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CSS Raleigh ( 1861 ) CSS " Raleigh " was originally a small , iron - hulled , propeller - driven towing steamer operating on the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal . She was taken over by the State of North Carolina in May 1861 , and transferred to the Confederate States the following July . Her commanding officer during 1861 - 1862 was Lieutenant Joseph W . Alexander . Her entire service was in coastal waters of North Carolina and Virginia and in the James River as part of the James River Squadron . " Raleigh " supported Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark on August 28 – 29 , 1861 ; took part in an expedition on October 1 to capture United States Army steamer " Fanny " with valuable stores on board ; and accompanied CSS " Sea Bird " when she reconnoitered Pamlico Sound on January 20 , 1862 . She was also active in defense of Roanoke Island against an amphibious assault by overwhelming Federal forces on February 7 – 8 , 1862 , and at Elizabeth City , North Carolina 2 days later . Thence " Raleigh " escaped through Dismal Swamp Canal to Norfolk , Virginia . On March 8 – 9 , 1862 , " Raleigh " was tender to CSS " Virginia " during the historic Battle of Hampton Roads , for which she received the thanks of the Confederate Congress . With the Federal recapture of Norfolk Navy Yard in May 1862 , " Raleigh " steamed up the James River , but thereafter a shortage of crew members restricted her to flag - of - truce or patrol service . " Raleigh " , renamed " Roanoke " near the end of the war , was destroyed by the Confederates on April 4 , 1865 upon the evacuation of Richmond , Virginia . Commanders . The commanders of the CSS " Raleigh " were :
Type 93 mine The Type 93 mine was a circular Japan ese landmine used during the Second World War . It entered service in 1933 . It used a simple fuze with a variable activation pressure , achieved through the use of different thickness shear wires . The main charge could be supplemented with additional explosives buried under the mine .
USS Muscatine ( AK - 197 ) USS " Muscatine " ( AK - 197 ) was an " Alamosa " - class cargo ship that was constructed for the U . S . Navy during the closing period of World War II . She had a brief and successful career before being decommissioned a year later . Built in Superior , Wisconsin . " Muscatine " ( AK 197 ) was laid down under U . S . Maritime Commission contract as M . C . Hull 2151 by Globe Shipbuilding Co . , Superior , Wisconsin , 21 December 1943 ; named " Muscatine " and classified " AK - 197 " on 25 February 1944 ; launched 16 June 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . William Kennedy . She was floated down the Mississippi River in November 1944 for completion at Pennsylvania Shipyards , Inc . , Beaumont , Texas ; acquired by the Navy on loan charter from the Maritime Commission 3 April 1945 ; placed in service from 3 April to 4 April during transfer to Houston , Texas , for fitting out at Brown Shipbuilding Co . ; and commissioned at Houston 19 April 1945 , Lt . W . F . Heyer in command . World War II - related service . After shakedown along the Texas coast , " Muscatine " loaded a full cargo of " beer , Coca Cola syrup , and a bottling unit " at Gulfport , Mississippi , before sailing 17 May for the central Pacific Ocean . She touched at Eniwetok , in the Marshall Islands , 26 June , thence from 2 to 7 July steamed to Guam where she discharged her cargo . Assigned to Service Squadron 8 , she departed the Marianas 13 July and spent much of the final month of the Pacific war sailing to the U . S . West Coast where she arrived San Francisco , California , 2 August . After loading refrigerated and " miscellaneous amphibious fleet issue " cargo , she sailed for the western Pacific the 18th . " Muscatine " off loaded refrigerated stores at Ulithi , in the Caroline Islands , between 8 and 11 September ; thence , from 15 September to 23 October she served as a stores ship in Leyte Gulf , Philippine Islands . On 30 October she reached Sasebo , Japan , where she began duty as a cargo issue ship to support the occupation of the defeated Japanese Empire . She completed her occupation service 7 December and sailed for the United States . Steaming via the Marianas and the Panama Canal , she arrived Norfolk , Virginia , 6 February 1946 . Decommissioning . She steamed to Baltimore , Maryland , 23 to 24 February and decommissioned there 7 March 1946 . She was returned to War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) 12 March and her name was struck from the Navy List 20 March . Honors and awards . Qualified " Muscatine " personnel were eligible for the following :
