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Adrian Johns Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns ( born 1951 ) is the current Governor of Gibraltar and a former senior officer in the Royal Navy . His most recent naval posting was as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008 . Career . Johns joined the Royal Navy in 1973 following his education at Newquay grammar school in Cornwall and then Imperial College , London , where he studied physics . On 1 September 1975 , he was promoted to lieutenant , with seniority from 1 January 1975 . After his initial postings , Johns trained as a helicopter pilot and then served as a Westland Sea King pilot with 824 Naval Air Squadron aboard HMS " Ark Royal " . He became a flying instructor in 1979 . In 1981 , he was given his first command on board HMS " Yarnton " in Hong Kong and was promoted to lieutenant commander on 16 October 1982 . After holding other naval posts , he was promoted to commander on 30 June 1988 and then commanded the frigate s HMS " Juno " and HMS " Ariadne " between 1988 and 1990 . Johns attained the rank of captain on 31 December 1994 . Between various appointments at the Ministry of Defence , he held the command of the frigate HMS " Campbeltown " from 1995 to 1996 . Johns was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 2001 New Year Honours . Later that year , he took command of the amphibious assault ship HMS " Ocean " . It was deployed to Iraq in spring 2003 . Following this tour , Johns received a Queen ' s Commendation for Valuable Service , gazetted on 31 October 2003 . He relinquished command of the " Ocean " on his promotion to rear admiral in May 2003 . Johns became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in May 2003 . In October 2005 , he was promoted to vice admiral and appointed Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief of Naval Home Command . The 2008 New Year Honours saw him appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ( KCB ) . He was succeeded as Second Sea Lord by Vice - Admiral Alan Massey in a ceremony on board HMS " Victory " on 15 July 2008 . On 9 June 2009 , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Johns would succeed Sir Robert Fulton as Governor of Gibraltar later that year . Johns arrived at Gibraltar on board HMS " Lancaster " and was sworn into the office of Governor of Gibraltar on Monday 26 October 2009 . He is a patron of the armed forces career management charity Soldier On ! On 2 February 2011 , Johns was appointed a Knight of the Order of St . John , an honour in the personal gift of Her Majesty The Queen . - - - -
18th Independent Mixed Brigade ( Imperial Japanese Army ) The Imperial Japanese Army 18th Independent Mixed Brigade was formed November 7 , 1939 in China . It was assigned to the 11th Army . The unit was engaged in the Central Hupei Operation during the Second Sino - Japanese War ( 1937 to 1935 ) . Organization . The 18th Independent Mixed Brigade consisted of the following units .
SM UB - 63 SM " UB - 63 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 23 July 1917 as SM " UB - 63 " . " UB - 63 " was sunk on 28 January 1918 by British warships and at with depth charges . All 33 crew members perished in the attack . Construction . She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction , launched at Hamburg on 26 May 1917 . " UB - 63 " was commissioned later that same year . Like all Type UB III submarines , " UB - 63 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 63 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 63 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
John Coburn ( politician ) John Coburn ( October 27 , 1825 – January 28 , 1908 ) was a United States Representative from Indiana and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Early life and career . Coburn was born in Indianapolis , Indiana , in 1825 ( the year the city became the new state capitol ) were he attended the public schools . Later , he graduated from Wabash College , Crawfordsville , Indiana , in 1846 . As a student , he founded the Wabash College chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity , the first Greek letter fraternity on the Wabash campus , and still active to this day . