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81Steppe, the — ▪ geographical area, Eurasia Introduction belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east. Mountain ranges interrupt the steppe, dividing it… …
82Manus O'Cahan's Regiment — Of Foot was a Scots Irish regiment which served during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid 1640s. Contents 1 History 2 Background 3 MacColla and O Cahan 4 …
83Gribeauval, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de — ▪ French officer and engineer born Sept. 15, 1715, Amiens, France died May 9, 1789, Paris French military officer and engineer whose developments of French artillery contributed to the brilliant military successes of Napoleon in the late… …
84Davy Crockett — For other uses, see Davy Crockett (disambiguation). David Davy Crockett Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee s 12th district In office March 4, 18 …
85Porteous Riots — The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous, (ca. 1695 ndash; 1736), Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was lynched by a mob for his part in the killing of innocent civilians while ordering the men… …
86Captain John Porteous — Captain John Porteous, was a Scottish soldier, Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh (ca. 1695 ndash; 1736).Early lifeJohn Porteous was born at The Glen, Quair Water, near Traquair, in the Borders, the son of Stephen Porteous, a tailor of the… …
87load — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. burden; cargo, lading, shipment; charge. See gravity, transportation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A physical burden] Syn. weight, encumbrance, carload, wagonload, hindrance, shipload, parcel, pressure,… …
88Military use of children — A Chinese Nationalist soldier, age 10, member of a Chinese division from the X Force, boarding planes in Burma bound for China, May 1944. The military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities (child …
89Edinburgh Castle — For the estate in Jamaica, see Edinburgh Castle, Jamaica. Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh, Scotland GB grid reference NT250734 …
90Siege of Bexar — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Bexar partof=the Texas Revolution caption= date=October 12 December 11, 1835 place=San Antonio, Texas result=Texan victory combatant1=Mexico combatant2=Texas commander1=Martín Perfecto de Cos commander2 …
