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Battle of Altenkirchen (350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Frederick Augustus of Württemberg. A frontal attack combined with a flanking maneuver forced the Austrians to retreat. Three future Marshals of France played

Battle of Reval (1602) (140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

cavalry charges. Żółkiewski then sent light cavalry on a round about flanking maneuver which attacked the Swedes from behind, coinciding with another charge

Han Jue (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(575 BC), he again commanded the Jin left wing and led a successful flanking maneuver against Chu. In 573 BC, he became Jin's zhengqing (正卿), the highest

Battle of Tom's Brook (415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

divisions of Rosser, whose cavalrymen were repulsed by Custer in a flanking maneuver along the base of Spiker's Hill off of Back Road, and Lunsford L.

Willowdale, Pennsylvania (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

marched directly through the quiet crossroads. Cornwallis, using a flanking maneuver, surprise troops commanded by Washington, a move that enabled Cornwallis

Battle of Rejaf (2,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tactical advantage over Chaltin's eight hundred men. After a failed flanking maneuver by the Mahdists, Chaltin's forces stormed the heights and dislodged

Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia (1,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Confederate left flank and the South River. Recognizing that a flanking maneuver could spare him major casualties which would ensue from a head-on

Battle of Călugăreni (1,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a frontal attack over the bridge while other forces made a double flanking maneuver (Mehmet Satirghi Pashha in the east and Hasan Pasha (beylerbey of

Order of battle of the Battle of Long Island (2,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

troops from Hesse-Kassel. On August 27, 1776, Howe made a successful flanking maneuver around the American left while occupying the American right with diversionary

Battle of Grönvikssund (271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for battle. Swedish numerical superiority allowed them to attempt flanking maneuver around the island dominating the battle area, however Russians noticed

Daniel Sickles (5,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

they suffered 40% casualties but slowed General James Longstreet's flanking maneuver. Sickles himself was wounded by cannon fire at Gettysburg and had

Battle of Caldiero (1805) (2,728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

contact with Verdier. Masséna was planning to wait for Verdier's flanking maneuver before committing to a frontal attack, but Archduke Charles took the

Bread and Cheese Creek (866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hours during the afternoon. Brooke sent his 4th Regiment of Foot in a flanking maneuver to unsettle the American left, which led to Stricker's 51st regiment

Battle of Strehla (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Prussian lines from multiple directions. Despite being aware of this flanking maneuver, Hülsen resolved to fight a battle centered around a static defensive

Battle of Yenidje (2,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

meantime, the cavalry brigade and the 4th and 5th Divisions conducted a flanking maneuver from the west with the intention of striking the rear of the Ottoman

Second Fiji expedition (803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

carbine rifles and the battle began when Lieutenant Caldwell ordered a flanking maneuver on the left side of the mass of warriors. This routed the natives

Battle of Coliseo (621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the royal road, in a movement that the adversary appreciated as a flanking maneuver, for which he opened artillery fire, withdrew and abandoned their

Battle of Blandford (2,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Colonel Thomas Dundas was to lead the 78th and 80th Foot to attempt a flanking maneuver against the American right, and Phillips held the second light infantry

Battle of Leuwiliang (1,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

night attack on the Australian positions. Blackburn anticipated this flanking maneuver and stationed the C company from the Machine Gun battalion south of

Hooker and Lee (855 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the initiative to attack. Lee sent General "Stonewall" Jackson on a flanking maneuver while attacking Hooker's forces in a frontal assault. Hooker and Lee

Anton Lipthay de Kisfalud (572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

near Pavia, Lipthay found himself confronted with Bonaparte's major flanking maneuver. At the Battle of Fombio, his outnumbered command was beaten and driven

Casimir Pulaski High School (389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

liberty, Pulaski joined Gen. George Washington's army in 1777 and led a flanking maneuver that saved the Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine. In 1778

Liberation of Belgium (1,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battle of Hechtel, until 12 September, when the Irish Guards made a flanking maneuver, capturing Bridge number 9 (Joe's Bridge), and isolating the Germans

Battle of Kars (1,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

14th of October, fighting had resumed with the commence of a Russian flanking maneuver led by General Lazarev. He fielded as much as 11,000 men for the attack

Kyōgoku Tadataka (426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

service to the Tokugawas. During this campaign, he successfully led a flanking maneuver against the defenders of Osaka Castle in the Shigino area northeast

