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unusual facts about Gilbert L. Laws


Gilbert L. Laws

His left leg was amputated below the knee as a result of being wounded in the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862.


Robert E. Laws

The enemy force, estimated to be a reinforced infantry company, was well supplied with machineguns, ammunition, grenades, and blocks of TNT and could be attacked only across a narrow ridge 70 yards long.

Rolls of Oléron

The Rolls of Oléron (Rôles d'Oléron, also known as the "Judgments of Oleron" and the "Rules of Oléron") were the first formal statement of "maritime" or "admiralty" laws in northwestern Europe.


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