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Location of events during the invasion including the site of the British landing, the site of the battle, and the two surrender locations.

Royal Air Force passengers. It was the greatest loss of life on a British landing craft during World War II. LST-420 was laid down on 6 November 1942

and North Carolina. Although the Patriots worked to drive off the British landing parties, they did nothing to impede the progress of the flames, and

fortifications on Craney Island. On the morning of June 22, 1813, a British landing party of 700 Royal Marines and soldiers of the 102nd Regiment of Foot

Bruslys, committed suicide rather than lead the garrison against the British landing parties. This encouraged Rowley to consider a larger operation to seize

and 113 crew. Another 565 people were rescued in an operation by a British Landing Ship, Tank, three Royal Navy ships, and several British and foreign

estimated cost and time to do this, plus the successful acquisition of the British landing ship dock RFA Largs Bay as an interim capability replacement, prompted

diary where he documented the life in Port Louis shortly after the British landing. He became one of the victims of the Gaucho Murders, on 26 August 1833

It involved an Argentine naval party from their onshore base and a British landing party from their survey ship. During the 19th century there had been

After Thompson's company of Pennsylvania sharpshooters drove back a British landing-party on November 9, 1775, he was made a brigadier-general, to the

Operation Slapstick was the code name for a British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one

Revolutionary War at Fairfield, Connecticut on July 7, 1779 after a British landing force under the command of General William Tryon attacked the town

Battle of Long Island, and was part of the panicked retreat after the British landing on Manhattan. Although the regiment was present with the army at White

take part in the charge at the Nek, a diversion in support of the British landing at Suvla Bay. Archy is ordered by Major Barton to be the message runner

The Fairmile H Landing Craft were British landing craft of the Second World War. Initially designed for commando type raids from a base in Britain as

aircraft, Stinton makes the terminology distinction undercarriage (British) = landing gear (US). For aircraft, the landing gear supports the craft when

fortified Île de la Passe at its entrance. This position was seized by a British landing party on 13 August and, when a French squadron under Captain Guy-Victor

The siege of Santa Maura in March and April 1810 was fought between the British and the French troops on the island of Lefkada (then known as Santa Maura)

the Falklands War, Argentine commanders considered it a potential British landing point because it was far from continental Argentine airbases (e.g.

Royal Navy came from a design by Sir Roland Baker who had designed the British landing craft tank. It was an answer to the problem of launching small craft

site of 2 Para at Blue Beach, San Carlos Water. San Carlos Water and British landing sites in Falklands War Port San Carlos San Carlos Settlement Gentoo

over (at 75 years of age), he participated in a battle to repulse a British landing near Saint-Malo, which ultimately proved successful. First knighted

territories in Turkey to be occupied by the allies. After the initial British landing in Mersin on 17 December 1918, the whole of Çukurova was occupied by

two British detachments rejoined and headed for Bristol. Word of the British landing had reached Providence, and Colonel Barton immediately sprang into

Anglo–French Baltic Sea campaign in Crimean War. It was fought between a British landing detachment and the local coastal troops of Russian Grand Duchy of Finland

several days when Wolfe on 12 September, made a final decision on the British landing site, selecting L'Anse-au-Foulon. L'Anse-au-Foulon is a cove situated

at the mouth of the Genesee River (October 1, 1812): A raid by a British landing party from the Royal George, in which the British seized the American

several days when on 12 September Wolfe made a final decision on the British landing site, selecting L'Anse-au-Foulon. Wolfe's plan of attack depended on

Austria invades Bavaria in conjunction with a German rising and a British landing at Walcheren Island. Napoleon, returning from Spain, must defeat all

Operation Appearance (16 March – 8 April 1941) was a British landing in the British Somaliland Protectorate against troops of the Italian Army. The Italian

Derrycunihy. She joined a convoy off Southend-on-Sea, and arrived off the British landing area Sword on the evening of 20 June. High seas and enemy shelling

British ships being used to deport illegal immigrants, as well as two British landing and patrol craft. The Palmach performed a single assassination operation

States military during World War II, as a replacement for a small British landing strip at Garður to the north. It consisted of two separate two-runway

Vestfold, which was laden with 17,386 tons of fuel oil, and three British landing craft - HMS LCT-2239, LCT-2267 and LCT-2344 (each 291 tons) - as deck

