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Battle of Ula The Battle of Ula or Battle of Chashniki was fought during the Livonian War on 26 January 1564 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Tsardom of Russia on the Ula River ( tributary of the Daugava River ) north of Chashniki in the Vitebsk Region . The Lithuanian surprise attack resulted in a decisive defeat of the numerically superior Russian forces . Background and battle . Livonia was invaded by Russian army of Tsar Ivan IV . After the defeat in the Battle of Ergeme in 1560 , the weakened Livonian Order was dissolved and the Duchy of Livonia and Duchy of Courland and Semigallia were ceded to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania according to the Treaty of Vilnius ( 1561 ) . Russia then launched a campaign against Lithuania , capturing Polotsk in February 1563 and threatening further invasion against Vilnius , the capital city . The Lithuanians attempted to negotiate a truce , but the talks failed in November 1563 . Two Russian armies , commanded by Pyotr Ivanovich Shuysky and Pyotr Semenovich Serebryany - Obolensky were to meet near Orsha and jointly march against Vilnius . Mikołaj " the Red " Radziwiłł , Grand Lithuanian Hetman , attacked the Shuysky ' s army while it marched from Polotsk to Drutsk . A small Lithuanian detachment engaged the vanguard units , while the main forces attacked the Russian troops in marching formation . Caught unprepared , the Russians were soundly defeated . Russian commander Pyotr Shuysky was killed in action , while three other boyars were taken prisoners and much loot was taken . Aftermath . In the following days the army of Serebryany - Obolensky was attacked by Filon Kmita and Jurgis Astikas near Orsha . Believing that they were attacked by the main Lithuanian forces , the Russians hastily retreated . These two victories averted the Russian invasion and restored power balance in the Livonian War . The Lithuanians devastated a wide area around Sebezh , but did not have enough momentum to recapture Polotsk . The Lithuanians used this victory to derail negotiations for the Union of Lublin , which were initiated in hopes to obtain Polish military support in the war with Russia . The defeats contributed to further deterioration of Tsar Ivan ' s mental state , leading to the establishment of " Oprichnina " in 1565 .
HMS Gurkha ( F122 ) HMS " Gurkha " ( F122 ) was a Tribal - class frigate of the Royal Navy . She was named after an ethnic group located in Nepal , and who continue to serve in the British Army . Royal Navy service . " Gurkha " was built by John I . Thornycroft & Company , of Woolston , Hampshire , at a cost of £4 , 865 , 000 She was launched on 11 July 1960 and commissioned on 13 February 1963 . In 1965 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days . In 1975 , " Gurkha " deployed to the West Indies , where the ship performed various duties . In 1976 , " Gurkha " supported Royal Navy efforts against Iceland during the Third Cod War . She sustained superficial damage in May when the patrol ship " Óðinn " attempted to force the ship towards the British trawler " Ross Ramilles " , during which " Óðinn " collided with " Gurkha " . " Gurkha " was present at the 1977 Spithead Fleet Review , held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II ' s Silver Jubilee . At this time she was part of the 1st Frigate Squadron . Gurkha was reduced to the reserve in 1980 , being placed in the Standby Squadron . Although she had been put on the disposal list , " Gurkha " was removed from the reserve during the Falklands War and prepared for active service . " Gurkha " remained in home waters , fulfilling duties in the absence of ships that were operating in the South Atlantic . The following year , " Gurkha " became Gibraltar Guardship . Indonesian Navy service . After being decommissioned in 1984 , " Gurkha " was sold to Indonesia . She was renamed " Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes " , after a radiologist and specialist in X - ray technology . The frigate was withdrawn from service in 1999 and remains laid up at Surabaya Naval Base to await scrapping .
