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French ship Formidable ( 1795 ) Formidable was an 80 - gun " Tonnant " class ship of the line of the French Navy , laid down as " Figuires " and renamed in 1795 . She was launched at Toulon in 1795 . She participated in the Battle of Algeciras , the Battle of Cape Finisterre and several other actions before the British captured her at the Battle of Cape Ortegal . The British took her into service as HMS " Brave " . She was broken up in 1816 . French service . On 6 July 1801 she fought in the Battle of Algeciras under captain Landais Lalonde , who was killed in the action . Command then transferred to " capitaine de frégate " Amable Troude , formerly second in command of the " Dessaix " . On 13 July , as she sailed isolated behind the French fleet , she was chased by the frigate HMS " Thames " and the ships of the line HMS " Venerable " ( 74 ) , HMS " Caesar " ( 80 ) and HMS " Superb " ( 74 ) . She allowed the " Venerable " catch up and took her under heavy fire , leaving her dismasted and in danger of sinking . The rest of the British squadron had to come to aid the " Venerable " , allowing the " Formidable " to escape to Cádiz , acclaimed by the population . Troude was immediately promoted to " capitaine de vaisseau " . Bonaparte later met with him and called him " the French Horatius " . In 1802 and 1803 , " Formidable " served in Toulon under Admiral Latouche Tréville . On 17 January 1805 she went to sea under Admiral Villeneuve , together with ten other ships of the line and eight frigates , and on 20 January the fleet sailed for the Martinique in the Caribbean , which it reached on 13 May . The fleet captured Diamond Rock from the British , but Villeneuve returned to Europe on hearing that Nelson had arrived in the West Indies . On 22 June 1805 , the returning Franco - Spanish fleet was intercepted by a British fleet under Sir Robert Calder , resulting in the Battle of Cape Finisterre . After a violent artillery exchange and the capture of two of the Spanish ships , the fleets were separated in the fog . Exhausted after six months at sea , the fleet anchored in Cádiz to rest and refit . With his command under question and planning to meet the British fleet to gain a decisive victory , Villeneuve left Cádiz and met the British fleet near Cape Trafalgar . " Formidable " was the flagship of Rear - Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley , who commanded the six - ship vanguard of the French fleet , along with " Formidable " , " Scipion " , " Duguay - Trouin " , " Mont - Blanc " , " Intrépide " and " Neptune " . The vanguard was kept as a reserve , and joined the battle around 16 : 00 . They only sailed close to the battle and fired a few shots . On 4 November 1805 at the Battle of Cape Ortegal , Admiral Sir Richard Strachan , with " Caesar " , " Hero " , " Courageux " , " Namur " and four frigates , defeated and captured what remained of the squadron . " Formidable " was taken and commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS " Brave " . Fate . " Brave " was broken up in 1816 .
Delville Wood order of battle This is the order of battle for the Battle of Delville Wood fought from 1916 , one of the engagements of the Battle of the Somme . It was fought between British forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley in northern France . The battle was the debut of the South African 1st Infantry Brigade on the Western Front , which captured Delville Wood and held it from 15 – 19 July . The casualties of the brigade were similar to those of many British brigades on 1 July . Delville Wood is well preserved with the remains of trenches , a museum and monument to the South African Brigade . Orders of Battle . South African casualties . Note : * : Officers
Yusaf Khan General Muhammad Yusaf Khan ( born February 10 , 1948 ) , is a retired four - star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff ( VCOAS ) from October 8 , 2001 until October 7 , 2004 . When his 3 - year term expired in October 2004 , he was replaced by General Ahsan Saleem Hyat . Military career . General Yusaf Khan is a graduate of Military College Jhelum ( College No . 2642 ) and was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1966 in the 37th PMA Long Course and joined the Guides Cavalry . He served various command and staff posts including Commanding Officer Guides Cavalry , Commanding Officer of a Tank Battalion in Saudi Arabia , Instructor at Command and Staff College , Chief of Staff of a Strike Corps , Commander of an armoured division , Chief of General Staff , and finally the Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army . Yusaf Khan was promoted to Lieutenant General in June 1998 and sent as the Military Secretary ( MS ) in the GHQ . Later on 29 October 1998 , he was transferred as Commander II Corps , Multan . Military coup of 1999 and Chief of General Staff . During the time of military coup of 1999 , the then Lieutenant General Muhammad Yusaf Khan was the Corps Commander Multan . Due to his close proximity to General Musharraf , by September 2000 , he was posted as Chief of General Staff ( CGS ) to replace the then Lieutenant General Aziz Khan who was instead given the command of Lahore Corps . The post of Chief of General Staff is considered vital as the chief overlooks the two intelligence bureaus within Pakistan Army ( Military Intelligence and Intelligence Bureau ) . In fact , it is believed that a