Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.

Black Army. 1463-1500. Powerful Hungarian mercenary force.

Bonus Army. 1932. US WWI vets march to demand accelerated bonus payment. Dispersed by force.

Booth, William. 1829-1912. British reformer. Founder of Salvation Army, 1878. In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890.

Chu Teh. 1886-1976. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Red Army. Long March.

Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.

Conway Cabal. 1777 plot to replace Washington with Gates at head of Continental Army.

Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.

Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.

Denikin, Anton. 1872-1947. Russian general of White Army, 1918-20.

Draft Riots. 1863. New York City workers vs Union army draft laws.

European Defence Community. 1950-54. Failed attempt at continental army.

Fabius, Quintus. -203BC. Consul. Saved Rome from Hannibal by delaying battles, allowing army to recover 218-.

Fairfax, Thomas. 1612-71. English Parliamentarian Civil War general. Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army. Victor at Marston Moor.

Foreign Legion. 1831-. French army unit of foreign volunteers, French officers founded in Algeria.

Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-85. Commander-in-Chief Union army 1864-5 in US Civil War. President 1869-77.

Haganah. 1920-48. Jewish protective force in Palestine. Basis of Israeli army.

Hindenburg Line. 1917. German army’s Western Front. Breached 1918.

Horatio. Roman hero. Stood alone vs Etruscan army.

Irish Republican Army. IRA. 1919-. For a unified independent Ireland by terrorism (Provisional Wing) or by democratic means (Officials). Opposed Allies in WWII. Terrorism 1921-40, 1969-. Outlawed in Eire 1930, 36, 74. Sinn Fein.

Irish War. 1919-21. IRA fights for indepence. Irish Free State.

Kornilov, Lavr. 1870-1918. Russian general. Kerensky’s Commander-in-Chief, 1917. Failed coup vs Kerensky. Led Anti-Bolshevik White Army.

Lance. 1927 Abolished by British army. 1939 used by Polish cavalry vs German tanks.

Legion. Roman army unit of 4-6,000 men.

Louvois, Marquis de. 1639-91. Louis XIV War Minister. Reformed army. Enforced Nantes revocation. Supervised construction of Invalides, Vendôme.

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