"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016. "British Landing Prevented". Maryland Historical Marker (RM-673). Maryland Historical

www.historycentral.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021. "HMS LST-362 (British Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat

militia led by Richard Lawson and the British navy. On July 13, 1813. A British landing party of 8 marines and 16 sailors landed at the beaches of Norfolk

harm, Wolfe advises Quebec-area residents not to resist his forces British landing on Île d'Orléans are pleased by polite note left by parish curate and

" The B-side "Beagle 2", was sent aboard Beagle 2, an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agency's 2003 Mars

1962 class of British landing ships

destruction of a power station in Norway Primrose (1940) – Planned British landing at Ålesund, Norway R 4 (1940) – Planned British invasion of Norway

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landing Craft Tank (Rocket). "British Landing Craft of World War II". navyhistory.org.au. 30 December 1971. Retrieved

grape shot at the decks of the frigate Caroline. A detachment of the British landing force then separated from the main body and seized a third battery

George Washington angrily attempted to rally his troops after the British landing at Kip's Bay, which scattered many of the American militiamen. Washington's

Coastal settlements were vulnerable to attack, and in early June 1779, a British landing force captured Allen and held him captive in Newport for 18 weeks,

372-ton British landing craft on 10 October, and sank HMS Barham on 25 November 1941. U-75 passed Gibraltar on 3 October, sank two 372-ton British landing craft

the landings was because of their lack of supplies in 1943. All the British landing craft had been deployed to Operation Husky, and only one US Division

or wounded and eight pieces of cannon. Napoleon later described the British landing as "one of the most vigorous actions which could be imagined". Battle

Craft Tank (High Explosive)" (LCT(HE)). A related variant was the British Landing Craft Tank (Concrete Buster) (LCT(CB)), which carried three British

Diego Suarez, Madagascar. At a crucial moment in Ironclad, the main British landing force was held up west of Diego Suarez by unexpectedly stiff Vichy

2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Brown D K, Nelson to Vanguard p 145 British Landing Craft of World War II » Naval Historical Society "US Navy Small Landing

building several ports along the Portuguese coast, in order to prevent a British landing. The construction of the fort led to the suspension of work on a fortification

Philip Reed while visiting neighbors on Worton Creek observed the four British landing barges manned by at least 24 British soldiers coming in. Fully expecting

– War of 1812 – Battle of Caulk's Field: American militia defeats British landing. September 1 – War of 1812 – Sinking of HMS Avon by the USS Wasp. September

Head of Elk and Philadelphia. His forces were able to reconnoiter the British landing from Iron Hill near Newark, Delaware, about 9 miles (14 km) to the

by sailors and those in the shipbuilding industries, could engage British landing parties in the shallow waters of the Bay. He set sail in April 1814

Şevket, causing serious damage. Two days later 8 August 1915 as a new British landing was underway at Suvla, E11 torpedoed the antiquated Turkish pre-dreadnought

bombing raids Nov 1944 – May 1945 • Surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 • British landing on Singapore 4–12 September 1945 • Singapore becomes a Crown colony

Airborne Division landed in Normandy to secure the left flank of the British landing zone. The division's objectives were to capture intact the Caen canal

from the Agence royaliste de Paris requiring them to join a second British landing at Côtes-d'Armor. Tinténiac hesitated in the face of opposition from

area of Gediz, but it wasn't successful. Greek troops in Mudanya. British landing at Mudanya, 25 June 1920. A captured nationalist Turkish soldier on

begin in North Africa. During 1941, planning took place for a proposed British landing in French North Africa. This operation, codenamed Gymnast, aimed to

had been given guarantees he would not be harmed or taken prisoner. British landing parties burnt 11 large Arab vessels; the expeditionary force suffered

port city of Baltimore, although the Americans managed to defeat a British landing at Caulk's Field before doing so. Ross's army of 3,700 troops and 1

fields were clearly visible from Allied ships standing offshore. A British landing party reported that the population of Messinia was close to mass starvation

Staten Island), played an important part in the destruction of the British landing ship Sir Galahad on 8 June,; a land-based Exocet battery outside Port

forces in the East, and initially downplayed the seriousness of the British landing, disregarding remonstrances of Reynier and other officers, and sending

Movements after the British landing leading up to the battle

beach. A flooding deck aft capable of holding either two of the larger British Landing craft tanks (LCTs) or three of the new US LCTs was included in the

and Lossy Networks, a networking protocol Ramped Powered Lighter, a British landing craft Recognition of prior learning, to evaluate learning outside the

his wing, and Burr saved an entire brigade from capture after the British landing in Manhattan by his vigilance in the retreat from Lower Manhattan to