HNLMS K XI HNLMS " K XI " was the first of three s of the Royal Netherlands Navy , built to serve as a patrol vessel in the Dutch colonies . Ship history . " K XI " was built by the Fijenoord shipyard at Rotterdam . Before departing for the Dutch East Indies she sailed on an exhibition tour to the Baltic Sea along with the submarine " O 8 " , the pantserschip and , and the torpedo boat s " Z3 " and " Z5 " . During the tour the ships visited ports in Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia and Finland . Finally , on 15 October 1925 , " K XI " , under the command of First Lieutenant G . E . V . L . Beckman , departed for the Dutch East Indies . During the first part of the voyage to Tunis , Prof . Dr . F . A . Vening Meinesz was on board in order to conduct gravity measurements . On 28 December 1925 " K XI " arrived in Sabang . World War II . From the German attack on the Netherlands in 1940 until the moment Japan declared war , " K XI " operated out of Surabaya . In early 1941 " K XI " was part of the 2nd Division of the Dutch East Indies Submarine Flotilla , with , and . From 8 December 1941 to 23 January 1942 , " K XI " fell under British operational command and conducted patrols east of Malaya . From 23 January 1942 until the fall of Dutch East Indies in March 1942 " K XI " was in maintenance . During this time the ship conducted only one patrol west of Sumatra . Because of the fall of the Dutch East Indies , " K XI " fled to Colombo . During the voyage to Colombo , " K XI " picked up survivors from the sloop , depot ship " Anking " and Dutch ship " Parigi " , attacked and sunk by a Japanese fleet . In Colombo " K XI " was under British operational command . The ship was used as a target ship by the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy for ASW and ASDIC exercises . At the request of the Royal Navy " K XI " was transferred to Fremantle , Australia , on 20 February 1945 , arriving on 22 March . " K XI " was decommissioned in early April 1945 . Fate . " K XI " was towed to HMAS " Leeuwin III " ( Freshwater Bay Yacht Club ) where she was partially stripped and the deck gun was donated as a memento to the Yacht Club . " K XI " was then handed over to the Royal Australian Navy in Fremantle for transmission to the Australian Disposal Committee . Towed down river at North Quay it sank after a valve was left open . The submarine was salvaged six weeks later , " K XI " was stripped further before being towed out to the " Ships Graveyard " site west of Rottnest Island and scuttled in September 1946 .
HMS Belliqueux ( 1758 ) Belliqueux was a 64 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy , launched in 1756 . She was captured on 2 November 1758 by in the Irish Sea . She was taken into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS " Belliqueux " . The captains were : " Belliqueux " was broken up in September 1772 .
Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps The Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps ( SLAGSC ) a corps of the Sri Lanka Army . The corps carries out much of the administrative work of the army . The role of the Corps is to provide logistic backing to Regular and Volunteer units by performing pay duties , legal services , running of agriculture projects and farms etc . Therefore it is made up of legal officers , accountants , data processing officers and other ranks specialized in these fields . It is made up of a regular unit and a volunteer ( reserve ) unit and is headquartered at its Regiment Center at the Panagoda Cantonment , Panagoda . History . The Ceylon Army General Service Corps was raised on 14 December 1951 with Lt . Col B . J Wijemanne , MBE , ED as first Commanding Officer . The unit was then administered by the headquarters company of the Army HQ . The Pay and Records Wing which was established on 14 October 1949 and the Education Branch were amalgamated in 1954 . The Army Education Branch was instrumental in translating army forms , preparation of a comprehensive Sinhala vocabulary and teaching Sinhala to those who were yet conversant in the language . The Army Band was formed on 22 June 1950 with Lt ( Quarter Master ) George Perry , a seconded officer form the British Army and 28 local bandsmen . In 1955 the then Acting Commander of the Army Col . H . W . G Wijekoon , OBE , ED , CLI ( later Major General ) initiated the forming of the Hewisi Band along with Lt C . T Caldera , CLI and Mr Lional Edirisinghe who was one of Sri Lanka ’ s foremost musicians . S / Sgt Wickramasinghe D . was the first Bandmaster . The cultural troupe of the National Service Regiment ( NSR ) under Capt . Clarence Delwela was absorbed into the SLAGSC when the NSR was disbanded in 1977 . Today , the regiment has three bands which take part in all military ceremonials in the country and a cultural troupe . In 1956 a small farm was established at Panagoda which was the beginning of the farm projects in the Army . Maj . R Wijesinghe ( later Colonel ) was the pioneer agriculturist and the main figure behind the successful farm projects in the Army . Since then the army farms are also a part of the corps responsibility and they provide most of their produce to the Service Corps .
