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USS Gemsbok ( 1861 ) USS " Gemsbok " ( 1861 ) was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy as a gunboat , but , later in the war , she was also used as a collier and as a storeship . " Gemsbok " was purchased on 7 September 1861 at Boston , Massachusetts , and commissioned on 30 August 1861 at the Boston Navy Yard , Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Lewis Drake Voorhees in command . South Atlantic Blockade . Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron , " Gemsbok " sailed from Boston on 6 September 1861 for her duty station off Wilmington , North Carolina . On 19 September , she captured schooner " Harmony " off Cape Hatteras and three days later took schooner " Mary E . Pindar " off Federal Point , North Carolina . Schooner " Beverly " fell to " Gemsbok " just outside Frying Pan Shoals on 3 October , while on 18 October the English brig " Ariel " — loaded with salt — was captured off Wilmington . In November " Gemsbok " reported for blockade duty at Beaufort , North Carolina . On 16 January 1862 , her crew — with that of — boarded and burned " York " , grounded near Bogue Inlet , North Carolina , while unloading supplies from Dublin . Bombardment and capture of Fort Macon . On 25 April , " Gemsbok " in company with other warships bombarded Fort Macon , North Carolina . In the last engagement , she had much of her rigging shot away . During the capture of Fort Macon , two English ships — " Alliance " and " Gondar " — were taken as prizes ; " Gemsbok " convoyed them to the $ 3 , from where they sailed to New York City while she put in at Hampton Roads , Virginia on 10 May . Sent south to protect Union shipping . Subsequently , she was ordered to Boston on 27 August to fill up her complement and then to report for duty with Rear Admiral Samuel F . DuPont at Port Royal , South Carolina . From there , she sailed to Turtle Harbor , Florida for the protection of colliers supplying the West Indies squadron . On 10 December , Union Army transport " Menemon Sanford " grounded on a reef south of Key West , Florida , and " Gemsbok " sent a launch and crew to kedge her off , taking aboard many officers and men later debarked at Key West . Employed as a collier and storeship . In February 1863 , " Gemsbok " was attached to the West Indies Squadron to be employed as a coal and store ship . Returning to New York City on 19 July , she decommissioned there . On 19 July 1864 , she was ordered to Port Royal , and — after recommissioning at New York on 23 December — reached that port on 8 January 1965 . She served on blockade duty in waters off Georgia and South Carolina and as a guard ship and storeship before returning to the New York Navy Yard on 17 June . Final decommissioning and sale . Decommissioned in New York City on 11 July , " Gemsbok " was sold at auction to Smith & Co . at New York .
393d Bombardment Group The 393d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the Second Air Force , being stationed at Sioux City Army Air Base , Iowa . It was inactivated on 1 April 1944 . Activated during World War II as a B - 17 Flying Fortress operational training unit ( OTU ) . Redesignated as a replacement training unit ( RTU ) in August 1943 . Inactivated in April 1944 when Second Air Force switched to B - 29 Superfortress training .