SS Zealandic ( 1911 ) SS " Zealandic " was a British ocean liner initially operated by White Star Line . She was used both as a passenger liner and a cargo ship as well as serving during both world wars . Having been used as a decoy for the British aircraft carrier HMS " Hermes " she was sunk en route to the dock where she was to be converted back to cargo use . History . The " Zealandic " was constructed by Harland and Wolff in Belfast and launched on 29 June 1911 . Her maiden voyage took place four months later on 30 October 1911 , from Liverpool to Wellington , New Zealand . She was used in joint service with the Shaw Savill and Albion Line for the Liverpool to Wellington route . During one such voyage on 22 January 1913 , " Zealandic " departed Wellington with a then record cargo of exported wool , while also being chartered as an immigrant carrier by the Australian government . First World War . On 2 July 1915 she had a close encounter with German submarine " U - 39 " which pursued her ; the ship ' s speed enabled her to escape . She remained in White Star Line service on the route until 1917 when , due to the First World War , she was commandeered by the Royal Navy for the transportation of troops . On 15 June 1919 , she was released from military service and returned to the White Star Line but was re - routed through the Panama Canal . Between the wars . The ship was awarded a £6 , 350 sum following the successful rescue of the disabled sailing vessel " Garthsnaid " in 1923 , towing her to safety between Cape Howe and Melbourne . The Aberdeen Line purchased " Zealandic " in 1926 and subsequently renamed her the " Mamilius " . The ship was later transferred back to Shaw Savill and Albion in 1932 , taking on another name , the " Mamari " . When White Star line merged with Cunard in 1934 she served on Shaw , Savill & Albion ' s Australian route , bearing the name " Mamari III " . Second World War . The ship was sold once again in September 1939 , to the Admiralty , for military service during the Second World War and was refitted to be disguised as a decoy version of the British carrier HMS " Hermes " . In this form she carried the name " Fleet Tender C " . This was to be the last use of the ship as on 4 June 1941 , while on course for Chatham Docks in Kent to be converted back to a cargo vessel , she was attacked by German aircraft off the English coast near Cromer , Norfolk . While trying to evade the attack she struck a submerged wreck ( the " Ahamo " at 53 - 22N , 0 - 59E which had struck a mine on 8 April that year ) and ran aground . She was intended to be salvaged and refloated ; however , before this was possible the beached ship was torpedoed by German E - boat s . The crew were taken off by a tug and landed at Grimsby .
Dewa Shigetō Baron was an admiral in the early days of the Imperial Japanese Navy . Biography . Dewa was born as the son of a " samurai " of the Aizu domain ( present day Fukushima prefecture ) . As a youth , he enlisted in the " Byakkotai , " a reserve unit of the Aizu domain ' s official military . The " Byakkotai " was called into action , and Dewa served at the Battle of Aizu in the Boshin War . Dewa attended the 5th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy , graduating 6th out of 43 cadets . He served as a junior officer on several vessels of the early Japanese Navy , including the corvette , ironclad warship , gunboat , ironclad warship , corvette , and cruisers , and . From 1886 - 1890 , he was executive officer on the cruiser . From 1893 - 1893 , he was captain of the gunboats , and and was promoted in rank to captain in 1894 . During First Sino - Japanese War ( 1894 – 95 ) , Dewa served as a staff officer of " Western Seas Fleet " , a defensive force patrolling home waters . In 1893 , he became Director of the Personnel Section in the Navy Ministry . He later captained the cruiser in 1898 . Promoted to rear admiral on 20 May 1900 , and vice admiral on 6 June 1904 , during the Russo - Japanese War he was a commander of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron of the IJN 1st Fleet and took part in the naval Battle of Port Arthur , Battle of the Yellow Sea , ( where he commanded from the cruiser ) , and he led the Third Squadron during the decisive Battle of Tsushima from his flagship , the cruiser . In December 1905 , he was appointed Commander - in - Chief of the IJN 3rd Fleet , and from November 1906 was Director of the Naval Education Bureau . On 3 December 1907 , Dewa was elevated to the peerage with the title of " danshaku " ( baron ) under the " kazoku " system . Later , he was successively Commander - in - Chief of the IJN 2nd Fleet , Sasebo Naval District , and the IJN 1st Fleet . On 9 July 1912 , he was promoted to full admiral . Dewa Shigeto was the first non - Satsuma person ( and the first Aizu person ) to attain the rank of full admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy . The first person of Aizu background to attain the rank of admiral was Hidematsu Tsunoda , and Matsudaira Morio the son of the former Aizu lord Matsudaira Katamori as a rear admiral . On the occasion of the Siemens - Vickers Navy Armament Scandal , as Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry he concentrated his efforts on the cleanup of corruption from the Navy . This eventually led to the fall of Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyōe ' s cabinet in March 1914 . Dewa retired from active service in 1925 . In his later years , Dewa was involved with the construction of memorials to the casualties of the Battle of Aizu . His grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo . Honors . " From the article in the Japanese Wikipedia "
Servicio de Inteligencia de la Fuerza Aérea ( Argentina ) Servicio de Inteligencia de la Fuerza Aérea ( " Air Force Intelligence Service " , SIFA ) is the intelligence agency of the Argentine Air Force . It is part of J - 2 . Its director is Commodore García .