2006 class of British landing ships

coastline. On June 13 the British raided the nearby Charlotte. With the British landing at Charlotte, the Americans were certain a landing would soon occur

army, the newly appointed commander Ernst Peymann had to face the British landing force with an inferior number of untrained militia. The British quickly

Retrieved 7 October 2011. Brown, D K. Nelson to Vanguard. p. 145. British Landing Craft of World War II Naval Historical Society "US Navy Small Landing

and state militia units. The "Battle for Baltimore" began with the British landing on 12 September 1814 at North Point, where they were met by American

commanders, Count D'Haussonville and Bellecombe, were unable to prevent the British landing at Torbay and so they sent a battalion to guard Signal Hill as an important

in the theatre, and interviewed prisoners. He was an advocate of a British landing at Alexandretta which never came to pass. He was also a consistent

Revolutionary War Watercolor by Captain Thomas Davies depicting the British landing at the base of the Palisades. Belligerents  United States  Great Britain

Prince Napoleon's 3rd Division were ashore with their artillery. The British landing took much longer to complete compared to the French, as the infantry

French communications in Galicia and guard the coast against a possible British landing, had been forced back by popular resistance. Stung by these and other

was a diversion for the New Zealanders' attack on Sari Bair, not the British landing at Suvla. The Dreadnoughts' album track "The Bay of Suvla" commemorates

The British landing force during the Battle of Oswego

New York). All efforts to refloat her failed. Then on 30 December a British landing party captured the Navy yard at Black Rock during the Battle of Buffalo

designated drop zones, with the mis-dropped units actually landing in the British landing zones. List of military operations in the West European Theater during

hastily entrenched themselves on the beaches to repulse a possible British landing which never came. By 1872, the train had come to Falmouth and Woods

States military during World War II, as a replacement for a small British landing strip at Garður to the north. It consisted of two separate two-runway

Landing at Kip's Bay Part of the American Revolutionary War The British Landing at Kip’s Bay, New York Island, 15 September 1776 by Robert Cleveley, 1777

stakes in mid-February showed them to be too weak to stop a captured British landing craft. As a result, a stronger design was contrived using a larger

destroyed in the Great Fire on September 21, a few days after the British Landing at Kip's Bay and the Battle of Harlem Heights - the lone American victory

sent another 100 men to reinforce the 50 he had sent earlier. The British landing parties spread out, looking for a path through the rough terrain on

destroyed in the Great Fire on September 21, a few days after the British Landing at Kip's Bay and the Battle of Harlem Heights - the lone American victory

3–4 October 1942, captured a prisoner, and Hardtack 7 was a failed British landing in December 1943. Sark was finally liberated on 10 May 1945, a full

in escort duty for troop transports and in May 1940 supported the British landing forces in the Norwegian campaign. While there, the battleship narrowly

6th Airborne Division was chosen to land on the left flank of the British landing zone. Its primary objective on day one was to capture intact two bridges

for the Siege of Fort Erie. However, American riflemen detected the British landing and prepared defenses at Scajaquada Creek, then known as "Conjocta

capability waned: This was planned in May 1941 as a reaction to a proposed British landing on the Iberian peninsula near Gibraltar. German troops would then advance

Silliman was at his home in Fairfield. As soon as he heard word of the British landing on the coast, he sent out expresses to alarm the nearby towns and to

the Franco-Dutch forces were repulsed. On learning of the successful British landing, Janssens withdrew from Batavia with his army, which amounted to between

enforced by severe beatings. Donop's troops took part in the initial British landing on Long Island, New York, on August 22, 1776, and in the ensuing Battle

attempted to capture Augusta but the 246th Coastal Battalion repelled the British landing force that was supported by three destroyers. On 12 July, several Italian

expedition, not over 50 returned. Washington also participated in the 1741 British landing at Guantanamo (Cumberland Harbor) Cuba, part of Admiral Vernon's plan—never

ashore in the vicinity of Vailele 1 April to act in concert with a British landing party. The combined force, ambushed by adherents of Chief Mataafa,