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1849 , and commenced practice in Indianapolis . Coburn was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1850 and was also a judge of the court of common pleas from 1859 to 1861 , when he resigned to enter the Union Army following the outbreak of the Civil War . He became colonel of the 33rd Indiana Infantry on September 16 , 1861 . He was captured in Kentucky and spent time in Libby Prison , before being exchanged . Later , Coburn and Col . Benjamin Harrison fought side by side in several battles while under General Sherman ' s command . During that time , Coburn and his troops were the first into Atlanta and secured the city ' s surrender . There is a large marker in downtown Atlanta where the city ' s mayor surrendered the city to Coburn . He was mustered out September 20 , 1864 . In the omnibus promotions following the Civil War , he was brevetted as Brigadier General of Volunteers dating from March 13 , 1865 . Coburn and his father were instrumental in saving the Indiana Historical Society and its papers in its early days . Coburn also gave one of the dedication speeches for the Indianapolis Soldiers and Sailors Monument . He promoted the building of the Civil War Orphanage in Knightstown , Indiana and he helped secure the use of land in Indianapolis for Garfield Park . His later years were spent living in the Bates - Hendricks House in Indianapolis with his wife Caroline ( Test ) Coburn until his death in 1908 . Congressional service . Coburn was appointed as the first secretary of the Territory of Montana in March 1865 but resigned at once . He was elected judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Indiana in October 1865 and resigned in July 1866 . Later , he was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses ( March 4 , 1867 – March 3 , 1875 ) . While in Congress , he served as chairman , Committee on Public Expenditures ( 41st Congress ) , and as a member of Committee on Military Affairs ( 42nd and 43rd Congresses ) . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the 44th Congress . After leaving Congress , he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana on February 19 , 1884 , and served until December 1885 . He returned to Indianapolis , and resumed the practice of law . He died in Indianapolis on January 28 , 1908 , and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery .
Mississippi Marine Brigade The Mississippi Marine Brigade was a Union Army unit raised during the American Civil War as part of the United States Ram Fleet . These soldiers acted as marines aboard United States Army ram s patrol ling the Mississippi River . The unit was commanded by members of the Ellet family and was organized as part of the Regular Army instead of a State unit . Organization . This unit was an army command operating under the direction of the U . S . Navy consisting of artillery , cavalry and infantry and a fleet of boats for transportation and was commanded by Brig . Gen . Alfred W . Ellett . The unit was organized in early 1863 and consisted of about 350 officers and men , including boat crews which used nine small light - armored boats fitted as rams . Vicksburg Campaign . The brigade reached the fleet above Vicksburg on 29 May 1863 . On 14 June 1863 , the unit joined Brig . Gen . Joseph A . Mower ' s expedition to Richmond , LA and skirmished with the Confederates , losing 3 wounded . On 20 June 1863 , Admiral David Dixon Porter reported that two 10 - pdr . Parrott rifle s placed by the brigade on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River had much annoyed the Confederates for two or three days . Gen ' l Ellett ordered work begun on a casemate fort on the point opposite the city of Vicksburg , MS on 19 June 1863 . The fortification was completed in four days being covered with a thickness of railroad iron . A 20 - pdr . Parrott gun was emplaced within and opened fire on the city the morning of 23 June 1863 . The Confederates responded firing 17 rounds from 5 different guns . The fort was further strengthened by adding another thickness of railroad iron . Fire from the Parrott gun in the fort was maintained until the end of the siege with a total of 98 rounds being expended . Considerable damage to the Confederates was accomplished especially by stopping work at the foundry and machine shop . The fort was repeatedly struck but without material damage and without loss of life . The fort was erected and the gun put into position under the direction of Lt . Col . George E . Currie . The gun was commanded and sighted by Capt . Thomas C . Groshon in person . The brigade also placed a brass Dahlgren in a casemate near the 20 - pdr . Parrott . On 25 – 30 June 1863 , a detachment of the brigade on the steamer John Rains , formed a part of an expedition to Greenville , MS under the command of Lt . Col . Samuel J . Nasmith of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry . At Goodrich ' s Landing on 30 June 1863 the brigade lost 1 officer ( Capt . Wright ) KIA . Transfer to Army jurisdiction . A ruling of the Judge - Advocate General , dated 11 Jun 1863 , seems to make the brigade a " special contingent of the army and not the navy , " but as late as 23 July 1863 , Maj . Gen . Ulysses S . Grant wrote : " They ( the officers and men of the Marine Brigade ) are not subject to my orders . " By order of the Secretary of War the army assumed full jurisdiction over the brigade in October 1863 .
