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HMS Raglan HMS " Raglan " was a First World War Royal Navy " Abercrombie " - class monitor . Design . On 3 November 1914 , Charles M . Schwab of Bethlehem Steel offered Winston Churchill , then First Lord of the Admiralty , the use of eight / 45 cal BL MK II guns in twin gun turret s , originally destined for the Greek battleship . These turrets could not be delivered to the German builders , due to the British blockade . The Royal Navy immediately designed a class of monitors , designed for shore bombardment , to use the turrets . Construction . " Raglan " was laid down at the Harland and Wolff Ltd shipyard at Govan on 1 December 1914 . The ship was named " Robert E Lee " in honour of the CS General Robert E Lee , however as the United States was still neutral , the ship was hurriedly renamed HMS " M3 " on 31 May 1915 . She was then named HMS " Lord Raglan " on 20 June 1915 and again renamed HMS " Raglan " on 23 June 1915 . Career . " Raglan " sailed for the Dardanelles in June 1915 . She remained in the Eastern Mediterranean , based at Imbros . On 20 January 1918 , while the battleships and were absent , " Raglan " and other members of the Detached Squadron of the Aegean Squadron were attacked by the Turkish battlecruiser " Yavuz Sultan Selim " ( formerly German battlecruiser ) , the light cruiser " Midilli " ( formerly German light cruiser ) and four destroyer s . " Raglan " was sunk with the loss of 127 lives . The monitor was also sunk in the same battle . " Midilli " and " Yavuz Sultan Selim " ran into a minefield ; " Midilli " sank and " Yavuz Sultan Selim " was badly damaged .
Suffield Experimental Station The military research facility located north of Suffield , Alberta , operated under the name of the Suffield Experimental Station from 1950 to its renaming to the Defence Research Establishment Suffield in 1967 . History . Control of the Experimental Station Suffield was transferred from the Canadian Army to the Defence Research Board ( DRB ) on April 30 , 1947 by Order in Council PC 101 / 1727 . In the August of this year , approval was given for the construction of 60 prefabricated housing units at a site named after the Honourable J . L . Ralston . Due to delays , major construction did not complete until 1953 . The Suffield Experimental Station ( SES ) came into official existence when the Experimental Station Suffield was renamed in August 1950 . The station was responsible for the administration and operation of the 2690 square kilometer Suffield Block . The DRB ' s annual report for 1951 listed various major construction projects in progress at station : Shopping and Recreation Centre , Transport Garage , CMHC Housing ( 76 homes ) , the Ralston School ( a Recognized Federal Heritage Building ) , and a Fire Hall . The designs for the Central Laboratory were to be completed by December , 1951 . On September 29 , 1955 , the Central Laboratory ( Building 1 ) was opened by Major General William M . Creasy , Commanding General , U . S . Army Chemical Corps and is now a Recognized Federal Heritage Building . In July 1967 , the Suffield Experimental Station was renamed to the Defence Research Establishment Suffield ( DRES ) . Large Explosive Events . These experiments helped to understand how meteoric craters are formed and shaped
Augustus G . Weissert Augustus Gordon Weissert ( August 7 , 1844 - April 24 , 1923 ) was an American soldier who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and as the 21st Commander - in - Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic , 1892 - 1893 . Early life and military career . Weissert was born August 7 , 1844 in Canton , Ohio to Michael and Magdalene ( Bernard ) Weissert . His family moved to Racine , Wisconsin when he was a young boy . Weissert attended the University of Michigan where he pursued a degree in law and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws . He then moved to New York in 1860 to continue the study of law , but returned to Wisconsin when the Civil War began . He enlisted at age 17 on September 10 , 1861 as a private in Company K , 8th Wisconsin Infantry ; he had previously attempted to enlist , but was rejected due to his age . Weissert was promoted to sergeant major on September 3 , 1864 . At the Battle of Nashville , Weissert was wounded by a musket ball in the leg just above the knee . Although he recovered from his wound , it remained an open wound for many years and the bullet was never removed . Weissert received a brevet promotion to captain dated to June 6 , 1864 for " for conspicuous bravery during the Red River expedition and for gallantry at Lake Chicot , Arkansas , June 6 , 1864 , and at Nashville , December 15th . " He was subsequently offered an appointment to the United States Military Academy , but he declined due to his wound . Weissert mustered out September 17 , 1865 with the regiment and returned to Milwaukee , Wisconsin where he continued to study law under Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William P . Lyon . Post - war service . Weissert joined the Grand Army of the Republic in 1866 and served as commander of E . B . Wilcott Post # 1 in Milwaukee . He was elected to command the Department of Wisconsin in 1888 and again in 1889 . At the 23rd National Encampment , Weissert was elected Senior Vice Commander - in - Chief . In 1892 , he was elected 21st Commander - in - Chief of the G . A . R . after having been defeated for the position the previous year . Weissert remained active in civic duties in Milwaukee , predominantly as a member of the Milwaukee Board of Education . President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Weissert to the Board of Visitors of the U . S . Military Academy in 1904 . Weissert died April 24 , 1923 at his home in Milwaukee and is buried there in Forest Home Cemetery .
