=Mobile=, cap. of county, Alabama, U.S. 30N. 88W. F. by French, 1702; ceded to English by Treaty of Paris, 1763; taken by Spain, 1780; evacuated by Spaniards and entered by Wilkinson and U.S. troops, 1813; besieged, and evacuated by Confederates, 1865 (Civil W.). =Mobile Bay=, U.S. 30N. 87W. Explored by Iberville, 1700; Confederate fleet defeated, 1864 (Civil W.). =Monhegan (Manheigin) Island=, Maine. 43N. 69W. Discovered by Capt. Weymouth, 1605. =Monk's Corner=, Charleston. American cavalry surprised, 1780. (See Charleston.) =Monmouth= (Court House), N. Jersey. 40N. 74W. Victory of Americans under Washington, 1778 (W. of Ind.). =Monocacy=, river, Maryland. 39N. 77W. Confederates held in check for some hours by small force of Federals, which was finally defeated, 1864 (Civil W.). =Monongahela=, river, branch of Ohio. 40N. 79W. Terrible defeat of Braddock by French and their Indian allies, 1755, in which encounter Washington took part as a boy. (See Parkman, 'Pontiac.') =Monroe's Creek=, Virginia. Bp. James Monroe, President of U.S. (1758-1831). =Montana=, U.S. 47N. 110W. Organised as separate territory, 1864; admitted to Union, 1889. =Monte Caseros=, Uruguay. Overthrow of Rosas, 1851. (See Uruguay). =Monterey=, Upper California. 36N. 121W. First town f. by Spaniards, 1770; destroyed by French buccaneers; capital of California till 1847, when the country was annexed by U.S. =Monterey=, Mexico. 25N. 100W. Taken by U.S. forces after three days' assault, 1846. =Monte Video=, Uruguay. 34S. 56W. Hill so named by Magelhaes when off coast, 1520; town f., 1726; taken by English but shortly after evacuated, 1807; revolt under Artigas against Spanish viceroy, 1811; siege of by Artigas, 1811-14; Spanish fleet destroyed and surrender of fortress to anti-Royalists, 1814; Portuguese take possession of, 1817; expelled, 1822; sanguinary war with Buenos Ayres (1843-52), when Garibaldi and his Italian legion gave help to the Montevideans, and during which the town was blockaded for several years; besieged by Flores with his Brazilian and allied forces, 1864; Flores enters and proclaims himself president, 1865; revolutionaries prepare to attack and forced to retire, 1870; in hands of revolutionaries, 1875; mutiny of garrison, 1899. (See Uruguay.) =Montmorenci=, river, Quebec. 46N. 71W. Heights of assaulted by English under Wolfe, 1759. =Montreal= (on site of Indian village of Hochelaga). 45N. 73W. Discovered by Cartier, 1535; Pontgravé and Champlain at, 1603; f. by French settlers in 1642; massacre by Indians, 1689; taken in turns by English and Americans, and again by England, 1760, 1775, 1776. =Montserrat=, island, W. Indies. 16N. 62W. Discovered by Columbus, 1493; colonised by English, 1632; twice taken by French, and twice restored to England, by Treaty of Breda, 1667, and by Treaty of Versailles, 1783. =Moore's Creek Bridge=, Virginia. 37N. 77W. Loyalist Scotch defeated, 1776 (W. of Ind.).