It's biased because it is written by the English but it give you a good idea.

Battle: FONTENOY
War: War of the Austrian Succession or King George�s War
Date: 11th May 1745

�Lord Charles Hay, 1st Foot Guards haranguing Les Gardes Francaises at Fontenoy� by Edouard Dětaille. Click the image to enlarge

Place: East of the Scheldt opposite Tournai around the villages of Fontenoy, Vezin and St Anthoine in South West Belgium.
Combatants: British, Hanoverians, Austrian and Dutch against the French.
Generals: The Duke of Cumberland (British), Marshall Konigseck (Austrian), Marshall Saxe (French).
Size of the Armies: 56,000 French against 50,000 British and allies.
Winner: The French.

British Regiments: Fontenoy is not a battle honour for British regiments.
These British regiments were present at the battle: 3rd and 4th Troops of Horse Guards, 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Royal Regiment of Horse, King�s Horse, 7th Horse, Royal Dragoons, Royal Scots Greys, King�s Dragoons, 4th, 6th and 7th Dragoons, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Foot Guards, 1st, 3rd, 8th, 11th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 28th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th and the Highland Regiment.

Account:
The 1745 campaign season began with the French army commanded by Marshall Saxe laying siege to Tournai, the important Flemish medieval city lying in the south-west of Flanders on the west bank of the Scheldt. The Duke of Cumberland, the favourite second son of King George II, had been appointed to the command of the Pragmatic Army that year, at the age of 24. His Royal Highness set his army in motion to relieve the Dutch garrison in Tournai.

Marshall Saxe doubted whether French troops could stand against English and Austrians in open battle. He prepared a position in the hills to the east of the Scheldt comprising a triangle of fortified points behind which the French army would be shielded. Two of these redoubts were in the villages of St Anthoine and Fontenoy at the top of a sloping incline. The third was on the edge of a wood and called the Redoute D�Eu.

Maps: �Maps of the Battle of Fontenoy.� Click to enlarge Image

The Pragmatic Army approached the base of the incline through Vezin and other villages, that had been set ablaze by French skirmishers. It was apparent that the French were occupying St Anthoine and Fontenoy but the whereabouts of the rest of the French army was uncertain.

English cavalry ventured onto the incline and came under cannon fire. General Campbell, the lieutenant general of the horse, was killed and the cavalry withdrew to take no further part in the battle.
The army camped on the incline and the next morning formed up for the attack. Two columns of English Foot were formed under the command of Lieutenant General Sir John Ligonier. Their task was to advance up the incline and assault whatever lay over the brow. Fontenoy could be seen on the left and opened fire with its cannon on the foot. Then the hitherto unnoticed Redoute D�Eu was espied on the column�s right, at the edge of the extensive Barry Wood, as it too opened fire.

Brigadier Ingoldby was deputed to take the Redoute D�Eu before the columns attacked, but he prevaricated and called for artillery. Ingoldby was no doubt daunted at the prospect of assaulting the redoubt with foot alone. In spite of increasingly peevish directions from His Royal Highness, Ingoldby failed to move.

Finally Ligonier�s two columns were ordered to advance even though both fortified positions remained intact, one on each flank subjecting the columns to damaging cannon fire.

The two English columns of foot reached the top of the incline and found the whole French army arrayed before them on the plateau. The English Foot were then attacked by waves of infantry, horse and dragoons. Only when the attack was made by fresh regiments of Irish Foot in the service of France did the columns finally give way and retreat back down the incline, ending the battle.

In the meantime the Highland Regiment had committed itself to frenzied but unsuccessful attacks on Fontenoy.

CHANCELLORSVILLE

The Beginning
April 26 - May 1, 1863

        Morale in the Federal Army of the Potomac rose with the appointment of Joseph to command. He reorganized the army and formed a cavalry corps. He wanted to strike at Lee's army while a sizable portion was detached under Longstreet in the Suffolk area. The Federal commander left a substantial force at Fredericksburg to tie Lee to the hills where Burnside had been defeated. Another Union force disappeared westward, crossed the Rapidan and Rappahannock rivers, and converged on Fredericksburg from the west. The Federal cavalry would open the campaign with a raid on Lee's line of communications with the Confederate capital at Richmond. Convinced that Lee would have to retreat, trusted that his troops could defeat the Confederates as they tried to escape his trap.
       On April 29, 's cavalry and three army corps crossed Kelly's Ford. His columns split, with the cavalry pushing to the west while the army corps secured Getmanna and Ely's fords. The next day these columns reunited at Chancellorsville. Lee reacted to the news of the Federals in the Wilderness by sending General Richard H. Anderson's division to investigate. Finding the Northerners massing in the woods around Chancellorsville; Anderson commenced the construction of earthworks at Zoan Church. Confederate reinforcements under Stonewall Jackson marched to help block the Federal advance, but did not arrive until May 1. The Confederates had no intention of retreating as had predicted.
       Hooker's troops rested at Chancellorsville after executing what is often considered to be the most daring march of the war. They had slipped across Lee's front undetected. To some the hardest part of the campaign seemed to be behind them; to others, the most difficult had yet to be encountered. The cavalry raid had faltered in its initial efforts and 's main force was trapped in the tangles of the Wilderness without any cavalry to alert them of Lee's approach.

