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The ELR was opened in 1869, at the time constituting the most easterly crossing of the River Thames. It was jointly owned by six railway companies, although after the 1923 Grouping passenger services of the Metropolitan Railway and goods trains of the London and North Eastern Railway worked the line. When the railway came under the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933 it was operated as a branch of the Metropolitan Line, known as the "East London Branch" and later as the "Metropolitan Line - East London Section". Underground servi ...

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East London Line, East London Line - History, East London Line - Rolling Stock, East London Line - Stations, East London Line - Proposed Extensions, East London Line - Northern Extension, East London Line - Western Extension, East London Line - Southern Extension

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On 29 October 1947, Midway sailed for the first of her annual deployments with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. A powerful extension of sea/air power, Midway trained between deployments and received alterations necessary to accommodate heavier aircraft as they were developed. In 1952, she participated in North Sea maneuvers with NATO forces, and on 1 October was redesignated CVA-41. Midway cleared Norfolk 27 December 1954 for a world cruise, sailing via the Cape of Good Hope for Taiwan, where she joined ...

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USS Midway CV-41, USS Midway CV-41 - Early operations sailing with the 6th Fleet, USS Midway CV-41 - A return to Vietnam, USS Midway CV-41 - Operation Frequent Wind other jobs, USS Midway CV-41 - Missions in the 1980s, USS Midway CV-41 - Operation Desert Storm and the 1990s, USS Midway CV-41 - A final sail and then on to life as a museum, USS Midway CV-41 - Notes

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Nelson observed that the French fleet was anchored too far from the shallows. He ordered his line of battle to divide in two, with one division to pass between the French line and the shoal, and the other division to close from the deeper side, and so to fire upon the French from both sides. One British ship, Culloden, ran aground; but the remainder were able to stay afloat, and began taking the French fleet apart, one by one. The wind from the north meant that the unengaged French ships could not come up to help their fellows, enabling Nelson to put several ships onto a ...

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Battle of the Nile, Battle of the Nile - Background, Battle of the Nile - Preparations, Battle of the Nile - The battle, Battle of the Nile - Recent archaeology, Battle of the Nile - Memorials, Battle of the Nile - Britain Horatio Nelson, Battle of the Nile - France François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, Battle of the Nile - First-hand account

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Some say it may be derived from the phrase "by Our Lady", a sacrilegious invocation of the Virgin Mary. The abbreviated form "By'r Lady" is common in Shakespeare's plays around the turn of the 17th century, and interestingly Jonathan Swift about 100 years later writes both "it grows by'r Lady cold" and "it was bloody hot walking to-day" [1] suggesting that a transition from one to the other could have been under way. Others regard this explanation as dubious. Eric Partridge, in Words, Words, Words (Methuen, 1933), describes this as "p ...

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Bloody, Bloody - Etymology, Bloody - Usage outside of the U.K.

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Battlecruiser - Post-war developments. Following the end of World War I many navies re-evaluated their ship designs. This led to a number of changes as many nations chose to reduce their battlecruiser fleet following the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty rather than scrap valuable battleships. The British had planned 4 fast battleships, the G3 battlecruisers, which were cancelled by the Washington treaty after the war. They would have been superior to any World War One battleship and the batt ...

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Battlecruiser, Battlecruiser - First battlecruisers, Battlecruiser - First World War, Battlecruiser - Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battlecruiser - Battle of the Falklands, Battlecruiser - Battle of Dogger Bank, Battlecruiser - Battle of Jutland, Battlecruiser - Inter-war years, Battlecruiser - Post-war developments, Battlecruiser - Rearmament, Battlecruiser - Second World War, Battlecruiser - Commerce raiding, Battlecruiser - Norwegian campaign, Battlecruiser - Mediterranean, Battlecruiser - Pacific War, Battlecruiser - New US designs, Battlecruiser - Cold War designs, Battlecruiser - Problems with the idea, Battlecruiser - Science fiction

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The Battle of Hamburg codenamed Operation Gomorrah was a series of air raids conducted by the Royal Air Force on the city of Hamburg beginning in the end of July 1943. It was at the time the heaviest assault in the history of aerial warfare and was later called the Hiroshima of Germany by British officials. The operation was originally formulated by British Air Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harris (who famously said of the Germans "They have sowed the wind and so shall they reap the whirlwind") and was actually a joint ...