Artemis 30 The Artemis 30 is an anti - aircraft gun system originally developed in 1982 and produced by the Hellenic Arms designed by Anastasios Georgiou ( EBO ) for use by the Greek armed forces ( Hellenic Army ) in the Aegean sea . The system is named after the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt , Artemis . The Artemis 30 consists of twin Mauser 30 mm MK 30 Model F autocannon s connected to a large central drum mounted on a four wheeled towed carriage . A total of 500 rounds are carried ready to use in the mount . normally deployed in 6 twin mounts per battery , and has a maximum range of 8 , 400 metres and a firing rate of 800 rounds per minute per barrel .
Sengge Rinchen Prince Sengge Rinchen ( , 1811 – May 19 , 1865 ) was a Mongol nobleman and general during the Qing dynasty , who is mainly known for his role during the Second Opium War and the suppression of the Taiping and Nian rebellions . Background . Sengge Rinchen came from the Horqin Left Back Banner in Inner Mongolia and belonged to the Borjigin clan , which could trace its origins back to Genghis Khan ' s brother Hasar . His personal name consists of the Tibetan words for " lion " and " treasure " respectively . In 1825 , he became an imperial prince of the second degree ( 郡王 ) . Military role . Sengge Rinchen is mainly known for his role in a number of military campaigns in the mid - nineteenth century . In 1853 , Sengge Rinchen stopped the northern expedition of Taiping army and captured one of its leaders , Li Kaifang . In 1855 , Sengge Rinchen ' s status was elevated to Prince of the First Degree in recognition of this . Four years later during the Second Opium War , he was appointed imperial commissioner in charge of leading the campaign against the British and French invasion . In 1859 , he defeated the British and French forces at the Taku Forts . However , only one year later he slipped away to Peking with 150 cavalrymen , leaving his garrison at Taku Forts to fend for themselves against a second , larger force composed of 11 , 000 British and 7 , 000 French . When only one of the Taku Forts resisted , while the rest surrendered without a fight , Sengge fell back to defend Peking with 30 , 000 " invincible " Manchu cavalry combined with an entrenched garrison of 20 , 000 Chinese army . The Manchu cavalry was shy 28 , 000 men from its reputed strength , while his garrison ran away in face of artillery fire . Once Peking fell , Senge was subsequently transferred to fight against the Nian rebellions , which he fought successfully and earned him back all his former titles and ranks . In 1865 , during a campaign against the Nian Shandong , Sengge Richen was ambushed by a group of Nian rebels and killed . The Nian rebellion was finally suppressed in 1868 . Legacy . Following his death , the imperial court canonized Sengge Rinchen in recognition of his service to the Qing dynasty and made his rank as imperial prince hereditary under the name of the " loyal prince " ( 忠親王 ) . In 1889 , Empress Dowager Cixi ordered that a shrine be erected in his memory under the name " Xianzhongci " ( 顯忠祠 ) , which still stands in the Dongcheng District in Beijing . In official history works in the People ' s Republic of China ' s , Sengge Rinchen ' s Qing loyalist stance is interpreted as an expression of his Chinese patriotism , and in 1995 , the local government of Tongliao in Inner Mongolia opened a Sengge Rinchen memorial museum .
