Third new word game (13 Viewers)

[Mardasson]

Dervish

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Admiral Hyman George Rickover

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[lancer]

Collins, Michael - "The Big Fellow"

 

[Spitfrnd]

Linz-Urfahr, 17 May 1809, a French, Wurtenberg and Saxon victory over the Austrians near the confluence of the Danube and Traun in Austria.

 

[Mardasson]

Nuremberg

 

[BeaconsAl]

REMEMBERENCE Day 11/11

 

[lancer]

Messines Ridge

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Siberia

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[lancer]

Beria, Lavrentiy - head of NKVD under Stalin

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Ripcord

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[Spitfrnd]

Pombal, 11 March 1811, a slightly successful harrying action by Rifles and Cacadores against a brigade of rear guard on the bank of the Rio Soure on Massena's retreat from the Torres Vedras line.

 

[lancer]

Marne, The Battle of the - 1914 or 1918

 

[Spitfrnd]

Retiro, 13 August 1812, a surrender after a brief struggle of a French fortified garrison in Madrid to Wellington and 600 men from the 51st and 68th Foot.

 

[lancer]

Tirolean Alps - before someone says Ticonderoga for the umpteeth time

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

Rocketry

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[Spitfrnd]

Cervia, 26 December 1813, a brigade level Austrian victory over the Franco-Italians on the northeatern Italian coast.

 

[lancer]

Richard III

 

[Spitfrnd]

Castalla, 13 April 1813, a one sided Anglo-Spanish victory over Suchet's French army of Aragon and Valencia. A column of the 121e suffered 19 officers and 350 men in 5 minutes against a line of the 2/27th Foot.

 

[lancer]

Stilwell, Lt.Gen. Joseph

 

[Spitfrnd]

Eino Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), a Finnish Air Force fighter pilot and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories in 437 sorties.