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Siege of Kahun The Siege of Kahun was a siege of the isolated hilltop fort of Kahun during the First Anglo - Afghan War . Course . A 300 - man detachment from the 2nd Battalion , 5th Bombay Native Infantry , led by Captain Brown , marched on Kahun , then the Marri tribe ' s main stronghold , in order to support the Bombay field force ' s march north into Sindh . The force took it with little opposition and occupied it . As ordered , Brown sent back the detachment ' s baggage camels with escort of 50 men ( consisting of a half - squadron of Scinde Horse and 50 men of the Maratha Light Infantry ) and an additional 80 - man escort under Subedar Bay Jadhao to get it past hostile Marri troops in the area . Jadhao decided to return after 12 miles , having seen no enemy troops , but soon after this point both escorts were overwhelmed , with only 12 survivors ( not including Jadhao ) . This reduced Brown ' s force to 140 men , and the enemy force immediately besieged Kahun . Holding off the besieging force from May to September , Brown eventually received word from the Officer Commanding in Upper Sind to do whatever he thought best for his men ' s safety and so surrendered on 12 September . The Marris accorded him the honours of war , letting the small remnants of Brown ' s force to march out in possession of their arms , guns , ammunition , and baggage . In recognition of their conduct , the General Orders of 5 April 1841 accorded the battle honour " Kahun " to the 5th Native Infantry and in May 1841 the unit was honoured by being made " Light Infantry " .
Ashikaga Yoshimochi In 1394 , Yoshimitsu gave up his title in favor of his young son , and Yoshimochi was formally confirmed in his office as " Seii Taishogun . " Despite any appearance of retirement , the old shogun didn ' t abandon any of his powers , and Yoshimitsu continued to maintain authority over the shogunate until his death . Yoshimochi exercised unfettered power as shogun only after his father died in 1408 . In 1398 – in the 6th year of the reign of King Taejong of Joseon , a diplomatic mission was sent to Japan . Pak Tong - chi and his retinue arrived in Kyoto in 1398 ( " Ōei 5 , 8th month " ) . Shogun Yoshimochi presented the envoy with a formal diplomatic letter ; and presents were given for the envoy to convey to the Joseon court . Significant events shape the period during which Yoshimochi was shogun : Yoshimochi followed his father ' s example by formally ceding his powers to a young son , fifth shogun Ashikaga Yoshikazu , who was then 18 . Era of Yoshimochi ' s " bakufu " . The years in which Yoshimochi was shogan are more specifically identified by more than one era name or " nengō " .
Battle of Wisternitz The Battle of Wisternitz or Dolní Věstonice was fought on August 5 , 1619 between a Moravian force under Friedrich von Tiefenbach ( Teuffenbach ) and an Austrian army under Dampierre . The battle was a Moravian victory . The battle is part of the Thirty Years ' War . Budweis ( České Budějovice ) was one of the three towns which remained loyal to the Austrian emperor when Bohemia revolted . After the Austrian victory at Sablat , the Bohemians were forced to raise the siege of České Budějovice . On 15 June 1619 , Hohenlohe retreated to Soběslav where he awaited reinforcement by count Heinrich Matthias von Thurn . After taking control of the strong places of southern Bohemia , emperor Ferdinand II . sent a force under Dampierre to Moravia , which had chosen the side of the Bohemian rebels . However , Dampierre was defeated at Dolní Věstonice ( ) by Moravian forces under von Tiefenbach ( brother of Rudolf von Tiefenbach ) and Ladislav Velen ze Žerotína in August 1619 , which left Moravia in the Bohemian camp .