Harrison Carroll Hobart (2,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sherman's army. At the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, the 21st joined in the flanking maneuver that forced the Confederates to abandon their position and fall back

Frank R Hancock (1,448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

would be the first part of Gen Norman Schwarzkopf Jr's "Hail Mary" flanking maneuver during Desert Storm. On 24 February 1991, the 101st Airborne Division

Battle of Skellefteå (673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

behind the frozen Skellefte River, while 2,650 men committed to a flanking maneuver to cut-off their retreat. The Russians arrived on 15 May and immediately

Battle of Carabobo (1,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Royalist position, Bolívar divided his force and sent half on a flanking maneuver through rough terrain and dense foliage. Bolívar led the attack through

Battle of Okehazama (1,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

other side of the Imagawa’s main camp, and the Oda forces made a flanking maneuver and attacked the Imagawa army at Dengaku-hazama from the north. However

Battle of Hörnefors (799 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about 1,450 men since Skellefteå, was at first uncertain. A Russian flanking maneuver through the Swedish countryside could prove devastating to his division

Asterix in Belgium (1,182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and their magic potion, join the Belgians after they thwart a Roman flanking maneuver, and, by combining their efforts, the Gauls win the battle. With the

Battle of Quatre Bras (4,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Napoleon's army would follow; he also received (false) reports of a flanking maneuver through Mons to the southwest. Wellington first received reports of

Battle of Montebello (1859) (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Gyulay anticipated a Franco-Piedmontese offensive consisting of a flanking maneuver south of the Po. Marshal Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers' I Corps advanced

Battle of Rich Mountain (1,186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

main Confederate force. On July 11, Garnett learned of the Union flanking maneuver at Rich Mountain and decided to withdraw from Laurel Mountain. The

Battle of Tolvajärvi (839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

village, while the Soviet 718th regiment was to make a 20 km (12 mi) flanking maneuver from the north to the Finnish rear across thick wooded areas. There

Battle of Smoliani (1,039 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Historians have criticized Oudinot and Victor for not attempting a flanking maneuver against Wittgenstein. Victor especially has been criticized for indecision

Increase Carpenter (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of troops on Staten Island prior to the Battle of Long Island, a flanking maneuver by British General Howe up Kings Highway captured Long Island and

Ten Up Novice Chase (152 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

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Battle of Evans Creek (426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

proceeded dismounted with Goodall's company while Rhodes' company made a flanking maneuver to the left. The warriors were well supplied and their camp sufficiently

Battle of Medina (1,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

managed to rout some Spanish artillery units and were attempting a flanking maneuver when they were repulsed by Spanish cavalry units. The situation had

151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (2,309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, made a series of diversions to mask a bold flanking maneuver around the left flank of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

Battle of Point Pleasant (1,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Shawnee offensive. Captain George Mathews was credited with a flanking maneuver that initiated Cornstalk's retreat. At nightfall, the Shawnees quietly

Seymour W. Terry (663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fire-swept terrain to join the support platoon and urge it on in a flanking maneuver. This thrust, too, was halted by stubborn resistance. 1st Lt. Terry

Solomon Meredith (1,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and captured Archer. In the afternoon the brigade was ravaged by a flanking maneuver by the 11th North Carolina and a frontal assault by the 26th North

Battle of Belmont (1899) (1,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and instead were in position for a frontal assault, rather than a flanking maneuver. Sunrise came at ~4 AM, and at this point the British had advanced

The Pinnacle, Battle of Okinawa (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Americans, having achieved the element of surprise in their flanking maneuver, then proceeded to leisurely and methodically destroy the remaining

Battle of Białołęka (726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Marki directly to the east, and was pursued by Krukowiecki, whose flanking maneuver threw the Russian forces into disorder. The Polish forces were able

Flyingbolt Novice Chase (150 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

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Mississippi Central Railroad (1,253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

but retreated south without firing a shot when they learned of a flanking maneuver by Grant. Skirmishes were fought along the railroad to Oxford and

Battle of Bucharest (1,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Berthelot, devised a plan of operations that involved a surprise flanking maneuver at the division between Mackensen's armed forces and Kühne's. That

Trimbleville Historic District (279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

branch of the Brandywine at Trimble's Ford. The troops began the flanking maneuver in Kennett Square, made their first crossing at Trimble's Ford, then

