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There is no type of human endeavor where it is so important that the leader understands all phases of his job as that of the profession of arms. -- Major General James Fry |
Grand Duke Nikolai(122 total words in this text)(2222 Reads)  Nikolai achieved little success and was removed from office when Tsar Nicholas II took control of the Russian Army in September 1915. Nikolai was sent to Tiblisi where he worked with General Nikolai Yudenich. His recommendations of constitutional reform were ignored by Tsar Nicholas II and suggested he abdicated during the February Revolution. Nikolai remained in the Crimea until leaving for Italy in March 1919. Grand Duke Nikolai died in France in 1929. |
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1775:
American troops capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
1796: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy. 1857: The Bengal Army in India revolts against the British. 1861: Union troops and civilians riot in St. Louis. 1862: The Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee takes place. 1863: General Thomas J. Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after losing his arm when his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville. 1865: Union cavalry troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irvinville, Georgia. 1917: Allied ships get destroyer escorts to fend off German attacks in the Atlantic. 1940: As Germany invades Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain. 1941: Englands House of Commons is destroyed during the worst of the London Blitz as 550 German bombers drop 100,000 incendiary bombs. |
