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SMS Panther SMS " Panther " was one of six " Iltis " - class gunboat s of the Kaiserliche Marine and , like its sister ships , served in Germany ' s overseas colonies . The ship was launched on 1 April 1901 in the Kaiserliche Werft , Danzig . It had a crew of 9 officers and 121 men . Service history . In September 1902 , after the Haitian rebel ship " Crête - à - Pierrot " hijacked the German steamer " Markomannia " and seized weapons destined for the Haitian government , Germany sent the " Panther " to Haiti . The " Panther " found the rebel ship . The rebel Admiral Killick evacuated his crew and blew up the " Crête - à - Pierrot " , which was by then under fire from the " Panther " . There were concerns about how the United States would view the action in the context of the Monroe Doctrine . But despite legal advice describing the sinking as " illegal and excessive " , the US State Department endorsed the action . The " New York Times " declared that " Germany was quite within its rights in doing a little housecleaning on her own account " . Some months later the " Panther " participated in the German naval contingent of the Venezuela Crisis of 1902 - 1903 and bombarded the settlement of Fort San Carlos , near Maracaibo . The shallow waters that connected lake Maracaibo with the sea were passable for major ships only in the strait that separated San Carlos from the island of Zapara , yet even there it needed the help of a local pilot to avoid the sand banks and shallow waters of the passage . The battle started when the fort ' s gunners opened fire on the Panther when it was crossing the bar . The Panther returned fire but the shallow waters prevented it from making an effective bombardment . Inside the fort , two of the gunners , Manuel Quevedo and Carlos José Cárdenas , managed to score several hits at the Panther with their 80 - millimeter Krupp gun , causing considerable damage to the ship . After half an hour of exchanging fire , the Germans retreated . In 1905 , the " Panther " was deployed to the Brazilian Port of Itajahy , where its crew conducted an unauthorized search and captured a German deserter on Brazilian soil . This incident became known as the " Panther Affair " ( " " Caso Panther " " ) . Agadir Crisis . The " Panther " became notorious in 1911 when it was deployed to the Moroccan port of Agadir during the " Agadir Crisis " ( also called the " Second Moroccan Crisis " ) . The " Panther " was supposedly sent to protect German citizens in the port , a German sales representative , Hermann Wilberg , had been sent to Agadir on behalf of the Foreign office , but only arrived three days after the " Panther " . The ships mission was actually to apply pressure on the French concerning the attempted French colonization of Morocco in order to achieve a territorial compensation in French Equatorial Africa . This led to the term " gunboat diplomacy " , a term used especially by the British . The term refers to diplomatic demands backed up by a show of force . The incident contributed to the international tensions that would lead to the First World War . The ship was scrapped in 1931 .
ORP Orkan ( 1992 ) ORP " Orkan " is an " Orkan " - class fast attack craft and sister ship of " Grom " and " Piorun " . The original project was prepared by the German Democratic Republic for its navy and was named " Project 660 " ( " Sassnitz class " in NATO code ) . After the Unification of Germany the unfinished hulls were bought by the Polish Navy from VEB Peenewerft shipyard in Wolgast and successfully completed in Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk . After its completion in 1992 the ship was incorporated into the 31st Rocket Warships Squadron , 3rd Ship Flotilla .