military coup against a government cannot be launched without tacit approval of the Chief of General Staff . Vice Chief of Army Staff . In October 2001 , General Yusaf was promoted to four - star general and replaced Lieutenant General Muzaffar Usmani as the Vice Chief of Army Staff . He was junior only to Usmani , hence superseding one officer while ascending to the four - star post of VCOAS . It is interesting to note that the timing of promotion of General Yusaf and General Aziz Khan coincided with the US invasion of Afghanistan , when these generals superseded Lieutenant General Muzaffar Usmani and Lieutenant General Mahmud Ahmed , both of whom were known for their hawkish stances . General Yusaf also stayed the ceremonial post of Colonel - in - Chief of the Armoured Corps of Pakistan Army . The four - star general is usually promoted as the Colonel - in - Chief of his respective unit . He was promoted to that position by President General Pervez Musharraf on 31 March 2003 at the Armoured Corps Regimental Center in Nowshera and continued till 3 May 2005 when he was replaced by General Ahsan Saleem Hyat . External links .
Anatoly Kvashnin General of the Army Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin ( ; born 15 august 1946 , Ufa ) was the Chief of the Russian General Staff from 1997 to 2004 , when he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin . Kvashnin graduated from the Kurgan Machine - building Institute in 1969 and served in the armed forces from this time . He began serving in the military as deputy commander of a tank company then moved on to hold various command and staff positions . He later attended the R . Y . Malinovsky Tank Academy graduating in 1976 and from the USSR armed Forces General Staff Military Academy in 1989 . He holds a candidate degree in sociological sciences , a doctorate in military sciences and is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Science . Kvashnin had previously served as commander of the North Caucasus military district . As of 2007 , he served as the President ' s Representative in the Siberian Federal District . As Chief of the Russian General Staff he had some success in reforming the command structure for the strategic deterrent forces , but feuded with Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and many of his subordinates . Kvashnin also proved to be indecisive at times , he split then merged the Volga - Urals Military District , combined the Strategic Rocket Forces with the Russian Space Forces and the Early Warning System , then restored their independence .
Herbert Dargue Herbert Arthur " Bert " Dargue ( November 17 , 1886 – December 12 , 1941 ) was a career officer in the United States Army , reaching the rank of major general in the Army Air Forces . He was a pioneer military aviator and one of the first ten recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross . Biography . He was born in Brooklyn , New York . Dargue entered the United States Military Academy on June 15 , 1907 . He graduated on June 13 , 1911 and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps . In March 1913 , while stationed in the Philippines , he was trained to fly by 1st Lt . Frank Purdy Lahm , and was detailed to the Aviation Section , U . S . Signal Corps on July 23 , 1914 , as the sole rated pilot in the Philippines . On December 16 , 1914 , he flew a Burgess Model I seaplane with 1st Lt . Joseph O . Mauborgne of the Signal Corps as his radio operator , making the first two - way communication by radio telegraphy between a ground station and an airplane in flight . The next month he crashed his airplane into San Jose Bay off Corregidor , temporarily ending aviation in the Philippines , and was sent back to the Signal Corps Aviation School at North Field , San Diego , California . From March to July 1916 , he was a member of the 1st Aero Squadron when it supported the Pancho Villa Expedition in Mexico . In 1926 he aided in drafting the legislation that became the Air Corps Act , which led to the establishment of the United States Army Air Corps . From December 21 , 1926 to May 2 , 1927 , Dargue led the U . S . Army Pan American Flight , a public relations goodwill mission to promote U . S . aviation in South America . Flying five Loening OA - 1A seaplanes , each named for an American city , Dargue , Capt . Ira Clarence Eaker , and eight other Army aviators traveled 22 , 000 miles ( 35 , 200 km ) in 59 flight days , stopping at 72 cities along the route . The ten airmen , two of whom died in an accident on February 26 , 1927 , during the mission , were awarded certificates for first awards of the newly created Distinguished Flying Cross . From 1938 to 1940 , he commanded the 19th Air Wing in the Panama Canal Zone . He returned to the United States in 1940 to become Assistant Chief of the Army Air Corps . The following year , he took command of the First Air Force . In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor , Henry Stimson chose Dargue to lead the investigation of why the United States had been unprepared for the attack , and placed him in command of the US Army units there . However , while flying to Hawaii to take his new post , Dargue ' s B - 18 crashed in the Sierra Nevada mountains , outside Bishop , California , and he was killed . Dargue was the first Army General to die on duty during World War II . He was posthumously decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal in 1942 .
