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TWH Battles (Land)
Twenty-eight Land Battles
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History
7th Grade
12/16/2013

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Thermopylae (480BC)
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Leonidas (Greek) was defeated by Xerxes (Persia), but gained time for Greeks to hold off Persians
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Stamford Bridge (1066)
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Harold II (Eng.) defeated Harald Hardrada (Norway)
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Lewes (1264)
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Simon de Montfort defeated Henry III & Prince Edward
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Evesham (1265)
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Prince Edward defeated Simon de Montfort
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Bannockburn (1314)
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Robert Bruce defeated Edward II
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Crecy (1346)
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Edward III defeated Philip VI (100 Years' War)
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Agincourt (1415)
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Henry V defeated Constable d'Albret
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Towton (1461)
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Edward IV (Yorkists) defeated Henry VI (Lancastrians)
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Bosworth (1485)
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Henry VII defeated Richard III (last English King to die in battle)
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Flodden (1513)
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Earl of Surrey defeated James IV of Scotland
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Naseby (1645)
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Cromwell defeated Prince Rupert (First Civil War)
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Dunbar and Worcester (1650 & 1651)
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Cromwell's victories over Scots in Third Civil War
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Sedgemoor (1685)
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Feversham and Churchill defeated Duke of Monmouth (Last battle in England)
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The Boyne (1690)
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William III (William of Orange) defeated James II in Ireland
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Blenheim (1704)
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Duke of Marlborough defeated Tallard
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Marlborough's other victories:
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Ramilies, Malpaquet, Oudenarde
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Culloden (1746)
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Duke of Cumberland (The Butcher
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