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Operation Outflank was the
first combat operation of the
British Pacific Fleet (BPF). It was a
series of
raids by the
Fleet Air Arm on the oil refineries...
- In
military tactics, a
flanking maneuver is a
movement of an
armed force around an
enemy force's side, or flank, to
achieve an
advantageous position over...
- swords. This gave the
Rohillas the
opportunity to
encircle the
Gardis and
outflank the
Maratha centre while Shah Wali
pressed on
attacking the front. Thus...
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Marne in
September 1914,
Allied and
German forces unsuccessfully tried to
outflank each other, a
series of
manoeuvres later known as the "Race to the Sea"...
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stationed behind its cavalry. This
ensured that
Alexander would not be
outflanked,
while his phalanx,
armed with long pikes, had a
considerable advantage...
- longbowmen. It was a
disastrous attempt. The
French knights were
unable to
outflank the
longbowmen because of the
encroaching woodland; they were also unable...
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Kennedy somehow became a
liberal icon, an
antiwar visionary who
tried to
outflank Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society from the left. On Kennedy's ideological...
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Richard Oastler (20
December 1789 – 22
August 1861) was a "Tory radical", an
active opponent of
Catholic Eman****tion and
Parliamentary Reform and a lifelong...
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advanced to
seize Ormea in the mountains. From Ormea, it
headed west to
outflank the Austro-Sardinian
positions around Saorge.
After this campaign, Augustin...
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alternative but to make a last
stand at the IJssel. However,
should the
enemy outflank this
river by
crossing the
Lower Rhine into the Betuwe, the
field army...
