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Battle of Kashgar ( 1933 ) In the 1933 Battle of Kashgar , Gen . Ma Zhancang signed a secret agreement with the daotai of Kashgar , Ma Shaowu , and his Chinese Muslim troops joined the Han Chinese garrison inside the yamen in Kashgar and helped them repulse Uighur and Kirghiz attacks led by Abdullah Bughra . Turkic Uighur and Kirghiz forces led by the Uighur Timur Beg had been attacking Chinese Muslim villages and pillaging them . During the fighting Timur Beg was shot and then beheaded by Ma Zhancang ' s forces , his head being put on display at the Idgah mosque . When more Chinese Muslim troops arrived , they reinforced the Chinese garrison inside Kashgar . Osman Ali , the Kirghiz rebel , attempted to attack the yamen , but was repulsed with heavy losses . He then proceeded to loot the city . On September 26 , 1933 , the Syrian Arab Tawfiq Bay led a Turkic force against the Chinese Muslims in Kashgar new city . Ma Zhancang repulsed the attack after very heavy fighting , and wounded Tawfiq Bay . During the battle the Kirghiz prevented the Uighur from looting the city , mainly because they wanted to loot it themselves . They started murdering any Chinese and Chinese Muslim they could get their hands on , as well as any Turkic people who were wives or mistresses of Chinese . They then looted their property . References .
French ship Puissant ( 1782 ) " Puissant " was built in 1781 - 82 to a design by Antoine Groignard as a " Pégase " class 74 - gun ship of the line . Her captain handed her over to the British at Toulon on 29 August 1793 . She arrived at Portsmouth on 3 May 1794 . She then remained there as an unarmed receiving ship , sheer hulk , and flagship until her sale in 1816 . British career . On 28 August 1793 , Admiral Lord Hood of the Royal Navy and Admiral Juan de Lángara of the Spanish Navy , committed a force of 13 , 000 British , Spanish , Neapolitan and Piedmontese troops to the French royalists ' cause at Toulon . The next day , the royalists handed over a number of their vessels to the British . " Puissant " was under the command of Mon . Ferrand . After her hand - over to British control she spent several weeks laying opposite and firing on a shore battery of 24 - pounders at the head of La Seine in Toulon harbor . She then sailed to Portsmouth . The British government awarded Ferrand a pension of £200 per annum for his services . In early 1796 " Puissant " was fitted as a receiving ship and was commissioned in April under Commander David Hotchkiss . From March 1798 she was under the command of Lieutenant R . Allen and then between October 1799 and 1801 under Commander William Syme . In 1803 Lieutenant James Bowen recommissioned her as a receiving ship . Later that year she became a sheer hulk under Commander James Irwin who remained her captain through 1810 . Captain Charles William Paterson succeeded Irwin in 1811 and remained in command until 12 August 1812 . In September 1812 Captain Benjamin Page became her captain and she served as the flagship for Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton . Prize - money . Although " Puissant " was unarmed and confined to port , her crew did earn prize money on three occasions . On 26 October 1806 , Tsar Alexander I of Russia declared war on Great Britain . The official news did not arrive there until 2 December , at which time the British declared an embargo on all Russian vessels in British ports . " Puissant " was one of some 70 vessels that shared in the seizure of the 44 - gun Russian frigate " Speshnoy " ( Speshnyy ) , then in Portsmouth harbour . The British seized the Russian storeship " Wilhelmina " ( " Vilghemina " ) at the same time . The Russian vessels were carrying the payroll for Vice - Admiral Dmitry Senyavin ’ s squadron in the Mediterranean . Then on 27 August 1808 , " Puissant " and the " armed cutter " shared in the detention of the Danish ship " Deodaris " . At the time , " Linnet " may have been acting as a tender to " Puissant " . Lastly , when news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 reached Britain , the Royal Navy seized all American vessels then in British ports . " Puissant " was among the Royal Navy vessels then lying at Spithead or Portsmouth and so entitled to share in the grant for the American ships " Belleville " , " Janus " , " Aeos " , " Ganges " and " Leonidas " seized there on 31 July 1812 . Fate . " Puissant " was paid off in October 1815 . She was then sold on 11 July 1816 for £2 , 250 .