Sasaki Takatsuna An infant at the time of the Heiji Rebellion ( 1159 – 1160 ) , Takatsuna was spared the destruction of his family several years later . He grew up with an aunt in Kyoto , and joined the forces of Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1180 , when Yoritomo called for aid against the Taira . Takatsuna saved Yoritomo ' s life at the battle of Ishibashiyama , and aided in the destruction of the Taira following the end of the war . As a result , he was rewarded with the position of " shugo " or governor of Nagato province . In 1195 , Takatsuna retired to Mount Koya to become a Shingon priest . He left his son with his title , land , and all his material possessions . He is said to have died in 1214 in Matsumoto , Nagano ( then Shinano Province ) . Nogi Maresuke was one of his descendants . When depicted in tales or in art , Takatsuna is often shown racing Kajiwara Kagesue across the River Uji atop Shogun Yoritomo ' s white horse , Ikezuki , to be the first to engage in battle at the 1184 battle of Uji .
Heinz Lammerding Heinz Lammerding ( born 27 August 1905 , Dortmund , Germany – d . 13 January 1971 , Bad Tölz , Germany ) was a " Brigadeführer " ( Major General ) in the Waffen - SS and a commander of 2 . SS - Division Das Reich . Post - war . In 1953 , he was tried for war crimes for the massacre of Tulle and Oradour - sur - Glane and sentenced to death in absentia by the court of Bordeaux , but he wasn ' t extradited by West Germany . He resumed his career as a civil engineer in Düsseldorf until his retirement and died of cancer at the age of sixty - six in 1971 . On the other hand , in the Afterword of " The hanging garden " , Ian Rankin claims that the British were involved : " General Lammerding was the commanding officer . On 9 June , he ' d ordered the deaths of ninety - nine hostages in Tulle . He also gave the order for the Orador massacre . Later on in the war , Lammerding was captured by the British , who refused his extradition to France . Instead , he was returned to Düsseldorf , where he ran a successful company until his death in 1971 . "
David F . Sellers David F . Sellers ( February 4 , 1874 – January 27 , 1949 ) was an Admiral in the United States Navy . Biography . David Foote Sellers was a native of Austin , Texas . He joined the United States Navy in 1890 and was appointed to the U . S . Naval Academy from New Mexico . Upon Sellers ' graduation in 1894 he served in various sea assignments until 1898 , including service on the " Massachusetts " , " Essex " , " Alliance " , " Independence " and " Philadelphia " . During the Spanish - American War he participated in the Samoan Campaign and the Philippine – American War while serving aboard the " New York " . From 1904 until 1907 he commanded the " Stewart " . Following his destroyer service he was assigned shore duty at the Bureau of Navigation , was a Naval Aide to the White House and then served on the staff of the Commander - In - Chief , United States Asiatic Fleet , Rear Admiral William S . Cowles . During 1914 until 1915 Sellers served as Executive Officer of the battleship " Arkansas " then commanded the cruisers " Birmingham " and " Salem " and the battleship USS " Wisconsin " in 1917 . Following the First World War he served as Naval Aide to Secretary of the Navy Edwin C . Denby . He commanded the battleship USS " Maryland " from 1922 until 1923 . Sellers was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1927 and served as Commander , Special Service Squadron during the Nicaraguan Uprising . Following his service with the squadron he served as Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1929 until 1931 . Then Commander , Battleship Division One from 1931 - 1932 . In 1932 he was promoted to Vice Admiral and was assigned as Commander , Battleships Battle Force , United States Fleet . He was promoted to Admiral on June 10 , 1933 and assigned as Commander - in - Chief United States Fleet and continued to serve until June 18 , 1934 . In 1934 he was reassigned as Superintendent of the U . S . Naval Academy and served in this capacity until his retirement . He retired March 1 , 1938 . He died in 1949 .
