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Brewer's: Civil War
War between citizens (civilês). In English history the term is applied to the war between Charles I. and his Parliament; but the War of the Red and White Roses was a civil war. In America…Brewer's: Trojan War
(The). The siege of Troy by the Greeks. After a siege of ten years the city was taken and burnt to the ground. The last year of the siege is the subject of Homer's Iliad; the burning of…Brewer's: Tug of War
(The), a rural sport, in which a number of men or boys, divided into two bands, lay hold of a strong rope and pull against each other till one side has tugged the other over the dividing…Brewer's: Sacred War
(1) A war undertaken by the Amphictyonic League against the Cirrhaeans, in defence of Delphi. (B.C. 594-587.) (2) A war waged by the Athenians for the restoration of Delphi to the Phocians…Brewer's: Sinews of War
Money, which buys the sinews, and makes them act vigorously. Men will not fight without wages, and the materials of war must be paid for. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: War of the Roses
(See Roses.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WardWar of the Meal-sacks A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Barons' War
(The). An historical poem by Michael Drayton (1603). “The pictures of Mortimer and the queen, and of Edward's entrance into the castle, are splendid and spirited.” —Campbell. Source:…Brewer's: Peasants' War
(The), between 1500 and 1525. It was a frequent rising of the peasantry of Swabia, Franconia, Saxony, and other German states, in consequence of the tyranny and oppression of the nobles.…Brewer's: Peninsular War
The war carried on, under the Duke of Wellington, against the French in Portugal and Spain, between 1808 and 1812. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…American Prisoners of War
Congress defines a prisoner of war as a person who, while serving on active military, naval, or air service, is forcibly detained or interned in the…Trending
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