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Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy. -- General Omar Bradley |
Queen Anne's War, 1702-1702(144 total words in this text)(2420 Reads)  The War of Spanish Succession (1701-13) was known in America as as Queen Anne's War. Peace had been established in 1697, but at the time of the accession of Queen Anne in 1702, war with France was renewed. Thereafter, annual raids were carried out by both the French and English on the other's settlements and fishing stations. The British Navy's control of the sea made possible the mounting of sea expeditions against Canada and at the same time made it difficult for the French to reinforce their small Regular garrisons. In 1710 a combined British and colonial expedition captured the French fort at Port Royal on Nova Scotia, and by 1712, British victories in Europe had brought about an armistice. In the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), the French yielded all rights in Newfoundland to Britain and Nova Scotia became an English possession. |
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1861:
Union troops occupy Grafton, Virginia.
1862: At the Battle of Fair Oaks, Union General George B. McClellan defeats Confederates outside of Richmond. 1862: The Confederates abandon the city of Corinth. 1864: Confederates attack at Bethesda Church, Virginia. 1900: U.S. troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion. 1902: The Boer War ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging. 1915: A German zeppelin makes an air raid on London. 1916: British and German fleets fight in the Battle of Jutland. 1941: The last of the Allies evacuate after 11 days of battling a successful German parachute invasion of the island of Crete. 1941: An armistice is arranged between the British and the Iraqis. |
