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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: American Eastern Front, Battle at the gates of Tenochtitlan, Battle for Chattanooga, Battle for Neumayer, Battle of atov, Battle of Arcadiopolis, Battle of Armageddon, Battle of Balta, Battle of Belfast, Battle of Bologna, Battle of Bosworth Field, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Britain, Battle of Burrard, Battle of Calais, Battle of Chichen Itza, Battle of Clarksville, Battle of Cordoba Line, Battle of Dresden, Battle of Fars, Battle of Gera, Battle of Grenoble, Battle of Hawai'i, Battle of Karakorum, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Lake Whatcom, Battle of Lemberg, Battle of Luetzen, Battle of Magrudzony, Battle of Manassas, Battle of Manila, 1762, Battle of Memel, Battle of Murmansk, Battle of Nehavend, Battle of Omaha, Battle of Panama, Battle of Perpignan, Battle of Petrograd, Battle of Pisek, Battle of Prislitz, Battle of Qadisiya, Battle of Sartene, Battle of Seskanie, Battle of Tabor, Battle of Tannenburg, Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Urga, Battle of Weiden, Battle of Willow Creek, Battle of Wismar, Battle of Yarmuk, Battle of the Steppes, Eastern Front, Siege of Petrograd, The Battle of Panipat, Western Front. Excerpt: Cortes originally decided to have his ships assembled in Tlaxcala, while moving his base of operations to Tetzcoco. With his headquarters in Tetzcoco, he could keep his forces from being spread too thin around the lake, and from there could send them where they were needed. Nonetheless, this plan proved ineffective, and he moved his shipbuilders and his other supplies to Tetzcoco in the beginning of February 1521. Cortes had 86 horsemen, 118 crossbowmen and harquebusiers, and 700 Spanish foot soldiers. He put 25 soldiers plus artillerymen on each ship, since each was equipped with a cannon. He partitioned his remaining land forces into three groups. Under the command of Alvarado were 30 horsemen, 18 crossbowm...