Voldemort's supporters, including the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, are given the task of casting the Dark Mark over the school to lure Dumbledore to the Astronomy Tower. They are immediately intercepted by Ron, Neville, and Ginny, but Malfoy creates a smoke screen using Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder - a product of Fred and George Weasley's. As members of the Order of the Phoenix - Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin and Bill Weasley - and the teachers are alerted, the Death Eaters make their way to the Tower to cast the Mark. All th ...

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Battle of Hogwarts, Battle of Hogwarts - Circumstances, Battle of Hogwarts - The Battle, Battle of Hogwarts - Aftermath

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Battle of Halbe - Prelude. On April 16 The Soviets started the Battle of Berlin with an attack by two Soviet Fronts across the Oder river. By April 21 they had broken through the German front line in two places and had started to surround Berlin. The German 9. Armee was between the two massive Soviet pincers that were heading for Berlin. The Southern pincer consisted of armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front (1UF) under the command Ivan Konev had penetrated the furthest and had cut through the area behind the German 9. Armee's front lines. See also:

Battle of Halbe, Battle of Halbe - Background, Battle of Halbe - Units, Battle of Halbe - German, Battle of Halbe - Soviet, Battle of Halbe - The Battle, Battle of Halbe - Prelude, Battle of Halbe - Encirclement, Battle of Halbe - The Breakout, Battle of Halbe - Aftermath, Battle of Halbe - Notes, Battle of Halbe - Bibliography

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Two days later, on September 29, Castañeda and his company reached the west bank of the Guadalupe River across from Gonzales, but were unable to cross the ford because of high water and a force of 18 Texan militia, known later as the "Old Eighteen". The cannon in contention was mounted on the axle of a cotton wagon and taken with the militia. A wedding dress was stitched into a flag bearing a black star, ...

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Although logically not canon, the Battle of Felucia goes as follows from the game Star Wars: Battlefront II: It started when the 182nd Legion of Clone troopers landed on Felucia. It was the last anyone has ever heard of them. So, around one month later, the 501st Legion landed to take over their place. They faced terror from swarms of wild acklay. After they nearly tore apart their unit, the troopers were able to eliminate all of the attacking beasts. Aayla Secura then landed and helped out with the battle. She made a bold statement afterward, saying the ...

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Battle of Felucia, Battle of Felucia - The Battle, Battle of Felucia - Order 66

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On the 20th September General Wellesley and Colonel Stevenson separated at Bednapur; Stevenson advancing through a valley some 14 miles west of Wellesley's line of march. He and Wellesley had planned to join forces again at a village twelwe miles from Bokerdunon on the 24 September. But Wellesley encountered the army of Sindhia and Ragojee Bhonsla at Assaye on 23 September. The latter numbered between 40,000 and 50,000 strong, including three brigades of regular infantry, the largest under the command of Anthony Pohlmann, a Hanoverian ...

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Battle of Assaye, Battle of Assaye - The Background, Battle of Assaye - The Battle, Battle of Assaye - Sharpe's Triumph

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At 12.45 the tents were struck, reserve ammunition was distributed and the troops took up their battle stations. As the troops moved to their posts they could see the Zulu right horn, circling north out of British artillery range before halting north-west of the camp. The left horn and centre of the impi continued westwards until they were due south of Kambula. At 1.30 Lieutenant-Colonel Redvers Henry Buller suggested his mounted troops sting the right horn into premature attack, which was agreed to. The men rode out to within range of the m ...

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Battle of Kambula, Battle of Kambula - Prelude, Battle of Kambula - Kambula’s Defences, Battle of Kambula - The Battle, Battle of Kambula - Results

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Battle of Marston Moor - Opening Phase. Although there were brief exchanges of artillery fire and some skirmishes between outposts during the afternoon, Rupert thought that he still had the initiative and that the battle would take not place until the next day. However, at about 7:30 pm, Leven suddenly attacked under cover of a rainstorm, taking the Royalists by surprise. On the Allied left, Cromwell's deliberate advance, supported by Lawrence Crawford, shattered Byron's wing. Byron had ordered a counter-c ...