Battle of Valmaseda The Battle of Valmaseda took place on 5 November 1808 , during Lieutenant - General Blake ' s retreat from superior French armies in Cantabria . Reinforced by veteran regular infantry from General La Romana ' s Division of the North ( ) , Blake suddenly turned on his pursuers to rescue a trapped detachment and defeated a division of General Victor ' s army at Valmaseda ( Biscay ) . Background . The French defeat had its roots in Marshal François Lefebvre ' s earlier failure to destroy the Spanish army at the Battle of Pancorbo , where Blake had shaken off the premature French assault and escaped with his army intact . Further mistakes were made in the French pursuit , namely when Victor carelessly allowed his Army Corps to spread out in its search for an enemy he regarded as beaten . Forces . Major - General Eugene - Casimir Villatte commanded the 3rd Division of Lefebvre ' s IV Corps . This over - sized unit included three battalions each of the 27th Light , 63rd , 94th and 95th Line Infantry Regiments , plus two foot artillery batteries . Blake ' s Army of Galicia contained five infantry divisions , a vanguard and a reserve . General Figueroa commanded the 1st Division , Gen Martinengo the 2nd Division ( 5 , 100 ) , Gen Riquelme the 3rd Division , Gen Carbajal the 4th Division , Gen La Romana the 5th Division ( 5 , 300 ) , Gen Mendizabal the vanguard and Gen Mahy the reserve . There were 1 , 000 gunners manning 38 cannon and only 300 cavalry . Battle . Victor tried to trap Gen Acevedo ' s Asturian Division , which had separated from Blake ' s army . Instead , Blake was able to draw the French into a trap of his own , and on November 5 , Villatte ' s division , operating ahead of the other French formations , blundered into a brusque attack . This attack drove the French out of Valmaseda . But while their leaders had erred badly , the iron discipline of the French soldiers did not fail them . Villatte , refusing to surrender , formed his troops into squares and managed to claw his way out of the Spanish encirclement . Even so , the Spaniards captured 300 men and one gun . During the French retreat , Acevedo ' s errant division bumped into Villatte ' s baggage train and captured most of it . On November 8 , a resurgent Victor recaptured Valmaseda , killing and wounding 150 and capturing 600 men from Blake ' s rearguard . Upon learning of the battle , Napoleon , shocked that his Grande Armée should suffer even a minor defeat by " an army of bandits led by monks , " severely reprimanded Victor for his imprudence . Victor redeemed himself two weeks later when he finally defeated Blake at the Battle of Espinosa .
Staats Long Morris Staats Long Morris ( 27 August 1728 Morrisiana , New York – 28 January 1800 Quebec , Canada ) was an American colonist who served as a major - general in the British army during the American Revolution . He was the grandson of Lewis Morris ( the first governor of New Jersey ) , the brother of Lewis Morris ( a signer of the Declaration of Independence ) , and the half - brother of Gouverneur Morris ( an author of the United States Constitution ) . He studied at Yale College . On 31 May 1756 , he joined the British army , and became captain of the 36th Regiment of Foot . He was quickly promoted lieutenant - colonel in the 89th ( Highland ) Regiment of Foot , with which he served at the siege of the French colony of Pondicherry , India in 1761 . He became Colonel in the 61st Foot . On 7 July 1763 , he was made brigadier - general , in 1777 he obtained major - general , and in 1796 he became a general . He was appointed to succeed James Johnston as Governor of the garrison at Quebec in 1797 , holding the office until his death . In 1769 , he took out a patent of some 30 , 000 acres , at Butternuts Creek , near Otsego Lake ( New York ) , and developed a settlement . In 1785 , the patent was reassigned to Lewis Morris , and Richard Morris . He inherited Morrisiana , which he sold to Gouveneur Morris in 1787 . On 1 June 1769 , he purchased 967 . 37 acres , for £2 , 902 near Morristown , New Jersey . On 28 August 1790 , he sold land in New Jersey to John Ramsey , John Dickson , and Thomas Coyle . Morris became a member of the British Parliament , representing Elgin Burghs . He was buried in an unmarked grave in the nave of Westminster Abbey in 1800 . Family . In March 1756 , Morris married the widowed Lady Catherine Gordon ( Duchess of Gordon ) , daughter of William Gordon , 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Susan Murray ( died 10 December 1779 ) . He married Miss Jane Urquart ( died 15 March 1801 ) , about December 1780 .