Franciszek Ksawery Branicki Count Franciszek Ksawery Branicki ( 1730 , Barwałd Górny – 1819 ) was a Polish nobleman of the Korczak coat of arms , magnate and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation . He was designated the following : Great Crown Podstoli in 1764 , Ambassador in Berlin in 1765 , Master of the Hunt of the Crown in 1766 – 1773 , Artillery General of Lithuania in 1768 – 1773 , Ambassador in Moscow in 1771 , Field Crown Hetman in 1773 and Great Crown Hetman of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1774 – 1794 . Branicki was awarded the Order of the White Eagle in December 1764 . He married Aleksandra von Engelhardt , a niece of Prince Potemkin , in 1781 . He opposed the reforms of the Great Sejm ( 1788 – 1792 ) , and supported the Hetman Party and the Targowica Confederation . He escaped the sentence of death he received " in absentia " from the Supreme Criminal Court during the Kościuszko Uprising ( 1794 ) . He also fought a duel with the infamous Casanova , in which both were wounded but survived . Remembrance . He is one of the figures immortalized in Jan Matejko ' s 1891 painting , " Constitution of May 3 , 1791 . "
Harry Wells ( VC ) Harry Wells VC ( 19 September 1888 – 25 September 1915 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Wells was 27 years old , and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion , The Royal Sussex Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 September 1915 near Le Rutoire , Loos , France , when the platoon officer had been killed , Sergeant Wells took command and led his men forward to within 15 yards of the German wire . Nearly half the platoon were killed or wounded and the remainder were much shaken but Sergeant Wells rallied them and led them on . Finally , when very few were left , he stood up and urged them forward once again and while doing this he was killed . Further information . Wells is buried in Dud Corner Cemetery , Le Rutoire , near Loos . 2 miles NW of Lens . Plot V , Row E , Grave 2 . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Eastbourne Redoubt Museum , Eastbourne , Sussex , England .
Steven Vikash Chand Steven Vikash Chand is one of 17 people arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests . He and his conspirators are alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario . Life . Chand enrolled in the Royal Regiment of Canada , a Toronto reserve Infantry unit , in June 2000 . Two years later he renounced his Hindu faith and declared himself to have adopted Islam . In April 2004 , he left the military reserves . Briefly unemployed , the 25 - year old Chand approached Imam Aly Hindy for financial help , before finding himself a job at a local Shawarma fast food restaurant . Arrest . Police originally said that he had adopted the alias Abdul Shakur , which later turned out to be the name his apartment was rented under . As a result of preferred direct indictment by the Crown Attorney on 2007 - 09 - 24 , Chand was re - arrested and charged with counseling to commit fraud over $ 5 , 000 for the benefit of a terrorist group . Police informant Mubin Shaikh and Chand had known each other prior to the alleged plots , and he is one of the suspects that Shaikh has publicly stated should not have been arrested , and that " the guy is not what they ' re making him out to be , not at all " . Chand is represented by Michael A . Moon . Trial . Chand was being tried simultaneously with Asad Ansari and Fahim Ahmad in Brampton until Ahmad pleaded guilty . In the trial he is identified as having been a secondary leader at the training camps ( after Fahim Ahmed ) . He and Ansari were both found guilty on June 23 , 2010 of knowingly participating in a terrorist group and Chand was also found guilty of counselling to commit fraud over $ 5 , 000 for the benefit of a terrorist group . The court heard that he had helped set up a training camp in Washago , Ontario , in December 2005 . They are the only members of the 18 to be tried by jury rather than by a lone judge .
War of Movement War of Movement is a military term that refers warfare taking place in open country , whereby military operations are not restricted by extensive defensive obstacles , for example trenches that are fortified by barbed wire fencing and machine guns . War of movement is also called at the planning of how carrying supplies to the trenches . An example of ' War of Movement ' would be the Boer War , which took place over large vast areas of ' veldt ' .
USS Raven ( 1813 ) USS " Raven " was a transport and supply ship that served in the United States Navy from 1813 to 1815 . " Raven " was serving as the merchant schooner " Mary " on Lake Ontario when the U . S . Navy purchased her on 6 February 1813 for use in the War of 1812 . Renamed " Raven " , she was fitted out as a bomb vessel , but instead served as a transport and supply ship during the war . " Raven " was sold at Sackets Harbor , New York , on 15 May 1815 .
