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    The Battle of Longue-Pointe (French: Bataille de Longue-Pointe) was an attempt by Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia to capture...
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    Longue-Pointe (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃g pwɛ̃t]) was a Montreal neighbourhood now located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighborhood...
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  • which led to the fall of Montreal in the French and Indian War Siege of Fort St. Jean, Battle of Longue-Pointe, and Battle of The Cedars (1775–1776)...
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  • Concord: The Battle heard round the world (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The siege of Boston;...
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    northwestern coast of Normandy in the Calvados department, France. In World War II, Pointe du Hoc was the location of a series of German bunkers and machine...
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    Allen's presence, mustered every man he could, and, in the Battle of Longue-Pointe, scattered most of Allen's force, and captured him and about 30 men. His...
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  • Battle of Fort William Henry Battle of Carillon Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Beauport Battle of Longue-Pointe Battle of Quebec (1775) Battle of the...
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    Invasion of Canada 1775 Arnold's expedition to Quebec 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe 1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean 1775 Battle of Quebec 1776 Battle of the Cedars...
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    John Butler (Ranger) (category Loyalist military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
    including the Battle of Wyoming and the Cherry Valley Massacre. After the war Butler resettled in Upper Canada, where he was given a grant of land by the...
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  • of Nepal 1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe...
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    Invasion of Quebec 1775 Arnold's expedition to Quebec 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe 1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean 1775 Battle of Quebec 1776 Battle of the Cedars...
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  • 1776) Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (May 10, 1775) Siege of Fort St. Jean (September 17, 1775 – November 3, 1775) Battle of Longue-Pointe (September 25...
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  • British Rising of the Priests 8 September - Maltese people revolt against the corrupt government and Knights Hospitaller Battle of Longue Pointe 25 September...
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    invasion of Canada. Allen was captured at the Battle of Longue-Pointe and spent over two years as a prisoner of war. With the Green Mountain Boys called to...
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    and sailors. September 25 – American Revolution: Siege of Fort St. Jean – Battle of Longue-Pointe: Thirteen Colonies revolutionary forces under Maj. Ethan...
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    the Battle of Longue-Pointe, when, overstepping instructions to merely raise local militia, he attempted to take Montreal with a small force of men....
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    and sailors. September 25 – American Revolution: Siege of Fort St. Jean – Battle of Longue-Pointe: Thirteen Colonies revolutionary forces under Maj. Ethan...
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    portion of the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It consists of two neighbourhoods Mercier-Ouest (Longue-Pointe) and...
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  • colonies. 24 September – American Revolution: Battle of Longue-Pointe. 9 December – American Revolution: Battle of Great Bridge – victory by the Virginia's...
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    attempt the capture of Montreal. In the Battle of Longue-Pointe, this effort failed on the next day, with Allen and a number of men captured by the British...
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    The Longues-sur-Mer battery (German: Marineküstenbatterie (MKB) Longues-sur-Mer; also designated Widerstandsnest (Wn) 48) is a World War II German coastal...
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    1775 in Canada (category 1775 in the Province of Quebec (1763–1791))
    Attempting to take Montreal, Ethan Allen and many of his 150 followers are captured, at Longue Pointe, and are sent to England. October 18 – American Patriots...
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  • Fusiliers Mont-Royal (category Infantry regiments of Canada)
    Mont-Royal perpetuate the 2nd and 3rd Battalions (City of Montreal) (1812–15), Longue-Pointe and Pointe-Claire Divisions (1812–15), the 69th Battalion (Canadien-Français)...
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    Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy...
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    Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the...
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    Beach. Soon the big guns at Le Hamel and at Longues were able to target the approaching LCAs. As a result of this one LCA was hit and sank, twelve marines...
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    Omaha Beach (category Battles and operations of World War II)
    companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, assaulted the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the...
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    directly on the beach instead of further out as planned. Three of the four guns in a large emplacement at the Longues-sur-Mer battery were disabled by...
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    The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on 6 June...
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    The Battle of Saint-Lô was one of the three conflicts in the battle of the hedgerows [fr], which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, in Saint-Lô, Manche...
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