USS Patrol No . 8 ( SP - 56 ) USS " Patrol No . 8 " ( SP - 56 ) , often rendered as USS " Patrol # 8 " , was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 . " Patrol No . 8 " was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1916 by Murray and Tregurthe at Boston , Massachusetts . The U . S . Navy leased " Patrol No . 8 " from her owner , millionaire Harold Stirling Vanderbilt of New York City , on 10 May 1917 and commissioned her for service in World War I as USS " Patrol No . 8 " ( SP - 56 ) on 11 May 1917 . Coincidentally , at this same time , Vanderbilt , a Naval Reserve officer , was ordered to active duty and given command the " Patrol No . 8 " . " Patrol No . 8 " operated in the 2nd Naval District , headquartered at Newport , Rhode Island , and served throughout the United States ' participation in World War I . She was decommissioned postwar and returned to her owner on 18 February 1919 .
SS Charles Bulfinch SS " Charles Bulfinch " ( MC contract 999 ) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II . She was named after Charles Bulfinch , an American architect whose major works include Massachusetts State House in Boston and the completion of the United States Capitol in Washington , D . C . . The ship was laid down at the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard , Baltimore , on 14 May 1943 , then launched on 10 June 1943 . The ship survived the war and was scrapped in 1971 .
Wilhelm Bromen Wilhelm Bromen ( 26 August 1915 – 1 October 1990 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Bromen was born on 26 August 1915 in Dülmen , Westphalia . In the autumn of 1941 after flight training he was posted to II . / StG . 2 " Immelmann " . He flew his 500th mission in December 1942 , and after his 600th was awarded the Knight ' s Cross in April 1943 . During his career he flew 965 missions and was also credited with the destruction of 76 tanks , 4 armoured trains , 12 supply trains and 7 aerial victories . On 30 April 1945 , Bromen was wounded when the Focke - Wulf Fw 190 he was flying was bounced and shot down by a Royal Air Force Spitfire XIV from 350 Squadron as he was attempting to land near Schwerin . During the same attack , Knight ' s Cross recipients Andreas Kuffner and Rainer Nossek were killed .
Sjællandske Livregiment The Sjællandske Livregiment ( " Zealand Life Regiment " ) was a Danish Army infantry regiment . On 1 January 2001 it was closed and replaced by the Gardehusarregimentet which was moved from Næstved to Slagelse . History . Sjællandske Livregiment can trace its history back to 1614 . The Regiment participated in the Northern Wars ( 1658 – 1660 ) , Scanian War ( 1675 – 1679 ) , Nine Years ' War ( 1693 ) , Great Northern War ( 1700 ) , Great Northern War ( 1709 – 1720 ) , Slaget på Reden ( 1801 ) , First Schleswig War ( 1848 – 1850 ) and Second Schleswig War ( 1864 ) . It was furthermore in foreign war service during 1689 – 1698 and 1701 – 1714 . The regiment flag has the battle honours Kjøbenhavn 1659 , Landskrona 1675 , Dybbøl 1849 , Isted 1850 and Dybbøl 1864 . From 1960 ' s the regiment had mechanised infantry battalions and infantry battalions , in 1972 it was upgraded with one armoured battalion . In 2000 the regiment , with all battalions , was merged into Gardehusarregimentet . Before amalgamation , Sjællandske Livregiment was the only infantry regiment that had an armored battalion ( designated " II / SJLR " , from 1972 until 2001 ) . Danish infantry regiments normally have only mechanised infantry battalions and infantry battalions , and only the two cavalry regiments of the Danish army have armored and recce battalions .
Benjamin Stephen Hooper Benjamin Stephen Hooper ( March 6 , 1835 – January 17 , 1898 ) was a U . S . Representative from Virginia . Biography . Born near Buckingham , Virginia , Hooper attended the common schools . He engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of tobacco . He served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War . Hooper was elected as Readjuster to the Forty - eighth Congress ( March 4 , 1883 – March 3 , 1885 ) . He resumed mercantile pursuits at Farmville , Virginia . He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 . He died in Farmville on January 17 , 1898 . He was interred in the Farmville Cemetery . Electoral History . 1882 . Hooper was elected to the U . S . House of Representatives with 75 . 46 % of the vote , defeating Democrat William A . Reese and Republican Tazewell Branch .
