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The fear of war is worse than war itself. -- Seneca |
Delium (424 b.c.)(123 total words in this text)(2214 Reads)  War: Peloponnesian Wars Date: 424 b.c. Location: Delium (Dilessi), Greece Outcome: Boeotian victory over the Athenians Principal Commanders: Athenian: Demosthenes Athenian: Hippocrates Boeotian: Pagondas Overview: The Athenians attempted a complex three-prong invasion of Boeotia in 424 BC. The Athenian commander Hippocrates captured and fortified the town of Delium. The Boeotians consolidated their forces under the general Pagondas and attacked the Athenian army. After the two armies engaged and the Boeotians routed the Athenians after Pagondas sent two cavalry squandrons around to attack from the rear. The Boeotians then recaptured Delium. |
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1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
