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Battle of Carham
Carham, battle of, 1018. Malcolm II of Scotland with his ally Owain of Strathclyde took advantage of Cnut's efforts to establish himself as ruler of England to invade Northumbria and reverse a defeat at Durham in 1006. He inflicted a severe defeat on the Northumbrians at Carham, south-west of... Read more |
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Battle of Selby
Selby, battle of, 1644. In the spring of 1644, the royal army in the north, under Newcastle, was at Durham, to prevent a junction of the Scots with the parliamentary forces under the Fairfaxes. But on 11 April John Bellasyse, holding Selby, south of York, was badly defeated, lost 1,600 men and all... Read more |
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treaties of Durham
Durham, treaties of, 1136, 1139. In the struggle between Stephen and Matilda for the throne of England, David I of Scotland supported the latter, his niece. He occupied Northumberland but reached a settlement at Durham with Stephen in 1136 whereby his son Henry did homage for the earldom of... Read more |
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Defeat
Defeat. Until the 1970s, Americans did not think much about defeat. U.S. military leaders usually defined war aims in terms of total victory, and the civilian culture they defended assumed that God guided the nation's fate and ensured its success. With a profound innocence, Americans denied those... Read more |
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Neerwinden
Neerwinden , village, Liège prov., E Belgium. In the War of the Grand Alliance the French under Marshal Luxembourg defeated (1693) William III of England there. In the French Revolutionary Wars, a French defeat (1793) at Neerwinden resulted in the defection of General Dumouriez to the... Read more |
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leviathan
leviathan , in the Bible, aquatic monster, presumably the crocodile, the whale, or a dragon. It was a symbol of evil to be ultimately defeated by the power of good.... Read more |
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David Leslie
David Leslie d. 1682, Scottish military commander. After serving in the Swedish army, he was a major general under his uncle, Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of Leven , in the Scottish army that joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell in defeating the royalists at Marston Moor (1644). He defeated James... Read more |
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Gallic Wars
Gallic Wars , campaigns in Gaul led by Julius Caesar in his two terms as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and Illyricum (58 BC-51 BC). Caesar's first campaign was to prevent the Helvetii (who lived N of the Lake of Geneva) from crossing the Roman territory Provincia (Provence) on... Read more |
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Battle of Langport
Langport, battle of, 1645. After his defeat at Naseby in June 1645, Charles had few resources left in England. He managed to raise another army, largely of Welsh recruits, and Goring was still pursuing a rather desultory siege of Taunton. Fairfax moved against him and at Langport, on 10 July,... Read more |
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Bibracte
Bibracte , former capital of the Aedui , site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 BC) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars ). Excavations on the site have revealed a Gallic town.... Read more |
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Bassetlaw slip to Durham defeat.
...FINAL Bassetlaw League 113 Durham Coast 116 for 3 AN INEXPERIENCED...Rhoades quarter-final against Durham Coast League at Cuckney. On...required in the conditions. Durham's reply began very poorly...However, after a hesitant start, the burly L. Gilbert ... |
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Collingwood in top form as Durham CC defeat Hampshire in Pro40 clash.
...p> The victory sees Durham move up to second in their group...shared a stand of 142 a to help Durham post a total of 210-5 in the...a six off Chris Wood, took Durham past the 200 mark. Hampshire needed a swift start and they failed to get it once... |
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Collings laments a missed chance ; Another defeat for Durham, but they go...
...OK, here was another defeat - 22 out of 22 in UniBond...FC United, at least Durham's depleted coffers...president David W Asbery, of Durham's demise following...major sponsor at the start of the season. The first...replaced largely by Durham ... |
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One bad pitch costs McGinley, Tides in defeat at Durham.(Sports)
...in their 5-3 loss to Durham. The goat was Tides reliever...Santiago (0-3). The defeat was only the third for...that plated Jed Hansen. Durham's Jeff Deardorff cut...2, 10.45 ERA) will start for Durham. |
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Tynemouth defeat Durham Academy side.
...Tynemouth's 'pro' from Durham, eventually bowled Stokes for 44 as Durham capitulated to Coates for 160...reply got off to a splendid start as skipper Graeme Hallam and...moderate target. As per the Durham innings, there was an early... |
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Durham Helps Giants Defeat D'backs 6-3
...AP Photo/Roy Dabner)Ray Durham homered and drove in four runs...Diamondbacks 6-3 Friday night. Durham hit an RBI single and a three...had base hits before each of Durham's run-scoring hits. The...improve to 5-0 in his last six starts. He continued to ... |
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Durham Helps Giants Defeat Rockies 9-0
...had a chance at No. 715. Ray Durham provided all the offense the...his fourth straight game, and Durham drove in three runs with a pair...for the first time in three starts. He plunked cleanup hitter...around in the fifth. ... Durham is 10-for-18 lifetime ... |
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Misch settles down to defeat Durham
Giving up three straight hits to start a game doesn't usually bode well for a...Misch managed to pull out a win from such a start on Friday night at Coca-Cola Field. The Bisons defeated the Durham Bulls, the current leaders in the International... |
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Giants' rally falls short: DURHAM'S 2 HOMERS WASTED IN DEFEAT.
...bunched National League West. Durham, who has thrived as the Giants...you're an outcast." As for Durham, who ended a remarkable 0...confident that he'll make his next start, despite the noticeable swelling...Alfonzo homered in the fourth and Durham became ... |
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Cricket: Frost stand restores pride; Third day: Durham need another 98 runs...
...be enough to prevent defeat but it did at least give...but came out firing in Durham's second innings and...still be a surprise if Durham failed to make the 98...ninth-wicket against Durham, and showing up the...verge of defeat. At the ... |