USS Tritonia ( 1863 ) USS " Tritonia " ( 1863 ) was a 202 - ton steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She served the Union Navy ’ s struggle against the Confederate States of America in a variety of ways : as a tugboat , a patrol gunboat , a dispatch boat , a salvage ship , a minesweeper , and as a small ( 202 ton ) transport . Steamer constructed in Connecticut in 1863 . " Tritonia " — a side - wheel steamer built as " Sarah S . B . Gary " in 1863 at East Haddam , Connecticut — was purchased by the Navy at Hartford , Connecticut , on 1 December 1863 ; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 23 April 1864 , Lt . Roswell H . Lamson in command . Civil War operations . Clearing mines and debris in Virginia ’ s James River . With and , " Tritonia " served in a special torpedo and picket division established in the James River , Virginia , on 12 May 1864 . The division patrolled the river to keep it clear of Confederate vessels , torpedoes ( mines ) , and fire rafts . Assigned to the West Gulf blockade . On 26 July , " Tritonia " left the division for duty with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron . She arrived in Mississippi Sound on 5 August , the day of Admiral David Farragut ' s victory in Mobile Bay , and spent the remainder of the month operating as a dispatch vessel between New Orleans , Louisiana , and that historic body of water . Destroying valuable salt works . On 8 and 9 September , boat crews from " Tritonia " , , , and Army transport destroyed several large Confederate salt works at Salt House Point in Bon Secours Bay , Alabama . As they returned to Mobile Bay on 11 September , the vessels were fired upon but suffered no casualties . Continued blockade duty along the Gulf . " Tritonia " resumed blockade duty , towing the captured schooner " Medora " to New Orleans , Louisiana , on 15 December for adjudication . She then operated in Mobile Bay until the end of the war and later at Pensacola , Florida , and New Orleans , Louisiana . Post - war services with U . S . Army troops . On 29 January 1866 , " Tritonia " carried a company of U . S . Army troops up the Tombigbee River and recaptured the steamer " Belfast " which had been seized by guerrillas and taken up that stream . The joint expedition also recovered the steamer ' s cargo of cotton and captured five guerrillas as well . Decommissioning , sale and subsequent maritime career . " Tritonia " was sold at public auction at New York City on 5 October 1866 ; redocumented as " Belle Brown " on 19 November ; and lost at sea in 1880 .
George Matthews Harding George Matthews Harding ( 1882 – 1959 ) was a war artist for the United States Army during World War I . Life and career . George Matthews Harding was born in Philadelphia , where his choice of careers was influenced by his older sister Charlotte . ( She had studied art at the Pennsylvania School of Design for Women at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and with Howard Pyle . ) After Harding spent a brief period studying architecture at Boston Tech , his sister encouraged him to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts . He attended the academy at night and worked as an architect during the day . Following an introduction by his sister , Harding , like other future AEF artists , studied for a time with Howard Pyle . Harding ' s first illustrations appeared in the " Saturday Evening Post " in 1903 , and in 1906 he became an illustrator and author for " Harper ' s Monthly Magazine " . While " with Harper ' s " he traveled extensively throughout the United States and the world . In 1915 he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania as an associate professor in the department of fine arts , a post he held until 1935 . From 1912 to 1917 , he traveled around the world , writing and illustrating articles for the Saturday Evening Post and Harpers Magazine . When the United States entered World War I , he was chosen as one of eight combat artists attached to the American Expeditionary Forces in France . He began his World War I service as a member of the poster committee of the U . S . Navy Recruiting Service , and from there he was selected for the Army ' s program . Much of the work he produced during the war reflects his attempts to satisfy critics in Washington who wanted to see more action scenes . After the WWI Harding returned to his painting and teaching in Philadelphia , publishing a limited - edition portfolio of some of his war art entitled " The American Expeditionary Forces in Action , " married Anita Nisbeth of Ardmore , and established his own studio and home in Wynnewood . In 1942 , at age 60 , he accepted a commission with the U . S . Marine Corps as a combat artist in its campaigns in the Pacific during World War II . This time , he served as a captain in the U . S . Marine Corps .
