Simply Battles

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1. I was the site of the last pitched battle fought on the British mainland on 16 16, 1746. It was a bloody encounter where the Butcher Cumberland defeated Bonnie Prince Charlie: Marston Moor Culloden Moor Hexham Hill Sandleworth Moor

2. This was a great patriotic victory, for the Scots in September 1297. Here William Wallace defeated the Earl of Surrey and Hugh Cressingham: Paisley Falkirk Stirling Bridge Lanark

3. It was here in 331 B.C., that Alexander the Great defeated a huge Persian Army under Darius: Indus Arbela Issus Hindu Kus

4. It was here in 31 B.C., that those two great lovers Antony and Cleopatra, fought and lost a naval battle against Octavian: Battle of Arabela Battle of Actium Battle of Tyrus Battle of the Nile

5. In 1571, another naval battle. A Christian force under John of Austria defeated Ali Pasha's Ottoman forces, denying command of the seas to the Ottoman Turks: Battle of Antioch Battle of Capri Battle of Crete Battle of Lepanto

6. May 15, 1464, a Yorkist Army completely defeated a Lancastrian force near Devil's Water, all but completing the Yorkist hold on Northern England. Where was this? Battle of Marston Moor Battle of Stamford Bridge Battle of Alnwick Battle of Hexham

7. In 1685 a rebel army led by the Duke of Monmouth ran into the a Royal Army, led by Sir John Churchill, and was utterly defeated: Battle of Flodden Battle of Newbury Battle of Sedgemore Battle of Langport

8. In 451 A.D., the Roman General Aetius, with a coalition, defeated the famous Atilla the Hun, putting a stop to his campaign in Gaul: Battle of Tours Battle of Crecy Battle of Liege Battle of Chalons

9. Often called the Battle of Nations did Napolean suffer a serious defeat at the hands of the Allies (Octber 1813)? Battle of Austerlitz Battle of Ligny Battle of Leipzig Battle of Jena

10. In May 878, Alfred the Great, defeated the a Danish army under Guthrum, securing Wessex and the partition of England under Danelaw. Battle of Stamford Bridge Battle of Bridgeport Battle of Edington Battle of Stanley