Battle of Schliengen (5,803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien led the French Émigré Army in a fierce flanking maneuver, including a bayonet charge on the village of Steinstadt, to overwhelm

James Longstreet (18,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as some of Pope's personal belongings. Jackson executed a sweeping flanking maneuver that captured Pope's main supply depot. He placed his corps in the

Battle of Isted (1,308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Krogh and his staff, which caused General Krogh to cancel an ongoing flanking maneuver west of the battlefield. By chance, the Schleswig-Holsteinian army

Battle of Nuʻuanu (1,529 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Crater. Splitting his army into two, Kamehameha sent one half in a flanking maneuver around the crater and the other straight at Kalanikupule. Pressed

Battle of Vargas Swamp (3,597 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of a frontal assault on the town of Sogamoso, instead opting for a flanking maneuver through the Cerinza Valley with Barreiro falling back towards the

York-class cruiser (1,764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to sink the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. Exeter partook in a flanking maneuver to distract Graf Spee so that Ajax and Achillies could sneak attack

Battle of Issus (2,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forced to march to Darius, who had caught him off guard in a large flanking maneuver. This gives the illusion that Darius was the one acting defensively

Stephen Karopczyc (756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

beyond the call of duty. While leading the 3d Platoon, Company A, on a flanking maneuver against a superior enemy force, First Lieutenant Karopczyc observed

Battle of Sarantaporo (2,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ruggedness of the terrain. In the meantime, the 4th Division conducted a flanking maneuver from the west with the intention of occupying the Porta Pass, and

16th Maine Infantry Regiment (1,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Confederates holding Turner's Pass while preventing a potential flanking maneuver to its north. The 16th Maine was detached as railroad guard during

Battle of the Lines of Elvas (1,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

valiantly defending their lines, but after some time Meneses's dual flanking maneuver began to wear down the defenders, who were now under attack from multiple

Naas Directors Plate Novice Chase (182 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

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Stonewall Jackson (10,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jackson started the campaign under Lee's orders with a sweeping flanking maneuver that placed his corps into the rear of Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's

Camas Meadows Battle Sites (634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Canada via a route further east. Howard attempted to cut off this flanking maneuver by beating the Nez Perce to Camas Meadow, but reached that area August

Second Battle of Fort Fisher (2,767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that night. Ames, ordered to maintain the offensive, organized a flanking maneuver, sending some of his men to advance outside the land wall, and come

Mickey Zucker Reichert (572 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Where the Hate Is" (Thieves’ World: Turning Points) 2002 Short story "Flanking Maneuver" (Apprentice Fantastic) 2002 Short story "Let Our People Go" (Pharaoh

Second Battle of Pyramid Lake (1,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

east ran the Truckee River. Both geographical features prevented any flanking maneuver by the natives. A rocky butte lay in the center of the field. To the

Siege of Suffolk (2,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

quickly realized any action on the southern front would be futile and a flanking maneuver would have to be against the lightly defended river front. Action

Battle of Mukden (2,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

advances northward and via its 3rd and 2nd Armies perform a wide flanking maneuver to the west to envelop the Russian force which was withdrawing north

Freiburg (wargame) (1,069 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

casualties. The French then attempted to dislodge the Bavarians with a flanking maneuver on 9 August. Freiburg is a two-player wargame in which one player

Battle of Atlanta (4,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

began to employ a new strategy. He swung his entire army in a broad flanking maneuver to the west.[page needed] Finally, on August 31, at Jonesborough,

James B. McPherson (2,681 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

defeat at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. McPherson then tried a flanking maneuver at the Battle of Marietta, but that failed as well. Confederate President

2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment (1,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

troops of the confederate 1st Corps were soon moved to counter Grant's flanking maneuver and soon dug in at Cold Harbor. When the federals approached, the

Battle of annihilation (1,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was at the Battle of Chancellorsville in which a classic Napoleonic flanking maneuver defeated but was not able to destroy the Union Army under Joseph Hooker

Battle of Tuyutí (1,990 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The largest battle ever fought in South America was over. Lopéz's flanking maneuver had failed, but it had come very close to succeeding. In fact, the

Antigonid Macedonian army (3,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

artillery and missile troops, leading to many Roman casualties. Using a flanking maneuver, Flaminius managed to dislodge Philip and chase him into Thessaly

Old Stone House (Brooklyn) (1,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Grant. Stirling held on for four hours, still unaware of the British flanking maneuver to his east, and some of his own troops thought they were winning

