• War Fort Napoléon des Saintes in Guadeloupe Fort Napoleon, Ostend in Belgium Fort Napoléon, Toulon in France Fort Napoléon, later renamed Fort Blücher, at...
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    of the Prussian Rhine Province and the Citadelle Napoleon was renamed Fort Blücher. During World War II, as a strategic depot, Wesel became a target of...
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    (14,900 m3) of fill was required for the western approach roads, and Fort Blücher [de] was demolished to provide rubble for the embankment. The bridge...
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    from her light artillery as Blücher slowly sailed past the fortress. The Husvik battery had to be abandoned when Blücher passed in front of it and fired...
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  • of Chaffin's Farm at Fort Harrison in Virginia on 29 September 1864. He was presented with the award on April 6, 1865. Blucher joined the Army from Harrisburg...
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    Germans in the spring and summer of 1918. The massive surprise attack (named Blücher-Yorck after two Prussian generals of the Napoleonic Wars) lasted from 27...
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    the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army by Field Marshall Graf von Blücher. The war between France and the Seventh Coalition came when the other European...
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    Fort Albert Annes – 4 × 15 cm SK C/28 naval turreted in open emplacements with 22 kilometres (14 mi) range on the western end of the island Blücher –...
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    Bolærne fort fired a single warning shot. At 23:35, Rauøy fort targeted the cruiser Blücher and fired four live rounds, but missed due to poor visibility...
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    Netherlands, whether Wellington misled or betrayed Blücher by promising, then failing, to come directly to Blücher's aid at Ligny, and credit for the victory between...
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    letter Borgstrom brothers Sullivan brothers Rogers brothers Brothers von Blücher, Germany's counterparts to the Niland/Sullivan Brothers Cervi Brothers...
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    vanguard forces of Operation Weserübung, sinking the 16,000-ton heavy cruiser Blücher. Born on 17 November 1875 to merchant and ship captain Caspar Edvard Eriksen...
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    gun-damaged German heavy cruiser Blücher, which finally sank at 07:30 am, just a short while after the Karven fort surrendered. The Karven torpedo battery...
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    Oscarsborg Fortress (category Forts in Norway)
    fjord. The fortress is best known for sinking the German heavy cruiser Blücher on 9 April 1940. The fortress was military territory until 2003 when it...
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    independent forts. The decision about where to place the southern line of forts may have been influenced by the fact that in 1815 Field Marshal Blucher had arrived...
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    Drøbak Sound in April 1940, the German navy lost the new heavy cruiser Blücher, one of their most modern ships, to a combination of fire from various...
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    Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. January 3 War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro:...
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    German heavy cruiser Blücher, which was subsequently sunk by torpedoes fired from Oscarsborg's land-based torpedo battery. Blücher sank with over 1,000...
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  • Redinha Sabugal FuentesDeOñoro The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the...
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    the Duke of Wellington, commander of the Anglo-allied army, and Prince Blücher, commander of the Prussian army, the French were to be closely pursued...
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    infantry and 10,000 cavalry and prepared to march against Blücher. By 8 February, Blücher's advancing Army of Silesia spread itself out across 44 miles...
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  • Napoleon defeats Prussia and Russia under Blücher Battle of Laon 9–10 March Prussia and Russia under Blücher defeats France under Napoleon Battle of Mâcon...
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    John F. Torrey and interpreter Anton Felix Hans Hellmuth von Blücher (aka Felix A. von Blücher), brokered the 1847 Treaty between the Comanche and the German...
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    Schill. He was soon exchanged for Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and immediately sent to the Siege of Graudenz. After replacing the wounded...
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    declared war on Turkey. She helped to sink the German armoured cruiser Blücher during the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and towed the damaged British...
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  • defeated by re-formed lines of enemy infantry. The forces of Prussian Marshal Blücher arrive to reinforce Wellesley, and the French are broken. As Napoleon retreats...
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    OL 5009670M. Lemoine, Patrick (2011) [1st pub. 1996 as Fort‑Dimanche, Fort‑la‑Mort]. Prézeau, Maryse (ed.). Fort-Dimanche, Dungeon of Death. Translated by Haspil...
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    increased the available artillery and proposed a plan to capture a hill fort where republican guns could dominate the city's harbour and force the British...
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    was protected by a bridge-head that was overlooked by Fort Napoleon. Fort Napoleon was a strong fort, capable of holding 450 men and situated atop a hill...
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    of Ligny: Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Quatre Bras: Marshal Ney engages Arthur Wellesley...
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