Battle of Albuquerque The Battle of Albuquerque was a small engagement of the American Civil War in April 1862 between General Henry Hopkins Sibley ' s Army of New Mexico and a Union Army under Edward R . S . Canby . Battle . The Confederates were on the retreat from New Mexico Territory after the Battle of Glorieta Pass . On April 8 , Sibley ' s 4th , 5th and 7th Texas Mounted Volunteers occupied Albuquerque for a second time as they retreated southeast to Texas . Colonel Canby moved his army up from Fort Craig to ascertain the strength of the Confederates in Albuquerque . Canby ' s artillery opened fire at long range from the edge of town for two days . The Union artillery ceased firing when a local citizen informed Canby the Confederates would not permit the civilians to seek shelter . Canby felt he had accomplished his mission ; he knew the Rebels were still willing to put up resistance . The Union demonstration also caused Colonel Tom Green to hastily pull out of Santa Fe and move to Sibley ' s aid , hoping to counter attack in the morning . Under cover of darkness Canby ' s forces slipped away without the rebels ' knowledge . Lacking the resources to take a large force captive , Canby hoped the Confederates would concentrate their forces together and move out of New Mexico in one unit . The rebels did indeed end their occupation of Albuquerque a few days later on April 12 . Sibley left behind the sick and wounded along with eight mountain howitzers , buried near the edge of town .
Esmond Clifford Colonel Esmond Humphrey Miller Clifford , ( 1895 – 1970 ) was a Royal Engineers officer of the British Army who served between 1914 to 1948 through both world wars . During the Interwar period ( 1918 – 1939 ) he became the Senior British Commissioner of the Anglo - Ethiopian Boundary Commission which became involved in the Abyssinia Crisis . He was held as a Prisoner of war for most of the Second World War . After his retirement he became the British Commissioner for the Keyna - Ethiopia Boundary Commission in 1950 . Early life . Esmond was born in 1895 and educated first at Clifton College then at the Royal Military Academy , Woolwich . Military career . He entered the Royal Engineers in 1914 and served in France , Belgium and Italy during World War I . Between 1925 to 1928 he was an Assistant Commissioner to the Anglo - Italian Jubaland Boundary Commission . In 1931 Clifford became the Senior British Commissioner for the Anglo - Ethiopian Boundary Commission surveying the boundary between British Somaliland and Ethiopia . On 23 November 1934 they arrived at Walwal in the Ogaden province and were confronted by a newly arrived Italian force and although they protested the British contingent decided to withdraw to avoid an international incident . The Ethiopians however stayed and a skirmish took place which lead the Abyssinia Crisis . Clifford became the Chief Engineer , China Command between 1940 and 1941 at which point he was captured by the Japanese during the fall of Hong Kong and held as a Prisoner of War until World War II ended in 1945 . He retired from active service in the Army in 1948 but between 1950 and 1957 he was British Commissioner for the Keyna - Ethiopia Boundary Commission . He died in 1970 . Awards . As an acting major he was awarded the Military Cross ( MC ) on 2 April 1919 . He became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 1 June 1928 for services with the Jubaland Boundary Commission . On 31 December 1935 his OBE was promoted to a Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) .