Clancy Fernando Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV , USP , MSc , ndc , psc , MNI , SLN ( In Sinhalese : ) ( 10 October 1938 – 16 November 1992 ) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1 November 1991 - 16 November 1992 . He was assassinated by the LTTE in 1992 , as the most senior officer in the Sri Lankan military to be killed in the line of duty . Education . Admiral Fernando , received his secondary education at Prince of Wales ' College , Moratuwa . After leaving school he enlisted as a Cadet Officer in the Royal Ceylon Navy in December 1957 . After completing basic training , he proceeded for training at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth , United Kingdom . Admiral W . W . E . C . Fernando held the memberships of the British Institute of Management , and the Nautical Institute of U . K and had obtained a Master ’ s Degree in Defence Studies . He had also been conferred with the certificate of Master Mariners and was the first President of Sri Lanka Branch of the Nautical Institute of U . K . Admiral Fernando is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College , Wellington , India and from the National Defence College in New Delhi . Naval career . Within the Sri Lankan Navy , he has held the ranks of Midshipman , Sub Lieutenant , Lieutenant , Lieutenant Commander , Commander , Captain and Commodore respectively . During which time he commanded the SLNS Gajabahu , the flagship of the fleet . In 1991 , he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and held the post of the Chief of Staff of the Navy , shortly he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on appointment to the office of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy . After becoming Navy Commander he intensified naval operations against the LTTE , effectively denying the terrorist free use of the sea . During his service years , he introduced the Sinhala communication system into the Navy and authored the book on ‘ Customs and etiquettes of Services ’ . Admiral W . W . E . C . Fernando had been awarded the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya , Uttama Seva Padakkama , Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal and Clasp , Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal , Ceylon Armed Services Long Services Medal and Clasp , Purna Bhumi Medal , President ’ s Inauguration Medal and the Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal . Assassination . He was assassinated by a LTTE suicide bomber who drove an explosives laden motorbike into his staff car on the 16 November 1992 at 8 . 35 a . m , in front of the Galle Face Green . Killed in the bombing was Lieutenant ( posthumously Lieutenant - Commander ) Sandun Gunasekera his Flag Lieutenant and his driver . He was on his way to Naval Headquarters at Flagstaff Street in the Galle Buck from his official residence " Navy House " at Longden Place , Colombo after he returned from India after discussing Indo - Sri Lankan naval cooperation . He was posthumously promoted to Admiral .
4th Motor Brigade ( Australia ) The 4th Motor Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II . The brigade was converted in March 1942 , from the 1st Cavalry Brigade , and converted again to the 3rd Army Tank Brigade in May 1942 . The brigade was assigned to the 1st Australian Motor Division on formation and did not see any active service . Brigade units . All units that served with the brigade during the war .
John Carl Murchie Lieutenant - General John Carl Murchie ( June 7 , 1895 – March 5 , 1966 ) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff , the head of the Canadian Army from December 27 , 1943 until August 21 , 1945 . Military career . Murchie graduated with a Military Qualification certificate from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston , Ontario in 1915 during World War I . He served with the Canadian Army in France from 1915 to 1917 . He also served in World War II and became a General Staff Officer at National Defence Headquarters in 1939 . In 1940 he became Director of Military Operations and in 1941 he was made Director of Military Training & Staff Duties . Later that year he was appointed a Brigadier on the General Staff at Canadian Military Headquarters in England . He then went on to be Vice Chief of the General Staff in 1942 . He served as Chief of the General Staff from 1944 until 1945 and retired in 1946 .
127 Squadron , Republic of Singapore Air Force The 127 Squadron is a helicopter squadron base at Sembawang Air Base ( SBAB ) , Republic of Singapore Air Force , the squadron goes by the motto of " " Strength , Courage , Swiftness " " , the motto is supported by the squadron motif , a white horse in full battle armour . Unit History . Formed at Sembawang Air Base in 1998 , the 127 Squadron was set up to provide the RSAF with much needed help in the heavylift / support role of troop - lift and equipment transportation . And from time to time , the squadron ' s Chinooks are also used to augment 125 Sqn & 126 Sqn in Search & Rescue ( SAR ) operations . One such incident happened on 18 December 2008 at 1612hrs ( Singapore Standard Time ) , when a multi - role survey vessel of the Royal Navy — the , made a call for assistance to the RSAF ' s Air operation centre ( AOC ) requesting for emergency evacuation of an unconscious crew . As was then outside the normal operational range of 125 Sqn ' s SAR Super Pumas , LTC Vincent Chin of AOC decided to launch one of 127 Sqn ' s Chinook helicopter to undertake the task of long - range medical evacuation ( Medevac ) . Within 45 minutes from the time of activation , the squadron ' s commanding officer — LTC Low Chung Guan along with co - pilot MAJ Andy Lim and Medical Officer CPT ( Dr ) Charles Goh was in the air . The unconscious casualty , Leading Rating ( LH ) Cleary , was subsequently airlifted to National University Hospital in Singapore for medical treatment , whereupon he made a full recovery . On 29 December 2008 , while docked at Singapore , Commander Gary Brooks of commented that " if LH Cleary had not received medical attention for just another four to six hours , he might not have survived . " ; Commander Brooks then thanked the RSAF and 127 Sqn for their prompt response and professionalism demonstrated during this medical emergency . Also , during Singapore ' s annual National Day Parade , the Chinooks of 127 Sqn takes on a different , but no less important role by flying the Singapore flag proudly over the parade venue since 2000 .
