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John Rufus Edie John Rufus Edie ( January 14 , 1814 – August 27 , 1888 ) was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Early life . John Rufus Edie born in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania . He attended the public schools , Emmitsburg College in Emmitsburg , Maryland , and the United States Military Academy at West Point , New York . He served as principal of the Gettysburg schools for several years . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Somerset , Pennsylvania . Political activities . He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1845 and 1846 . He was appointed deputy attorney general in 1847 and served until 1850 . He served as district attorney from 1850 to 1854 . Edie was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty - fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty - fifth Congress . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858 . Civil War service . He was commissioned a major of the 15th Infantry Regiment on May 14 , 1861 . He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1863 and brevetted colonel September 1 , 1864 . He served with the Fifteenth and Eighth Regiments of the United States Infantry , until January 1871 , when he was honorably discharged . He resumed the practice of law in Somerset and died there in 1888 . Interment in Union Cemetery .
SAH 2200 hovercraft The Slingsby SAH 2200 hovercraft is a small military hovercraft produced by Slingsby Amphibious Hovercraft Company of Kirkbymoorside , England , and used by the Finland Frontier Guard . Configuration . The SAH 2200 is a small military hovercraft powered by a single Cummins 6CTA - 8 - 3M - 1 diesel engine , and armed with a single 12 . 7mm machine gun . Military use and production . The Finland Frontier Guard acquired its first SAH 2200 in March 1993 . Three more were ordered in February 1998 and delivered in late 1999 . Engineering and Professional Services Inc . purchased Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited and will continue producing a version of the SAH 2200 hovercraft manufactured out of composit materials , now renamed the EPS SAH 2200 . The EPS SAH 2200 will be built at the company ’ s facilities in Titusville , Florida , where EPS presently has under construction a number of larger EPS M - 10 hovercraft for delivery commencing in 2009 to the Border Guard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .
Francis Rome Major - General Francis David Rome CB CMG CBE DSO ( 1905 – 1985 ) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin . Military career . Rome was commissioned into the British Army in 1925 . He transferred to the Royal Fusiliers in 1927 . He served in World War II latterly as Commander of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade . After the War he became Commander of 3rd Parachute Brigade in Palestine from 1946 and then Commander of 1st Parachute Brigade in Palestine from 1947 . He was appointed Assistant Commandant at the School of Land / Air Warfare in 1948 and Deputy Adjutant General at Far East Land Forces in 1950 . He was then made General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division in 1953 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1956 ; he retired in 1959 . Family . In 1936 he married Sybil Parry Carden . References .
Battle of Weissenstein The Battle of Weissenstein or Battle of Biały Kamień was fought during the Polish – Swedish War ( 1600 – 1611 ) , between Sweden and the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth on 25 September 1604 . The Swedish army was commanded by Arvid Stålarm and the Polish army under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz . The battle ended with a victory for Poland , who sent a relief party against the Swedish forces which besieged Paide ( Weissenstein ) . Swedish army arrived in the summer to Estonia ( 6000 troops ) led by Arvid Stålarm and Spanish mercenary Alonzo Cacho de Canut besieged September 15 , 1604 Weissenstein . The first Swedish assault was repulsed by fortress crew . September 25 came up to the rescue Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ( 2300 soldiers ) . The battlefield was located between the road from Dorpat to Reval , which arrived the Polish - Lithuanian army and marshy streams located in the east , west and south . Nearby Weissenstein was located in the marshy valley west of the battlefield . Seeing the approaching army of the Polish - Lithuanian Alonzo de Canut proposed setting loose formation in Spanish style . However Stålarm , keeping in mind that in previous battles Poles and Lithuanians at first chase away Swedish cavalry , and then cut out infantry , this time he decided to mix infantry and cavalry . The left , stronger flank Swedish , made up of Germans mercenaries led by de Canut was based on a narrow causeway and the road leading to Reval . The right flank , composed of the Finns was weaker , but protected with marshy streams . Center , led by Stålarm , consisted solely of Swedish troops . Chodkiewicz , after the diagnosis of the enemy formation , he decided to attack the left Swedish flank , because he believed that the Swedish commander did not expect such a move . Therefore the right flank of the Polish Army stood Hussars , on the left - light cavalry , in the center of infantry , reiters and artillery . Before the Swedes were able to discern the intentions Chodkiewicz , hussars moved at them , which struck the Germans , breaking the German reiters . Fierce resistance put infantry commanded by Canut . However , when Canut was killed , was destroyed . After the destruction of the left wing of the Swedish army , Chodkiewicz rushed to attack the left wing and center . When they joined the hussars , the Swedish army was pushed to the swamp . The battle ended with the total defeat of the army led by Stålarm . The Swedes lost 3 , 000 soldiers , 6 guns , all equipment and 26 standards ( 5 of them have been destroyed ) , while the Poles and Lithuanians - 50 killed and 100 wounded .
