On September 13th 1759, France's loss of its colonial territories in North America was set in motion when British redcoats scaled cliffs protecting Quebec City and defeated troops and militia loyal to Louis XV.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. civil administrator for Iraq L. Paul Bremer said that some soldiers of the dismantled Iraqi army started receiving salaries Tuesday, but an Iraqi sergeant warns that discontent still simmers among the defeated troops.
CNN: Unpaid Iraqi soldiers start receiving salaries, but discontent simmers
Soviet troops defeated the German Sixth Army, in what is considered one of the major turning points of World War II.
In 1776, General Washington's American troops defeated a Hessian force fighting for the British at the battle of Trenton, New Jersey.
George Washington's troops were defeated here in 1776 by the British, who used as their base an old Dutch farmhouse now known as the Old Stone House.
In 1995, a little-known officer backed by mercenaries led by French soldier of fortune Bob Denard took power in the Comoros after poorly-equipped government troops were defeated.
Gen Bigeard was a commanding officer during the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, where French troops were surrounded and defeated by the forces of the Vietnamese Communists, the Viet Minh.
In 1685, at the Battle of Sedgemoor, in Somerset, England, the troops of King James II defeated the mainly peasant supporters of the Duke of Monmouth.
He went on say that he had attended a military dinner on Monday night which celebrated the battle of Barrosa when British troops, including many Irishmen, defeated the French in March 1811.
Security Council to pull troops out, while Sudan said it had defeated the southern army and forced it to retreat.
Kenya sent troops to Somalia last year, saying that it wanted al-Shabab defeated because the militants threatened its security.
He was defeated by newcomer Ned Lamont, who has called for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops.
In 2008 the government defeated Conservative attempts to force a public inquiry, saying it would be a "diversion" for UK troops serving in Iraq.
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