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  • 32Sentinel class cruiser — The Sentinel class was a two ship class of scout cruiser serving with the Royal Navy, and consisting of the ships HMS Sentinel and HMS Skirmisher . Sentinel was originally planned to be named Inchkeith , which would have subsequently led to the… …

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  • 33Horatio Stockton Howell — (August 14, 1820 ndash; July 1, 1863) was a Union Army chaplain killed in downtown Gettysburg on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.Howell was born near Trenton, New Jersey, a son of William and Abigail Howell, the fifth of seven children …

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  • 34Assault rifle — An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle or carbine (not to be confused with a semi automatic only replica) firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and high powered rifle ammunition. Assault rifles… …

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  • 35Flanker — Flank er, n. One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body. [1913 Webster] They threw out… …

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  • 36skirmish — I. noun Etymology: Middle English skyrmissh, alteration (influenced by Anglo French eskermir to fence (with swords), protect, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German scirmen to protect, scirm shield) of skarmuch, from Anglo French escarmuche …

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  • 37Battle — This article is about combat. For other meanings, see Battle (disambiguation). Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will… …

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  • 38Battle of Waterloo — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Waterloo partof=the War of the Seventh Coalition caption= Wellington at Waterloo by Robert Alexander Hillingford. date=18 June 1815 place=Waterloo, present day Belgium south of brussels result=Decisive …

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  • 39Gary Gygax — Infobox Writer name = Ernest Gary Gygax caption = Gygax at Gen Con Indy 2007 birthdate = birth date|1938|7|27 birthplace = Chicago, Illinois, United States deathdate = death date and age|2008|3|04|1938|7|27 deathplace = Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,… …

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  • 40Battle of Nieuwpoort — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Nieuwpoort partof=the Eighty Years War caption= Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort by Pauwels van Hillegaert. Oil on canvas. date=July 2, 1600 place=Nieuwpoort, present day Belgium result=Dutch …

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