British landing ships unloading supplies in Anzio harbour, 19–24 February 1944

accommodate the more bulky machinery. Provision was made for carrying the British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) in gravity davits, instead of American assault

would be north (towards Suvla) or south (towards Gaba Tepe). A new British landing was also considered likely but Suvla was not rated highly as a candidate

whale factory ship MV Suderøy and landed at Liverpool. Eleven small British landing craft and the following bigger vessels were lost aboard the Southern

destination. A few days later, in the morning of 21 May 1982, with the British landing at San Carlos bay on East Falkland underway, 601 Commando Company shot

Imperial troops crossing the Rhine before Strasbourg, 1744 View of the British landing on the island of Cape Breton to attack the fortress of Louisbourg,

decided upon an Allied military intervention in Russia. The first British landing in Russia came at the request of a local (Bolshevik) Soviet council

Halfa and the Second Battle of El Alamein. (Operation Agreement, a British landing at Tobruk during the night of 13/14 September, to rescue Allied prisoners

temporary command when Captain H.J. Buchanan, in charge of the first British landing force in Japan, went ashore at Yokosuka and Lieutenant Stevenson took

United States and China. The landing had been delayed for so long that British landing parties were forced to come ashore at low tide, hundreds of meters

bridges later named "Pegasus" and "Horsa" on the left flank of the British landing zone. The memorial was unveiled on D-Day 2009 by General Sir Richard

differ substantially in several places. Crofton reported that the British landing party consisted of 135 men, whereas a French account talks of 200 men

cipher had revealed that the Italians knew from diverse sources that a British landing was imminent near Apollonia. The German historian Hans Edelmaier suggests

Pickett with his 68 men appeared to be fully prepared to oppose a British landing, ordering them into a line of battle near the beach. "Don't be afraid

fleet British landing in Portugal (1808) Evacuation of the La Romana Division Capture of the Rosily Squadron 1809 Corunna and Vigo evacuation British landing

substantially in several places. Crofton's account reports that the British landing party consisted of 153 men, and a French account talks of 200 men,

Col. William Thompson's Pennsylvania regiment, defending against a British landing at Lechmere's Point, and "gallantly waded through the water, and soon

tide. In 1776, George Washington's headquarters wrote of a potential British landing at "Frogs Neck". At the bridge over Westchester Creek, now represented

'Bubble City' at the City of London Festival. He also exhibited his The British Landing on the Moon in Simon Chapman's 1969 Cybervironment Plus, an experimental

resulted in a 40-minute delay in landing at the base of the cliffs, but British landing craft carrying the Rangers finally reached the base of the cliffs at

directly into the cargo well. Both went to the bottom. The first use of British landing craft in the Second World War, in an opposed landing, saw the disembarkation

pro-British Tory population. Patriot Whig forces made some effort to repel British landing parties, but did nothing to put out the fires and looted abandoned

recapture Malta from the French 1801 8 March (17 Ventôse year IX) – British landing near Aboukir 21 March (30 Ventôse year IX) – Battle of Alexandria,

resistance movement started to organize itself. After the successful British landing in Vichy-held Madagascar, and faced with the impossibility to defend

German U-boats on the last day of World War Two in Europe. The 1955 British landing, complete with the trappings such as hoisting the flag, caused a certain

hulls for the British to claim. Pellew ordered the hulls burned, and British landing parties investigated the town, burning and destroying all military

initially retreated into the surrounding hills, causing a premature British landing. Fighting erupted when thousands of Chinese soldiers emerged from the

but without effect. The next day the French evacuated the fort and a British landing party dismantled and destroyed the guns. Over the next few days they

called for a ship with a floodable deck aft to operate at least two British landing craft tanks. The ship type was initially designated "tank landing carrier"

This is a partial list of British Landing Grounds (LG) In North Africa, used during World War II. There are over 250 known. Not all of these were active

the command of Lieutenant James Duncan. She helped cover the initial British landing and then carried dispatches from Rear-admiral Sir Richard Strachan

Doddington Hall for a staging area in Southampton, England and boarded the British landing ship Empire Javelin the next afternoon. The Fifteenth Army headquarters

American involvement resulted in weakening the punitive effects of the British landing ban. Some scholars refer to the dispute of 1952 to 1956 as one of the

expeditionary force had to withdraw by land. The commander of the British landing corps, Captain John Jellicoe , who later became the commander of the

while the fleet bombarded Fort Sullivan. General Lee responded to the British landing with several actions. He began reinforcing positions on the mainland

fields were clearly visible from Allied ships standing offshore. A British landing party reported that the population of Messinia was close to mass starvation