Battle of Andong The Battle of Andong was a fight between North Korean and South Korean units in late July 1950 . It was an early maneuver of the Korean War . The North Korean 12th Division attempted to advance through this city on its way to the Pusan Perimeter , but on the way it was opposed by the South Korean 8th Division and the South Korean Capital Division . The ensuing battle destroyed much of both the 8th and 12th divisions , but the 12th suffered the heaviest damage ; air attacks killed 600 from the division , 11 of the division ' s 30 tanks were destroyed , and the division commander had been killed . The 12th Division , exhausted , had to cease its advance .
HMS Hind ( 1911 ) HMS " Hind " was an " Acheron " - class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1921 . She was the seventeenth Royal Navy ship to be named after the female deer . Construction . She was built under the 1910 - 11 shipbuilding programme by John Brown & Company of Clydebank , Glasgow . She ( and her sisters " Hornet " and " Hydra " ) differed from the standard Admiralty I - class destroyer in only having two shafts instead of three . They had two Brown - Curtis type turbines , and twin boilers . Capable of 28 knots , she carried two 4 - inch guns , other smaller guns and two 21 - inch torpedo tubes and had a complement of 72 men . She was launched on 28 July 1911 . Career . Pre - War . " Hind " served with the First Destroyer Flotilla from 1911 and , with her flotilla , joined the British Grand Fleet in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I . The Battle of Heligoland Bight . She was present with First Destroyer Flotilla on 28 August 1914 at the Battle of Heligoland Bight , led by the light cruiser " Fearless " , and shared in the prize money for the battle . Transfer to Third Battle Squadron . " Hind " was not present with her flotilla at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 . She was one of seven destroyers to go with the First Destroyer Flotilla when it was transferred from the Grand Fleet to screen the Third Battle Squadron in November 1916 . Mediterranean Service . In 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was sent to the Mediterranean , where they took part in the 1918 Naval campaign in the Adriatic , including enforcing the Otranto Barrage . " Hind " was present at the entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918 . Disposal . In common with most of her class , she was laid up after World War I , and on 9 May 1921 she was sold to Ward for breaking . She was eventually scrapped in Preston in 1924 .
Battle of Midtskogen The Battle of Midtskogen was the battle fought on the night between 9 and 10 April 1940 during the Second World War between a German raiding party and an improvised Norwegian force . The site of the battle was Midtskogen farm , situated approximately west of the town Elverum at the mouth of the Østerdalen valley in southern Norway . The invading German troops were out on a raid to capture the Norwegian King , Haakon VII , and his cabinet and thereby forcing Norway into submission . After a short battle , the German force withdrew , having lost its commander in the fighting . Opposing forces . The Norwegian defenders mustered a slightly numerically superior force , the core of which was a rifle company of the Royal Guards and a number of hastily mustered volunteers , consisting mostly of members of local rifle clubs . The German party consisted of approximately 100 " Fallschirmjäger " in a convoy of commandeered Norwegian civilian vehicles . Though somewhat numerically inferior the Germans were vastly superior in terms of training and firepower , possessing numerous modern submachine guns , light machine guns and hand grenades . Battle . The opposing forces clashed at around 01 : 30 on 10 April with the German vehicles crashing into a Norwegian roadblock . The ensuing fire - fight continued until 03 : 00 , ending with both forces pulling back . The Norwegians were reinforced and regrouped into new positions ; the Germans , realizing their raid had failed , retreated to Oslo . Aftermath . The casualties on both sides were light . The Germans suffered two men killed in action and an unknown number of wounded . One of the German fatalities was their military attaché " Hauptmann " Eberhard Spiller . Norwegian losses were three men wounded in action . The action may have been small , but as it prevented capture of the King and cabinet it probably saved Norway for the allied cause and proved a major boost to Norwegian morale , being very low due to the early German successes in the Norwegian Campaign .
