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Flamberge(147 total words in this text)(2754 Reads)  Also, a Flamberge is a large claymore-like sword of either germanic or Swedish origin. It, too, has a wavy blade, however its purpose was mostly for chopping up an enemy pike or spear. There is an area between the hilt and blade used for thrusting the enormous weapon much like a spear. Flamberge was also the name of a sword borne by Charlemagne and Rinaldo (also known as Renaut de Montauban). It was forged by the smith Galas, and was one of nine blades shattered by Olivier's sword, Hauteclere. Strictly speaking, only the third definition is an accurate use of this name (the wavy-bladed swords being more properly called "flambards" or "flammards"), but this distinction is rarely kept. |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
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. |
