The Action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars , fought Hostile_encounter off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate `` Forte '' and the Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Sybille '' .

Hardyman took Bringing both ships into Calcutta , where `` Forte '' was commissioned Change_of_leadership into the Royal Navy under the same name , although the frigate was accidentally wrecked Catastrophe in the Red Sea two years later .

As he advanced Cause_to_make_progress on London , desertions reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the 30,000 strong Royal Army to 4,000 ; James ordered Arranging these remnants disbanded and went Motion into exile in December .

Banks , businesses , schools , and government offices closed in advance of the storm Catastrophe , while the Royal Navy ship HMS `` Argyll '' left its post in the Caribbean to provide Bermuda with emergency assistance Assistance .

AWBF is held concurrently with the Royal Hobart Regatta .

There have been allegations that police ( Royal Ulster Constabulary ) double agents or informers in the UVF were linked Connect to the massacre and that police protected Preventing_or_letting those informers by destroying Destroying evidence and failing to carry out a proper investigation Criminal_investigation .

The event was also notable for having the shortest WrestleMania match Competition ever , when The Rock beat Erick Rowan , in an impromptu match , the unannounced appearance of John Cena , and the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal , which included Cause_to_be_included the surprise participation of NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal and was won by NXT call-up Baron Corbin in his main roster debut Process_start .

British Royal Navy ships in the harbor of Norfolk , Virginia began Process_start shelling Attack the town , and landing Motion parties came Arriving ashore to burn Bodily_harm specific properties .

Norfolk was the last significant foothold of British authority in Virginia ; after raiding Attack Virginia 's coastal areas for a time , its last Royal Governor , Lord Dunmore , left Departing for good in August 1776 .

While cruising Traveling in the Northern Bay of Biscay , the British Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Thames '' , under Captain James Cotes , encountered Hostile_encounter the much larger French frigate `` Uranie '' , under Captain Jean-François Tartu .

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery Robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 , at Bridego Railway Bridge , Ledburn , near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire , England .

Sultan Said received Receiving direct financing Supply to raise an armed Bearing_arms force to occupy Control the Imamate of Oman from Iraq Petroleum Company ( IPC ) , a consortium of oil companies that was majorly owned by what-is-known-today as Royal Dutch Shell , Total , ExxonMobil and British Petroleum ( BP ) ; the latter was majority-owned by the British government .

The First Ostend Raid ( part of Operation ZO ) was the first of two attacks Attack by the Royal Navy on the German-held port of Ostend during the late spring of 1918 during the First World War Hostile_encounter .

This event Competition marked Recording the beginning Process_start of worldwide pay-per-views ( with the exception of the older and more significant Royal Rumble , WrestleMania , SummerSlam and Survivor Series pay-per-views ) being brand exclusive ( UK-only pay-per-views had been brand exclusive since Insurrextion 2002 ) .

The initial series of concerts were held Hold on Sunday afternoons at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University 's Glasshouse Theatre starting Process_start January 1983 , with the organisation being funded Supply by the Australia Council for $ 3,000 .

The event is held over 18 days in June , and is run Control in conjunction Collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces .

The action formed Becoming part of the blockade Besieging of the French Biscay ports during the war Hostile_encounter by the British Royal Navy , a strategy designed Creating to prevent Preventing_or_letting ships from entering Arriving or leaving Departing French harbours , thus eliminating Removing foreign trade Exchange with France and damaging Damaging the French economy as well as cutting Removing France off from her overseas colonies .

She was located 20 minutes later by a Royal Navy search Know and rescue Rescuing helicopter and airlifted Bringing to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth , where she died Death in the early hours of the next morning .

The Action of 10 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a British Royal Navy squadron chased Self_motion and captured Conquering the French frigate `` Junon '' in the Caribbean Sea .

She was later commissioned Imposing_obligation into the Royal Navy under the same name and remained Temporary_stay in the Caribbean .

The Action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement Hostile_encounter during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated Conquering by two French vessels near Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) , but British reinforcements were able to recapture Conquering the ship before the French could secure her .

The Capture Conquering of USS `` Chesapeake '' , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Boston Harbor , was fought Hostile_encounter on 1 June 1813 , between the Royal Navy 's frigate and American frigate , as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain .

`` Chesapeake '' and her crew were taken Conquering to Halifax , Nova Scotia , where the sailors were imprisoned Arrest ; the ship was repaired Recovering and taken Conquering into service by the Royal Navy .

The German high command Control knew Know the difficulties of a seaborne attack Attack and its impracticality while the Royal Navy controlled Control the English Channel and the North Sea .