Robert C . Macon Robert Chauncey Macon ( July 12 , 1890 – October 20 , 1980 ) was a general in the United States Army during World War II . He commanded the 83rd Infantry Division during the drive across Europe and later served as military attaché in Moscow . Early life . Macon graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1912 with a B . S . degree and received an M . E . from the same institution the following year . He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1916 . He served in China with the 15th Infantry Regiment from 1920 to 1922 . He was then a professor of military science and tactics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1924 to 1928 . After graduation from the U . S . Army Command and General Staff School on June 19 , 1931 , he served in the Panama Canal Department until 1933 . He then attended the U . S . Army War College and from 1934 to 1939 was an instructor at the U . S . Army Infantry School . Macon served as assistant chief of staff for plans in VII Corps from March to August 1940 , and then served with the 6th Armored Infantry Regiment until 1941 . He was then assigned as assistant chief of staff for supply of the 4th Armored Division . World War II . In April 1942 , Macon , now a colonel , took command of the 7th Infantry Regiment , 3rd Infantry Division . He commanded the regiment during Operation Torch , the invasion of North Africa in November 1942 , and the subsequent occupation of French Morocco . In February 1943 , he was promoted to brigadier general . In April 1943 , Brigadier General Macon was appointed as assistant division commander of the 83rd Infantry Division . He succeeded Frank W . Milburn as commanding general of the division in January 1944 and was promoted to major general on June 1 , 1944 . Major General Macon commanded the 83rd Infantry Division during operations in Normandy , including Operation Cobra and the drive on Saint - Malo . The division then screened the Allied advance along the Loire River Valley , and accepted the surrender of 20 , 000 German troops at Beaugency . The division drove through Lorraine and into Luxembourg , and then fought in the Battle of the Bulge . In 1945 , the division advanced through Germany and linked up with Soviet troops on the Elbe in April . Later years . Major General Macon remained in command of the 83rd Division until 1946 , when he became military attaché in the U . S . Embassy in Moscow , USSR . He served there from 1946 to 1948 , and then became Deputy Chief , U . S . Army Field Forces from 1949 to 1952 . He retired in July 1952 .
XVI Corps ( United Kingdom ) The British XVI Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I . During World War II the identity was recreated for deceptive purposes . History . British XVI Corps was formed in Salonika in January 1916 under Lieutenant General George Milne . Milne was starved of resources by Sir William Robertson who considered all operations outside the Western Front to be " side shows " . The Corps Headquarters were at Kirechkoi to the east of Thessaloniki from January 1916 until the advance to the Struma in September 1916 . From May 1916 it was one of two divisions within the British Salonika Army . The campaign developed into a battle for position with trenches and emplacements from which the General Officer Commanding ( Lieutenant - General Charles Briggs ) undertook limited actions to capture Bulgarian and Turkish positions in a river valley that was infested with mosquito s . British operations in the Balkans Campaign were costly : the allies lost over 7 , 000 troops at the Battle of Doiran in September 1918 alone . Component units . Component units included : British XVI Corps Second World War . In World War II the British XVI Corps was notionally reformed as part of the British Twelfth Army , a fictitious formation created under Operation Cascade . The formation insignia was a phoenix arising from red flames and bearing a flaming torch in its mouth , on a white ground . Subordinate units . As initially created , the corps contained the following divisions in addition to the usual supporting troops : General Officers Commanding . Commanders included :
Dulany Forrest Dulany Forrest entered the United States Navy as a midshipman on 22 May 1809 , and served in the frigate s " President " and " Essex " . Attached to the Lake Erie Station in the War of 1812 , Acting Lieutenant Forrest was severely wounded while serving in flagship " Lawrence " in the Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 . His gallant action won him commendation from Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry . Following the war he served in " Java " and " John Adams " , and commanded schooner s " Beagle " and " Porpoise " in the campaign against West Indies pirates . Lieutenant Forrest died while in command of the store ship " Decoy " in the Caribbean on 1 October 1825 . Namesake . In 1941 , the destroyer USS " Forrest " ( DD - 461 ) was named in honor of Lt . Forrest , sponsored by his great - grandniece , Miss Eileen F . Thomson .