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Battle of Marston Moor, Battle of Marston Moor - Campaign, Battle of Marston Moor - Yorke march, Battle of Marston Moor - The Armies Deploy, Battle of Marston Moor - The Parlimentarians, Battle of Marston Moor - The Royalist Armies, Battle of Marston Moor - The Battle, Battle of Marston Moor - Opening Phase, Battle of Marston Moor - Cromwell's Victory, Battle of Marston Moor - Aftermath

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Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase I. Beginning late June 1937, the Japanese army (several hundreds) deployed at the west end of the bridge was practicing while Kuomintang forces, garrisoned in Wanping Town, watched closely. At dawn on 7 July, the Japanese army telegraphed the KMT forces saying that a soldier was missing and believed to be hiding inside the town. The Japanese demanded that its army should enter the town to search for the missing soldier, who was later found unharmed. There are some disputes among ...

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Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Names, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Background, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Geography, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Strategic appraisal, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - People and divisions involved, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - China KMT, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Japan, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Deployment, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase I, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase II, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - The Battle, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase I, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase II, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Aftermath

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Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Northern Front. The Austrian First Army under Viktor Dankl was moving in the north towards Brest-Litovsk to cut the Warsaw-Kiev Railroad. Dankl struck and drove back Baron Salza's Russian Fourth Army in what would be known as the Battle of Krasnik. To the right of Dankl the Austrian Fourth Army drove back the Russian Fifth Army under Pavel Plehve. See also:

Battle of Lemberg 1914, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Background, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - The Battle, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Northern Front, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Southern Front, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Lemberg, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Results, Battle of Lemberg 1914 - Source

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The Parliamentarians were outnumbered but were better trained and supplied than the Irish and had more cavalry, which was a big advantage in open country. The two sides exchanged a volley of musketry at close range and then closed hand to hand. The Irish cavalry were scattered in the first charge, leaving their infantry alone. However, the infantrymen, mostly armed with pikes, bravely charged their adversaries. Orrerry’s men were almost outflanked by the Irish pikemen, but recovered the advantage by charging the flank of the Irish line. Or ...

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Battle of Knocknaclashy, Battle of Knocknaclashy - The Campaign, Battle of Knocknaclashy - The Battle

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O’Neill crossed into Tir Connell (O’Donnell territory) by crossing the River Swilly about a mile north of Letterkenny. O’Donnell attacked him at a place called Farsetmore. Both sides are estimated at about 2000 men and were composed of similar troops, Cavalry, composed of nobles, gallowglass mercenaries and clan levies. O’Donnell’s horsemen harassed O’Neill as his men were fording the river. Then, the two sides fought hand to hand combat. The O’Donnell horse got the better of O’Neill’s cavalry, precipitating a general retreat on behalf of O’Neill’s force. The O’Donnells pursued them back over ...

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Battle of Farsetmore, Battle of Farsetmore - Background, Battle of Farsetmore - The Battle, Battle of Farsetmore - Sources

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Spee began his attack on 8 December 1914, intending to subsequently refuel north at the estuary of the River Plate (Río de la Plata). While aware of shipping in the area, he mistakenly assumed them to belong to the Imperial Japanese Navy. Spee's cruisers, the Gneisenau and Nürnberg, approached Stanley first. They were surprised by gunfire from an unknown source, which was the Canopus which had been grounded as a guardship, and was behind a hill. This was enough to check the cruisers advance and the sight of the ...

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Battle of the Falkland Islands, Battle of the Falkland Islands - Background, Battle of the Falkland Islands - The Battle, Battle of the Falkland Islands - Example of wireless intelligence

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As dawn broke on November 11, it was cold and raining. Firing broke out in two places. On the river, Mulcaster's gunboats began shooting at the American boats clustered around Cook's Point. Meanwhile, an American party fired a volley at some Mohawks scouting near their encampment, and half a dozen Canadian militia dragoons bolted back to the main British force, calling that the Americans were attacking. The British force dropped its half-cooked breakfast and formed up; which caused American sen ...

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Battle of Crysler's Farm, Battle of Crysler's Farm - The Campaign, Battle of Crysler's Farm - The Battle, Battle of Crysler's Farm - The Aftermath, Battle of Crysler's Farm - Sources

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At Crug Mawr, two miles outside Cardigan, the Welsh forces were confronted by Norman troops drawn from all the lordships of South Wales. The Normans were led by Robert fitzMartin, lord of Cemais, Stephen, constable of Cardigan Castle and William and Maurice fitzGerald, sons of Gerald of Windsor. After some hard fighting, the Norman forces were put to flight and pursued as far as the River Teifi. Many of the fugitives tried to cross the bridge, which broke under the weight, with hundreds said to have drowned, clogging the river with the bodies of men and horses. Others fled to the town of Cardigan ...