Chiba clan The Chiba clan ( 千葉氏 Chiba - shi ? ) was a branch family of the Taira clan descended from Chiba no Suke , son of Taira no Tadatsune . The Chiba governed in Shimōsa Province , and the clan was based in present - day Chiba City . The clan additionally , for a period , the area that includes the Ise Grand Shrine . After the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate , the head of the Chiba clan became the hereditary shugo governor of Shimōsa Province . Origin . The Chiba clan is descends from the Emperor Kammu through the sequence of Imperial Prince Kazurahara — Prince Takami — Taira no Takamochi — Taira no Yoshifumi — Taira no Tadayori — Taira no Tadatsune — Taira no Tsunemasa — Taira no Tsunenaga — Taira no Tsunekane — Chiba Tsuneshige — Chiba Tsunetane . The Emperor Go - Daigo authorized the head of Chiba family , Chiba Sadatane , as chief daimyō and samurai of the Kantō region . The clan settled in the Shimōsa area in the early 12th century . The Chiba came into conflict with Minamoto no Yoshitomo during the 1140s over estates in present - day Chiba Prefecture . The Chiba , however , came to support Yoshitomo in the Hōgen Rebellion ( 1156 ) . Genpei War . During the Genpei War ( 1180 – 1185 ) the Chiba clan , as well as the Hōjō , Miura , and Doi clans , opposed the greater ' core ' Taira clan and supported Minamoto no Yoritomo . Chiba Tsunetane , clan chief of the period , won Yoritomo ’ s trust and helped establish the Kamakura shogunate . The power of the clan increased in this period , but ultimately declined during the Muromachi period ( 1336 – 1573 ) . Later history . The Chiba clan was completely conquered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi before the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate . Many descendants of the Chiba clan live in Chiba Prefecture today . Chiba Castle , reconstructed in 1967 , is built on the site of Inohana Castle , a fortification of the clan .
Yoshida Castle Description . Yoshida Castle is a flat - land style Japanese castle , built on the west bank of the Toyogawa ( river ) . The main bailey was enclosed by a moat , with three three - story " yagura , " one two - story yagura and three gates . The second and third baileys were also moated , and had smaller " yagura " and fortified gates . Aside from some remnants of the stonework on the moats , nothing remains of the original structures . The present “ castle ” is a modern reconstruction of one of the three - story " yagura " . It houses a small museum with articles pertaining to local history . History . A castle was built on the banks of the Toyogawa ( river ) in 1505 by Makino Kohaku , a retainer of Imagawa Ujichika to secure his foothold on eastern Mikawa Province against the growing power of the Matsudaira clan in western Mikawa Province . Due to its strategic location on a river crossing , the castle was involved in numerous battles during the Sengoku period , changing hands several times and was destroyed and rebuilt on several occasions . From 1565 , the castle came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu , who named Sakai Tadatsugu as castellan . Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590 , Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the Tokugawa clan to relocate to the Kantō region and assigned the castle to Ikeda Terumasa . Ikeda developed the surrounding castle town and embarked on a massive and ambitious plan to rebuild Yoshida Castle . However , following the Battle of Sekigahara , he was relocated to Himeji Castle . Construction of the castle was incomplete , and the central keep was never built . After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate , Yoshida Castle became the center of Yoshida Domain , a feudal domain , which occupied a strategic position on the Tōkaidō ( road ) between Edo and Nagoya . The domain was assigned to several different " fudai daimyō " clans untl the Matsudaira ( Nagasawa - Ōkōchi ) clan took possession in 1752 , which remained in residence at Yoshida until the Meiji Restoration . The final " daimyō " of Yoshida , Matsudaira Nobuhisa , surrendered the castle without resistance to the Meiji government in 1868 . The castle was turned over to the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army in 1871 , but largely was destroyed in a fire in 1873 . Much of the castle grounds remained in the hands of the military ( as the garrison of the IJA 18th Infantry Regiment ) until the end of World War II . Following the end of the war , a portion of the Third Bailey was transformed into Toyohashi Park , and the modern Toyohashi City Hall was constructed on another portion . In 1954 , a three - story " yagura " , the was reconstructed out of reinforced concrete . An art museum and sports facilities were later erected on the site of the Inner Baileys . The stonework was extensively repaired in 2005 .
