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    Minorca Halt (Manx: Stadd Minorca) is an intermediate stopping place on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man. It is situated...
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  • an area of Laxey village on the Isle of Man Minorca Halt, a stop on the Manx Electric Railway Minorca (1799 ship), a ship used to transport convicts...
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  • (Dhoon Glen Halt) SC45238639 for Dhoon Glen Minorca Halt 54°13′47″N 4°23′42″W / 54.2296°N 4.3951°W / 54.2296; -4.3951 (Minorca Halt) SC43978419 for...
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  • addition of "bus stop" style signs during the late 1990s; prior to this the halts were not demarcated on the line. These can be found along the line at such...
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  • Richthofen's 26 April 1937 diary entry states the town was targeted "...to halt and disrupt the Red withdrawal which has to pass through here." The following...
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    online abridged edition Gregory, Desmond: Minorca, the Illusory Prize: A History of the British Occupations of Minorca Between 1708 and 1802 (Associated University...
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    booking office (portakabin) specifically for these services. Today, the halt is served by a dual-purpose shelter located at the end of the terrace from...
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    the British with an attack on Minorca in the Mediterranean. A British attempt at relief was foiled at the Battle of Minorca, and the island was captured...
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    along the coast toward the capital of the Republic at Valencia, but was halted in heavy fighting along the XYZ Line, a system of fortifications defending...
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    Austria, their former enemy. A French invasion of the British-held island of Minorca led to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756. Public disquiet over...
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    navy quickly defeated a British fleet in the Mediterranean and captured Minorca from Britain. Meanwhile, the French army greatly outnumbered its British...
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    offensive was halted by 11 March. Between 12 and 14 March, renewed Italian attacks were supported by Spanish Nationalist units. These were halted too. On 15...
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  • Piqua August 8, 1781 Ohio Patriot victory Invasion of Minorca August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 Minorca Franco-Spanish victory Lochry's Defeat August 24,...
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    expedition (1541), the base of Barbarossa, but was forced to return to Minorca after a disastrous campaign. In the aftermath of these events, two French...
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    French invasion threat. He was extremely dispirited by news of the loss of Minorca in June 1756, lamenting what he saw as the lack of professionalism amongst...
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    during the Seven Years' War it surrendered to the French at the Siege of Minorca in 1756 and was present at the defeat in the Battle of Saint Cast; it was...
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    Sicilies, Jerusalem, Navarre, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Minorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoba, Corsica, Murcia, Jaen, Algeciras, Gibraltar...
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    were able to keep in communication with the British forces besieged on Minorca, but that force was also low on supplies. On 7 June 1780 the two largest...
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  • Byng; after relief failed, the garrison eventually surrendered Battle of Minorca IB 20 May 1756 Britain France Mediterranean island of Menorca British withdrew...
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    had realised that Berlin had now been abandoned by the enemy, Frederick halted his rescue attempt and turned back to concentrate on Silesia and Saxony...
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    reached Ladenburg, in the plain of the Neckar and the Rhine, and there halted for three days to rest his cavalry and allow the guns and infantry to close...
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    destruction of French power in India. Admiral John Byng failed to relieve Minorca; he was executed on his own quarterdeck. Voltaire famously wrote, in reference...
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    that King George III, in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, ordered to Minorca. Hesse-Kassel: Lieutenant General Leopold Philip von Heister was the first...
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  • Retrieved 25 June 2018. https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10860-minorca#anchor9 https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13951-speyer "Duesseldorf"...
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    facilitated the reinforcements. Finally, the Anglo-Portuguese army managed to halt the advance of the Bourbon armies toward Lisbon. It was the turning point...
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  • Bielsa 2nd Mérida Ebro 2nd Gandesa Cantabria Cabra Sant Vicenç de Calders 1939 Catalonia Valsequillo Xàtiva La Garriga Minorca Cartagena Final offensive...
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  • led by Vives's second-in-command, the Marquis del Palacio, governor of Minorca who, a fortnight later, finally set sail with the greater part of the Balearic...
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    Brigade, commanded by Major General Charles Stuart (mostly foreign troops) Minorca Regiment Régiment de Roll (French royalist/emigre) Dillon's Regiment (French...
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    Southern Netherlands, and their troops were central to the alliance which halted French territorial expansion in Europe until a new cycle began in 1792....
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    The Condor Legion began a week of strikes against Republican airfields, halted by the Republican advance on Teruel and the ensuing Battle of Teruel. Both...
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