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1316 – The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants to the Principality of Achaea seek to resolve the issue at the Battle of Manolada. The Burgundians won. 1687 – English genius Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Thus again proving, to some, Cambridge University’s superiority over Oxford. More at: History
British soldiers being incapacitated in World War One though contracting sexually transmitted illnesses was an ever-present problem. Such an affliction could see a soldier out of action for two months. In 1918 there were 60,000 cases of such diseases in the British army. How was this usually described on a soldier’s army record?