Raoul II Sores Raoul II ( † 1282 ) , called Sores or d ' Estrée , was the marshal of France briefly in 1270 following the death of Héric de Beaujeu and before being replaced or joined by Lancelot de Saint - Maard . He accompanied Louis IX on the Eighth Crusade to Africa in 1270 , bringing six knights . After Héric died at the Siege of Tunis , Raoul was elevated to the dignity . The register of the Parlement records his death in 1282 .
James Cornwall Lieutenant Colonel James Kennedy " Peace River Jim " Cornwall ( October 29 , 1869 – November 20 , 1955 ) was a provincial politician from Alberta , Canada . He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1913 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government . Political career . Cornwall ran as a provincial Liberal candidate in the 1905 Alberta general election in the Peace River electoral district . He faced independent candidate Lucien Dubuc but was defeated by an unknown number of votes despite being favored to win . The election results were annulled by the Executive Council of Alberta as there were significant irregularities in the vote and a new writ was ordered . Cornwall ran in the ensuing by - election held on February 16 , 1906 . This time he would face Independent Liberal candidate Thomas Brick , who easily defeated him . Cornwall would be returned to the Alberta Legislature by acclimation in the 1909 Alberta general election and hold the seat for a single term as a member sitting with the Liberals . Cornwall would be sued while still a member in the Legislature . On May 13 , 1910 he filed his defense in provincial court . Cornwall was named in a lawsuit by Toronto business man Alfred Hawes who was looking to recuperate more than $ 250 , 000 . 00 lost in transactions from the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Scandal . The same scandal would cause the resignation of the entire Rutherford cabinet days later . Cornwall would leave the Liberal cabinet and sit as an Independent . At the outbreak of World War I , Cornwall went to fight overseas while he was over in Europe he would run in the 1917 Alberta general election non - partisan Soldiers ' and nurses vote . He ended up finishing fourth in a large field of candidates . After the war Cornwall ran in a by - election in the Athabasca district in a 1920 by - election as an Independent . He was easily defeated by Alberta Liberal George Mills . He ran again less than a year later in the 1921 Alberta general election but was defeated finishing in 16th place out of the 26 candidates . The Social Credit government under William Aberhart tried to entice Cornwall to run for a seat in the Legislature under their banner for a by - election in Athabasca , to which Cornwall had declined .
James R . Van Den Elzen James R . Van Den Elzen ( born April 20 , 1931 in Green Bay , Wisconsin ) is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps . Van Den Elzen originally enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1951 . He was commissioned an officer the following year . Awards he received during his career include the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit . His personal decorations include : the Defense Superior Service Medal ; the Legion of Merit ; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat " V " ; the Joint Service Commendation Medal ; and the Purple Heart .