Siege of Trichinopoly ( 1743 ) The Siege of Trichinopoly took place in 1743 during an extended series of conflicts between the Nizam and the Maratha Empire for control over some parts of southern India . An army led by Asaf Jah I , the Nizam of Hyderabad , besieged the town of Trichinopoly , which was governed by Murarao Ghorpade . After about four months of siege , the Nizam successfully bribed Murrarao to surrender , which he did on 29 August 1743 . Background . In the 1730s , the Carnatic region of southern India was under the dominion of Asaf Jah 1 , the Nizam of Hyderabad . The Nizam had appointed Muhammed Saadatullah Khan as Nawab of the Carnatic in 1710 . Saadatullah died in 1732 , directing that he be succeeded by his nephew , Dost Ali Khan . Dost Ali refused to pay chauth ( a form of tribute ) to the Marathas that his predecessors had paid . Following the death of the Maratha rajah of Trichinopoly in 1736 , Dost Ali sent his son - in - law and diwan , Chanda Sahib , to the province , claiming its tribute payments were in arrears . He inveigled himself into the court of rani Minakshi , who was acting as regent for her young son . Abusing her trust , he seized the fortress and threw her into prison , where she is said to have died of grief . Dost Ali rewarded Chanda Sahib with the title Nawab of Trichinopoly . The Maratha peshwa , offended by the loss of Trichinopoly , sent Raghuji Bhonsle to organize a military expedition into the Carnatic in 1739 . In early 1740 Raghuji led an estimated 50 , 000 man army south toward Arcot , Dost Ali ' s capital , and Dost Ali and Chanda Sahib mobilized to meet him . ( The nizam ' s military forces were occupied on his northern borders , and he was unable to provide significant assistance . ) These two forces first met at the Demal Cheru Pass on 20 May 1740 . The Marathas were victorious , killing Dost Ali and forcing Chanda Sahib to flee to Trichinopoly . Dost Ali ' s successor , Safdar Ali Khan , negotiated tribute payments to the Marathas to ensure their recognition of his rule . Raghuji ' s forces then closely besieged Chanda Sahib in Trichinopoly in early 1741 , eventually compelling his surrender by starvation . The Marathas installed Murari Rao to govern Trichinopoly . Siege . Safdar Ali ' s rule came to an end in 1742 when he was murdered by his brother in law , Muhammed Saadatullah Khan II . Both of them refused to pay tribute as expected to the nizam , who in 1743 led an 80 , 000 man army into the Carnatic to reassert his control of the area . He deposed Saadatullah , and laid siege to Murari Rao in Trichinopoly . That siege ended on 29 August 1743 when the Nizam essentially bought Murrarao off to change sides . Aftermath . Three years after the siege , in 1746 , Marathas under Peshwa Balaji Bajirao sent a military expedition to Carnatic , led by Sadashivrao Bhau . The Maratha army overran the region and brought it under their control . Nizam ' s army , under Nasir Jung tried to obstruct the Marathas , but was defeated and repulsed by Sadashivrao Bhau . Maratha influence in the region was replaced by the French and British forces .
Gonio Gonio fortress ( , previously called Apsaros , or Apsaruntos ) , is a Roman fortification in Adjara , on the Black sea , 15 km south of Batumi , at the mouth of the Chorokhi river . The village sits 4 km north of the Turkish border . The oldest reference to the fortress is by Pliny the Elder in the " Natural History " ( 1st century AD ) . There is also a reference to the ancient name of the site in Appian ’ s " Mithridatic Wars " ( 2nd century AD ) . In the 2nd century AD it was a well - fortified Roman city within Colchis . The town was also known for its theatre and hippodrome . It later came under Byzantine influence . The name " Gonio " is first attested in Michael Panaretos in the 14th century . In addition , there was a short - lived Genoese trade factory at the site . In 1547 Gonio was taken by the Ottomans , who held it until 1878 , when , via the San - Stefano Treaty , Adjara became part of the Russian empire . The grave of Saint Matthias , one of the twelve apostles , is believed to be inside the Gonio fortress . However , this is unverifiable as the Georgian government currently prohibits digging near the supposed gravesite . Other archaeological excavations are however taking place on the grounds of the fortress , focusing on Roman layers . Gonio is currently experiencing a tourism boom . Most tourists come from Tbilisi in the summer months to enjoy beaches that are generally regarded as cleaner than Batumi ' s beaches ( located 15 km to the north ) .