The End
May 1-6 1863

       As the Federal army converged on Chancellorsville, General expected Lee to retreat from his forces, which totaled nearly 115,000. Although heavily outnumbered with just under 60,000 troops - Lee had no intention of retreating. The Confederate commander divided his army: one part remained to guard Fredericksburg, while the other raced west to meet 's advance. When the van of 's column clashed with the Confederates' on May 1, pulled his troops back to Chancellorsville, a lone tavern at a crossroads in a dense wood known locally as The Wilderness. Here took up a defensive line, hoping Lee's need to carry out an uncoordinated attack through the dense undergrowth would leave the Confederate forces disorganized and vulnerable.
       To retain the initiative, Lee risked dividing his forces still further, 'retaining two divisions to focus 's attention, while Stonewall Jackson marched the bulk of the Confederate army west across the front of the Federal line to a position opposite its exposed right flank. Jackson executed this daring and dangerous maneuver throughout the morning and afternoon of May 2. Striking two hours before dusk, Jackson's men routed the astonished Federals in their camps. In the gathering darkness, amid the brambles of the Wilderness, the Confederate line became confused and halted at 9 p.m. to regroup. Riding in front of the lines to reconnoiter, Stonewall Jackson was ally shot and seriously wounded by his own men. Later that night, his left arm was amputated just below the shoulder.
       On May 3, Jackson's successor, General J.E.B. Stuart, initiated the iest day of the battle when attempting to reunite his troops with Lee's. Despite an obstinate defense by the Federals, ordered them to withdraw north of the Chancellor House. The Confederates were converging on Chancellorsville to finish when a message came from Jubal Early that Federal troops had broken through at Fredericksburg. At Salem Church, Lee threw a cordon around these Federals, forcing them to retreat across the Rappahannock. Disappointed, Lee returned to Chancellorsville, only to find that had also retreated across the river.
       Chancellorsville is considered Lee's greatest victory, although the Confederate commander's daring and skill met little resistance from the inept generalship of Joseph . Using cunning, and dividing their forces repeatedly, the massively outnumbered Confederates drove the Federal army from the battlefield. The cost had been frightful. The Confederates suffered 14,000 casualties, while inflicting 17,000. Perhaps the most damaging loss to the Confederacy was the of Lee's "right arm," Stonewall Jackson, who died of pneumonia on May 10 while recuperating from his wounds.
Source: "The Atlas of the Civil War" by James M. McPherson

Note:  This is a very compressed version of the battle, and it does not at all demonstrate the incredible complexity common of all American Civil War battles.

Yep, Manisa is the modern day name for the city.

The battle of Kirkholm 1605.Sweden vs Poland-Lithuania

The swedes: about 8500 infantry and 2500 cavalry (some sources say Swedes had over 3000 cavalry) and 11 guns. But i saw also books which were saying that Swedes had 6000 infantry and 5000 cavalry.

Poles and Lithuanians: about 3500 soldiers including 1000 infantry, 3 canons, 

Swedish commander: king Karl IX

Polish-Lithuanian commander: hetman John Charles Chodkiewicz

Place: Kirholm, near Riga

Note: different sources give different numbers of polish and swedish forces. The numbers given for Swedes vary from 11.000 to 14.000. The numbers for Poles vary from 3.500 to 4000 soldiers. Some sources claim that Poles had 3 canons, other say that Poles had no single canon. Same problem is with the swedish casualties, different sources give different numbers, from 6000 dead swedish soldiers up to 9500. Poles lost about 100 soldiers killed and 200-300 wounded. Poles also lost few hundrieds well trained battle horses.During the frontal assault the Polish cavalrymen were hiding behind their horses heads, which lead to negligible Polish-Lithuanian losses. However, the losses in horses proved vital to further usage of the heavy cavalry in the war with Sweden.

The Swedes deployed on a ridge north of Duna. The poles on another ridge opposite the Swedes. In between open ground.The swedish right wing was led by the count of Mansfeld, the center by Anders Lennartsson and the right wing by Henrik Brandt. The swedes stood in four lines . The first with seven battallions of infantry, the second with six battallions of cavalry, the third with six battalions of infantry and the fourth with five battalions of cavalry. The guns in front.

