The Battle of Auberoche was fought during the Gascon campaign of 1345 on 21 October between a 1,200-strong force composed of English and local Gascons under Henry, Earl of Derby, and a French army of 7,000 commanded by Louis of Poitiers. It was fought at the village of Auberoche near Périgueux in northern Aquitaine. At the time, Gascony was a territory of the English Crown. The battle resulted in a heavy French defeat and they suffered very high casualties, with their leaders killed or captured. The battle took place during the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. Along with the Battle of Bergerac earlier in the year, it marked a change in the military balance of power in the region after the French position collapsed. It was one of a series of victories which would lead to Henry of Derby being called "one of the best warriors in the world" by a contemporary chronicler.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1877:

The U.S. Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 presidential election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes

1919:

Communist, revolutionary socialist, and syndicalist delegates met in Moscow to establish the Communist International. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Congress_of_the_Comintern

1949:

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and 1 minute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Lady_II

1978:

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_28

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

conversely: 1. (often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship. 2. (conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conversely

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.   --John Irving https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Irving