Fort Bourguignon Fort Bourguignon ( Fort Monsival ) is one of many fortress es in Pula , Croatia , which were built by the Austrian Empire in the second half of 19th century . The chief reason for building the fortress was to protect the main Austrian naval port . It was one of the last fortresses built to create the inner fortification rings , forming an arc within a radius of distance in order to protect Pula ' s port . It was named after the Austrian admiral Anton Bourguignon von Baumberg . The fortress is inspired by the 1820 fortress design of Archduke Maximilian of Austria – Este for protecting Linz , Austria . Pula ' s fortresses differ from the original Linz fortress in that older fortresses built between the years 1851 - 1855 are smaller and weaker than the ones built ten years later , like Fort Bourguignon . Originally called Fort Monsival , it was built from 1861 to 1866 , like a two - story circled fortress with a small circular court yard in the center . The hallway faces the yard and expands through every floor , while 20 casemate s form the outer shell of the fortress . The fort has three embrasure s on the lower floor for rifles , and one embrasure on the upper floor for one cannon . The ceiling is supported by massive oak beams , which once divided the two floors in each casemate , but now only a few examples remain . The roof of the fortress , which was able to rotate full 360 degrees , served as a moving platform for artillery . The iron roof was probably constructed around the end of 19th century and still exists today . The entrance into the Fort was protected by the drawbridge and two caponier s , while the surroundings of the fortress have a protective moat , as well as a wall with the gallery and embrasures for the rifles . The standard armor of the Pula ' s fortresses and probably also in Fort Bourguignon ' s was mortar , the most famous Austrian cannon during first world war . It is not known when the fortress stopped being used as a fortification , but it is acknowledged that it served its purpose during Third Italian War of Independence in 1866 . Soon afterward , it was considered non - operational , but the damage on the roof shows that it was still used during First World War as an army shelter . In the 1970s , the protective channel was half filled with trash , and ten years later a group of young activists turned the fort into one of the two most popular places for rave parties on the southern Adriatic coast . Many people opposed such development ; other people had different visions for the future of the fort . Architect Branko Bratković proposed the transformation of the inner ring into cultural gatherings , but post - war Croatia showed little interest for such goals . Others have proposed the transformation of the Fort into an artistic workshop .
Battles of Viminacium The Battles of Viminacium were a series of three battles fought against the Avars by the East Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire . They were decisive Roman successes , which were followed by an invasion of Pannonia . In summer 599 , the East Roman Emperor Maurice sent his generals Priscus and Comentiolus to the Danube front against the Avars . The generals joined their forces at Singidunum and advanced together down the river to Viminacium . The Avar " khagan " Bayan I meanwhile , learning that the Romans had determined to violate the peace , crossed the Danube at Viminacium and invaded Upper Moesia , while he entrusted a large force to four of his sons , who were directed to guard the river and prevent the Romans from crossing over to the left bank . In spite of the presence of the Avar army , however , the East Roman army crossed on rafts and pitched a camp on the left side , while the two commanders sojourned in the town of Viminacium , which stood on an island in the river . Here Comentiolus is said to have fallen ill or to have mutilated himself so as to be incapable of further action , but Priscus assumed command over both armies . Unwilling at first to leave the city without Comentiolus , Priscus was soon forced to appear in the camp , as the Avars were harassing it in the absence of the generals . A battle was fought which cost the Romans only three hundred men , while the Avars lost four thousand dead . This engagement was followed by two other great battles in the next ten days , in which the strategy of Priscus and the tactics of the Roman army were brilliantly successful . In the first , nine thousand of the Avars and their Slav allies fell , while the second was fatal to fifteen thousand , of whom the greater part , and among them the four sons of the " khagan " , perished in the waters of a lake , into which they were driven by the Roman swords and spears . Priscus subsequently pursued the fleeing " khagan " and invaded the Avar homeland in Pannonia , where he won another series of battles on the banks of the river Tisza , deciding the war for the Romans and ending , for a time , the Avar and Slavic incursions across the Danube .