USS French ( DE - 367 ) USS French ( DE - 367 ) was a John C . Butler - class destroyer escort acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy , in addition to other tasks as assigned , such as patrol or radar picket . " USS French " was named in honor of Neldon Theo French who was awarded the Navy Cross for his brave actions in Guadalcanal . She was launched 17 June 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp . , Orange , Texas ; sponsored by Mrs . Alma M . French , mother of " Corporal French " ; and commissioned 9 October 1944 , Lieutenant Commander T . K . Dunstan , USNR , in command . World War II . " French " arrived at San Diego , California , 2 January 1945 for escort duty in the Pacific Ocean , ranging primarily between Ulithi and Eniwetok through April . Other ports of call during this period were Pearl Harbor , Kossol Roads , Saipan , and Iwo Jima . Arriving in Kossol Roads 6 May , French was assigned to patrol and air - sea rescue duty , as well as local screening . On 5 June she bombarded enemy - held Malakal and Arakabesan Islands , then left Peleliu to return to escort duty out of Ulithi . She called at Okinawa on this assignment on 8 and 9 July . From 24 to 27 July 1945 , " French " was in charge of rescue operations on a grounded U . S . Army freighter at Helen Reef off the Palaus . She lightened the grounded ship by removing some of her cargo so that USS Tonkawa ( ATA - 176 ) could get her off . Escorting the tug and her tow , " French " returned to Hollandia 31 July , then sailed back to Peleliu . Between 4 and 7 August she took part in the search for survivors of USS Indianapolis ( CA - 35 ) , returning to Peleliu . On 26 August 1945 , " French " arrived at Okinawa , from which she sailed 9 September to cover landings in Japan . After voyaging to Guam to bring occupation troops to Japan , she screened carriers flying patrols over Japan until 2 January 1946 when she sailed for the U . S . West Coast . Post - war decommissioning . " French " was decommissioned and placed in reserve at San Diego , California , 29 May 1946 . On 15 May 1972 she was struck from the Navy list and , on 20 September 1973 , she was sold for scrapping .
Muir Army Airfield The Muir Army Airfield is a military airport located at Fort Indiantown Gap , near Annville , Pennsylvania , United States . It is home to the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site ( EAATS ) , operated by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard . It is 24 nautical miles ( 48 km ) northeast of the central business district of Harrisburg , in South Central Pennsylvania . The airfield has one active runway designated 7 / 25 with a 3 , 967 x 100 ft . ( 1 , 209 x 30 m ) asphalt surface . History . Muir Army Airfield was established as an airstrip in the 1930s and was originally the central parade ground and emergency landing field of the Fort Indiantown Gap military reservation . On July 12 , 1941 , the first airplane piloted by Major Edgar Scattergood , Air Office of the 28th Infantry Division , landed on the newly dedicated Muir Field . The 3200x100 foot runway was of good size at the time ; however , the Army Corps of Engineers built the runway in a northeast - southwest direction . Normally , the prevailing wind blows out of the mountains from the northwest , so there is usually a permanent crosswind during normal weather conditions . The airfield was named in honor of Major General Charles H . Muir , the Commanding General of the 28th Division during World War I . Eastern Army National Guard Training Site . EAATS was established in by the United States Army in 1981 and focuses on utility and cargo missions , specifically conducting UH - 60 , UH - 72 , which has also been called Little Ugly Helicopter , and CH - 47 qualifications for pilots , instructor pilots , and maintenance test pilots , as well as enlisted maintainers and crewmembers . The 28th Combat Aviation Brigade , headquartered at Muir Army Airfield , provides all the maintenance support for EAATS . Statistics . Muir Army Airfield currently accommodates 75 helicopter s and three fixed - wing aircraft , conducting about 70 , 000 take - offs and landings annually , making it the second busiest helicopter base in the world .