George K . Brady George K . Brady ( December 9 , 1838 - January 20 , 1899 ) was an officer in the United States Army who served as the second commander of the Department of Alaska , from September 1 , 1870 to September 22 , 1870 . Early life . Brady was born in Chambersburg , Pennsylvania on December 9 , 1838 . He was the son of Jasper Ewing Brady , a lawyer who later served as a Whig member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania , and whose uncles included noted Indian fighters Samuel Brady and Hugh Brady . Civil War . At the outbreak of the Civil War , Brady enlisted as a private in the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry . On July 8 , 1861 he accepted a commission as a first lieutenant in the Regular Army ' s 14th Infantry Regiment . He served in this regiment throughout the war , participating in the battles of Gaines ' Mill , Malvern Hill , Second Bull Run , Chacellorsville , Gettysburg , the Wilderness , Laurel Hill , Petersburg , and Weldon Railroad . In the latter battle , he was taken prisoner and held at Libby Prison before being paroled in September 1864 . Brady received a promotion to captain on June 10 , 1864 , and received a brevet as major for his gallantry at Weldon Railroad on August 18 , 1864 . On March 16 , 1865 he was brevetted a lieutenant colonel for his meritorious services during the war . Later career . Immediately after the conclusion of the war , the 14th Infantry was sent to the west coast , where Brady was posted at Camp McDowell , Arizona , accompanied by his wife Henrietta Margaret and their baby daughter . The baby died in March 1866 . In September 1866 , he was transferred to the 23rd Infantry and was posted to Camp Three Forks Owyhee , Idaho , where he took part in the Snake War . His son , Mifflin Brodhead Brady , was born in Idaho in July 1868 . From July 1869 to May 1871 , Brady ' s company was posted at Sitka , Alaska , and Brady served briefly as commander of the Department of Alaska . He later served at various posts across the West , including Camp Lowell , Fort Leavenworth , Fort Supply , Fort Union , and Fort Mackinac . He was promoted to major in the 18th Infantry in March 1886 , and was stationed in Denver until May 1889 when he took command of Fort Hays . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 17th Infantry in March 1891 and commanded that regiment at Fort D . A . Russell . Brady retired at his own request on August 16 , 1894 , and died in Chicago , Illinois on January 20 , 1899 .
Bofors 152 mm gun The Bofors 152 mm gun is a naval gun . It was initially used aboard light cruiser s and cruiser s including the Swedish " Tre Kronor " class and the Dutch " De Zeven Provincien " class , after World War II . It is still used on the Peruvian Navy cruiser BAP Almirante Grau and is currently the largest naval gun still in active service . The 152 mm gun was first designed in 1939 by Bofors for the " Koninklijke Marine " cruiser " Kijkduin " , eventually named " De Zeven Provinciën " . After the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 these artillery pieces were confiscated by the Swedish Government and placed on the Swedish cruiser HSwMS " Tre Kronor " .
Reid K . Beveridge Reid K . Beveridge is a retired Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States . Career . Beveridge joined the Texas Army National Guard in 1968 and was a member of the command until 1972 . He served with the Iowa Army National Guard from 1972 to 1975 . Later he was a member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard from 1975 to 1982 , when he joined the Delaware Army National Guard . In 1995 he was given command of the 261st Signal Command . His retirement was effective as of June 22 , 2000 . Awards he received include the Meritorious Service Medal , the Army Achievement Medal , the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with silver oak leaf cluster , the National Defense Service Medal , the Humanitarian Service Medal , the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass device , the Army Service Ribbon , and the Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon with award numeral 9 . Currently , Beveridge is a functionary of the Presbyterian church , and contributes right - wing commentary to a number of local publications .
