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Tamames, 18 October 1809, a humiliating defeat of General Marchand, leading Ney's VI Corps by a Spanish regular force lead by Duke del Parque near Talavera.
 
Cimon (Athenian politician and general)
I would have said circumvellation, but it's not easy to find an "rc" word.
 
Wendy said:
Cimon (Athenian politician and general)
I would have said circumvellation, but it's not easy to find an "rc" word.
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Wendy, under our current guidelines for this word game, you can go to the first vowel following the third letter to avoid the double consonant problem. Thus rc would become ru in the above example. -- lancer
 
lancer said:
Wendy, under our current guidelines for this word game, you can go to the first vowel following the third letter to avoid the double consonant problem. Thus rc would become ru in the above example. -- lancer
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That's correct mates and welcome Wendy; it is nice to see a new player. The current rules are explained in full in post #688 of this thread.
 
United States vs Macedonian, 25 October 1812, a sea battle between the frigates USS United States, led by Captain Stephan Decatur and HMS Macedonian that resulted in the taking of the British frigate.
 
Teplitz, 17 September 1813, a loss by Napoleon and the loss of a French eagle to the Prussian/Russians near the Czech - German border.
 
Evarchus, founder of Catana (aka Catania on the island of Sicily)
(Thanks for the explanation guys. :) )
 
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