Battle of Conjocta Creek (1,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

breastworks, which the Americans repulsed. The British then attempted a flanking maneuver, which the Americans also repulsed. After an hour of fighting, Tucker

69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States) (1,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Hawks. These Patriots and Hawks were used to cover the VII during a flanking maneuver in Iraq. This led to the VII swiftly defeating the vaunted Republic

Battle of Sorovich (2,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

meantime, the cavalry brigade, 4th and 5th Divisions conducted a flanking maneuver from the west with the intention of striking the rear of the Ottoman

William Wing Loring (2,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commanded by Loring, arrived just in time to temporarily thwart a flanking maneuver by Union General James B. McPherson at the Battle of Resaca. Facing

Antonio Scuero (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

participated in the brief offensive against France; he personally led a flanking maneuver that resulted in the capture of Fort de la Balme, La Planay and Bramans

Battle of Lund (2,118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

three-pounders. Once the fighting commenced, Charles XI personally led a flanking maneuver to overwhelm the Danish left flank. During the fighting, the Danish

Hazi Aslanov (1,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

swamps and minefields along its march route, the brigade conducted a flanking maneuver to the right and reached Katrīnes manor, where it encountered strong

Red Hook Lane Arresick (1,157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lt. Colonel James Grant was in the vanguard of troops attempting a flanking maneuver on the right side of the American line, following the retreat at Battle

Sope Creek (3,361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ferry and had relocated four divisions to the east bank. Fearing a flanking maneuver by Sherman, Johnston had no alternative but to abandon the west side

Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada (6,839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

initial plan for a frontal assault on Sogamoso and instead opting for a flanking maneuver through Cerinza Valley. This movement caused Barreiro to fall back

Patrick Edward Connor (2,049 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

escape route through a ravine, and sent the rest of his soldiers on a flanking maneuver to a ridge, from where they fired down into the Indians. The soldiers

Forage War (2,819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British officer sent the grenadier company of the 42nd Foot on a wide flanking maneuver. Just as the grenadiers prepared to launch their assault, they were

Switzerland in the Napoleonic era (4,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dominique Mansuy Roget, to take the right, preventing any Austrian flanking maneuver. By mid-morning, Hotze's advanced guard had encountered moderate French

Battle of Svensksund (1,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

yawls, was to remain in reserve and guard against a possible Russian flanking maneuver. Artillery batteries were constructed on the skerries of Kråkskär

Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) (3,651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

on the rifle pits. Around 2 p.m., Churchill learned of Sherman's flanking maneuver and decided to withdraw his forces from the outer line, which was

Battle of Seven Pines (4,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kearny's division from Heintzelman's III Corps. Hill organized a flanking maneuver, sending four regiments under Col. Micah Jenkins from Longstreet's

Namozine Creek (995 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

thought to be a safe defense from the enemy were surprised by the flanking maneuver and fled in haste. The Rebels regrouped, and additional contingents

William H.C. Whiting (1,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Richmond, Whiting's men were responsible for blocking a Union flanking maneuver by sea, at the Battle of Eltham's Landing. A few days before the Battle

5th Massachusetts Militia Regiment (2,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

failed, McDowell opted to send a large portion of his forces on a wide flanking maneuver across Sudley Springs Ford, hoping to get around the Confederate left

1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron (1,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

artillery movements and tried to outflank the Suwaikiya marshes, a wide flanking maneuver which failed due to torrential rains. Kut fell on 23 February 1917

Combat of Goldberg (587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reinforced by a cavalry division from Latour-Maubourg's corps, undertook a flanking maneuver across the river. On the left flank, General Gérard's division spearheaded

317th Operations Group (3,166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and allied combat troops deep inside Iraqi territory to support the flanking maneuver that led to the surrender of Iraq's Republican Guard. It was inactivated

Battle of Haw's Shop (2,925 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gen. Wesley Merritt extended Gregg's line to the right, thwarting a flanking maneuver attempted by Hampton with Chambliss's newly arrived brigade. There

Fakel (company) (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Wagner's flanks, and failed to do so resulting in a successful Ukrainian flanking maneuver that resulted in a large amount of Wagner casualties. Prigozhin claimed

Bodø Main Air Station (3,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unoccupied Bodø area to allow air raids against German troops in a flanking maneuver in combination with Bardufoss Air Station. A 540-by-35-meter (1,772