Alekseyev I - 218 The I - 218 was an attack aircraft designed and built in the USSR from . Development . Alekseyev designed the I - 218 as a heavily armed , and armoured , attack aircraft for use in close support and anti - tank missions . The twin boom aircraft had a central nacelle housing the pilot and gunners cockpits as well as the engine and forward firing armament . All armoured and highly stressed parts were manufactured from 30KhGSNA nickel - steel . Flight testing may have commenced in 1948 , but there is no direct evidence of this . Shortly after completion Alekseyev ' s OKB was closed and Alekseyev was sent to TsAGI ( " Tsentrahl ' nyy Aerodinamicheskiy i Ghidrodinamicheskiy Institoot " - central aerodynamics and hydrodynamics institute ) before being given the task of supervising Dr . Brunholf Baade and his German team at OKB - 1 . The designation I - 218 is in doubt and the aircraft may have been called , simply 218 .
James McConnell ( Medal of Honor ) James McConnell was a Private in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Philippine - American War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company B , 33d Infantry , U . S . Volunteers . Place and date : At Vigan , Luzon , Philippine Islands , December 4 , 1899 . Entered service at : Detroit , Mich . Birth : Syracuse , N . Y . Date of issue : October 1 , 1902 . Citation : Fought for hours Iying between 2 dead comrades , notwithstanding his hat was pierced , his clothing plowed through by bullets , and his face cut and bruised by flying gravel .
Reginald Clare Hart General Sir Reginald Clare Hart , VC , GCB , KCVO ( 11 June 1848 – 18 October 1931 ) , was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Hart was born at Scarriff , County Clare and educated at Cheltenham College . He was 30 years old , and a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers , British Army during the Second Anglo - Afghan War when the following deed took place on 31 January 1879 in the Bazar Valley , Afghanistan , for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross : He later achieved the rank of general becoming General Officer Commanding Thames District in 1902 . He served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1914 to 1918 . He died at Bournemouth , Dorset on 18 October 1931 . Sir Reginald Clare Hart ' s body is buried in St Marys Churchyard , Netherbury , Dorset , England .
38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer The 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer ( 38 cm sLdgW ) was a spigot mortar used by Germany during World War II . It was used by engineers to demolish obstacles and strongpoints . It proved to be too heavy for its role and it was gradually withdrawn from front - line service . Propellant was placed at the top of the spigot and ignited when the projectile slid far enough down the spigot to complete the electrical circuit . The spigot mortar was mounted on a traversing bracket on a drum - shaped platform that was staked to the ground . It fired HE and smoke rounds .
. 25 ACP The . 25 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol ) ( 6 . 35x16mmSR ) centerfire pistol cartridge is a semi - rimmed , straight - walled pistol cartridge introduced by John Browning in 1905 alongside the Fabrique Nationale model 1905 pistol . In more - recent years , most pistols available in . 25 ACP are also available in a more - effective calibre . Design . The cartridge was designed for early blowback pistols that lacked a breech locking mechanism . The cartridge is of semi - rimmed design meaning that the rim protrudes slightly beyond the diameter of the base of the cartridge so the cartridge can headspace on the rim . A recessed extractor groove allows an extractor to grab the cartridge reliably . It is the smallest centerfire pistol round in production , and is commonly chambered in small , so - called " vest pocket " pistols . The . 25 ACP achieved widespread use after Colt introduced the Browning - designed Fabrique 1905 Vest Pocket ( sometimes referred to as 1906 ) to the United States as the Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket . Though the . 25 ACP was designed for semi - automatic pistols , various . 25 ACP revolvers were produced in the early twentieth century by Belgian , French , and German gunmakers such as Adolph Frank and Decker . In the late twentieth century , Bowen Classic Arms produced a custom Smith & Wesson revolver in . 25 ACP . Following World War II , the Italian Lercker machine pistol was chambered for the . 25 ACP , but achieved little distribution . Performance . The use of the . 25 ACP allows for a very compact lightweight gun , but the cartridge is relatively short ranged and low powered , putting it in the same class as the . 22 LR rimfire cartridge but at a significantly higher cost . Although the . 22LR is slightly more powerful when fired from longer rifle barrels , the . 25 ACP is viewed by some as a better choice for personal defense handguns due to its centerfire - case design , which is inherently more reliable than a rimfire cartridge . Manufacturers have loaded commercial hollow - point bullet s to higher velocities than standard full metal jacket loads . Firearms chambered for the . 25 ACP cartridge run the gamut from inexpensive , simply made guns like the Raven MP - 25 and Jennings J - 25 to higher quality and relatively expensive guns like the Baby Browning , Walther TPH , or Beretta 950 Jetfire . The tiny cartridge has also been used in some precision crafted target pistols .