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Bombing of Hamburg in World War II, Bombing of Hamburg in World War II - The battle of Hamburg, Bombing of Hamburg in World War II - Time line of Hamburg air raids during World War II, Bombing of Hamburg in World War II - Notes

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Steaming via the "Great Circle" route (the Northern Pacific) from Seattle to Shanghai, Augusta moored in the Whangpoo River, at Shanghai, on the morning of 9 November 1933. That afternoon, Admiral Frank B. Upham, Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet (CinCAF), broke his flag on board the newly arrived cruiser, and his old flagship, Houston (CA-30), sailed for the United States. Soon after she broke Admiral Upham's flag and Houston sailed for home, Augusta proceeded south from Shanghai in December 1933, and, over the next few months, operated in the Philippines, interspersing traini ...

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USS Augusta CA-31, USS Augusta CA-31 - Beginnings, USS Augusta CA-31 - Asiatic Fleet, USS Augusta CA-31 - Refit, USS Augusta CA-31 - Atlantic Fleet, USS Augusta CA-31 - Morocco, USS Augusta CA-31 - Normandy, USS Augusta CA-31 - Sources

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Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase I. Beginning late June 1937, the Japanese army (several hundreds) deployed at the west end of the bridge was practicing while Kuomintang forces, garrisoned in Wanping Town, watched closely. At dawn on 7 July, the Japanese army telegraphed the KMT forces saying that a soldier was missing and believed to be hiding inside the town. The Japanese demanded that its army should enter the town to search for the missing soldier, who was later found unharmed. There are some disputes among ...

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Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Names, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Background, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Geography, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Strategic appraisal, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - People and divisions involved, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - China KMT, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Japan, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Deployment, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase I, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase II, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - The Battle, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase I, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Phase II, Marco Polo Bridge Incident - Aftermath

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The station was opened on 18 August 1924 as the terminus of the second phase of the Underground Group's extension of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway from Golders Green. Despite having already had a railway station since 1867 (Edgware station on the London and North Eastern Railway), Edgware was, in 1924, still very much a village in character. The new Underground station was built on the north edge of the village in open fields and, as intended, the new line stimulated rapid suburban expansion along its length. By the end of the decade, what had formerly been fi ...

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Edgware tube station, Edgware tube station - History, Edgware tube station - New Works Programme, Edgware tube station - Postponement and cancellation

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The U.S. Army Air Service/Air Corps/Air Forces wings that existed before 1947 are not comparable with the wings of the USAF. World War II wings, for example, were very large administrative and operational organizations that usually controlled several combat groups and numerous service organizations, often located at widely scattered locations. Many of the World War II wings were redesignated as air divisions after the war. Modem wings, as we know them, began their existence with a service test of combat wings in 1947-1948. These wings were t ...

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Strategic Air Command, Strategic Air Command - History, Strategic Air Command - The Command, Strategic Air Command - Commander in Chief Strategic Air Command CINCSAC, Strategic Air Command - Senior Enlisted Advisors, Strategic Air Command - The Air Forces, Strategic Air Command - Second Air Force, Strategic Air Command - Eighth Air Force, Strategic Air Command - Fifteenth Air Force, Strategic Air Command - Sixteenth Air Force, Strategic Air Command - Twentieth Air Force, Strategic Air Command - The Divisions, Strategic Air Command - The Wings, Strategic Air Command - 1st Wings, Strategic Air Command - 2nd Wings, Strategic Air Command - 4th Fighter Wing, Strategic Air Command - A Brief History of Air Refueling, Strategic Air Command - The Bases, Strategic Air Command - United States, Strategic Air Command - Overseas bases, Strategic Air Command - SAC Sayings, Strategic Air Command - External link

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The Battle can be roughly divided into four phases: 10 July – 11 August: Kanalkampf, the Channel battles. 12 August – 23 August: Adlerangriff, the early assault against the coastal airfields. 24 August – 6 September: the Luftwaffe targets the airfields. The critical phase of the battle. 7 September onwards: the day attacks switch to London. See also:

Battle of Britain, Battle of Britain - Background, Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe strategy, Battle of Britain - The Dowding System, Battle of Britain - Groups, Battle of Britain - Sectors, Battle of Britain - Limitations, Battle of Britain - Efficiency, Battle of Britain - Effect of signals intelligence, Battle of Britain - Battle of the beams, Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe tactics, Battle of Britain - RAF tactics, Battle of Britain - Phases of the Battle, Battle of Britain - Kanalkampf, Battle of Britain - Adlerangriff, Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe targets RAF airfields, Battle of Britain - Raids on London, Battle of Britain - Aftermath, Battle of Britain - Foreign contribution, Battle of Britain - Polish contribution, Battle of Britain - Czech contribution, Battle of Britain - Irish contribution, Battle of Britain - Canadian contribution, Battle of Britain - American contribution, Battle of Britain - Palestinian contribution, Battle of Britain - Australian contribution