The polish commander Chodkiewicz had deployed his much smaller force as follows. The right wing under Johan Sapieha with 650 cavalrymen in two lines, a center in one line under Wojna and a left wing of 1200 cavalrymen under Tomas Dabrowa in four or five lines. A small reserve under Teodor Laski with 200 cavalrymen and 1040 infantrymen in behind. The duke of Kurland soon reinforced the poles with 300 cavalrymen.

The polish commander tried to fool the swedes into abandoning their advantagous position on the ridge and to advance into the open ground. After a number of attempts he succeded. The Swedes had reached as far as a small creek between the ridges when the poles charged.

Wojnas cavalry managed to stop the swedish infantry that used pikes and muskets on the attacking cavalry with lances and pistols. The swedish cavalry on the flanks continued against their counterparts. Henrik Brandts cavalrymen were unable to stand against Sapiehas hussars and folded. Karl IX attacked with his cavalry reserve and slammed into Sapiehas unprotected flank. Brandt turned his men and attacked as well. Sapieha retreated.

In the mean time Dabrowa had driven Mansfeldts cavalrymen back and was now in pursuit. The interlocked cavalryunits slammed into the swedish infantry that was disrupted and trampled. Wojna and Dabrowa together attacked the swedish infantry that was now trying to deploy for defense at a churchstonewall. Chodkiewicz now ordered Laski to attack Brandts flank with his cavalry and his infantry was to take the church.

Laskis furious cavalry attack drove the disorganized swedish cavalry into their own infantry again. Trampled and disrupted as 2000 swedish and polish cavalrymen slammed into them they fought back as best they could. Karl IX had lost his horse and was lightly wounded by a weak swordhack in his head when a estonian nobleman, Hendrich der Wrede, offered him his horse so the king could escape. Wrede was killed.

By now the swedish cavalry had fled the field. The abandoned infantry was at the mercy of the poles that offered none. Lennartsson, von Hinkeman and duke Fredrik died with their men with pikes in hands. 

The sources says that Poles after short battle were going in pursuit after escaping Swedes untill evening which finally ended massacre. Polish army captured about 900 prisoners, all the canons and 60 banners.

Actually, Flavius Cornelius Scipio was the army's commander (he was the consul).  Nevertheless, command of the army in the battle was meant to go to Africanus.  As you stated, he got sick, but instead of his brother Lucius taking control, command went to one Gnaeus Domitius.

Unlike Vulkans copy and paste, , this was written by your trully. You can find it in my "Scipio's Conquest of Spain" topic in the Mediterreanean forum;

The Battle of Ilipa 206B.C.

Publius Cornelius Scipio: 45,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry
Hasdubral Gisgo, Mago and Masinissa: 50,000-70,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry, 32 elephants


The Carthaginians were now feeling the pressure in Spain. In 207 the officer sent to replace Hasdubral, Hanno, was caught off guard by a Roman column. Worse yet, controlling the Spanish tribes mowas becoming more and more difficult due to the heavy Roman presence. Little by little the tribes were showing allegiance to Rome and deserting their Punic oppressors. Poybius stated that before the battle of Baecula only two leaders called Scipio king. Now an entire assembly came to honor him with this title. In a show of restraint and a clearheadedness Polybius stated that Scipio declined the title and said that he replied by saying that;

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"...he told that he wished to be called kingly by them, and actually to be kingly, but that he did not wish to be king or to be called so by any one. Having said this, he ordered them henceforth to call him General."

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Hasdubral Gisgo(not to be mistaken for Hasubral Barca, the general at Baecula and future Mataurus) had made a show of force in southwest Spain, near Gades. Dispersing his garrison around the cities. Scipio ordered his brother Lucius to take the city of Orongis to ensure a Roman victory before winter came.
By summer 206 Gisgo decided on a major offensive to overwhelm the young general. Polybius stated that Gisgo's army was as high as 74,000. With 70,000 making up the infantry force and 4,000 being cavalry. Scipio had 45,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry only half of which was made up of his trained and disciplined legions. Much of Scipio's army had been weakened by the need to garrison his newly acquired territory. Once again, the later Livy gives a different number; stating Gisgo's army was 50,000 infantry and 4,500 cavalry both stated that Gisgo had about 30 elephants.