Jan Samuel Chrzanowski Jan Samuel Chrzanowski ( died 1688 ) , Polish soldier , lieutenant colonel . He was a member of the Polish bourgeois , he began his military career in the regiment of Stanisław Koniecpolski . In 1673 he fought at Chocim , that same year he gained the rank of captain . From 1674 he served in the regiment of Aleksander Niezabitowski , from 1675 the regiment came under the ownership of Jan Cetner , the starost of Szczurowice . During the Polish - Turkish war in 1675 , a 30 , 000 strong Turkish army aided by Tartars led by the Sultan Serder ' s son in law Ibrahim Szyszman , invaded present day Ukraine . After conquering Zbaraż ( July 27 , 1675 ) and Podhajec ( September 11 , 1675 ) about 10 , 000 soldiers of the Turkish army arrived in Trembowla . The town of Trembowla was destroyed , but the castle , which was defended by about 80 soldiers , a handful of nobleman and around 200 peasants , all led by Jan Samuel Chrzanowski , withstood the Turkish armies advances for over two weeks . On October 11 , 1675 the Turkish army withdrew its forces upon hearing that Polish forces led by the Polish King Jan III Sobieski were nearing . In a camp near Buczacz King Sobieski gave Chrzanowski the rank of lieutenant colonel . Chrzanowski ' s acts of bravery became famous in all of Poland , and in 1676 he was asked to stand before the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth ' s Sejm wherein he became nobilitized under the coat of arms of Poraj , while also receiving a reward of 5 , 000 złoty . From 1676 he became the commandant of Lwów . From 1682 he was the Podstoli of Mielnic .
USS Meredith ( DD - 165 ) The first USS " Meredith " ( DD – 165 ) was a " Wickes " class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I . She was named for Jonathan Meredith . History . " Meredith " was laid down 26 June 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company , Quincy , Massachusetts ; launched 22 September 1918 ; sponsored by Mrs . William F . Meredith , wife of the great - grandnephew of Sergeant Meredith ; and commissioned at Boston 29 January 1919 , Commander H . H . Michaels in command . Assigned to Destroyer Force , Atlantic Fleet , " Meredith " proceeded to Newport , Rhode Island , for torpedoes and 18 February began a shakedown cruise to Cuba . However , she received orders 22 February to join five other destroyers as escort to " George Washington " , returning President Woodrow Wilson from France to Boston . On 26 February , she resumed her shakedown . " Meredith " departed New York 1 May for Trepassey Bay , Newfoundland , to serve as a guide post for the first transoceanic flight , as Navy Curtis flying boats spanned the Atlantic from Long Island to Plymouth , England . Returning to Boston 22 May , " Meredith " cruised the east and gulf coasts with Destroyer Flotilla 2 until November , then served out of Newport for training , particularly target practice , until November , when she went into repair at Norfolk . Rejoining her division at Charleston , South Carolina , 26 January 1922 , she participated in maneuvers until 5 April when she went into Philadelphia Navy Yard for inactivation . Decommissioned 28 June 1922 , " Meredith " remained at Philadelphia until , in accordance with the London Naval Treaty , she was sold for scrapping 29 September 1936 .
Heverlee Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Heverlee War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission ( CWGC ) burial ground for the dead of the Second World War located in Heverlee , Belgium . The Heverlee War Cemetery was established in 1946 and contains 977 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War , twenty - nine First World War burials relocated to the cemetery , and twelve non - Commonwealth graves ( including 11 Polish and 1 American airmen ) .
USS Fiske ( DE - 143 ) The USS " Fiske " ( DE - 143 ) was an " Edsall " - class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named for Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske , she was the first of two U . S . Naval vessels to bear the name . " Fiske " ( DE - 143 ) was laid down 4 January 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange , Texas ; launched 14 March 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . H . G . Chalkley ; and commissioned 25 August 1943 with Lieutenant Commander R . P . Walker in command . " Fiske " began her service as a convoy escort with a voyage from Norfolk to Coco Solo , C . Z . to New York between 12 and 25 November 1943 . On 3 December , the escort ship cleared Norfolk on the first of three convoy assignments from Norfolk and New York to Casablanca . During the third of these , on 20 April 1944 her convoy came under attack by German torpedo bomber s in the western Mediterranean , but none of the enemy planes came within range of " Fiske " . Completing her Casablanca runs with her return to New York 21 May 1944 " Fiske " joined the hunter - killer group formed around the USS " Wake Island " ( CVE - 65 ) at Norfolk 10 June . Five days later her group sailed to patrol across the Atlantic , putting into Casablanca to replenish 20 to 24 July . On 2 August , during a special hunt for submarine s known to be transmitting weather information from stations in the central Atlantic , " Fiske " and USS " Douglas L . Howard " ( DE - 138 ) were detached from the task group to investigate a visual contact both had made . The contact ( north of the Azores ) , surfaced U - 804 , quickly dived , but the two escorts picked it up on sonar , and began their attack approach . Suddenly , " Fiske " was torpedo ed on her starboard side amidships , and within 10 minutes , she broke in two and had to be abandoned . Thirty - three of her men were killed and 50 badly wounded by the explosion , but all who survived it were rescued by the USS " Farquhar " ( DE - 139 ) . " Fiske " received one battle star for World War II service .