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Central Station currently serves all suburban and interurban lines with the exception being the Rosewood line. The platforms at Brisbane's Central Station are numbered from 1 to 6, with 1 being the easternmost platform and 6 being one of the westernmost. However during peak hour, some services may use different platforms from the ones listed below. The services which generally use each platform are listed below. Platforms 1-2 Beenleigh line - all stations and peak hour express services ...

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Central railway station Brisbane, Central railway station Brisbane - Service/Platforms, Central railway station Brisbane - TransLink bus routes servicing Central

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Adidas - The Tapie affair. The history of the company as presented by its official web site is incomplete, perhaps because it is indirectly linked to financial scandals. After a period of serious trouble following the death of Adolf Dassler's son Horst Dassler in 1987, the company was bought in 1990 by Bernard Tapie, for 1.6 billion French francs ($320 million), which Tapie borrowed. Tapie was at the time a famous specialist of rescuing bankrupt companies, a business on which he built his fortune. Tapie decided to move production offshore to Asia. He ...

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Adidas, Adidas - Competitors, Adidas - History, Adidas - The Tapie affair, Adidas - Post-Tapie era, Adidas - World Cup 1954, Adidas - Official World Cup supplier, Adidas - Teams sponsored by Adidas, Adidas - Former management, Adidas - Name

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A ten-member court martial panel was named on 5 October. Military spokesman Captain Neumi Leweni and lawyer Sevuloni Valenitabua announced that that Lieutenant Colonel Apakuki Kurusiga had been appointed President of the court martial, with Fiji Law Society President Graeme Leung as the Judge Advocate. Other members of the panel named were Major Sitiveni Qiliho, Captain Anil Kumar, Lieutenant Eliki Salusalu, Lieutenant Marika Vosawale, Captain Viliame Tokalautawa, Captain Viliame Kolinisau and Captain Vatimio Leva. < ...

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Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Retrial ordered, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Court martial panel named, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Multiple adjournments, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Contempt of court allegations; release on bail, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - The Military's response, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Other criticisms of the delay, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Leung commissioned, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - The court martial reconvenes, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Soldiers plead guilty, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Soldiers demand to be paid

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Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Australia. Allan, William Evan, b. 24 July 1899, d. 17 October 2005 106 Bennion, Gilbert, b. 1 October 1898, d. 27 January 2005 106 Casserly, Peter, b. 28 January 1898, d. 24 June 2005 107 Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Austria-Hungary. Gillarduzzi, Teofilo, b. 6 June 1899, d. 11 November 2005 106 (he fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, because the Region of Trentino ...

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Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Veterans by country, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Australia, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Austria-Hungary, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Canada, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - France, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Germany, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Italy, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - New Zealand, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - Poland, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 - United States

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In 1950, Trench became Assistant Secretary of the Deputy Defence Secretary for Hong Kong. He eventually held the office of Deputy Financial Secretatry in 1956 and Commissioner of Labour and Mines in 1957. In 1958, Trench was educated in at the Imperial Defence College in London, England. Afterwards, he held the office of Deputy Colonial Secretary for Hong Kong between 1959 and 1960. He left Hong Kong to take the office of High Commissioner for the Western Pacific Territories between 1961 and 1964, only to be ...

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David Clive Crosbie Trench, David Clive Crosbie Trench - Early Life, David Clive Crosbie Trench - War Service, David Clive Crosbie Trench - Colonial Administration Career, David Clive Crosbie Trench - Personal Life, David Clive Crosbie Trench - Offices and Honors, David Clive Crosbie Trench - Places Named After Him

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Despite this Zeralda married a third time, to Dr. Reuben Samuel (January 1829 - March 1, 1908) on the 25 September 1855, this marriage proved to be a lot more succesfull, and Zeralda and Reuben had four children. Sarah Louisa Samuel (born 26 December 1858) John Thomas Samuel (born 25 December 1861) Fanny Quantrill Samuel (born 18 October 1863) Archie Peyton Samuel (born 26 July 1866) During this time Reuben had an affair with a slave girl, their child Perry Samuel (18 ...