French frigate Topaze ( 1805 ) The Topaze was a " Gloire " class 44 - gun frigate of the French Navy . The British captured her in 1809 and she the served with the Royal Navy under the name " Alcmene " until she was broken up in 1816 . French service . She was built in Nantes in 1803 on plans by Pierre Forfait and launched on 1 March 1805 . She was put into service in September . She departed from Nantes in June 1805 for Fort - de - France to carry new instructions to Admiral Villeneuve , but failed to reach him as the fleet was already heading for Europe . On 19 July she was the lead vessel of a squadron of four vessels that captured the " Blanche " . The other three were the 22 - gun corvette " Départment des Landes " , the 18 - gun " Torche " , and the 16 - gun brig - corvette " Faune " . On 14 August , the trailing " Faune " was captured by a British cruise comprising the 74 - gun , and HMS " Raisonnable " . Two days later , the British caught up with the three remaining ships , and Baudin had to abandon " Torche " , which surrendered after a token fight against " Goliath " . " Topaze " was chased by " Raisonnable " , which she engaged in the morning of 17 . The two ships were becalmed at first and unable to manoeuver , until " Topaze " caught some breeze . Baudin prepared to board " Raisonnable " , but abandoned the project after considering that his frigate was ferrying the crew of " Blanche " ; he later told Captain Mudge to testify that " Raisonnable " would have been taken , had it not been for his presence on " Topaze " . On 22 January 1809 , as she ferried flour to Cayenne under Pierre - Nicolas Lahalle , she met HMS " Cleopatra " , and was captured in the subsequent Action of 22 January 1809 . The British took her into the Royal Navy as HMS " Jewel " . British service . After the loss of " Alcmene " , " Jewel " was renamed " Alcmene " later that year . On 13 May 1815 " Alcmene " , with Captain Jeremiah Coghlan in command , was present at the surrender of Naples during the Neapolitan War . A British squadron , consisting of " Alcmene " , and more importantly the 74 - gun , the sloop , and the brig - sloop blockaded the port and destroyed all the gunboats there . Parliament voted a grant of £150 , 000 to the officers and men of the squadron for the property captured at the time , with the money being paid in May 1819 . Fate . She was broken up in 1816 .
Fort Lévis Fort Lévis , a fortification on the St . Lawrence River , was built in 1759 by the French . They had decided that Fort de La Présentation was insufficient to defend the St . Lawrence against the British . Named for François Gaston de Lévis , Duc de Lévis , the fort was constructed on " Isle Royale " , three miles downstream from the other fort . Although some military people wanted a stone fort , it was built of wood , in a four bastioned , square configuration . It was short - lived as a French fort , being captured by Major - General Amherst in August 1760 in the Battle of the Thousand Islands . Captain Patrick Sinclair was left to secure the area while Amherst proceeded on his way to attack Montreal . The fort was rebuilt by the British as Fort William Augustus . The island , Chimney Island ( or Isle Royale ) , on which the fort stood was partially destroyed during the construction of the St . Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s . The submerged location is near Ogdensburg , New York
USCGC Legare ( WMEC - 912 ) USCGC " Legare " ( WMEC - 912 ) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter . " Legare " was laid down July 11 , 1986 at Robert Derecktor Shipyard Incorporated of Middletown , Rhode Island . She was named for Hugh Swinton Legare a former United States Attorney General under President John Tyler . " Legare " was delivered December 1 , 1989 and was commissioned August 4 , 1990 at her homeport of Portsmouth , Virginia . In 2009 the " Legare " participated in joint patrols with vessels of African nations .