Surgeon General of the United States Army The Surgeon General of the United States Army is the senior - most officer of the U . S . Army Medical Department ( AMEDD ) . By policy , the Surgeon General ( TSG ) serves as Commanding General , U . S . Army Medical Command ( MEDCOM ) as well as head of the AMEDD . His or her office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General ( OTSG ) and are located in Falls Church , Virginia . Since 1959 , TSG has been appointed in the grade of Lieutenant General . By law , TSG may be appointed from any of the six officer branches of the AMEDD . However , prior to the incumbent ( a Nurse Corps officer ) , all appointed and confirmed Surgeons General have been Medical Corps officers ( military physician s ) . Duties . As a Commanding General , TSG provides advice and assistance to the Chief of Staff , Army ( CSA ) and to the Secretary of the Army ( SECARMY ) on all health care matters pertaining to the U . S . Army and its military health care system . He or she is responsible for development , policy direction , organization and overall management of an integrated Army - wide health service system and is the medical materiel developer for the Army . These duties include formulating policy regulations on health service support , health hazard assessment and the establishment of health standards . TSG is assisted by a Deputy Surgeon General . History . Congress established the Medical Service of the Continental Army on July 27 , 1775 and emplaced a " Chief physician & director general " of the Continental Army as its head at that time . The first five “ surgeons general ” of the U . S . Army served under this title . An Act of May 28 , 1789 established a " Physician general " of the U . S . Army ( only Doctors Richard Allison and James Craik served according to this nomenclature ) . An Act of March 13 , 1813 cited the " Physician & surgeon general " of the U . S . Army . This nomenclature remained in place until the Medical Department was established by the Reorganization Act of April 14 , 1818 . ( Physicians assigned to the U . S . Army were not accorded military rank until 1847 . )
The Technical Cooperation Program The Technical Cooperation Program ( TTCP ) is a long standing international organisation concerned with cooperation on defence science and technology matters , including national security and civil defence . Its membership comprises Australia , Canada , New Zealand , the United Kingdom ( UK ) and the United States ( US ) . History . Declaration Of Common Purpose . TTCP commenced in 1957 as a bilateral activity between the United Kingdom and the United States when the US President and the UK Prime Minister made the following Declaration of Common Purpose : Tripartite Technical Cooperation Program . Immediately following the Declaration of Common Purpose , the Canadian government subscribed to the principle of interdependence and was admitted by the UK and the US . The resulting arrangement was known as the Tripartite Technical Cooperation Program ( or TTCP for short ) . Australia and New Zealand . Australia joined TTCP in 1965 ; the organisation ' s name was changed from Tripartite Technical Cooperation Program " to The Technical Cooperation Program " , which allowed the abbreviation for the organisation to be kept as TTCP . New Zealand joined TTCP in 1969 . Organisation . Top level . The organisation of TTCP is headed up by a senior official from each of the five participating nations , known collectively as the Principals . Supporting the Principals are their TTCP Deputies , based in Washington , and a secretariat . Technical organisation . Reporting to the Principals are a number of multilateral " TTCP Groups " , each comprising Technical Panels and time limited Action Groups . In April 2009 there were 11 TTCP Groups : Each Technical Panel is expected to establish and monitor major collaborative projects in priority areas of defined mutual national interest . An Action Group is more limited in scope than a Technical Panel and has clearly stated objectives and preset milestones . It is formed by a " TTCP Group " to address a specific high priority problem and is terminated on completion of its assignment . With