USS Grimes ( APA - 172 ) USS " Grimes " ( APA - 172 ) was a " Haskell " - class attack transport acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas . World War II service . " Grimes " ( " APA - 172 " ) was acquired by the Navy from the United States Maritime Commission on loan charter basis 23 November 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Harry Fielding ; and commissioned 23 November 1944 . Carrying U . S . troops to battle areas . After shakedown out of San Pedro , California , " Grimes " returned to Seattle , Washington , 25 January 1945 ; embarked over 240 troops ; then departed Seattle 1 February for Honolulu in support of the Navy ' s great Pacific Ocean offensive . After conducting exercises off Maui Island , " Grimes " was underway 20 February 1945 , with Transport Division 59 and anchored off the northeast coast of recently secured Iwo Jima 14 March and began embarking units of the 4th Marine Division for evacuation to the Philippine area . While riding to anchor " Grimes " was brought under fire at a distance of about 1 , 000 yards from small arms positioned in caves and crevices near the waters edge . No damage or casualties resulted . " Grimes " cleared the area 20 March and discharged 1 , 618 passengers at Pearl Harbor 4 April 1945 . End - of - war operations . After shuttling troops among the Hawaiian Islands , " Grimes " departed Honolulu with officers and enlisted patients of the Navy , Marine Corps , and Merchant Marine . Reaching San Francisco 30 May 1945 , she disembarked her passengers , then sailed for Seattle . With 1 , 512 Army and Navy passengers on board , the transport sailed from Seattle 16 June and discharged troops at Honolulu and Okinawa before putting in at Guam 14 August . Here she took aboard 900 officers and men of the 6th Marine Division and 8 war correspondents . Sailing the next day " Grimes " rendezvoused with units of the U . S . 3rd Fleet 19 August far the initial occupation of Japan ; she anchored in Tokyo Bay 30 August 1945 and landed her troops and cargo for the occupation of Yokosuka Naval Base without incident . Post - war clean - up operations . " Grimes " sortied from Tokyo Bay 1 September 1945 as part of Task Unit 30 . 3 . 5 en route Saipan to lift units of the 2nd Marines for the occupation of Nagasaki . Sailing from Saipan 18 September she put her troops ashore 23 – 25 September 1945 . " Grimes " carried out her transport duties in the Pacific until 15 June 1946 when she sailed from Sasebo , Japan . Going by way of the Panama Canal Zone she reached Norfolk , Virginia , 13 July . Post - war decommissioning . " Grimes " remained at Norfolk and decommissioned there 26 February 1947 . She remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until 1 October 1958 , when her name was struck from the Navy List and she was transferred to the Maritime Commission . She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Wilmington , North Carolina , and in October 1964 she was transferred to James River , Virginia . Her ultimate fate is not recorded . Military awards and honors . " Grimes " received one battle star for World War II service .
Standby Reserve The Standby Reserve consists of personnel of the United States Armed Forces who maintain their affiliation without being in the Ready Reserve . The Standby Reserve consists of two components : the Active Status List and the Inactive Status List . Purpose . For officers who do not choose whether or not to stay in the Active Reserve , membership in the Standby Reserve is limited to one year , after which they must determine if they are transferring to the Individual Ready Reserve , or to a drilling unit . The Standby Reserve is also used for personnel who have been designated key civilian employees , or who have a temporary hardship or disability . As such , they are not required to perform training and are not a part of units , but create a pool of trained individuals who could be mobilized if necessary as a last resort to fill manpower needs in specific skills . Organization . Active Status . Personnel in the Active Status List are those Standby Reservists temporarily assigned for hardship or other cogent reasons ; those not having fulfilled their military service obligation ( MSO ) , or those retained in active status when provided for by law ; or those members of Congress and others identified by their employers as “ key personnel ” and who have been removed from the Ready Reserve because they are critical to the national security in their civilian employment . Inactive Status . Personnel in the Inactive Status List are those Standby Reservists who are not required by law or regulation to remain in an active program and who retain their reserve affiliation in a non - participating status , and those who have skills which may be of possible future use to the Armed Forces .
