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Salford Red Devils are one of Rugby League's most celebrated clubs,
claiming a history going back to 1873. During the 150 years since,
it has claimed numerous honours including six championship
successes and eight Challenge Cup final appearances, four of them
at Wembley. In 1934, the team achieved legendary status when
touring France, their adventurous attacking play earning the
accolade Les Diables Rouges – the Red Devils, a sobriquet
officially appended in 2014. Some of rugby's most most revered
names have worn the famed red jersey including Harry Eagles, who
played in every match of the inaugural British rugby tour to
Australasia in 1888; Welsh greats Gus Risman and David Watkins,
both of whom are included in Rugby League's Hall of Fame; and Jimmy
Lomas and Chris Hesketh who – along with Risman – share the
honour of captaining a Great Britain touring side. The club
continues to produce exciting, entertaining rugby, evidenced by
recent prestigious Man of Steel awards to half-backs Jackson
Hastings and Brodie Croft. Rugby League historian Graham Morris
pays due homage to all of Salford's heroes, past and present, via a
comprehensive and wide-reaching set of facts and figures covering
every match and every player known to have represented the club
since its formation. Backed by over 80 superb photographs and
images, several in colour, this is the perfect reference book for
Salford Red Devils supporters and Rugby League fans in general.
The Battle of Koniggratz, also known as the Battle of Sadowa, or
Hradec Kralove, was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War,
in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire.
Taking place near Koniggratz (Hradec Kralove) and Sadowa (Sadova)
in Bohemia on 3 July 1866, it was an example of battlefield
concentration, a convergence of multiple units at the same location
to trap and/or destroy an enemy force between them. There were more
troops on the field of Koniggratz than any other battle, prior to,
or after it until the battle of Mukden (20th February-10th March
1905). Even the greatest battle of the century thus far, Leipzig in
1813, also known as the Battle of Nations, in which, on the final
day of the battle the troops on both sides numbered, after losses
sustained during the previous days fighting, some 420,000 men
engaged, still fell short of the 430,000 plus who stood on the
field of Koniggratz. Including 55 figures and detailed maps.
This book is part of the 100 Greats series, which collects short
biographies and statistics of the 100 greatest players on various
sporting teams or clubs throughout their histories.
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