Revolutionary War, 1775–1783. Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland. p. 54. "British Landing Prevented". Maryland Historical Marker (RM-673). Maryland Historical

attempt to prevent them from sailing up the Hudson River. Following the British landing at Kip's Bay on September 15, 1776, the Americans had abandoned the

Africa as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force B. It was part of the British landing force defeated by German colonial troops at the Battle of Tanga. At

months and over $35 million), and the successful acquisition of the British landing ship dock RFA Largs Bay (which entered RAN service at the end of 2011

army during General Washington's retreat from New York following the British landing at Kip's Bay, September 15, 1776. The most common version of the story

Western Allies began to support the Partisans, and Tito considered a British landing in Yugoslavia likely. In October 1943, just before the second session

on the islands and an MB-339 was the first aircraft to engage the British landing force during the Battle of San Carlos.[citation needed] During the

from Britain in January 1915. The Mesopotamian campaign began with a British landing to occupy the oil facilities in the Persian Gulf. The Ottomans prepared

and the US unburdened Iceland of much of the fish left unsold by the British landing ban during the dispute. A 2016 study codes one instance of overt intervention

Buffalo. All efforts to refloat them failed, and on 30 December the British landing party that captured the Navy yard at Black Rock, New York (now a neighborhood

from his command at Chef Menteur on the lake with the news of the British landing. The two officials jumped in a skiff at the river bank, crossed the

Division. In August 1777, Washington marched his army to counter the British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, with the objective of Philadelphia. A detachment

and some not due to enemy action. For example, the casualties in the British landing columns were all sent to HMS President, whose surgeon notes: 10 Killed

1858, he was the officer-in-charge of the detachment that secured the British landing at Port Blair and formally annexed the islands to the British Crown

County". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020. "British Landing Prevented". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020

the landing in Murmansk in early March 1918. Ironically, the first British landing in Russia came at the request of a local Soviet council. Fearing a

killing all 137 people on board. Argentine A4B Skyhawks destroy the British landing ship Sir Galahad and badly damage the landing ship Sir Tristram at

west of the canal, had more success reaching the beaches between the British landing area of Sword and the Canadian Juno. At 13:30, the men at the bridges

Consul-General, Bernardino Drovetti, attempting to force them to repel the British landing west of the city. Despite the rough waves, nearly 700 troops with five

During the storming of the city, Friedrich personally led the Austro-British landing party and hoisted the Ottoman, British, and Austrian flags over the

Date 18–20 May 1798 Location Ostend, Batavian Republic Result Bruges–Ostend Canal objectives destroyed British landing force captured

Urville-Nacqueville and its beach were the site of the last hostile British landing in August 1758, the raid on Cherbourg. English forces had previously

engraving from the late 19th century depicting Gweagal men confronting a British landing party in 1770 Timeline and periods Prehistory European exploration

substantially in several places. Crofton's account reports that the British landing party consisted of 153 men, and a French account talks of 200 men,

for three brigade-sized operations over successive days. The first British landing, Operation Ladbroke, was carried out by the 1st Airlanding Brigade

and his 150-man contingent of the United States Rifle Regiment. The British landing force was soundly trounced by Appling's riflemen and 200 Indian allies

the Battle of Tanga, Helmuth swept the harbour for mines before the British landing, but found none. On 28 November 1914, Helmuth accompanied the battleship

capital Saint Denis. Advancing rapidly against weak French defences, the British landing parties forced the island's governor Chrysostôme de Sainte-Suzanne

within the United States Show map of the United States Location 1 British Landing Road Mackinac Island, Michigan Coordinates 45°52′04″N 84°37′51″W /

short-lived liberation of Mechelen from French rule. 24 October – attempted British landing at Blankenberge fails. December 5 December – Decisive defeat of Peasant

Turkish provinces. Fighting also began in Mesopotamia, following a British landing to occupy the oil facilities in the Persian Gulf. The Ottomans prepared

and built in England, sets the land speed record. 2003 Beagle 2, a British landing spacecraft that forms part of the European Space Agency's 2003 Mars

ashore, its exit bows facing the beach, for what was to be the troubled British landing at Cape Helles. Small boats first carried companies of Dubliners to