III Royal Bavarian Corps The III Royal Bavarian Army Corps / III Bavarian AK ( ) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army , part of the German Army , before and during World War I . As the German and Bavarian Armies expanded in the latter part of the 19th Century , the III Royal Bavarian Army Corps of the Bavarian Army was set up on 1 April 1900 in Nuremberg as the " Generalkommando " ( headquarters ) for Middle Franconia , the Upper Palatinate and parts of Upper Franconia , Lower Bavaria and Upper Bavaria . Like all Bavarian formations , it was assigned to the IV Army Inspectorate which became the 6th Army at the start of the First World War . The Corps was disbanded at the end of the War . Peacetime organisation . The 25 peacetime Corps of the German Army ( Guards , I - XXI , I - III Bavarian ) had a reasonably standardised organisation . Each consisted of two divisions with usually two infantry brigades , one field artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade each . Each brigade normally consisted of two regiments of the appropriate type , so each Corps normally commanded 8 infantry , 4 field artillery and 4 cavalry regiments . There were exceptions to this rule : Each Corps also directly controlled a number of other units . This could include one or more World War I . Organisation on mobilisation . On mobilization on 2 August 1914 the Corps was restructured . 5th Cavalry Brigade was withdrawn to form part of the Bavarian Cavalry Division and the 6th Cavalry Brigade was broken up and its regiments assigned to the divisions as reconnaissance units . Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from the Corps headquarters . In summary , III Bavarian Corps mobilised with 25 infantry battalions , 8 machine gun companies ( 48 machine guns ) , 8 cavalry squadrons , 24 field artillery batteries ( 144 guns ) , 4 heavy artillery batteries ( 16 guns ) , 3 pioneer companies and an aviation detachment . Combat chronicle . On mobilisation , III Royal Bavarian Corps was assigned to the predominately Bavarian 6th Army forming part of the left wing of the forces for the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914 . Commanders . The III Royal Bavarian Corps had the following commanders during its existence :
Light - weight Combat Vehicle System The is a wheeled Self - propelled artillery of the Japan Ground Self - Defense Force . Overview . Research on future multi - functional wheeled combat vehicle ( Light - weight Combat Vehicle , LCV ) is ongoing . LCV has remote turret with Line - of - Sight ( LOS ) and Non - Line - of - Sight ( NLOS ) firing capabilities , and dual recoil gun system providing adequate internal layout for combat crews . LCV also has hybrid power system with in - wheel motors . LCV provides both resistance against blast effect of IEDs ( Improvised Explosive Devices ) by raising the chassis and driving stability . Dual Recoil Gun System . To satisfy such contrary requirements that light - weight vehicle carries large caliber gun , LCV has introduced breakthrough technology so called Dual Recoil Gun System . In the system , primary recoil brake can reduce the firing reaction , followed by the secondary recoil brake reduces the force much less . With this technology , the LCV can carry large caliber gun on light - weight body .
USS Demand ( AMc - 74 ) USS " Demand " ( AMc - 74 ) was an " Accentor " - class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . " Demand " was launched by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co . , Jacksonville , Florida , on 22 May 1941 . World War II service . She was placed in service on 5 September 1941 for duty in the 3d Naval District and in the 6th Naval District . Post - war deactivation . " Demand " was stricken from the Navy List on 5 December 1945 .