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14/04/2026

Battle of the Month: Lexington-Concord (19 April, 1775).
Tension between Britain and her North American colonies had been building for years. After numerous protests and acts of defiance, things took a serious turn after the December 1773 Boston Tea Party, when an irate King George III and Parliament took more drastic action to teach their rebellious citizens in Massachusetts a lesson. After shutting down Boston’s port, dissolving elected government, and placing the colony under military occupation, the dry tinder of Colonial resentment was ready to ignite. The spark came on the morning of 19 April 1775, as a British force moved west to destroy military supplies secretly stored in Concord. When the column came upon a small company of militia waiting on Lexington Green, the fateful “shot heard round the world” rang out. The American Revolution had begun.

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12/03/2026

Battle of the Month: The Alamo (Feb. 23- Mar. 6, 1836)
During the Texas Revolution, the Mexican Army clashed with Texan forces on several battlefields ‒ the most famous of which was the Alamo. During this 13-day siege, a small group of defenders held out against overwhelming odds only to die in the final Mexican assault on the Alamo mission. Although it was clearly a tactical defeat for the Texans, this legendary “last stand” was a sentinel event during the Texas Revolution. The battle, more than any other event, galvanized Texans’ popular support against Gen. Santa Anna, President of Mexico. Not only did the brave defenders buy time for Sam Houston to build his Texan army, but they also created the symbol that would rally the support and manpower to defeat Santa Anna just weeks later at the Battle of San Jacinto. Today, the Alamo still evokes sentiments of patriotism, courage, and determination against great odds.

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11/02/2026

Battle of the Month: Verdun (Feb. 21- Dec. 18, 1916)
By early 1916, World War I was in its second year. Germany was fighting on two fronts – France and Great Britain in the West and Imperial Russia in the East. With the prospect of prolonged fighting in the East, Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn, Chief of the German General Staff, believed the war would be decided in the West. To break the western stalemate, Falkenhayn planned a battle of attrition. He believed the French would defend Verdun, with its significant military and historical importance, to the last man. He would, therefore, bleed them “white” and force France to sue for peace.

But a competent Gen. Pétain leading determined French defenders thwarted German plans. Over 10 months, in the largest and longest battle of World War I, it became clear that Falkenhayn’s attrition strategy had utterly failed. For the French, the costly victory would become a symbol of national pride and an enduring reminder of the carnage of war.

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14/01/2026

Battle of the Month: New Orleans (January 8th, 1815)
The War of 1812 had not gone particularly well for the United States. The British were blockading America’s coasts, damaging commerce, and thwarting any hopes for U.S. territorial gains in Canada. After two years of fighting, Americans were further humiliated when, in August of 1814, the British burned the U.S. Capitol. The people in the young republic yearned for respect. Brevet Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson would finally give them that respect with his lopsided victory at New Orleans. Although the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent two weeks prior to the battle, the commanders on the ground were unaware of it at the time. Ironically, because news of Jackson’s victory reached Washington so closely timed with word of the peace treaty, New Orleans would long be etched in the American conscience as the “victory” that ended the war. More accurately, the war was a draw. Nevertheless, the victory at New Orleans was significant enough for the U.S. to earn the respect of Britain, which never again treated America as anything less than an independent power. It would also launch the political career of a future president.

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11/12/2025

Battle of the Month: Trenton (Dec. 26th, 1776).
'Tis the season...In the fall of 1776, after losing New York, Gen. George Washington’s demoralized army moved south to regroup and prepare to defend New Jersey and Philadelphia. Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis, meanwhile, pursued the rebel force, hoping to defeat them before winter. Fortunately for Washington, during his retreat, he managed to delay Cornwallis long enough for Washington’s army to escape across the Delaware River. Then, he did something extraordinary. As Cornwallis’s army went into winter quarters, Washington launched a surprise attack on the Hessian garrison at Trenton. This bold stroke caught the British and Hessians off guard, resulting in the first significant American victory of the war. The timing was as desperate as it was brilliant. Just when American morale was at its lowest ebb, Washington motivated the new American nation to carry on. (Mailing this one out to our subscribers in a few weeks!)

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14/11/2025

Battle of the Month! Vicksburg (4 Nov., 1862- 4 July, 1863)
1863 was a pivotal year in the American Civil War. In both theaters, eastern and western, Confederate forces had recently seized the initiative. Northern support for the war ebbed to an all-time low, threatening President Abraham Lincoln’s dream of a unified nation. But everything changed in the summer of 1863 when Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant captured the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg. With his victory, Grant had cut the Confederacy in two and assured Union control of the Mississippi River. This, combined with Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s defeat at Gettysburg, restored Union confidence in the war and helped reelect Lincoln. For the South, however, the loss of Vicksburg was devastating ‒ representing the beginning of the end.

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23/10/2025

Battle of the Month: Kings Mountain (Oct., 7th 1780)
In 1780, with the Revolution in its fifth year, British attention turned south. After the capture of Charleston, South Carolina, British Maj. Gen. Cornwallis moved inland and destroyed the Continental Army at Camden ‒ setting the stage for his movement north. But as Cornwallis began his campaign, a simple proclamation by a subordinate would unravel his plans. Maj. Patrick Ferguson, a promising young officer in charge of recruiting and training Loyalists on Cornwallis’s western flank, sent the inflammatory message into the “over-mountain” region west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The “over-mountain” men responded by joining up their militias and coming after him. When they caught him at Kings Mountain, the resulting battle ‒ pitting American against American ‒ would end the string of British successes in the South and alter the course of the war.

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03/10/2025

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