Lee W . Fulton Lee W . Fulton ( May 30 , 1910 – October 29 , 1976 ) was a Major General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Fulton was born in Morgan County , Illinois in 1910 . He died on October 29 , 1976 . Career . Fulton originally enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in 1927 . In 1934 he was assigned to the Civilian Conservation Corps . He would go on to command CCC companies in Illinois , Wisconsin , Idaho , and Washington . Later he would transfer to the United States Army Air Corps and be commissioned an officer . During World War II he served with the 315th Bombardment Wing . Later in his career he was assigned to Air Force Logistics Command . His retirement was effective as of August 1 , 1965 . Awards he received include the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal .
Francis Basset , 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset Francis Basset , 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset FRS ( 9 August 1757 – 14 February 1835 ) was an English nobleman and politician . He was the first son of Francis Basset and Margaret St . Aubyn ( daughter of Sir John St Aubyn , 3rd Baronet ) . Life . Basset was baptised at Charlbury , Oxfordshire on 7 September 1757 and educated at Harrow School ( 1770 – 71 ) , Eton College ( 1771 – 74 ) and King ' s College , Cambridge ( 1775 ) . However , he left university for Italy in 1777 , with the Revd . William Sandys as his cicerone . He passed through Rome , where he had his portrait painted by Pompeo Batoni ( Batoni only finished it after Basset ' s departure , and - en route back to England on the " Westmorland " - it was seized by the French and sold to the Spanish ) . He returned to England in 1778 , holding the office of Recorder of Penrhyn from that year onwards , and - like his father - being elected its Member of Parliament ( between 1780 and 1796 ) . The constituency returned two MPs , and one of his colleagues over that time was his cousin Sir John St Aubyn ( son of Francis ' s mother ' s brother ) . Whilst serving as lieutenant - colonel of the North Devon militia , he marched Cornish miners to Plymouth , stengthened that town ' s defences and fortified Portreath , all of which helped counter a Franco - Spanish invasion fleet ( gathered as part of the European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ) . As a reward , he was made 1st Baronet Basset , of Tehidy , county Cornwall on 24 November 1779 . He married Frances Susanna Coxe , daughter of John Hippesley Coxe , at St Marylebone Parish Church on 16 May 1780 , and finally graduated from King ' s College as a Master of Arts in 1786 . He was made Baron de Dunstanville on 17 June 1796 , and then Baron Basset , with special remainder to his daughter , on 30 November 1797 . On his first wife ' s death , he remarried to Harriet Lemon ( 1777 – 1864 , the fourth daughter of Sir William Lemon , first baronet , of Carclew , and Jane Buller ) on 13 July 1824 but , though she survived him , they had no children . Dying without surviving male issue , his barony of Dunstanville became extinct as did his baronetcy , while the barony of Basset passed by special remainer to his only child , Frances , his daughter by his first marriage . Legacy . On the highest point of Carn Brea in Cornwall is a 90 foot high ( 30m ) celtic cross , erected by public subscription in 1836 . It is dedicated to Francis Basset and inscribed ' The County of Cornwall to the memory of Francis Lord de Dunstanville and Basset A . D . 1836 . '
USS Congress ( ID - 3698 ) The sixth USS " Congress " ( ID - 3698 ) was a motor launch in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1918 to 1919 . " Congress " was built as the private fishing vessel " Congress " in 1914 at Gwynn , Virginia . The U . S . Navys 5th Naval District inspected her on 17 May 1918 for possible World War I service . The Navy purchased her from A . Foster of Grimstead , Virginia , in October 1918 , having already commissioned her as USS " Congress " on 25 September 1918 . The Navy assigned her Identification Number ( Id . No . ) 3698 and placed her in service on 18 October 1918 . " Congress " carried out miscellaneous patrol duties in the 5th Naval District until 23 September 1919 , when she was stricken from the Navy List . She was sold on 23 September 1919 , then possibly resold on 8 December 1919 , ultimately being delivered to Sallie S . Thorns of West Norfolk , Virginia , on 24 December 1919 .
Fort Hindman Union order of battle The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post ( or Battle of Fort Hindman ) of the American Civil War . The Confederate order of battle is listed separately . Order of battle compiled from the army organization and return of casualties during the battle . Army of the Mississippi . MG John A . McClernand XIII Corps . MG George W . Morgan < br > Escort : Company A , 3rd Illinois Cavalry : Cpt Richard H . Ballinger XV Corps . MG William T . Sherman Naval forces . Rear Admiral David D . Porter Fifty transport ships were used as well as the following :