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in order to split them roughly down the middle. The elector bribed a local official loyal to him to hold a large and elaborate banquet for the
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1519:Scanian War
1478: /
1195:great power
1054:Brandenburg
957:Brandenburg
870:2nd Messina
850:James River
808:1st Curaçao
687:Brandenburg
675:1st Messina
663:Noirmoutier
641:Rheinfelden
631:Kochersberg
580:Upper Rhine
574:Saint-Denis
296:Brandenburg
283:Scanian War
98:Scanian War
58:introducing
16:1675 battle
1493:Categories
1466:12°46′00″E
1463:52°47′59″N
1379:References
1276:Bundeswehr
1214:Charles XI
1027:Marktbreit
978:Fehrbellin
945:Riksamiral
823:Martinique
791:Espouilles
786:Maureillas
739:Landskrona
702:Fehrbellin
499:Aardenburg
389:Landskrona
312:Fehrbellin
232:28 cannons
227:13 cannons
145:Fehrbellin
41:references
1263:), 1879.
1228:'s drama
1220:Reception
1103:engineers
1079:Brunswick
1050:Havelberg
1046:Havelland
1035:Magdeburg
1031:Franconia
1008:Leopold I
961:Pomerania
955:parts of
875:Stromboli
769:Stralsund
754:Uddevalla
744:Marstrand
646:Ortenbach
611:Altenheim
601:Turckheim
519:Staphorst
504:Coevorden
494:Groningen
419:Stralsund
404:Uddevalla
394:Marstrand
66:July 2024
1282:See also
1260:Sedantag
1247:Victoria
1097:on both
1063:dragoons
1058:Rathenow
1039:infantry
910:Køge Bay
885:Bornholm
797:Americas
780:Pyrenees
724:Halmstad
692:Rathenow
658:Besançon
636:Freiburg
606:Salzbach
596:Mulhouse
591:Entzheim
586:Sinsheim
399:Jemtland
369:Halmstad
359:Køge Bay
339:Bornholm
319:Tribsees
302:Rathenow
220:Strength
139:Location
1278:units.
1207:Germany
1165:Denmark
1127:brigade
1095:marshes
1023:Erstein
988:Prelude
951:), had
932:Swedish
915:Wissant
895:Palermo
880:Augusta
840:Solebay
759:Warksow
714:Gotland
559:Cambrai
534:Seneffe
524:Naarden
509:Woerden
489:Tolhuis
484:Groenlo
409:Warksow
334:Gotland
324:Wolgast
54:improve
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1270:wrote
1099:flanks
1085:Battle
1012:Alsace
900:Tobago
865:Málaga
818:Acadia
652:France
554:Cassel
230:7,000,
186:Sweden
156:Result
43:, but
1299:Notes
1071:Nauen
890:Ă–land
855:Texel
764:RĂĽgen
734:Malmö
697:Nauen
621:Trier
569:Ypres
564:Ghent
539:Grave
414:RĂĽgen
384:Bohus
379:Malmö
349:Ystad
344:Ă–land
307:Nauen
143:near
1448:ISBN
1434:ISBN
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1075:Elbe
934:and
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729:Lund
529:Bonn
374:Lund
131:Date
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1029:in
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