The plan was for a three-pronged invasion, with a goal of capturing Quebec and making it the seat of the Irish Republic-in-exile. On June 1, 1866, the Irish Fenian raid of Canada launched. A three ...

At 7:30 am, July 1, 1916 the Battle of the Somme began. On this single day, the British had about 20,000 fatalities and 35,000 wounded. Once the fighting commenced, a British soldier was killed or ...

The 1918 Battle of Haifa was a pivotal moment that shattered British myths about Indian soldiers, ... India International Centre, Colonel DPK Pillay (Retd.) said the attack was one of the last cavalry ...

The British began a general retreat from the area but were overtaken and defeated by Harrison on October 5 in the Battle of the Thames, where Tecumseh was killed. In other words, Lake Erie and the ...

The French Empire’s renewed hopes to break British naval power were dashed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. But even as Napoleon abandoned hope of invading Britain, his Grand Army went on to ...

With the U.S. Brig Niagara not available in the summer of 2024, we have the opportunity to learn about the two ships, the Scorpion, a schooner, and the U.S. Brig Caledonia, which arguably may have ...

Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, a British cavalry commander, had been raiding the countryside and destroying anything of use to the Americans. The historical record of his potential involvement in the ...

A battle flag captured in the heat of fighting at Queenston Heights during the War of 1812 should rest in Canada, says a group trying to have the trophy repatriated from the U.K. The American flag, ...

“Once I was in the military and understood how things worked and how one was sort of conditioned to go into battle, then it all made more sense,” he added. The scene is set in Palestine 1917. A ...

By the time King Charles marched on Edgehill in October 1642, he had around 11,000 foot soldiers, 3,000 cavalry and 1,000 dragoons to meet a Parliamentarian force that was roughly the same size ...