Lake George, which was a location from which he could contest the British landing. Furthermore, the French could then have used the confined woodlands

stated reasons for invading Norway was a need to pre-empt a potential British landing in Norway, a desire to secure the iron ore and other natural resources

Partisans, concerned Lukačević was trying to link up with a feared British landing on the Adriatic coast, attacked his forces on 25 September, first capturing

end of the campaign. Having constructed the piers used during the British landing, the bridging train carried out maintenance duties; assisted with the

arrived two days later. In December 1945, Béarn transported fourteen ex-British Landing Craft Assault (LCAs) and six LCVPs from Singapore to Vietnam, and contributed

Map depicting the deceptive British landing at San Carlos during the Falklands War. The Argentinians occupying East Falkland island planned for a British

to freely move his forces to be able to quickly oppose a possible British landing but received a strong refusal. During the night, Campioni and Kleemann

was abandoned by the American soldiers. At 2:00pm on January 9, a British landing party occupied the signal station. That morning, the flotilla had moored

dubious declaration and Tehran's commitment to diplomacy. Following the British landing at Bushehr, the Persian government mobilised its regular infantry to

Nafkratousa (1971) (1971–2000), ex-USS Fort Mandan (LSD-21) Twelve WW II British landing craft (LCT) were transferred on loan to the Royal Hellenic Navy in

positions in order to divert the attention of the enemy force from the British landing in the San Carlo inlet. Leake operated a deck mounted machine gun during

British landing at Seddülbahir during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.

in the proceeds of the capture. In March 1801 Florentina was at the British landing at Abu Qir Bay. She is not among the vessels listed as having suffered

mother died, and he was still in mourning when the city learned of a British landing in Quilmes. The "party of independence" was caught by surprise by the

reasons for carrying out the invasion a need to pre-empt a potential British landing in Norway, to secure the iron ore and other natural resources originating

reasons for carrying out the invasion a need to pre-empt a potential British landing in Norway, to secure the iron ore and other natural resources originating

On 8 March 1801, Peterel, Cameleon, and another sloop supported the British landing at Abu Qir Bay by stationing themselves close in with their broadsides

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further to the west, the battery was set up to prevent a possible British landing in the rear of Fort McHenry. “At daybreak on September 13th, the British

field guns. Before they fled the Americans had spiked the guns; the British landing party of seamen and marines completed the destruction, especially of

department to take over the command of the Army in the event of a British landing along the Montreuil coasts. Suspended by the War Minister, Bouchotte

number of units were moved from Manhattan to Long Island after the British landing on Long Island, and more were sent over during and after the fighting

through the mountains for several days. On 26 July 1944, he reached a British landing strip in Pranjani, Serbia, that had been prepared for the evacuation

landing crafts. Gold Beach, the frigate La Surprise protected the British landing operation. Utah Beach, the corvettes L'Aconit and La Renoncule were

political leaders to the allied cause ahead of Operation Ironclad, the British landing at Diego Suarez, on 5 May 1942. He was landed by boat near Majunga

sent 15,000 troops to Denmark to act as a garrison against a possible British landing there. These troops, among the best in Spain, garrisoned offshore islands

Unable to remove the ships, Pellew ordered their remains burnt while British landing parties spread throughout the town, burning the military stores and

main strategy for the defence of Quebec therefore was to oppose the British landing, specifically between the Saint-Charles River and the Montmorency Falls

he and his North Carolina militia mustered enough force to send the British landing party off after five days of raids. In 1820, Jones relocated out of

part of a landing below the town as a feint to distract from the real British landing by forces under General James Wolfe, on the Plains of Abraham upstream

committed to the operation, and establishing separate American and British landing zones across a wider area than had been originally envisioned. Eisenhower

recruited by Chrysovergis is reported to have inflicted 78 casualties on a British landing detachment at Sulina in early June, before departing without losses

The British landing at Kips Bay, New York Island, September 15, 1776

been parachuted back into Germany as a resistance organiser by the British, landing in a field in the countryside to the west of Berlin. His arrival coincided

set fire to Loire, destroying her also. Troude also reports that the British landing party attacked Battery Choppard, of four guns, which repelled them

ventured near the island of Ustica, where it met a small convoy of British landing craft. Oliva ordered to open fire on them, but soon after, realizing

training flight, Morgan was approaching Bluff Cove when he saw two British landing ships, Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, on fire following an air attack