André Lanskoy André Lanskoy ( 31 March 1902 – 24 August 1976 ) was a Russian painter and printmaker who worked in France . He is associated with the School of Paris and Tachisme , an abstract painting movement that began during the 1940s . Biography . He was born in Moscow . After 1905 , the family moved to St . Petersburg , the capital in 1909 . In 1918 , he moved to Kiev where he painted his first paintings . During the Russian Civil War he fought in the Tsarist White Army . After an injury he moved to Constantinople and in 1921 , he went to Paris . Recalling his arrival in the French capital , Lanskoy said : " Literally in the first night I started to paint and I haven ’ t stopped since . " In Paris , he met Serge Poliakoff and later Nicolas de Staël . Lanskoy spent a lot of time at museums and was influenced by James Ensor ’ s and Vincent van Gogh ’ s use of color . In 1923 , he participated in his first group exhibitions of Russian painters at the La Licorne Gallery in Paris . Wilhelm Uhde discovered Lanskoy ’ s paintings at the Salon d ' Automne in 1924 and became a collector of his works in the years that followed . In 1925 , Lanskoy had a solo exhibition and his works were acquired by museums and important private collectors . After 1937 , his paintings began a transition towards abstraction and he studied both Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky . After 1942 , he painted only abstract works . The interaction of form and color became the major theme running through his oeuvre : " Even though every brushstroke represents for itself a transformed reality , it receives its true meaning in the context of surrounding shades of color . " In 1944 , Lanskoy exhibited at the Jeanne Bucher Gallery in Paris where he met Nicolas de Staël . In 1948 , he showed at the Louis Carré Gallery and in 1951 at the Galerie Jacques Dubourg . The Tooth and Sons Gallery showed his work in 1953 and The Loeb Gallery in New York City followed in 1959 . In 1962 , he began to work on a large project of original prints and collage s to accompany Nikolai Gogol ’ s novel " Diary of a Madman . " He worked for fourteen years until his death on this project resulting in 150 collages and 80 lithographs . In 1966 he had an exhibition at the Museé Galliéra , Paris . The Neue Galerie in Zürich held an exhibition in 1969 . Lanskoy died on 24 August 1976 in Paris . The Aras Gallery collected the extensive " Diary of a Madman " series of prints and staged a major posthumous exhibition in 1989 .
Battle of Gabon The Battle of Gabon or the Battle of Libreville was part of the fighting in French West Africa that occurred in November 1940 as part of World War II . The battle resulted in the Free French forces under General Charles de Gaulle taking Libreville , Gabon , and taking all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces . Background . On 8 October 1940 , General de Gaulle arrived in Douala . On 12 October , he authorized plans for the invasion of French Equatorial Africa . De Gaulle also wanted to use French Equatorial Africa as a base to launch attacks into Axis - controlled Libya . For this reason , he personally headed northward to survey the situation in Chad , located on the southern border of Libya . On 27 October , Free French forces crossed into French Equatorial Africa and took the town of Mitzic . On 5 November , the Vichy garrison at Lambaréné capitulated . Meanwhile , the main Free French forces under General Philippe Leclerc and Battalion Chief Marie Pierre Koenig departed from Douala , French Cameroon . Their goal was to take Libreville , French Equatorial Africa . Battle . On 8 November 1940 , the Shoreham class sloop sank the Vichy submarine " Poncelet " . Koenig ' s forces landed at Pointe La Mondah . His forces included French Legionnaires ( including the 13th Foreign Legion Demi - Brigade ) , Senegalese , and Cameroonian troops . On 9 November , Lysander aircraft operating out of Douala bombed the Libreville aerodrome . The aerodrome was eventually captured , despite the stiff resistance encountered by Koenig ' s force during their approach . Free French naval forces , including the colonial sloop " Savorgnan de Brazza " attacked and sank the Vichy colonial sloop " Bougainville " . " Bougainville " was the sister ship to " Savorgnan de Brazza " . On 12 November , the final Vichy forces capitulated at Port Gentil . Governor Masson — despairing of his actions — committed suicide . Aftermath . On 15 November , de Gaulle ' s personal appeal failed to persuade most of the captured Vichy soldiers — including General Marcel Tetu to join the Free French . As a result , they were interned as prisoners of war in Brazzaville , French Congo for the duration of the war .