Elizabeth Zarubina Elizaveta ' Zoya ' Yulyevna Zarubina ( ; January 1 , 1900 – 14 May 1987 ) , born Lisa Rozensweig , was a Soviet spy . She was known as Elizabeth Zubilin while serving in the United States , and also known as Lisa Gorskaya . Born in Rzhaventsy ( Bessarabia ) of Jewish background , she studied history and philology at universities in Romania , France , and Austria , and was freely conversant in Romanian , Russian , German , French , English , and Yiddish . She was one of the most successful agent recruiters , establishing her own illegal network of Jewish refugees from Poland , and recruiting one of Leó Szilárd ' s secretaries , who provided technical data . She was the wife of Soviet Intelligence Resident Vasily Zarubin . Zarubina was an active participant in the revolutionary movement in Bessarabia after World War I . In 1919 she became a member of the Komsomol of Bessarabia . Elizabeth became part of the Soviet intelligence system in 1924 . In 1923 , she joined the ranks of the Austrian Communist Party . From 1924 through 1925 she worked in the embassy and trade delegation of the USSR . From 1925 to 1928 she worked in the Vienna Rezidentura . In 1929 Elizabeth and Yakov Blumkin were posted as illegals in Turkey , where he sold Hasidic manuscripts from the Central Library in Moscow to support illegal operations in Turkey and the Middle East . Soviet intelligence officer Pavel Sudoplatov , who later organized Leon Trotsky ' s murder , claims in his autobiography that Blumkin gave part of the sale proceeds to Trotsky , who was then in exile in Turkey . According to his account , Elizabeth denounced Blumkin for this and that was the reason why he was recalled to Moscow and executed . Shortly thereafter ( 1929 ) , Eizabeth married Vasily Zarubin , and they traveled and spied together for many years , using the cover of a Czechoslovakia n and USA business couple for work in Denmark , Germany , France and the United States . According to Jerrold L . Schecter and Leona Schecter , Zarubina was " one of the most successful operators in stealing atomic bomb secrets from the United States " . Together with Gregory Kheifetz ( the Soviet vice - consul in San Francisco from 1941 to 1944 ) , she supposedly set up a ring of young communist physicists around Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos to transmit nuclear weapon plans to Moscow .
Georg von Derfflinger Georg von Derfflinger ( 20 March 1606 – 14 February 1695 ) was a field marshal in the army of Brandenburg - Prussia during and after the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ) . Early years . Born 1606 at Neuhofen an der Krems in Austria , into a family of poor Protestant peasants , Derfflinger had to leave his home due to religious persecution under the Catholic Habsburg dynasty in the course of the Counter - Reformation . He probably fought side - by - side with insurgent Bohemian nobles led by Jindrich Matyas Thurn and served in the armed forces of various Protestant combatant powers , at first in the Saxon army , but most of the time in that of Sweden . Until the 1648 Peace of Westphalia he distinguished himself as an able and daring cavalry leader and gained a reputation for brilliance and bravery , which in 1654 persuaded Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg to offer Derfflinger a senior position in his army . Personality . Derfflinger was supposedly a notorious drunkard who constantly drank " Schnapps " , but his fondness for alcohol did not impede his military abilities . His marriage in 1646 to an heiress of the Brandenburg nobility had already secured him a number of possessions , which he was able to augment with estates granted to him for his military exploits . A lifelong soldier , Derfflinger had no formal education , but was entrusted by the Elector with numerous important military tasks and played a central role in the reform of the Brandenburgian cavalry and artillery . He had a very stormy relationship with Frederick William and argued with him incessantly , at one point quitting . In order to gain back the Elector ' s employ , he wrote down a list of incredible demands , which included a clause stipulating that no man charge into battle ahead of him and that he take a certain percentage of plunder and captured officers from every engagement . Brandenburg service . In 1674 , Derfflinger was elevated to a " Reichsfreiherr " by Emperor Leopold I . A year later , he was decisive in defeating the Swedes and driving them out of Brandenburg : He impersonated a Swedish officer , a feat he was able to do because he had served in the armies of Sweden and was able to convince the Swedes to open the gates of Rathenow , allowing him and 1 , 000 nearby dragoons to storm the fortress . He was also a commander in the Battle of Fehrbellin , where he won a decisive victory over the Swedes , who were under Charles XI , and were occupying Brandenburg , pillaging the countryside , and abusing the locals . His last military campaign was in 1690 against King Louis XIV of France , when he was 84 years old . Derfflinger died at his estates in Gusow . Legacy . The Imperial German Navy ' s battlecruiser SMS " Derfflinger " was named after him .