1st Mountain Brigade ( Poland ) 1st Mountain Brigade ( 1 . Brygada Górska ) was a unit of the Polish Army during the interbellum period , which took part in the Polish September Campaign . Commanded by Colonel Janusz Galadyk , it was part of Operational Group " Bielsko " of the Army Kraków . It consisted mostly of units of the Border Defence Corps ( KOP ) , sent to southwestern Poland from Eastern Borderlands . Created on July 7 , 1939 , its task was to defend southern wing of the Army , in the section between Żywiec and Rabka . On September 1 , the Brigade was attacked by four German divisions - 2nd Panzer , 4th Light , 3rd Mountain and 7th I . D . In bitter fights around Wegierska Gorka , the Berezwecz Battalion of KOP was destroyed and the following night Colonel Galadyk ordered his men to leave the valley of the Sola river , as the neighboring Polish 21 . Mountain Infantry Division had also been destroyed and further defence of the area was impossible . During retreat towards Wadowice , the Brigade fought several skirmishes with the advancing Wehrmacht . It was helped for a while by the 10th Cavalry Brigade under Colonel Stanisław Maczek , its task was to halt the Germans , who wanted to gain control over the Zakopane - Kraków road . On September 4 , German XXII Army Corps beat a Border Defence Corps Battalion in Mszana Dolna , but on the same day , KOP soldiers from Wilejka managed to beat the Germans at Pcim . Withdrawing northwards , the Brigade was finally overcome in the area of Bochnia , and it ceased to exist
German submarine U - 25 ( 1936 ) German submarine " U - 25 " was one of two Type IA ocean - going submarines produced by the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " . Constructed by AG Weser in Bremen as ' werk ' 903 , " U - 25 " was commissioned on 6 April 1936 . It experienced a short , but successful combat career , sinking eight ships and damaging one . Until 1940 , " U - 25 " was primarily used as training vessel and for propaganda purposes by the Nazi government . During its trials it was found that the Type IA submarine was difficult to handle due to its poor stability and slow dive rate . In early 1940 , the boat was called into combat duty due to the shortage of available submarines . " U - 25 " participated in five war patrols , sinking eight ships and badly damaging one . On 17 January 1940 , 10 miles north of Shetland , U - 25 torpedoed the SS " Polzella " . The " Enid " ( Captain Wibe ) , of then - neutral Norway en route to Dublin , went to assist the " Polzella " . U - 25 then shelled and sank " Enid " . Her crew escaped in their lifeboats . None of " Polzella " ' s crew survived . U - 25 sank eight vessels for a total of and damaged one for : Fate . Around 1 August 1940 , while on a mine - laying mission near Norway , " U - 25 " passed through British mine barrage number seven and struck a mine . The boat sank , taking all hands with it .
USS George W . Rodgers ( 1861 ) USS " George W . Rodgers " ( 1861 ) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was initially intended to be used as part of the stone fleet of sunken obstructions ; however , she was retained and used as a picket boat and dispatch vessel and , later , as a survey ship , concentrating her efforts in the waterways of the Confederate South . Blockade runner " Shark " captured by USS " South Carolina " . " George W . Rodgers " , originally blockade runner " Shark " , was captured by the screw steamer " South Carolina " off Galveston , Texas , 4 July 1861 and sent to the U . S . East Coast . Arriving New York City 24 August , she was sold to a private purchaser 5 November . Service under charter by the Union Navy . Later chartered by the Union Navy under a civilian master , " Shark " served during 1862 and 1863 as a dispatch ship with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron until taken over by the Union Navy off Charleston , South Carolina , 5 September 1863 by order of Admiral John A . Dahlgren . Commissioned by the Union Navy and renamed " George W . Rodgers " . Although " Shark " was purchased to be sunken obstruction at Charleston , she was retained . Renamed " George W . Rodgers " , she sailed to Port Royal , South Carolina , for arming and repairs , and commissioned there 17 January 1865 , Acting Master Loring G . Emerson in command . Service as a picket boat along the Georgia coast . During the remainder of the war , " George W . Rodgers " served as a picket boat along the coast of Georgia in Wassaw Sound and in Ossabaw Sound and on the Vernon and Great Ogeechee Rivers . Service as a survey vessel along the Georgia coast . Occasionally used for special dispatch service , between February and May she joined Coast Survey steamer Bibb on an important coastal survey in the sounds and rivers of the Georgia coast . She resumed picket duty 2 May and operated along the Georgia and Florida coasts until departing Ossabaw Sound for Boston , Massachusetts , 25 July . Post - war decommissioning and sale . She arrived Boston Navy Yard 7 August ; decommissioned 16 August ; and was sold to C . H . Miller by public auction 8 September .