John B. Gordon (4,267 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fighting at Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, where he led an overnight flanking maneuver around the northern base of Massanutten Mountain, followed by an early

Order of battle of the Battle of Trenton (1,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to extend Greene's line further to its left to avoid a potential flanking maneuver. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment Col. Edward Hand 254 Hand's men were first

766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea) (2,857 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

simultaneous offensives across the entire Perimeter, including a flanking maneuver by the 766th and the 5th Division to envelop UN troops and push them

André Masséna (3,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

strengthen the sagging center and then deployed to crush an Austrian flanking maneuver. Masséna's troops played a decisive role in the victory. The next

Battle of Hollandia (4,386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

infantry around the Japanese positions at the lake, completing their flanking maneuver on 25 April. By 26 April, U.S. troops secured the two eastern airfields

War of the Polish Succession (3,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Alps and threatened to close in on the French army's rear by a flanking maneuver. Villars responded by abandoning his advance on Mantua and attempted

Battle of Dallas (4,484 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

entrenchments with part of his forces while using another part for a flanking maneuver. On May 27, he ordered Thomas to pull Thomas J. Wood's division from

Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf (2,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

75-mm guns on the coastal road, and sent a second battalion on a flanking maneuver along a secondary road to the east. However, the Japanese advance

Battle of West Saigon (4,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

4/12th Infantry and Companies A and D, 3/7th Infantry, in a wide flanking maneuver around the southern side of Binh Tri Dong to establish a block on

Battle of Tacna (2,993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chileans discussed battle plans for the battle. The first one was a flanking maneuver on the Allied right proposed by War Minister Vergara. On the other

Bloody Buna (936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Japanese forces back through the mountains. The Japanese tried a flanking maneuver near Milne Bay but were repulsed by a joint Australian-American force

Peninsula campaign (7,544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

secondary Union line near Seven Pines around 4:40 p.m. Hill organized a flanking maneuver to attack Keyes's right flank, which collapsed the Federal line back

Nathanael Greene (5,836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

division at the center of the American line, but the British launched a flanking maneuver. Greene's division helped prevent the envelopment of American forces

17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (2,780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on July 2, the 17th Wisconsin, with its corps, was assigned to the flanking maneuver which went around the south end of the Confederate line and forced

Battle of Kehl (1796) (5,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

prevent any approach from Rastadt or Offenburg. To avoid Ferino's flanking maneuver, Charles executed an orderly withdrawal in four columns through the

Edwin F. Harding (2,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 126th Infantry Regiment was deployed on an extremely arduous flanking maneuver on the Kapa Kapa Trail on Papua New Guinea over a 9,100 feet (2,800 m)

Ligny: Incomplete Victory (996 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

limitation on the map size prevented the French from attempting a flanking maneuver, and concluded, "The board limits are my only complaint about this

Battle of Broxton Bridge (552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

force had returned to Broxton Bridge to engage the enemy again in a flanking maneuver. This time the attack proved successful, and as a result forced the

George Armstrong Custer (14,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stuart with six thousand cavalrymen and mounted infantry on a long flanking maneuver. By mid-morning on July 3, Custer had arrived at the intersection

List of American Civil War battles (731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pass Expedition Mississippi Confederate Elaborate amphibious Union flanking maneuver is thwarted by Confederates at Fort Pemberton during the Vicksburg

Lost Battalion (World War I) (4,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

would continue along a prominence known as "Hill 198" to complete a flanking maneuver on the enemy. The problem was that on the hill there was a double

Charles N. DeGlopper (1,872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forces began a decimation of the stricken unit and put in motion a flanking maneuver which would have completely exposed the American platoon in a shallow

Lord Dunmore's War (6,357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Captain George Mathews of the Virginia militia was credited with a flanking maneuver that initiated Cornstalk's retreat. After victory at the Point, Dunmore

Battle of the Wilderness (11,455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and the criticism of Ewell and Early by Gordon for delaying his flanking maneuver is not justified. Early had received (incorrect) intelligence that

Battle of Borodino (9,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to move directly forward into the teeth of the defense, while the flanking maneuver was left to the weak Fifth Corps of Prince Poniatowski. The initial

2nd Canadian Regiment (4,911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Brandywine Creek. Hazen's troops spotted British troops in a flanking maneuver and crossing the Brandywine River. They sent a report of this movement