German submarine U - 335 German submarine " U - 335 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . The submarine was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as ' werk ' 207 , launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December under the command of " Kapitänleutnant " Hans - Herman Pilkner . Service history . After training with the 8th U - boat Flotilla , she moved to the 6th flotilla for front - line service in August 1942 . The boat ' s one and only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 30 July 1942 . Atlantic - bound , she was intercepted and sunk by the British submarine HMS " Saracen " southeast of the Faroe Islands on 3 August . Forty - three men died ; there was one survivor .
RAF Blakehill Farm RAF Blakehill Farm was an RAF base situated in Wiltshire , England . The station was opened in 1944 as a base for transport aircraft of No . 46 Group Transport Command . In 1948 the airfield was a satellite of RAF South Cerney and used by training aircraft before the airfield closed in 1952 and was returned to agricultural use . The site is now a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve .
Battle of Hamath The battle of Hama , sometimes called The battle of Hamath , was a battle between the Babylonians and the fleeing remains of the Egyptian army defeated at Carchemish . It was fought near the ancient city Hamath on the Orontes . In this battle Nebuchadrezzar further shattered the remains of Necho II ' s Egypt ian army that he had previously defeated in the Battle of Carchemish . The battle is mentioned in the Babylonian Chronicles , now housed in the British Museum . In the Cronicles it states that Nebuchadrezzar II killed almost all of the Egypt ian combatants , so exhausted that none of them returned to their own country . The Chronicles do not mention Necho and the Bible only mentions ' Necho ' s army ' , and it is possible that Necho wasn ' t present and the Egyptian army was just a garrison army . He was dealing with various rebellions in the delta .
Lewes Castle Lewes Castle stands at the highest point of Lewes , East Sussex , England on an artificial mound constructed with chalk blocks . It was originally called Bray Castle . History . The first fortification on the site was a wooden keep , later converted to stone . It is unusual for a motte and bailey construction in that it has two mottes . It is one of only two such remaining in the country , the other being Lincoln . The Barbican is a particularly fine example of its type . Lewes Castle was built in 1069 by William de Warenne , 1st Earl of Surrey , the brother - in - law of William the Conqueror . William de Warenne and his descendants also had estates and built castles in Reigate , Surrey ( Reigate Castle ) and in Yorkshire ( Sandal Castle and Conisbrough Castle ) . When the last of the Warennes John , the 7th Earl died without issue in 1347 , he was buried in Lewes Priory . His title passed to his nephew Richard Fitzalan who was also Earl of Arundel . Present day . The castle was leased by Sussex Archaeological Society from 1850 not long after its foundation in 1846 as both exhibition space and attraction , although houses in the precincts remain privately owned . ' Sussex Past ' , an operational name for the Sussex Archaeological Society now owns the castle after it having been gifted by Mr Thomas - Stanford ( later Sir Charles Thomas - Stanford ) in 1922 . Tickets are sold from Barbican House which is just opposite the entrance gate , and include access to the Barbican House Museum of Sussex archaeology and the Town Model , both located there . Barbican House also has a gift shop , bookshop and library for members of the archaeological society . Various events take place at the castle , including two plays annually , children ' s parties and weddings . It is a prominent feature of the town , situated close to the High Street and visible from much of the surrounding residential areas . The castle is currently open to visitors .
USS Gray ( FF - 1054 ) The USS " Gray " ( FF - 1054 ) was a United States Navy Knox class frigate . She was named for Marine Corps Sergeant Ross F . Gray , who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor . She was constructed by Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle , Washington , laid down 19 November 1966 , launched 3 November 1967 and delivered 27 March 1970 . " Gray " was commissioned 4 April 1970 , reclassified as a Frigate 30 June 1975 . She was decommissioned 29 June 1991 , struck 11 January 1995 and scrapped 21 July 2001 .