IRA members went to Motion a number of addresses Expressing_publicly and killed Killing or fatally wounded Bodily_harm fifteen people : nine British Army officers , a Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC ) officer , two members of the Auxiliary Division , two civilians , and another man who is believed to have been an intelligence agent .

The assault group comprised Cause_to_be_included a reinforced company of six infantry platoons and an attached Connect platoon of Royal Engineers .

In their first battle Hostile_encounter with the PVA , the 3rd Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 3 RAR ) captured Conquering a well defended Defending hill with only limited Limiting offensive support , and held Defending it in the face of heavy counter-attacks before confused Perception_active command Control decisions Deciding resulted in Causation a disorganised night withdrawal Escaping while still in contact Communication .

The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout Scrutiny the strength of the defences of Manila , capital of the Spanish Philippines , capture Conquering a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port .

Those killed Killing were mainly Territorial soldiers from the 1/7th ( Leith ) Battalion , the Royal Scots heading for Gallipoli .

The Action of 31 March 1800 was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought Hostile_encounter between a Royal Navy squadron and a French Navy ship of the line off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea .

The Action of 22 August 1795 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter between a squadron of four British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Batavian Navy .

It happened on 10 March 1971 , when the Provisional Irish Republican Army shot Use_firearm dead three unarmed British Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion , Royal Highland Fusiliers .

The Action of 15 November 1810 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter during the British Royal Navy blockade Besieging of the French Channel ports in the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter .

To blockade Besieging these squadrons , the Royal Navy 's Channel Fleet had assigned Request the ships of the line HMS `` Donegal '' under Captain Pulteney Malcolm and HMS `` Revenge '' under Captain Charles Paget to patrol Patrolling the entrance to Cherbourg , while frigates HMS `` Diana '' under Captain Charles Grant and HMS `` Niobe '' under Captain John Wentworth Loring kept watch Scrutiny on Le Havre .

The Action of 19 February 1801 was a minor naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter off Ceuta in Spanish North Africa in February 1801 between frigates of the French and Royal Navies during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The frigate `` Africaine '' had been sent Sending from Rochefort early in 1801 with more than 400 soldiers for the Egyptian garrison , and by February had reached Arriving the Mediterranean Sea , Commodore Saulnier seeking Hold to pass Motion_directional along the North African coast to avoid Preventing_or_letting patrolling Patrolling Royal Navy warships .

The captured ship was brought Bringing into the base at Port Mahon in Menorca and subsequently served Assistance in the Royal Navy .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between a British Royal Navy destroyer flotilla and a `` Kriegsmarine '' force Military_operation of two corvettes and a destroyer .

The convoy Patrolling of 19 landing Arriving craft , which was expected to be escorted Patrolling by the three vessels sunk Removing by the Royal Navy , was not intercepted and it reached Arriving its destination by 2 November .

The Royal Navy took Conquering `` Graña '' into service Supply as HMS `` Grana '' .

With the French Mediterranean Fleet at sea , Emperor Napoleon I hoped to unite Collaboration it with the French Atlantic Fleet and together form a force powerful enough to temporarily displace Destroying the British Royal Navy Channel Fleet for long enough to allow Preventing_or_letting an invasion Military_operation force to cross Motion_directional the English Channel and land Self_motion in Britain .

The Macau Incident was an inconclusive encounter Hostile_encounter between a powerful squadron of French and Spanish warships and a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago ( or Ladrones Archipelago ) off Macau on 27 January 1799 .

The British commander in the East Indies , Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier was concerned about the vulnerability of the China convoy Patrolling and sent Sending reinforcements to support Supporting the lone Royal Navy escort Patrolling , the ship of the line HMS `` Intrepid '' under Captain William Hargood .

The hospital , Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) station and schools remained standing , however .

Protesters had successfully prevented Preventing_or_letting the unloading Placing of tea in three other colonies , but in Boston , embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to allow Preventing_or_letting the tea to be returned Arriving to Britain .

The Royal Navy attempted to dispute Quarreling this control , but Admiral Thomas Graves was defeated Conquering in the key Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5 .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between Australian forces from 3rd Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 3 RAR ) and the 17th Tank Brigade of the Korean People 's Army ( KPA ) for control of Chongju , North Korea and the surrounding area .

Scholars have proposed Statement several theories for the Royal Yugoslav Army 's sudden collapse , including poor training Education_teaching and equipment , generals eager to secure a quick cessation of hostilities , and a sizeable Croatian nationalist fifth column .

The Tuscan garrison was heavily outnumbered , but received Receiving significant support from British Royal Navy forces who controlled Control the Mediterranean Sea and ensured Cause_to_make_progress that supplies reached Arriving the garrison and that French supply convoys were intercepted .

The action was supported Supporting by Royal Navy gunfire , led by the light cruiser , with the destroyers , , and .