85th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 85th Brigade was a formation of the British Army . It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire . It was assigned to the 28th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War . The Brigade was temporarily attached to the 3rd Division between February and April 1915 .
Antonio Barceló Don Antonio Barceló ( 1 January 1717 , in Palma , Majorca – 30 January 1797 , in " idem " ) ( in Spanish Antonio Barceló y Pont de la Terra , in Catalan Antoni Barceló i Pont de la Terra ) was a Spanish Balearic mariner , lieutenant general ( equivalent to Admiral ) of the Spanish Royal Armada . He is famous for his anti - Algerian privateer campaigns , bombardments of Algiers and use of Floating Batteries during the Great Siege of Gibraltar .
John Macdonald ( British Army officer ) Lieutenant General Sir John Macdonald GCB ( died 28 March 1850 ) is a former Adjutant - General to the Forces . Military career . John Macdonald was commissioned into the 89th Regiment of Foot on 15 April 1795 . He became lieutenant the regiment 2 February 1796 , and captain 22 October 1803 . He was made a major - unattached 28 February 1805 , lieutenant - colonel on half - pay of the 1st garrison battalion 17 March 1808 , brevet colonel 4 June 1814 , major - general 1825 , and lieutenant - general 1838 . He served with the 89th in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , and afterwards in Minorca , Heasina , and at the blockade of Malta and capture of Valetta in 1799 - 1800 , and throughout the campaign in Egypt in 1801 . He was brigade - major to Sir William Cathcart , 1st Earl Cathcart in the home district in 1805 , and military secretary when Cathcart was in command of the king ' s German legion as a separate army , in Swedish Pomerania ( isle of Rugen ) , in 1806 - 7 ; and subsequently during the expedition to Copenhagenin in 1807 . He was deputy adjutant - general to Sir John Hope , 4th Earl of Hopetoun at Walcheren ; and held the same post with Lieutenant - general Thomas Graham , 1st Baron Lynedoch at Codii and at the battle of Barossa ( gold medal ) . He was military secretary to Sir John Hope when commander - in - chief at Ireland in 1812 . He was a trusted aide to the Duke of Wellington . He rose to be Deputy Adjutant - General and then in July 1830 he was appointed Adjutant - General to the Forces . In this role he was conservative in his outlook and supported the Duke of Wellington in his efforts to retain flogging as a method of discipline . Mcdonald was made C . B . on 4 June 1815 , and K . C . B . in 1827 . He was awarded the GCB in 1847 . and died in office on 28 March 1850 . He was also Colonel of the 67th Regiment of Foot in 1828 , and then the 42nd Regiment of Foot on 16 March 1844 . He lived at 25 Pall Mall in London . He died at his residence , Bruton Street , London , 28 March 1850 , and was buried at Kensal Green . Family . He was a connection of Flora Macdonald the Jacobite heroine . He has a brother , Lieutenant - general Alexander Mcdonald , royal artillery . Mcdonald married a daughter of Charles Graham of Williamsfield , Jamaica , by whom he left issue . Sources .