The Second Anglo-Sikh War Hostile_encounter was a military conflict Hostile_encounter between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company that took place Process_start in 1848 and 1849 .

Governor-General of India Lord Dalhousie agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Sir Hugh Gough , the commander-in-chief , that the British East India Company 's military forces were neither adequately equipped Supply with transport and supplies Supply , nor otherwise prepared GetReady to take Conquering the field immediately .

For his services Rite the Earl of Dalhousie received Receiving the thanks of the British parliament and a step in the peerage , as marquess .

Mark Duggan , a 29-year-old British man , was shot Use_firearm and killed Killing by police in Tottenham , North London on 4 August 2011 .

The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held Hold in Victoria , in the province of British Columbia in Canada , from 18 to 28 August 1994 .

Operation Goodwood was a series of British carrier air raids Attack conducted Action against the German battleship `` Tirpitz '' at her anchorage in Kaafjord in occupied Norway during late August 1944 .

The British fleet departed Departing its base on 18 August and launched Attack the first raid against Kaafjord on the morning of 22 August .

British losses Earnings_and_losses during Operation Goodwood were 17 aircraft to all causes Causation , a frigate sunk Motion by a submarine , and an escort carrier badly damaged Damaging .

Operation Mascot was an unsuccessful British carrier air raid Attack conducted Action against the German battleship `` Tirpitz '' at her anchorage in Kaafjord , Norway , on 17 July 1944 .

A force of 44 British dive bombers and 40 fighters took off from three aircraft carriers in the early hours of 17 July .

Few of the British airmen were able to spot Know the battleship , and their attacks Attack did not inflict Causation any significant damage Damaging .

German losses Earnings_and_losses were limited Limiting to a patrol craft , and three British aircraft were destroyed Destroying or damaged Damaging beyond repair by Kaafjord 's defenders .

Two U-boats were sunk near the carriers by British patrol aircraft and several others were damaged Damaging .

During World War II , Operation Zipper was a British plan to capture Arrest either Port Swettenham or Port Dickson , Malaya as staging areas for the recapture of Singapore in Operation Mailfist .

Two Allied fleets set Self_motion sail from Rangoon , with the Royal Navy 's Task Force 11 headed for Penang under Operation Jurist , while the larger British and French fleet sailing on to Singapore under Operation Tiderace. < ref name= '' JAPANESE SIGN THE SURRENDER OF PENANG ABOARD HMS NELSON ( 3/9/1945 ) '' > < /ref > The earlier liberation of Penang was intended to test Testing Japanese intentions as a prelude to the eventual recapture of Singapore and the rest of Malaya .

Two days later , the Belgian government refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act the demands Request and the British government guaranteed Commitment military support Supporting to Belgium .

After the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Frontiers ended Process_end , the French armies and the BEF began Process_start the Great Retreat into France , the Belgian army and small detachments of French and British troops fought Hostile_encounter in Belgium against German cavalry and .

Despite minor British reinforcement , the Siege of Antwerp ended Process_end when its defensive Defending ring of forts was destroyed Destroying by German super-heavy artillery .

The Belgian army fought Defending the defensive Defending Battle of the Yser ( 16–31 October ) from Nieuwpoort ( Nieuport ) south to Diksmuide ( Dixmude ) , as the German 4th Army attacked Attack westwards and French , British and some Belgian troops fought Hostile_encounter the First Battle Hostile_encounter of Ypres ( 19 October – 22 November ) against the 4th and 6th armies .

Soon after , all Hebron 's Jews were evacuated Escaping by the British authorities .

On the Axis side , the Germans launched attacks Attack at sea in the autumn and winter against British aircraft carriers and destroyers , sinking Motion_directional several including the carrier with the loss of 519 lives .

Action in the air began Process_start on 16 October 1939 when the Luftwaffe launched air raids Attack on British warships .

A maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( `` Severe '' ) was assessed Check for several locations , though less intense shaking Motion was observed Know at many other locations in Washington , Oregon , and British Columbia .

However , after she boarded Temporary_stay some British merchant ships , British authorities sent Sending Rear Admiral de Horsey to capture Conquering the vessel .