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Battle of Crug Mawr, Battle of Crug Mawr - The Battle, Battle of Crug Mawr - Aftermath

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The Battle of Clontibret was essentially a two day running fight, as Bagenal's column was ambushed on its way to and from Monaghan town. The Irish fought sharply along the roads about Crossdall, around 4 miles (6.5 km) from Monaghan, firing on the English column with calivers (light muskets) from the surrounding woodland. However, they did not come to "push of pike" or hand to hand combat, and with the loss of 12 dead and 30 wounded the English reached the castle, which was re-supplied and reinforced with one company. Bagenal h ...

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Gough ordered the advance to commence at about 3:00 pm. From the outset, Pennycuick's brigade was in difficulties. The 24th, newly arrived in India, advanced very rapidly, but lost cohesion and also lost touch with the rest of the brigade in the thick scrub. They suffered heavily from Sikh artillery fire. When they reached the main Sikh positions, Sikh resistance was desperate and the 24th were driven back. Pennycuick's brigade eventually became completely disorganised and had to make its way back to the start line in small parties. Campbell's other brigade and White's cavalry advanced more caut ...

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Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of Chillianwala - Prelude, Battle of Chillianwala - Initial Contact and Deployment, Battle of Chillianwala - The Battle, Battle of Chillianwala - Aftermath

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The Athenian force entered the Hellespont, and, passing the Spartan base at Abydos by night so as to conceal their numbers, established a base on the island of Proconnesus (modern-day Marmora), just northwest of Cyzicus. The next day, they disembarked Chaereas's force near Cyzicus. The Athenian fleet then divided, with 20 ships under Alcibiades advancing towards Cyzicus while two other divisions under Thrasybulus and Theramenes lurked behind. Mindarus, seeing an opportunity to attack what appeared to be a vastly inferior force, set out towar ...

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Battle of Cyzicus, Battle of Cyzicus - Prelude, Battle of Cyzicus - The Battle, Battle of Cyzicus - Aftermath, Battle of Cyzicus - Notes

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Ney, with around 58,000 men, renewed the advance on Berlin on 6 September, encountering mixed elements of Prussian and Russian troops under the overall command of Crown Prince Charles of Sweden (Formally French Marshal Bernadotte) at Dennewitz. Ney had decided to move his entire army down a single road. While this allowed him to maintain communications with his entire army, the single road stacked his army for miles. As a result, the battle swayed back and forth with the arrival of fresh Frenc ...

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Battle of Dennewitz, Battle of Dennewitz - Prelude, Battle of Dennewitz - The Battle, Battle of Dennewitz - Aftermath, Battle of Dennewitz - Order of Battle

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The Rebels took the bait and the trap was sprung with the commandos captured at the moon's base and the Rebel fleet trapped by the Imperial Navy, which was ordered to hold position and prevent the Rebels from escaping. To make things worse, the Death Star's superlaser was already fully operational and was re-designed to be an anti-ship weapon, destroying Rebel ships at will. General Lando Calrissian and Admiral Ackbar closed with the enemy fleet to buy time, but the situation was hopeless. The Rebellion never knew that the station had the ca ...

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Battle of Endor, Battle of Endor - Prelude, Battle of Endor - The Battle, Battle of Endor - The Fleets, Battle of Endor - Expanded Universe

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The attack on El Mazuco begins with an assault by the nationalist Navarrese I brigade on the 6th September. This is repulsed, and at the same time the southern advance of the pincer movement is also stopped. In response to these setbacks, the German Condor Legion is called in and for the first time carpet-bomb a military target, the Republican forces defending the approach to El Mazuco. On the 7th, further attacks are halted and the fronts stabilize; a noted republican commander, Higinio Carrocera, arrives, with three battalions and 24 heavy machine guns. Carpet-bombing wit ...

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Battle of El Mazuco, Battle of El Mazuco - Prelude, Battle of El Mazuco - The Combatants, Battle of El Mazuco - The Battle, Battle of El Mazuco - Aftermath

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