French ship Vestale ( 1756 ) Vestale was a " Blonde " class 30 - gun frigate of the French Navy . She took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay ( Nov 1759 ) and was captured by HMS " Unicorn " 8 January 1761 and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS " Flora " . She was scuttled by the British on 5 ( or 8 ) August 1778 , off Rhode Island , to prevent capture . She was refloated , repaired and sold to the French Navy in 1784 , where she was known as " Flore américaine " , to distinguish her from another " Flore " built since . She was used as a commerce raider from 1794 . On 7 September 1798 , she was captured by HMS " Phaeton " and sold for scrap . A model is on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris , and another in the naval museum in Toulon .
Battle of Paete The Battle of Paete ( Pronounced Pie - tê ) was a small battle fought between American forces , commanded by General Henry W . Lawton , and Philippine nationalists on April 12 , 1899 , during the Philippine - American War . Background . Upon capturing Santa Cruz and Pagsanjan , the American forces in Laguna launched another expedition to capture the town of Paete . The United States Army assembled a force of about 220 men to capture the town , and began the march at 2 : 45 that afternoon . After about a one hour march , the commander of the 1st North Dakota Volunteers , Major Fraine , ordered five men as scouts 100 yards ahead to locate the enemy positions . They soon spotted enemy breast works 150 yards in front of them , manned by 50 or so Filipino fighters . Major Fraine then halted the command and sent a small squad consisting of one corporal and four privates to flank the Filipino positions . Battle . Some Filipino troops were hidden in thick foliage flanking the road , and they opened fire at close range on the small force , quickly dispatching them . Three of the squad members , including Corporal Isador Driscoll , were killed outright and another fell mortally wounded . Only one man was left after the volley , Private Thomas Sletteland , but he managed to drive back the nearest group of Filipinos , who repeatedly tried seize the rifles of his fallen comrades . He was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his role in this battle . Lawton then deployed the majority of his men to attack and try and turn the flank of the enemy , which they were unable to do . The Americans attacking the front Filipino entrenchments were also unable to move them from their position . The American artillery battery then fired a few shrapnel rounds into the enemy positions , as the gunboat " Laguna de Bay " pelted the position with Gatling fire , which succeeded in dislodging the Filipinos . Facing superior numbers and firepower , the Filipinos abandoned their entrenchments and dispersed into the mountains . Lawton ' s force then went on to occupy Paete with no further resistance . This was also the last battle of the campaign , but it proved to be the most costly . Aftermath . During the entire campaign , the Americans suffered seven killed and twenty - one wounded . The Filipinos loss is estimated at 100 killed , seventy wounded , and sixty captured , most of which coming from their defeat at the Battle of Santa Cruz .
1st / 9th Battalion , Ulster Defence Regiment The 1st / 9th ( County Antrim ) Battalion , Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1984 as a result of an amalgamation between the 1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and the 9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment . The amalgamated battalion was the largest in the British Army . Formation . The formation of the merged battalion was carried out on 20 May 1984 , and was done as result of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ' s territorial reorganisation . In order to keep their own organisation closely linked to that of the police the UDR carried out its own reorganisation . History . Battalion HQ in Antrim became the headquarters of the new battalion with companies based at Antrim , Larne , Carrickfergus and Ballymena . The Ballymena company was transferred to 5UDR and the Lisburn company to 11UDR . 1 / 9 UDR was responsible for the 700 square mile territory comprising South and mid - Antrim , taking in 153 square miles of Lough Neagh . 1 / 9 UDR was subsumed into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 as part of the amalgamation which formed the Royal Irish Regiment . Uniform , armament & equipment . See : Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform , armament & equipment