LCM 15 in a four-man crew and five enlisted men. While assisting a British Landing Craft at Blue Beach, LCM 15 came under fire from a German 88 mm shore

artillery stations around Pilot Hill, and this prevented any further British landing. Nonetheless, a last attempt was made on 27 February: the HMS Mermaid

On 8 June 1758, she left Canada for France to bring the news of the British landing at La Cormorandière near Louisbourg. The ship was condemned and struck

academic Grace Lavery considers the clinic to have been "an important British landing strip for psychoanalytic thought". Because of the training regime the

regain their former provinces. The Mesopotamian Campaign began with a British landing at Basra. On 11 November 1914, Sultan Mehmed V declared war on Britain

made from rifles and pistols. The pulpit is made from portions of a British landing craft. However, much of the grounds awkwardly garners the appearance

paintings featured views of the island from the family's cabin at British Landing. Manikoff also painted portraits. He frequently donated his paintings

— McConville, p. 277 At the same time, the Partisans feared a bigger British landing and intervention. The British Government still hosted and supported

few days before); on the following day, a flotilla of about fifty British landing craft and other vessels, carrying about 14,000 men, showed up off Pantelleria

with a set of skilfully fabricated documents describing an alleged British landing operation in the Peloponnese and Sardinia. Judging by these plans,

Bruges, with the 5th Bavarian Division based at Antwerp, in case of a British landing in the Netherlands. The Germans were apprehensive of a British attempt

brigade where it arrived about July 24. After getting news of the British landing in Chesapeake Bay, Nash's troops and Proctor's gunners were instructed

burnt during the battle of Bunker Hill as a result of fires set by a British landing party. A second building was built and used until the merger with its

Unable to remove the ships, Pellew ordered their remains burnt, while British landing parties spread throughout the town, burning the military stores and

tropical rainy season, after weeks of intense fighting in which the British landing party was successfully repelled by the Spanish forces led by commander

Beauharnais succeeded in curbing the advance of the Austrians and the British landing in the Po area. Under the strong pressure of his new allies, Murat

Service, reporting on PCR units that could serve in the event of a British landing. Apostol notes that his fellow inmates were planning to break out of

and St Clair took advantage of this to land his troops. News of a British landing in the area reached Lorient on 30 September at around 3pm and several

fought on an island at the mouth of the Elizabeth River, in which a British landing party failed to overcome a much smaller force of Americans defending

the means to resist (Pantelleria had surrendered shortly before a British landing, after a month of heavy aerial and naval bombardment). Leonardi was

defend the anchorage from a naval incursion. Four days before the British landing the Agent for the Navy, Spoors, had sent Story an order, allowing him

to be reconstituted. Operation Slapstick was the code name for the British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto. A shortage of transport

during the War of 1812 was defending coastal communities from raids by British landing parties during the blockade of the Delaware Bay and Delaware River

been declared, Allied flags and bunting flew everywhere, however the British landing force was not present. Very late on 7 May, Southern Command had tried

second Bar to his DSO. and was appointed deputy to Admiral Vian in the British landing areas in the Channel as Captain (Patrols). After Vian's departure,

the fact that a short time after the beginning of the invasion, a British landing craft had been captured near Boulogne. However, it seemed obvious that

Division 13 Destroyer Squadron 13 Nine LCG(L) British - Landing Craft Gun (Large) Eight LCF(L) British - Landing Craft, Flak (Large) 86.2 Landing Craft Group

24 March 1778 Ship State Description unknown  United States The galley was burned in the harbor at Stamford, Connecticut, by a British landing party.

patriots inside the walls who were ready to fight and knew about the British landing were asking themselves: "What's wrong with our friends who landed in

the contrary, the Netherlands itself was involved in war due to the British landing in Zeeland, and King Louis demanded the recall of the brigade to help

was given charge of the land-based support operation for the Franco-British landing which in the end had to be aborted. After five days at liberty during

Division No. 526 was called up as an emergency force to counteract the British landing. The Grenadier Replacement and Training Regiments 211, 253 and 536

a meeting between Raeder and Hitler on 26 March 1940, which read: "British landing in Norway is not considered imminent-Raeder suggests action by us at

work on Helgeland. Much of the work was related to the planning of a British landing on Helgeland. She had to flee to Sweden in 1942 and on to England.

that Quisling had told him during a meeting earlier that day: "... a British landing is planned in the vicinity of Stavanger and Christiansand is proposed