However , after she boarded Temporary_stay some British merchant ships , British authorities sent Sending Rear Admiral de Horsey to capture Conquering the vessel .

The Peruvian warship managed to outrun the British squadron after a fierce exchange Exchange of fire Use_firearm .

On the British side , `` Shah '' fired Use_firearm 237 shots Use_firearm and `` Amethyst '' 190 , but none of them carried Carry_goods armour-piercing ammunition .

The coup had been planned Arranging for several months , but the signing of the Tripartite Pact spurred the organisers to carry Imposing_obligation it out , encouraged Influence by the British Special Operations Executive .

The airborne part of the operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation Military_operation by XXX Corps of the British Second Army .

German forces demolished Destroying the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son before it could be captured Conquering by the US 101st Airborne Division , although a Bailey bridge was then built Building over the canal by British sappers .

XXX Corps had to seize Conquering the bridge themselves instead of speeding over a captured bridge onwards to Arnhem , where the British paratroopers were still holding Defending the north end of the bridge .

A small British force managed to capture Conquering the north end of the Arnhem road bridge , denying Agree_or_refuse_to_act use of the intact bridge to German forces .

The remainder of the British 1st Airborne Division was trapped in a small pocket west of the Arnhem bridge , which was evacuated Escaping on 25 September after sustaining heavy casualties .

Convoys , coming Self_motion mainly from North America and predominantly going to Self_motion the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union , were protected Preventing_or_letting for the most part by the British and Canadian navies and air forces .

From 1942 onward , the Axis also sought to prevent Preventing_or_letting the build-up of Allied supplies Supply and equipment in the British Isles in preparation GetReady for the invasion Attack of occupied Hold Europe .

Of the U-boats , 519 were sunk Motion by British , Canadian , or other allied forces Causation , while 175 were destroyed Destroying by American forces Causation ; 15 were destroyed Destroying by Soviets and 73 were scuttled Destroying by their crews before the end Process_end of the war Hostile_encounter for various causes .

The British 2nd Parachute Brigade was part of the Operation Rugby airborne landings Self_motion in August 1944 .

The landings Self_motion were mainly an American operation and the brigade was the only British Army formation involved .

As a British withdrawal Escaping from France at the earliest opportunity had been the original intent , the brigade boarded Self_motion ships bound for Italy eleven days after landing Self_motion .

Subsequent Jacobite risings were confined Hindering to Scotland and England , but the war was to have a lasting effect on the political and cultural landscape of Ireland , confirming Check British and Protestant rule over the country for over two centuries .

The Malabar Riot ( also known as the Moplah Genocide and `` Māppila Lahaḷa '' ) was an armed Bearing_arms uprising in 1921 against British authority in the Malabar region of Southern India by Mappilas and the culmination of a series of Mappila revolts that recurred Coming_to_be throughout the 19th century and early 20th century .

The 1921 riot began Process_start as a reaction against a heavy-handed crackdown Process_end on the Khilafat Movement , a campaign Social_event in defense of the Ottoman Caliphate , by the British authorities in the Eranad and Valluvanad `` taluks '' of Malabar .

The Mappilas attacked Attack and took Conquering control Control of police stations , British government offices , courts and government treasuries .

The British Government put down the rebellion with an iron fist , British and Gurkha regiments were sent Sending to the area and Martial Law imposed Action .

The British Government put down the rebellion with an iron fist , British and Gurkha regiments were sent Sending to the area and Martial Law imposed Action .

Contemporary British administrators and modern historians differ markedly in their assessment of the incident , debating Quarreling whether the revolts were triggered Causation off by religious fanaticism or agrarian grievances .

However , contemporary Indian evaluations now view Perception_active the rebellion as a national upheaval Hostile_encounter against British authority and the most important event concerning the political movement in Malabar during the period .

The Fall Conquering of Baghdad ( 11 March 1917 ) occurred Presence during the Mesopotamia Campaign Military_operation , fought Hostile_encounter between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the First World War Hostile_encounter .

After the surrender Surrendering of the Kut garrison on 29 April 1916 , the British Army in Mesopotamia underwent a major overhaul Reforming_a_system .

While these troops were being trained Education_teaching , British military engineers built Building a field railway from the coast up to Basra and beyond .