6th Reserve Division ( German Empire ) The 6th Reserve Division ( " 6 . Reserve - Division " ) was a unit of the German Army , in World War I . The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 . The division was disbanded in September 1918 . The division was a reserve division of the III Reserve Corps and was raised primarily in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg . Combat chronicle . The 6th Reserve Division began the war on the Western Front . It fought in the opening campaigns against the Belgian Army and the British Expeditionary Force , including the Battle of Mons , and participated in the Siege of Antwerp . It was in the Yser region during the Race to the Sea . In December 1914 , the division was transferred to the Eastern Front . In 1915 , it fought in the Gorlice - Tarnów Offensive . It remained on the Eastern Front until May 1917 , when it was transferred to the Verdun region . It suffered heavy losses in the French offensive that August , and was returned to the Eastern Front , occupying a quiet sector in Galicia . In March 1918 , it returned to the Western Front . It was dissolved and its units and soldiers dispersed to other units in September 1918 . Allied intelligence considered it as a mediocre division , and rated it third class before its dissolution in 1918 . Order of battle on mobilization . The order of battle of the 6th Reserve Division on mobilization was as follows : Order of battle on March 28 , 1918 . The 6th Reserve Division was triangularized in November 1915 . Over the course of the war , other changes took place , including the formation of the artillery and signals commands . The order of battle on March 28 , 1918 was as follows :
Siege of Kehl ( 1703 ) The 1703 Siege of Kehl was a military action of the War of the Spanish Succession , in which French forces under the command of the Duc de Villars captured the fortress of the Holy Roman Empire at Kehl , opposite Strasbourg on the Rhine River . Siege operations began on 20 February 1703 , following Villars ' early departure from winter quarters . The fortress , defended by 3 , 500 troops of Louis William , the Margrave of Baden - Baden , capitulated on March 10 .
Étienne Richaud Étienne Richaud ( Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud ) , born on January 11 , 1841 in Martigues ( Bouches - du - Rhône , France ) and died on May 31 , 1889 in the Bay of Bengal , was the of the Minister of Commerce Maurice Rouvier ( Gambetta ' s Ministry ) , Governor of La Réunion , Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic .
Raad - 2 " Raad " - 2 ( " Thunder - 2 " ) is an Iranian self - propelled howitzer . Design and development . In early September 1997 it was reported that Iran had successfully tested a locally built rapid fire mobile field gun known as " Raad " - 2 ( Thunder - 2 ) . It uses a turret that has a similar layout to the M109A1 155mm / 39 - cal self - propelled howitzer . The Iranian Defense Industries Organization claimed that the 155 mm HM44 howitzer manufactured by the Hadid facility of the Iranian Defense Industries Organization had a high firing rate and accuracy . It was described as being able to fire five rounds per minute . The gun ' s range was reported as , and it also includes features such as a laser range - finder and a semi - automatic loading system . The gun looks exactly like 155mm / 39 - cal M185 gun from M109A1 and is fitted with a double baffle muzzle brake , fume extractor , screw breech mechanism , hydro - pneumatic recuperator and a hydraulic recoil brake . It uses the Iranian - made Boragh APC chassis , a conversion of the either the Russian BMP - 1 or Chinese Type 86 ( WZ - 501 ) IFV . It was described as being able to move with a speed of 70 km / h ( 43 mph ) on the battlefield .