USS Memphis ( SSN - 691 ) USS " Memphis " ( SSN - 691 ) , a " Los Angeles " - class submarine , was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis , Tennessee . The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News , Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 23 June 1973 . She was launched on 3 April 1976 sponsored by Mrs . Cathy Beard , and commissioned on 17 December 1977 , with Commander G . Dennis Hicks in command . In March 1981 , " Memphis " completed an around - the - world cruise via the Panama Canal , including operations with both the Sixth and Seventh Fleets . " Memphis " was redesignated an experimental submarine during 1989 to test composite hull structures , unmanned underwater vehicles , advanced sonars , hull friction reduction , and other advanced technologies for the " Los Angeles " and " Seawolf " classes , but remained combat - capable . During a mid - 1990s refit , " Memphis " received numerous modifications , which added about 50 tons to her displacement , most of it aft . In January 1994 " Memphis " entered Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for refueling , overhaul and modifications to support her research and development role . Upon completion of the shipyard availability she was assigned to Submarine Development Squadron 12 in Groton , Connecticut . In 1998 " Memphis " tested the Lockheed Martin Undersea Systems Universal Gravity Module ( UGM ) passive bottom profiler navigational system . On 3 May 2005 , " Memphis " deployed conducting two polar transits , returning to New London on 3 November 2005 . " Memphis " won the coveted Battenberg Cup in 2005 , as well as the Squadron 12 Battle E . On 6 May 2006 , " Memphis " deployed against Iraqi insurgency , returning to New London , Connecticut , on 7 August . On 27 June 2007 , " Memphis " returned to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery , Maine , for a Pre - Inactivation Restricted Availability . She returned to Groton on 8 May 2008 . After 33 years of service " Memphis " was taken out of service in a decommissioning ceremony at the Shepherd of the Sea Chapel located at the US Submarine Base in Groton , Connecticut on 1 April 2011 . " Memphis " went to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to begin the inactivation process . Parts from the decommissioned " Memphis " were to be used to repair the damaged USS Miami , until the decision to cease work on the Miami was made in August 2013 . Cheating controversy . In November 2010 , Navy investigators discovered rampant cheating taking place on training exams among the sub ' s crew . The sub ' s skipper , Commander Charles Maher was removed . Thirteen other crewmembers were also removed . Navy officers interviewed by the Associated Press stated that training exam cheating was widespread within the navy ' s submarine force .
MPO Small jet flame thrower The nature of the fighting in local armed conflicts of recent years has changed significantly . Typically , they occur without clearly defined front lines , in the absence of direct contact between parts , and even units with each other , with a high degree of tactical and fire - independent . The conduct of hostilities in the city is characterized by exceptional complexity and tension . They are at close range , in close contact with the enemy , simultaneously on several levels . In these conditions , combat support units of the special role becomes portable weapon . No alternative means of destruction in the near future for efficiency , the weight load on the military , agility , cost of production is not able to replace modern means of close combat . The changing nature of the fighting , especially when administered in human settlements , leads to an increase in the role of an individual soldier in combat and it requires a highly efficient with light melee weapons . By such means of destruction , which may be included in individual equipment soldiers are hand grenades and flamethrowers for various purposes . Leading developer of small - sized jet flame thrower ( MPO ) , with starting device in use , disposable thermobaric ( MPO - A ) , Haze ( MPO - D ) and dymozazhigatelnom gear ( MPO - RS ) was defined FGUP GNPP of Basalt . " Flame Throwers are developed and adopted 2003 . With original designs jet engine and MRO in general , significantly ( compared with existing similar structures ) reduced the parameters that affect the firing in a shot ( overpressure , thermal field ) that allows the use of MRO facilities with a limited amount ( 20 m3 ) and firing at angles of declination 90 ° and elevation 45 ° . That is , the upper floors of buildings and structures on the objects at their base , as well as on the upper floors , with floor to floor , etc . The use of flamethrowers is possible because of " lying " , " kneeling , " " standing " . In addition , technical solutions , incorporated in the design of the warhead , significantly increased its effectiveness compared to other full - time flame - throwers , including through the formation of the flow of high - speed fragments that could hit vital force , equipped with modern means of individual protection .