Reading Gellers, Stan. "Short Raincoats Long on High-Tech Fabrics." Daily News Record, 5 March 1997. Maxwell, Alison. "Pairing the Right Partners." WWD, 20 October 1999. Pagoda, Dianne M., and Arthur Friedman...
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SIC 2843 Surface Active Agents, Finishing Agents, Sulfonated Oils, and Assistants
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...1998. McCoy, Michael. "Stepan Eyes Specialty Surfactants and Overseas Markets for Growth." Chemical Market Reporter, 9 March 1998. Stepan Company. Stepan 1996 Annual Report. Northfield, IL, 1996. United States Census Bureau. "Statistics for...
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SIC 3339 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, Except Copper and Aluminum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...industry were valued at more than $2.8 billion in 2001, down from $3.7 billion in 1997. Background and Development In its March 1999 issue, E-MJ—Engineering and Mining Journal reported on the market status of many of the metals in this industry...
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