The defence of Hougoumont -- 'An old dilapidated ruined fort' - Jellalabad, 1841 -- The bloodiest day : Antietam (Sharpsburg), 17 September 1862 -- Captain Fetterman's disobedience -- Stricken Field : Maiwand, 27 July 1880 -- The place of stones : Mafeking, October 1899 - May 1900 -- Boxers and Bannermen : the Siege of the Peking Legations, June - August 1900 -- The Lost Battalion : the Argonne Forest, 2 - 7 October 1918 -- A fondness for the bayonet : 2nd Hampshires at Tebourba Tunisia, 30 November - 3 December 1942 -- The defence of Kohim, 6 - 18 April 1944 -- Hinge of victory : the defence of Mortain, 7 - 12 August 1944 -- Bloodbath on Sulphur Island : Iwo Jima, February - March 1945 -- Pork Chop Hill : Korea, 16 - 18 April 1953.