Moses Hazen (4,321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the other reports were wrong, and Hazen's was correct; the British flanking maneuver was instrumental in the American loss of the battle. Hazen's regiment

Battle of Es Sinn (4,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

defenders in position. Brigadier General Delamain would oversee the flanking maneuver. The Cavalry Brigade would circle around and set up astride the anticipated

Sampson Mathews (4,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

credit either Colonel Andrew Lewis or Captain George Mathews with a flanking maneuver that initiated Shawnee Chief Cornstalk's retreat and secured victory

41st Infantry Division (United States) (6,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

four M4 Sherman medium tanks. The companies executed a successful flanking maneuver which left the important airfield in the middle of the island in Allied

Third Battle of Petersburg (17,300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rhodes led his 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment on a flanking maneuver down a wagon path where he could reform a battle line and cross the

George Mathews (soldier) (5,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

himself. The tide of the battle turned when the militia enacted a flanking maneuver late in the day, initiating Cornstalk's retreat. Credit for this maneuver

Military career of George Washington (7,582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

up Manhattan at Harlem Heights on September 16, Howe again made a flanking maneuver, landing troops at Pell's Point in a bid to cut off Washington's avenue

Filipp Shtanko (902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

26 and 31 August, the brigade attacked Oituz from the rear with a flanking maneuver, breaking through the defenses on the Oituz Pass [ro] into the Carpathians

21st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (5,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

resulted in the mistaken printing of his obituary in Amherst. Jackson's flanking maneuver was successfully deflected, and the Battle of Chantilly was fought

Bledsoe's Missouri Battery (4,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

assaults all along the line were repulsed, but Sherman again used a flanking maneuver to leverage Johnston out of a defensive position. Bledsoe's Battery

20th Indiana Infantry Regiment (5,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

column advancing along Catherine Furnace. Believing the column to be a flanking maneuver, Sickles ordered the 20th Indiana, along with the rest of Birney's

Charles H. Walker (2,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

marches in rapid succession. The 21st Wisconsin joined Sherman's flanking maneuver at the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, which forced the Confederate defenders

Old Abe (4,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

River bridge near Abbeville, but retreated when they learned of a flanking maneuver by Grant. Skirmishes were fought along the railroad to Oxford, and

53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (4,570 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

not break the southern line. Ramsey's Brigade was then sent on a flanking maneuver through a ravine and dense woods where it was massed and ordered forward

Russian conquest of the Caucasus (7,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kept talking until late at night. When they left the Russians made a flanking maneuver and defeated them at Lavashi the next morning. The Akusha people,

Battle of Droop Mountain order of battle (609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chicago Dragoons. Company C of the 16th Illinois Cavalry was part of a flanking maneuver, while the remainder of Gibson's Battalion was held in reserve or

Walter Krueger (7,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Major General George S. Patton, Jr.'s 2nd Armored Division on a wide flanking maneuver through Texas. Afterwards, Eisenhower became the head of the War Plans

Rise of Genghis Khan (4,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Having deceived the Naimans into believing that he was going for a flanking maneuver, Temüjin led a frontal assault followed by the main army led by Qasar

Eastern Ukraine campaign (17,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Frontline report: Ukrainian defensive line breached by Russian flanking maneuver near Avdiivka". Euromaidan Press. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April

125th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (3,025 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

wounded, and 10 captured). On May 2, Stonewall Jackson's famous 'Flanking Maneuver' avoided the trap of breastworks placed by the III, XI and XII Corps

Overland Campaign (17,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gen. Wesley Merritt extended Gregg's line to the right, thwarting a flanking maneuver attempted by Hampton with Chambliss's newly arrived brigade. There

Battle of Monmouth (13,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

place and returned to the rest of the vanguard to lead it on a left flanking maneuver. Lee's confidence crept into reports back to Washington that implied

Tongo Tongo ambush (9,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

their actions during the ambush – one for a Nigerien who joined in a flanking maneuver against the ISGS militants and one for a Nigerien who exposed himself

Military career of Benedict Arnold, 1777–1779 (5,352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

move troops out of the strong American fortifications to head off a flanking maneuver. Gates grudgingly allowed this, and Arnold's troops sent out to counter

Army of the Rhine and Moselle (6,644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Frederick Augustus of Württemberg. A frontal attack combined with a flanking maneuver forced the Austrians to retreat. Three future Marshals of France played