Battle of Bibracte The Battle of Bibracte was fought between the Helvetii and six Roman legions , under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar . It was the second major battle of the Gallic Wars . After following the migration of the Helvetii and defeating them , Caesar , around 20 June , moved towards Bibracte ( approximately 18 miles away from their camp ) to obtain the supplies promised by his allies , the Aedui . Informed by deserters of Lucius Æmilius , commander of the cavalry , the Helvetii took this occasion to turn and harass Caesar ' s rear guard . When Caesar observed this , he sent his cavalry to delay the attack . He placed the Seventh ( Legio VII Claudia ) , Eighth ( Legio VIII Augusta ) , Ninth ( Legio IX Hispana ) , and Tenth legions ( Legio X Equestris ) , organized in Roman fashion ( triplex acies , or " triple battle order " ) , at the foot of a nearby hill , the top of which he occupied himself , along with the Eleventh ( Legio XI Claudia ) and Twelfth ( Legio XII Fulminata ) Legions and all his auxiliaries . The baggage train was also assembled near the summit , where it could be guarded by the forces present there . After having driven off Caesar ' s cavalry and with their own baggage train secured , the Helvetii engaged " In the seventh hour " , approximately noon or one o ' clock . According to Caesar , his hill - top battle line easily threw back the Helvetii onslaught by using pila ( javelins ) at about 10 to 15 yards . The legions then counterattacked , driving the Helvetii approximately a thousand paces back to the hill where their Helvetic baggage train sat . While the legions pursued the Helvetii across the plain in between the hills , the Boii and Tulingi arrived with fifteen thousand men to assist the Helvetii , flanking the Romans on one side . At that point the Helvetii returned to the battle in earnest . When the Tulingi and the Boii started circumventing the Romans , Caesar regrouped his third line to resist the assault of the Boii and Tuligni , keeping his primary and secondary committed to chasing the Helvetii . The battle lasted many hours into the night until the Romans finally took the Helvetic baggage train , capturing both a daughter and son of Orgetorix . According to Caesar , 130 , 000 enemy personnel escaped into the night . Unable to pursue on account of battle wounds and the time it took to bury the dead , Caesar rested three days before he followed the fleeing Helvetii . These , in turn , had managed to reach the territory of the Lingones within four days of the battle . Caesar warned the Lingones to not assist them , prompting the Helvetii and their allies to finally surrender . Caesar claimed that 130 , 000 of the Helvetii and her allies escaped yet only 110 , 000 returned home . Also according to Caesar the census totals of the tribes at the start of the war were :
Rasul Makasharipov Rasul Makasharipov ( ) ( 1972 – July 6 , 2005 ) , nicknamed Muslim and also known as Emir Rasul , was a Dagestani Islamist leader in southern Russia . He was the founder of the militant group Dzhennet and later created the rebel group Shariat Jamaat , which sought to unite Caucasian Muslims under Islamic rule and later became part of the Caucasian Front . Life . Rasul Makasharipov was a native of Dagestan ' s south - western Tsumadinsky District , bordering Chechnya and inhabited by Caucasian Avars . In 1997 his father expelled him from the house and he moved to Chechnya , where he became an Avar interpreter of Arab warlord Khattab and the rogue Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev during their abortive Invasion of Dagestan in 1999 . Makasharipov surrendered to Dagestani authorities in 2000 , but was released under an amnesty a year later . Within a year he was assembling his own organization , finding willing recruits from young Dagestanis who had suffered at the hands of the police . According to one of his followers , “ Makasharipov spoke about the necessity to stop persecution and humiliation of Muslims in Dagestan . He said this could be done by killing policemen . ” ( " The Moscow Times " , March 15 , 2005 ) The organization became known as the Dzhennet ( Arabic : " Paradise " ) group and soon started assassinating high - ranking police officials , investigators and prosecutors ; the group was destroyed by the Russian crackdown in 2002 , with Makasharipov being reportedly the sole survivor who remained free . The same year , Makasharipov found his new group , the Shariat Jamaat , which in May 2005 became part of the Caucasian Front established by the new President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Abdul - Halim Sadulayev after the death of Aslan Maskhadov . On January 15 , 2005 , the FSB reported his death in an attack on a Jamaat safehouse , but Makasharipov surfaced four days later to refute these claims . Makasharipov was eventually killed in a shootout with Russian troops on July 6 , 2005 ; his deputy Rappani Khalilov became his successor as the leader of the Shariat Jamaat .
No . 2 Strip Milne Bay No . 2 Strip Milne Bay was an aerodrome under construction near Waigani village , Milne Bay , Papua New Guinea during World War II . Works at the aerodrome were discontinued due to the site being unsuitable for an aerodrome due to drainage problems .