Gisgo moved near Ilipa setting up camp in a high defensive position as a clear message to the Romans that he had come to fight. Near the very grave of his father, it is very likely that Scipio's mind wondered there, the very men whom made up half of his army had betrayed his father. He then decided to meet Hasdubral at his location, setting up camp on the foot of the opposing hill in such a way that he cut Hasdubrals men from gaining an escape to Gades. Seeing Scipio setup camp, the Carthaginian and Numidian cavalry led by Masinissa and Mago decided to do a surprise attack on him however an unexpected charge by the Roman horses in the flanks was able to beat back the attack.

For the next three days the Carthaginian and Roman army would meet in the exact location but never engage in full-blown battle. The meeting would likely involve sporadic skirmishers between cavalry and light troops. Neither one would attempt to provoke a conflict or attempt to surprise the enemy. Scipio set his army up in the classical Roman formation with the legions in the center, Spanish and allied infantry in the right and left supported by cavalry in the flanks. Very soon, the two armies got the idea that this would be the formation for the battle and this allowed Scipio to put his plan into works

The Battle


The last few days allowed for Scipio to study the enemy army and prepare for his actual attack. By the third day Scipio had had enough of the skirmishing and decided on a strategy to surprise his enemy. He ordered his men to wake up early and to properly feed themselves. Before dawn Scipio ordered his light troops and cavalry to attack the enemy camp. Rushed out and harassed by the velites, The Carthaginians formed the battle line in the original formation when they realized Scipio had altered his. Instead of the heavy infantry in middle, Scipio had placed them in the flanks with the cavalry and had put his Spanish troops in the middle.
The legions, which were placed in the flanks, were in the usual triple axes formation. Scipio had them turn to the right while the left wing turned to the left, Goldworthy states that:

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"A narrow-fronted column will always move faster then a line, for it faces fewer obstacles and there is less need for its officer's to halt and reform the ranks at regular intervals"

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They then began marching toward the enemy moving faster then the Spanish auxiliary in the center. As they approached the enemy they wheeled at 90 degrees and reforming the triple axes facing the enemy flanks. This brilliant maneuver was able to completely outflank the enemy and cavalry. As this happened they began to engage the flanks. With the slower Spanish infantry moving in the center, the powerful Libyan mercenaries were not able to come to the aid of their comrades for fear of retaliation from the weaker Spanish troops. The heavy infantry then proceeded to attack the elephants causing them to panic and rush to the middle where they crushed many of the Libyan troops.

Completely outflanked and surrounded, the Carthaginians were facing a fate similar to the Roman one at Cannae. The sudden surge of the Roman army broke through the Carthaginian lines and caused them to flee. They were rallied on a nearby hill but without any aid they faced certain doom. Just as luck would have it aid did come, in the form of nature. A large storm began and Scipio decided not to continue the battle. The Romans retired and the Carthaginians were able to safely return to camp. The damage however, had been done.

Aftermath


Sources do not give any number on casualties. However one must assume that they must have been rather high. Much like Hannibal, Scipio was able to dictate how and when the battle would be fought. The legion maneuvering gives little doubt as to how high their skill and discipline was. This type of maneuver would be impossible under the army of the earlier battles. The skill and discipline of the legionaries under Scipio would be the highest the pre-Marius legions would see. Something that would be lost following the years of the Second Punic War.

By the morning Hasdubral found his Spanish troops deserting him. Seeing no hope in Spain, He ordered a full retreat. The difficulty of a retreat from a nearby enemy especially one as elated as the Romans after their recent victory meant that many of the soldiers were cut down. Masinissa and Hasdubral were able to reach a coast in time and get to Africa while Mago made it to Gades. Many of the Punic troops were abandoned and dissolved throughout Spain. A plan to betray Gades to Rome gave further proof to the dying Carthaginian hold in Spain. More and more tribes pledged their allegiance to Rome. Some that declared their freedom were attacked. In one occasion an entire village committed suicide rather then fall to the hand of another oppressor. In the light of all this success in Spain, one event would occur that would put Romes weak hold on Spain at risk and brought about a short mutiny.

Scipio fell ill, and soon rumors of his death spread like wildfire which caused a mutiny in his army due to the long years service some of the legions had done and lack of pay or loot. Another insurrection occured among some Spanish tribes headed by Indibilis. As soon as Scipio recovered, he quelled the mutiny by using the large loot gained from the Spanish conquest. He then proceeded to attack Indibilis and handed him a defeat which stopped the Spanish tribes rebellion for the time being. Scipio then proceeded to capture Gades. This completed Roman conquest in Spain. However it would not be until Augustus reign that all of Spain would become completely pacified and annexed. Fierce fighting occurred there for time to time which handed Rome some heavy casualties.

45,000 ottoman soldiers was actually on the low side... when Murad came to Albania (i think he did twice) his army was well above 100000 .  Murad never suceeded conquering Albania he died in 1451  ... Mehmet did.