Impossible Victories

action advance Alambagh Albuera American ammunition armoured Army arrived artillery assault attack battalion battery battle bayonet Beersheba began Beresford brigade Brigadier-General British Captain captured casualties cavalry Cawnpore Chippewa Colonel colour Colour Sergeant column command Company Corps counter-attack Daiquirí Dargai defences Desert Mounted Corps despatched Division enemy enemy's fighting fire flank force Fort Erie forward fought French Fusiliers garrison Gaza German Gordons Havelock heavy Highlanders Hill Indian killed later Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Light Infantry Lucknow Lundy's Lane machine gun Major Major-General miles militia mortars mounted Mutiny Nana Sahib Niagara officers Omaha Beach Outram panzergrenadiers Pei-ho platoon Pointe du Hoe position Rangers ranks reached rear rebels Regiment reinforcements remained Riall rifle river Royal San Juan Ridge Scott Sergeant shells shot slopes Spaniards Spanish squadron summit tanks tion took troops Turkish United Victoria Cross VIII Corps village withdrawal wounded XX Corps yards