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International Brigades
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treaty of Limerick
Limerick, treaty of (3 Oct. 1691), ending the Williamite War. In exchange for the surrender of their last stronghold in Limerick, Jacobite soldiers were offered free passage to France, where they could continue the war in what became the Irish Brigade. Those remaining in Ireland were secured in... Read more |
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Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin 1880-1973, American pacifist, b. Missoula, Mont. She was active in social work and campaigned for woman suffrage. A Republican, she was the first woman in the United States to serve (1917-19) in Congress and also was (1941-43) a member of the 77th Congress. She voted against the... Read more |
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Jewish Brigade
JEWISH BRIGADE Established by the British war cabinet in 1944 as the only Jewish military unit to fight the Axis powers. The Jewish Brigade represented the culmination of efforts by Jews in both Palestine and the United States to create an independent Jewish fighting force. In 1939, Jews... Read more |
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros , 1896-1974, Mexican painter, b. Chihuahua. Siqueiros was among Mexico's most original and eminent painters. His career as an artist was always related to his vigorous socialist revolutionary activities. He enlisted in the Batallón Mamá ( "Baby's Brigade" ) in... Read more |
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Henry William Paget 1st marquis of Anglesey
Anglesey, Henry William Paget, 1st marquis of (1768–1854). Soldier and administrator. In 1793 Anglesey raised the Staffordshire Volunteers (later the 80th Foot) and the following year served in Flanders under the duke of York. In 1808 he commanded the cavalry with distinction during the... Read more |
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Battle of Minden
Minden, battle of, 1759. Ferdinand of Brunswick, commanding a force of 54,000 Hanoverian, British, and Prussian soldiers, manœuvred to tempt a French army, 64,000 strong, out of seemingly impregnable positions at Minden. The French commander, the marquis de Contades, obliged on 1 August. A... Read more |
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Hood County, Texas
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