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Comblain
The M1870 Belgian Comblain was a falling-block rifle invented by Hubert-Joseph Comblain of Liège, Belgium and produced in several variants known as the Belgian, Brazilian or Chilean Comblain. W.W Greener wrote in ''Modern breechloaders: sporting and military'' in 1871: Users *: M1882 Belgian Comblain *: Given by Peru during the War of the Pacific *: M1873 Brazilian Comblain and Brazilian Comblain Carbine Model 92 *: Standard rifle of Force Publique *: M1874 Chilean Comblain * Morocco:5000 M1882 Comblains ordered in 1884 * Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...: Around 1000 M1881 Comblains from an 1882 contract * References External links''militaryrifles.com'' Keith Doyon, 1996-2007 Rifles of Belgium Rifles of Brazil Weapons of Chile Falling-block r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of The Pacific
The War of the Pacific (), also known by War of the Pacific#Etymology, multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru), Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Atacama Desert border dispute, Chilean claims on Litoral Department, coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert, the war ended with victory for Chile, which gained a significant amount of resource-rich territory from Peru and Bolivia. The direct cause of the war was a nitrate taxation dispute between Bolivia and Chile, with Peru being drawn in due to its secret alliance with Bolivia. Some historians have pointed to deeper origins of the war, such as the interest of Chile and Peru in the nitrate business, a long-standing rivalry between Chile and Peru for regional hegemony, as well as the political and economical disparities between the stability of Chile and the volatility of Peru and Bolivia. In February 1878, Bolivia increased taxes on the Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Grande Do Sul Revolt Of 1924
The Rio Grande do Sul Revolt of 1924 was triggered by ''Tenentism, tenentist'' rebels from the Brazilian Army and civilian leaders from the Liberating Alliance on 28–29 October of that year. The civilians, continuing the 1923 Revolution, wanted to remove the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Borges de Medeiros, while the military were against the president of Brazil, Artur Bernardes. After a series of defeats, in mid-November the last organized stronghold was in São Luiz Gonzaga. In the south, guerrilla warfare continued until the end of the year. From São Luiz Gonzaga, the remnants of the revolt headed out of the state, joining other rebels in the Paraná Campaign and forming the Coluna Prestes, Miguel Costa-Prestes Column. The "liberators" were the opposition to the hegemony of the Rio-grandense Republican Party, Rio-Grandense Republican Party (PRR) in the state's politics. Their alliance with ''tenentism'', a movement of national aspirations, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