the cutbacks in US and Australian defense / defence spending at the start of the 2010s , international face - to - face interaction in TTCP has been severely reduced . The " Five Eyes " and other international organisations . Three TTCP nations ( Canada , UK and the US ) are also members of the NATO Research and Technology Organisation . Four of the nations ( Australia , Canada , UK and US ) are also members of the twenty seven nation Multilateral Interoperability Programme . Of the five TTCP nations , only the UK is a member of the European Defence Agency . Collectively the five nations comprising TTCP are often referred to as the " Five Eyes " community and also participate in the following related activities :
Shvetsov M - 11 The Shvetsov M - 11 is a five - cylinder air - cooled radial aircraft engine produced in the Soviet Union between 1923 and 1952 . Design and development . The Shvetsov M - 11 was designed under a 1923 competition in the Soviet Union for a new engine to power trainer aircraft . It is a single - row five - cylinder air - cooled radial piston engine with aluminum cylinder heads . Like the American Kinner B - 5 5 - cylinder radial of similar size , the M - 11 had individual camshaft s for each cylinder , operating the pushrod s , rather than a single central cam ring . The initial versions of the M - 11 suffered from a short service life of only 50 hours . The basic M - 11 engine had a power output of 100 hp ( 73 kW ) , the newer M - 11D variant was higher at 125 hp ( 92 kW ) . The ultimate version , M - 11FR , introduced in 1946 , increased power output to 160 hp at 1 , 900 rpm on takeoff and 140 hp at cruise and had provisions for a variable - pitch propeller , accessory drive ( for vacuum pump s , compressors , generators , etc . ) and featured a floatless carburetor . Applications . The M - 11 powered a number of aircraft , including the Polikarpov Po - 2 , Yakovlev UT - 1 , Yakovlev UT - 2 , Yakovlev Yak - 6 , Yakovlev Yak - 12 , Yakovlev Yak - 18 , Shcherbakov Shche - 2 and Mikoyan - Gurevich MiG - 8 . It also powered the Polish LWD Junak , PZL S - 4 Kania and Bulgarian Laz - 7M ( Лаз - 7М ) . The M - 11 remained in production until 1952 with an estimated total of over 100 , 000 engines made . Several hundreds of M - 11D and M - 11FR - 1 variants were manufactured under license in the Polish WSK - Kalisz works in Kalisz . It was also used for the up - engined GAZ - 98K aerosani winter - used sled in a pusher configuration ( as airboat s use today ) , and as the standard powerplant for the similar NKL - 26 propeller - driven sledges during the World War II years .
Castello di Lombardia The Castello di Lombardia ( Lombardy Castle ) is a castle in Enna , Sicily , southern Italy . It is one of the largest and most ancient edifices in southern Italy , with an area of some 25 , 000 m² . History . The castle ' s origins are related to a fortress erected in the 1st millennium BC by the Sicani at the foundation of the ancient " Henna " , on a hill at 970 m over the sea level . It remained a key possession in the subsequent history of the island , and the Romans were able to conquer it only by passing through its sewer network . Under the castle was that was the ancient Sican temple of Ceres , origin of the widespread of the cult of that goddess in the whole Italy , which was described by Cicero . After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , it was used by the Byzantines and resisted for many years to the Arab assaults . After their victory , the latter refounded the fortress around the 10th century ; the castle was also used by their successors in Sicily , the Normans . Two centuries later , architect Riccardo da Lentini was commissioned by Frederick II , Emperor and King of Sicily , to restore it into a summer residence . He added 20 towers and called in a garrison coming from the " Langobardia minor " ( Calabria ) , whence the castle ' s name . With the advent of the artillery , the castle lost its primary strategic role and was turned into a prison . Currently it houses one of the most striking theatres in Italy , the " Teatro più vicino alle Stelle " ( " The Nearest Theatre to the Stars " ) , used for opera and pop music concerts .
Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande Philippe ( or Philibert ) François Rouxel , viscount de Blanchelande ( February 21 , 1735 in Dijon – April 15 , 1793 in guillotined in Paris ) was a French general . He was serving as Governor of Saint - Domingue at the start of the Haitian Revolution . In 1781 , Maréchal de camp Blanchelande took Tobago from the British and was Governor from 1781 to 1784 . He succeeded Governor General of Saint - Domingue , de Peinier , at the end of 1790 . In 1791 the Haitian Revolution . Rouxel led the Royalist forces against the revolt and its leader , Dutty Boukman . In 1792 , he was replaced as Governor by d ' Esparbès ( who would himself be replaced by Galbaud du Fort after June 1793 ) . Convicted of counter - revolutionary actions and treason , Blanchelande was condemned to the guillotine by a revolutionary Court on April 11 , 1793 and executed April 15 .
Thomas Allcock Thomas Allcock ( 1815 – 1891 ) was the inventor of a plaster for pain relief and the founder of the Allcock Manufacturing Company . Early life . Allcock was born and educated in Birmingham , England . At age 15 , he studied and practiced chemistry . Alcock emigrated to the United States in 1845 , settled in New York and opened a drug store . In 1854 , he invented a porous plaster for the relief of pain , and subsequently formed Alcock Manufacturing . Military career . Alcock became connected with the New York State Militia , and was appointed Captain on 27 October 1856 with the Second Brigade , a post he held until he mustered with the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery as Major on 4 January 1862 . With the outbreak of hostilities in the American Civil War , Allcock was made Assistant Adjutant General on 13 April 1861 , headquartered in the New York Depot . He was engaged in the battles of the Wilderness , Spottsylvania , North Anna , Totopotomoy , Hanover Court - House , Cold Harbor , Petersburg , first and second , Deep Bottom , Weldon Railroad , and Ream ' s Station . He was wounded while in command of the Third Battalion at the First Battle of Ream ' s Station on 25 August 1864 and was on detached duty as an invalid from September 1864 to December , 1865 when he was discharged due to the end of the war . Allcock returned to New York after the war and joined up with Benjamin Brandreth in the manufacturing and sale of popular patent medicine s . He died on 27 December 1891 of a stroke . He was buried at Dale Cemetery in Ossining , New York . He was survived by two sons and two daughters .
25th Mountain Battery The 25th Mountain Battery was an artillery battery of the British Indian Army . Raised in 1827 , as the Bombay Foot Artillery , the 25th is the oldest Indian Mountain Battery , and the only one that served in the Second Sikh War at the Siege of Multan . The 25th was also the first Battery to serve outside India , when it took part in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia . They next took part in the Second Burmese War . In 1896 , the Battery was back in Africa , taking part in the Battle of Suakin in the Sudan Campaign . By 1897 , the Battery had returned to the Frontier , and served in the Second Division of the Tirah Campaign . In World War I , The 25th served on the Frontier , the Persian Seistan Cordon in 1917 and during the last mopping up operations in the Mesopotamia Campaign in 1917 – 1918 . During the inter - war years , the 25th only saw active service against the Fakir of Ipi in the Waziristan campaign 1936 – 1939 .
Federico Chávez Dr . Federico Chaves Careaga ( February 15 , 1882 – April 24 , 1978 ) was a Paraguayan politician and soldier who served as President of Paraguay from September 10 , 1949 to May 5 , 1954 . He was a member of the Colorado Party . Chaves was born on February 15 , 1882 in Paraguarí . His parents were the Portuguese Federico Chaves and his wife Felicia Careaga , from Guaira , Paraguay . Political History . Chaves , who received his law degree in 1905 , was a longtime leader of the right - of - centre Colorado ( National Republican ) Party . When his party served in a coalition government in 1946 , Chaves was appointed to the Supreme Court . He served as Paraguay ' s foreign minister from 1947 up until he became president in 1949 . He was elected for a three - year term in 1950 and later reelected in 1953 . When Chaves tried to strengthen his regime by arming the national police in 1954 , a coup d ' état led by General Alfredo Stroessner on May 5 ended his administration . Death . Chaves died in 1978 in the city of Asunción , from natural causes . He was buried with full state honours ; Stroessner attended the services . Sources . Crónica Histórica Ilustrada del Paraguay , Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones , Buenos Aires , ISBN 987 - 9246 - 03 - 9 ( Page 856 )