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Zeralda James, Zeralda James - First marriage, Zeralda James - Second marriage, Zeralda James - Third marriage, Zeralda James - Death, Zeralda James - Timeline

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Battlecruiser - Post-war developments. Following the end of the war many navies re-evaluated their ship designs. This led to a number of changes as many nations chose to reduce their battlecruiser fleet following the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty rather than scrap valuable battleships. The British had planned 4 fast battleships, the G3 battlecruisers, which were cancelled by the Washington treaty after the war. They would have been superior to any World War One battleship and the battlecr ...

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Battlecruiser, Battlecruiser - First battlecruisers, Battlecruiser - First World War, Battlecruiser - Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battlecruiser - Battle of the Falklands, Battlecruiser - Battle of Dogger Bank, Battlecruiser - Battle of Jutland, Battlecruiser - Inter-war years, Battlecruiser - Post-war developments, Battlecruiser - Rearmament, Battlecruiser - Second World War, Battlecruiser - Commerce raiding, Battlecruiser - Norwegian campaign, Battlecruiser - Mediterranean, Battlecruiser - Pacific War, Battlecruiser - New US designs, Battlecruiser - Cold War designs, Battlecruiser - Problems with the idea, Battlecruiser - Science fiction

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John Beaufort (1371/1373-1410) was the eldest son from John of Gaunt's marriage to Katherine Swynford. He was created Earl of Somerset on 10 February 1397 and on 9 September 1397 he was created Marquess of Somerset following his marriage to Margaret de Holand, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent was created Marquess of Dorset on 29 September 1397. In 1399 upon the accession of Henry IV his marquessates were revoked. The Commons petitioned the King for his restoration but he himself objected stating "the name of marquess is ...

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Duke of Somerset, Duke of Somerset - Creation of Empress Matilda, Duke of Somerset - Beaufort creation, Duke of Somerset - Later creations, Duke of Somerset - Seymour creation, Duke of Somerset - Earl St. Maur, Duke of Somerset - Earls of Somerset first creation 1141, Duke of Somerset - Earls of Somerset second creation 1397, Duke of Somerset - Dukes of Somerset first creation 1443, Duke of Somerset - Dukes of Somerset second creation 1448, Duke of Somerset - Dukes of Somerset third creation 1499, Duke of Somerset - Dukes of Somerset fourth creation 1525, Duke of Somerset - Earls of Hertford 1559, Duke of Somerset - Duke of Somerset fifth creation 1547, Duke of Somerset - External link

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As a border town Coolangatta included a customs office and boatshed and government wharf. Extension of the railway from Nerang to Tweed Heads in 1903 guaranteed the success of Coolangatta as a holiday township and it flourished from that time forward. Guesthouses and hotels were erected and a commercial centre soon followed. Little remains of the earliest buildings at Coolangatta but some evidence remains of subsequent development in the early years of the present century. The border fence and gates that until recently were a characte ...

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Coolangatta Queensland, Coolangatta Queensland - Early settlement, Coolangatta Queensland - Border town, Coolangatta Queensland - Wintersun Festival, Coolangatta Queensland - Schooner Coolangatta

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Arbuthnot was first married on 28 February 1799 to Marcia Mary Anne Clapcott Lisle, at Cholmondeley House, Piccadilly. Mrs. Arbuthnot was born 9 July 1774 but died in Constantinople 24 May 1806. She had, since 1795, been lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales, later Caroline of Brunswick. Marcia's portrait was painted by J. Hoppney and an engraving of the portrait was made by Joshua Reynolds. The couple's four children included General Charles George James Arbuthnot and Marcia Arbuthnot, who ...

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Charles Arbuthnot, Charles Arbuthnot - Parlimentary and Diplomatic Service, Charles Arbuthnot - Private Life, Charles Arbuthnot - Bibliography, Charles Arbuthnot - External link

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Philip was laid down by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 1 September 1917; launched 25 July 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Barrett P. Philip; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard 24 August 1918, Lieutenant Commander John F. Cox in command. After being fitted out at Boston, Philip reported to Commander Squadron Two, Cruiser Force, 1 September 1918, to escort convoy HX–47 across the Atlantic, returning from Buncrana, Ireland, under orders of Commander, U.S. Destroyer Forces operating in European waters. She was flagship of ...

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USS Philip DD-76, USS Philip DD-76 - As USS Philip, USS Philip DD-76 - As HMS Lancaster

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