2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment (12,840 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made accurate reports. On July 24, Averell was ordered to conduct a flanking maneuver near Front Royal to cut off what Crook believed was a small band of

George Washington in the American Revolution (11,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

up Manhattan at Harlem Heights on September 16, Howe again made a flanking maneuver, landing troops at Pell's Point in a bid to cut off Washington's avenue

Joseph Stilwell (11,924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of that objective, the Marauders were ordered to undertake a long flanking maneuver towards the town that involved a grueling 65-mile jungle march. Having

Kapa Kapa Trail (3,597 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

MacArthur was anxious to flank the Japanese. He asked his staff to plan a flanking maneuver that would push the Japanese off the mountains more quickly. Other

Battle of Tangier (1437) (10,763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Moroccan flank, and ordered his first line forward. Seeing the flanking maneuver, the Moroccans began to retreat. At that moment, the Tangier garrison

Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (11,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

As the Muslim army gained the upper hand, they were routed by a flanking maneuver by Khalid ibn al-Walid. The Muslim forces scattered, and Muhammad

7th Cavalry Regiment (20,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

quickly, Lieutenant Joe D. Crane of Athens, TX led his platoon in a flanking maneuver and annihilated the enemy force, saving his comrades. Near Gumian

Appomattox campaign (22,694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rhodes led his 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment on a flanking maneuver where he could the main Confederate line into a ditch for some protection

Military deception (19,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

breastworks, which the Americans repulsed. The British then attempted a flanking maneuver, which the Americans also repulsed. Unable to proceed past the Conjocta

History of the United States Marine Corps (22,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flying the HO3S1 helicopter) made their combat debut. To execute a flanking maneuver, General Douglas MacArthur called on Marine air and ground forces

Dănilă Papp (1,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Russian troops, he distinguished himself by stopping the Russian flanking maneuver. For his actions, he was decorated with the Order of the Iron Crown

Siege of Galle (1640) (10,244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

sent his Ensign Major, Valentim Pinheiro, with four companies in a flanking maneuver to attack them in the rear. This tactic worked and the Dutch, with

1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment (10,081 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made accurate reports. On July 24, Averell was ordered to conduct a flanking maneuver near Front Royal to cut off what Crook believed was a small band of

41st Virginia Infantry Regiment (7,544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Third Corps and Ewell's Second Corps attempted to reproduce Jackson's flanking maneuver of August 1862, but the Army of the Potomac slipped the trap. Hill

Timeline of the Libyan civil war (2011) (18,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

after which they attacked and broke through rebel defenses through a flanking maneuver. Most rebels had by then retreated from the city. After encircling

Operation Badr (1973) (14,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

frontal assault in an east-west direction instead of the north-south flanking maneuver which Adan had planned. Amir's brigade began to reach the plain between

Battle of Debrecen (1849) (6,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

poorly equipped Korponay division on the right flank, where the enemy flanking maneuver could be most probably expected. Later Görgei was accused of not intervening

75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (4,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pennsylvania held this position for nearly an hour. However, a Confederate flanking maneuver and the collapse of adjacent regiments exposed the men to an enfilading

Battle of Wad Madani (1,872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gaining a foothold in the state. The battle began on 15 December with a flanking maneuver by the RSF that bypassed the northern city of Rufaa and threatened

Raid on Truskaw (6,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

soldiers). The plan envisaged that Dolina's unit would conduct a deep flanking maneuver around Truskaw from the west and south, followed by a surprise attack

Ivan Kosobutsky (2,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

developing the offensive further, reached the station of Sarata by a flanking maneuver, cut off the path of retreat of the enemy Lower Dniester group and

José María Barreiro Manjón (3,568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

back in disarray Barreiro ordered a frontal assault along with a flanking maneuver by his cavalry to deal the final blow. Bolivar in desperation ordered

Battle of Pandu (5,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

launched a final maneuver to encircle Chakothi from the south. This flanking maneuver required the redeployment of two battalions from the Indian 77th Parachute

Serbian campaign (1914) (2,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Army on 3 December against the Sixth Army. The Fifth hurried its flanking maneuver, but it was already too late – with the Sixth Army broken, the Second

Battle of La Haye-du-Puits (8,993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

359th Infantry, Colonel Clarke K. Fales, sent his 1st Battalion on a flanking maneuver, and it scaled the northern slopes of Mont Castre, while the other