Search results for "Duel" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Senator, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, to a duel over a perceived insult on the Senate floor; Davis apologized, and the two began a close friendship. ...16 KB (2,409 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- * Der Zweikampf (The Duel), published 1811 in Erzählungen (Volume 2) * Anekdoten, published 1810–1811 in the Berliner Abendblättern ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 15:02, 26 October 2022
- Bragg. Breckinridge wanted to challenge Bragg to a duel. Bragg struck back, court-martialing one division commander for disobeying orders, accusing ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 13:25, 11 February 2022
- formation, engaging in a long distance duel which did not prevent their ... exchanges, fought a long range gunnery duel with Neptune which damaged ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- forces. Takeda Shingen is subsequently killed in a duel with the soldiers' leader, Lieutenant Iba (performed by Sonny Chiba). ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- (Simmons and Scheepers 1996). After a necking duel, a giraffe can land a powerful blow with his head occasionally knocking a male opponent to the ground ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 07:47, 24 January 2023
- back in prison and in danger of hanging. In a duel, on September 22, in Hogsden Fields, he had killed an actor of Henslowe's company named Gabriel ...17 KB (2,769 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- Hrafnkels saga (ˈr̥apncɛls ˌsaːɣa) is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of struggles between chieftains and farmers in the east ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- son, an officer in the army, was killed in a duel; and his second son, Charles, intended for the church, left Trinity College and became companion ...18 KB (2,949 words) - 02:26, 1 August 2022
- made, Sugriva challenged Vali to a duel. While the duel was progressing, Rama shot from his bow and killed Vali. Sugriva regained his kingdom ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- is given a key role in making sure a duel is fought. This has been interpreted as an allegorical representation of a supposed Zionist conspiracy ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- is brave Clorinda, who dons armor, fighting in a duel with her devoted lover who no longer recognizes her. These lovely minor characters, so touching ...18 KB (2,976 words) - 04:39, 1 May 2023
- *"The Duel" (1891) *"Peasant Wives" (1891) *"Ward No. 6" (1892) *"In Exile" (1892) *"The Grasshopper ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 06:50, 31 July 2023
- them sufficiently for a daylight gun duel to be fought. ... instead of being reserved for a surface duel that would never be fought ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- than continuing his outmatched artillery duel. His judgment proved correct ... his involvement to an ineffectual artillery duel and a missed opportunity. ...40 KB (6,273 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2023
- The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 “Beat (a drum) Platform”) is a raised fighting platform, without railings, where often ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- Oak Bridge crossing, resulting in an artillery duel, while the main battle raged two miles (3 km) farther south at Glendale. White Oak Swamp is often ...23 KB (3,550 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- Pushkin, he would die at a very young age in a duel. The first great Russian novelist was Nikolai Gogol. Gogol is a humorist with few peers. His ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- killed Davis Tutt, Jr. in a "quick draw" duel. Fiction later typified this kind of gunfight, but Hickok's is in fact the only one on ...21 KB (3,433 words) - 18:45, 4 May 2023
- On April 9, 1694, John Law fought a duel with Edward Wilson. Wilson had challenged Law over the affections of Elizabeth Villiers. Wilson was ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
