Assault with ladders
1escalade — 1590s, action of using ladders to scale the walls of a fortified place, from M.Fr. escalade (16c.) an assault with ladders on a fortification, from It. scalata, fem. pp. of scalare to climb by means of a ladder, from scala ladder, related to L.… …
2escalade — I. v. a. Scale. II. n. Assault with ladders …
3Siege of Vicksburg — As the Union forces approached Vicksburg, Pemberton could put only 18,500 troops in his lines. Grant had over 35,000, with more on the way. However, Pemberton had the advantage of terrain and fortifications that made his defense nearly… …
4Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …
5Night of Champions (2009) — Promotion poster featuring CM Punk holding the World Heavyweight Championship Tagline(s) Every Championship Is On The Line …
6Ranger School — For the New York forestry school, see New York State Ranger School. Ranger shoulder tab The United States Army Ranger School is an intense 61 day combat leadership course oriented towards small unit tactics. It has been called the toughest combat …
7Prussian Crusade — Baltic tribes and Prussian clans ca. 1200. The Prussian Crusade was a series of 13th century campaigns of Roman Catholic crusaders, primarily led by the Teutonic Knights, to Christianize the pagan Old Prussians. Invited after earlier unsuccessful …
8Military history of New Zealand in World War I — New Zealand troops unloading at a French port in 1918. When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand government followed without hesitation, despite its geographic isolation and small… …
9Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Japanese invasions of Korea date=1592–1598 caption= The Japanese landing on Busan. place=Korean peninsula result=Korean and Chinese victory. combatant1=Korea under the Joseon Dynasty, China under the Ming… …
10Asama-Sansō incident — Infobox Historical Event Event Name = Asama Sansō incident Image Caption = The Asama Sansō lodge surrounded by police during the incident. AKA = Participants = United Red Army, Japanese National Police Agency Location = Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan… …