202nd Division ( Imperial Japanese Army ) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army . Its call sign was the , after the nickname for Sendai castle " ( Aoba jo ) " History . The 202nd Division was one of eight emergency territorial reserve divisions created on 2 April 1945 to defend the Japanese home islands against the projected invasion by Allied forces in the final stages of the Pacific War . The 202nd Division was raised in Sendai with its headquarters in Takasaki . As with the other emergency divisions raised at the time , it contained many over - age reservists , under - age students , and men previously rejected from conscription for a variety of medical conditions . Some of its troops lacked proper weapons , as stocks of the Arisaka Type 38 rifle s were almost exhausted . The Division was commanded by General Katakura Tadashi . It came under the control of the Japanese 36th Army . It was dissolved at the end of the war without having seen combat . Organization . The 202nd Division was organized as a triangular division . 202nd Division -
Operation Beowulf Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa , Hiiumaa and Muhu , off the Estonian west coast . Both plans had the same objectives but assumed differing start points . The attack , using " Beowulf II " , started on 8 September 1941 and had achieved its objectives by 21 October . Beowulf I . This version assumed a rapid German victory in the Baltic States . It would have been a re - working of the World War I Operation " Albion " , launched from Courland in Latvia . In the event , German forces were delayed as they crossed into Estonian territory . Beowulf II . This version , which was executed , was an attack from the Estonian west coast . There were a series of diversionary attacks to confuse the Soviet defenders - " Südwind " , " Westwind " and " Nordwind " .
Defence Support Group The Defence Support Group is an executive agency and wholly owned trading fund of the Ministry of Defence . It was established on 1 April 2008 by the merger of Defence Aviation Repair Agency and the Army Base Repair Organisation . It was created under " The Defence Support Group Trading Fund Order 2008 " . DSG employs about 3 , 500 staff , with its Head Office in Andover . Annual turnover is in excess of £200 million . The Chief Executive is Archie Hughes , formerly from DARA . The main sites are at Ashchurch Bovington , Catterick , Colchester , Donnington , Sealand , St Athan , Stafford , Stirling and Warminster . Smaller support sites are located in Aldershot , Bicester and Sennybridge . DSG offers maintenance , repair and overhaul of military air and land equipment , mobile and in - barracks equipment support , fleet management , calibration , electronics , components and logistic support . DSG is one of the largest defence engineering service providers in the UK . Training . DSG has undertaken a partnership with both Deeside College and Airbus UK to train its aeronautical engineers based at RAF Sealand . Sale of DSG . In October 2010 the government announced that DSG was to be sold off along with other corporate assets , telecommunications spectrum and Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre .
Battery " D " , 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery " D " , 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Battery " D " was mustered into service at Cairo , Illinois on July 30 , 1861 . The battery was mustered out on July 28 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The battery lost 1 officer and 7 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 28 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 36 fatalities .
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon The Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon ( AFESR ) is a military award of the United States Air Force which was first created in June 2003 . The ribbon is awarded to any member of the Air Force who completes a standard contingency deployment . The regulations of the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon define a deployment as either forty - five consecutive days or ninety non - consecutive days in a deployed status . Temporary duty orders also qualify towards the ninety - day time requirement . For deployments exceeding 45 – 90 days , a single Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon will be awarded for the entire time frame rather than issuing multiple awards for the same period of deployed service . For those service members who serve in designated combat zones ( those receiving hostile fire pay ) while deployed ( with or without actually participating in actual combat ) , a gold frame , which the Air Force refers to as a gold border , may be attached to the AFESR basic ribbon . The gold border is issued as a one - time award only , regardless of the number of combat operations in which a service member is involved . The Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border may also be awarded to certain " over - the horizon " combat assignments , such as remotely piloted vehicle operators for employing a long - range weapon into a combat zone . It is therefore possible to earn the gold border even when stationed at a secure military installation in the United States geographically separated from the battlefield by thousands of miles . Such personnel , however , must have first earned the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon before the ribbon can be upgraded with a gold border . Additional awards of the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon are denoted by oak leaf clusters and the award is retroactive to October 1 , 1999 . Symbolism . The center stripe is light blue and stands for Air Force capability . From this center stripe outward on each side , the narrow white stripe stands for integrity ; ultramarine blue represents worldwide deployment ; Air Force yellow stands for excellence , and the last two stripes ( scarlet and blue ) stand for the United States .