Highlanders ( Seaforth , Gordons and Camerons ) The Highlanders , 4th Battalion , Royal Regiment of Scotland ( 4 SCOTS ) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland . Prior to 28 March 2006 , the Highlanders was an infantry regiment in its own right ; The Highlanders ( Seaforth , Gordons and Camerons ) , part of the Scottish Division . The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic motto - " Cuidich ' n Righ " which means " Help the King " . The regiment was formed September 17 , 1994 , as part of the Options for Change defence review , by the amalgamation of the Queen ' s Own Highlanders ( Seaforth and Camerons ) and The Gordon Highlanders . In 2004 , as part of the restructuring of the infantry , it was announced that The Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland . The amalgamation took place on 28 March 2006 . As with the other Scottish regiments , the Highlanders were permitted to retain their former name as the new battalion ' s primary title , with the battalion number as a subtitle . The current battalion is based in Fallingbostel , British Forces Germany , part of 7 Armoured Brigade , the descendants of World War II ' s Desert Rats , equipped with the Warrior Infantry Vehicle . The regiment wore the Gordon tartan when in kilts and the Seaforth Mackenzie when in trews . The pipers and drummers continue to wear the regimental cap badge and kilts in the Cameron of Erracht tartan . The battalion primarily recruits from the Hebrides , the Northern Isles , the mainland counties of Inverness - shire , Ross and Cromarty , Sutherland , Caithness , Moray and Nairnshire , and from the traditional Gordon heartlands in Aberdeenshire . The Battalion Headquarters is located at Cameron Barracks in Inverness . The battalion is the mainstay of the British Army ' s only shinty team , The Scots Shinty Club . Due to the 4th Battalion ' s regular placements abroad , the team only plays in cup matches . Under the future Army 2020 concept , This battalion will be equipped with Mastiff then FRES UV vehicles as a heavy protected mobility battalion under 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade . Army Cadets . The 4Scots also have alliances to the cadet world , the 1st Battalion the Highlanders , Army Cadet Force ( Royal Regiment of Scotland ) and the 2nd Battalion the Highlanders , Army Cadet Force ( Royal Regiment of Scotland . ) The 1st Battalion covering the Highlands ( Ross , Caithness , Moray , Inverness , Western Isles and Orkney Indep Lovat ' s Scouts ) . Then 2nd Battalion covers The Grampian Region spanning from Aberdeen to Keith .
Bordel militaire de campagne Bordels Mobiles de Campagne or Bordel Militaire de Campagne ( both abbreviated to BMC ) is a French term for the mobile brothels which were used during World War I , Second World War and First Indochina War to supply prostitution services to French soldiers who were facing combat in areas where brothels were unusual , such as at the front line or in isolated garrison s . In France brothels were outlawed in 1946 by the " loi de Marthe Richard " . In the French Foreign Legion ( " Légion Etrangère " ) they were in use until the late 1990s when a scandal revealed that a staff of 3 was officially employed by a military unit of 100 men in Africa . These mobile brothels were in some cases officially organized by the army . They consisted of large trailer trucks in which up to ten women would work . The first references to these BMC ' s were in World War I , and they are noted particularly in the Indochina War and the Algerian War . In the former , BMC ' s were known to have a significant role in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and were an avenue of attack by female Viet Minh sympathizers . There was a vast BMC in Saigon known as ' the park of the buffaloes ' , and in January 1954 , a BMC containing Vietnamese and Algerian prostitutes was flown to Dien Bien Phu . Here , the prostitutes became nursing assistants for the French garrison during the siege , though they were sent for reeducation by the Viet Minh after the French garrison fell .
HMS St Michael ( 1669 ) HMS " St Michael " was a 90 - gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built by John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669 . " St Michael " was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1706 , at which time she was also renamed HMS " Marlborough " . On 5 April 1725 " Marlborough " was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham . She was relaunched on 25 September 1732 . " Marlborough " was reduced to a 68 - gun ship in 1752 . Whilst making her way back to Britain after participating in the reduction of Havana in 1762 , " Marlborough " was caught in very heavy weather . On 29 November her crew were forced to abandon the ship , which was sinking . All of " Marlborough ' s " crew were taken off by .
Chen Tang Chen Tang ( ; Wade - Giles : Ch ' en T ' ang ) , born in Jining , Shandong , was famous for his battle against Zhizhi in 36 BC , and a quote 夫胡兵五而当汉兵一 " a single soldier of Han is equivalent to five Central Asian soldiers " . Another famous quote " 明犯强汉者 ， 虽远必诛 " from Chen Tang : " No matter how far away , who dares to offend mighty Han will be put to death " .