After Selim 's rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the ultimatum , a British squadron , commanded Control by Vice-admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth , entered Arriving the Dardanelles on 19 February 1807 and the British destroyed Destroying the Ottoman naval force in the Sea of Marmara , and anchored Connect opposite Constantinople .

General Sir Frank Kitson , who served Assistance in the British colonial forces in Kenya , authored Create_artwork a book entitled `` Gangs and Counter-gangs '' in which he describes the tactic of manipulating Hold the Mau Maus into rival gangs and pitting them against one another .

The Premier , Sir Thomas Playford , also narrowly escaped Escaping death Death , sheltering Placing with five other men in a patch of hoed earth near Cherryville .

To deny Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Royalists access to this , in January 1642 Sir John Hotham was ordered Arranging by Parliament to seize Conquering Hull .

The British squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez , having effected Influence its own hasty repairs , set off Placing in pursuit .

Sir James Douglas , Lord of Douglas , after his victory over the Clan MacDougall had been capturing Conquering several castles back from the English , but the mere thought of taking Conquering Roxburgh Castle was one that daunted Change_sentiment him .

They were diverted Change_sentiment for raiding by British army officer General Sir Henry Clinton .

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Field Marshal Sir John French , commander of the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) , co-operated Collaboration with the French strategy to capture Vimy Ridge , by planning British attacks against Aubers Ridge .

The British frigate was one of a number of vessels detached Removing from the main British Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus River , sent Sending to augment Cause_change_of_strength the fleet under Sir Horatio Nelson that was actively hunting Aiming the French convoy .

The Government 's war policy was opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the British commander , General Duncan Cameron , who clashed Hostile_encounter with Governor Sir George Grey and offered Giving his resignation in February 1865 .

A British fleet of 24 ships of the line under Sir Edward Hawke tracked Motion down and engaged Hostile_encounter a French fleet of 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans .

It is considered a crucial moment in the development of the Canadian democratic tradition , largely as a consequence of how the matter was dealt Resolve_problem with by then co-prime ministers of the united Province of Canada , Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin .

General Sir Henry Clinton , the commander-in-chief of the British forces based in New York City , dispatched Sending Campbell and a 3,100-strong force from New York to capture Savannah , and begin Process_start the process of returning Georgia to British control Control .

Both ships had been engaged Hostile_encounter at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile three weeks earlier , in which a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson had destroyed Destroying a French fleet at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt .

On May 25 , 500 British and Hessian soldiers , under orders from General Sir Robert Pigot , the commander of the British garrison at Newport , Rhode Island , landed Arriving between Bristol and Warren , destroyed Destroying boats and other supplies , and plundered Robbery Bristol .

Established in 1993 , the Festival Social_event is known Know for presenting Presence artists across the music genres such as Sir Elton John , Kylie Minogue , Eric Clapton , Tom Jones , Andrea Bocelli , Frankie Valli , Van Morrison , Jools Holland , Liza Minnelli , James Morrison Buena Vista Social Club , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , José Carreras and Josh Groban .

Geary , the son of Admiral Sir Francis Geary , was operating Control from a station at Pennington when he was killed Killing in the ambush Attack .

The campaign was designed Creating as part of an offensive launched by General Sir Harold Alexander 's Allied 15th Army Group , with the intention of breaching the German Army 's Winter Line defensive system and advancing Cause_to_make_progress to Pescara—and eventually Rome .

As a result a rising took place Process_start in the north of Scotland under Colonel Hugh Fraser , who was joined Participation by John Munro of Lemlair , Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscardine and Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty .

Stationed Placing off Haiti was the British frigate HMS `` Southampton '' under Captain Sir James Lucas Yeo , tasked Confronting_problem with observing Know the political situation but with orders not to interfere Hindering in the intermittent conflict Hostile_encounter between Christophe and Pétion .

Severe criticism Judgment_communication of General Sir Douglas Haig and General Henry Rawlinson during and since the war Military_operation for persisting with attacks Attack on October , was challenged in 2009 by William Philpott , who put Placing the British share of the battle into the context of strategic subordination to French wishes , the concept of a general Allied offensive Attack established Creating by Joffre and the continuation of French attacks Attack south of Le Transloy , which had to be supported Supporting by British operations .

In his absence Presence the blockade was under the command Control of Captain Manley Dixon of HMS `` Lion '' and Nelson 's flag captain Sir Edward Berry , who were notified Telling of Decrés ' departure Departing by the patrolling Patrolling frigate HMS `` Penelope '' and gave Giving chase .

Closing Motion_directional with the French , the British commander Sir Francis Laforey sought to bring Bringing the French ships to battle Hostile_encounter as they attempted Hold to turn Motion back to Le Havre before the British squadron could attack Attack .

The combined American forces , however , were insufficient in number to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act the combined British forces , and it was only after a series of controversially confusing orders by General Sir Henry Clinton , the British commander-in-chief , that Cornwallis moved Motion to Yorktown in July and built Building a defensive position that was strong against the land forces he then faced , but was vulnerable to naval blockade and siege .

The raid Military_operation , led Causation by Commodore Sir George Collier , was executed Action in an attempt to head off a planned Arranging second assault on Fort Cumberland , which had been besieged Besieging in November 1776 .

On 21 December 1817 , the British , led by Sir Thomas Hislop , attacked Attack the Holkar army led by 11-year-old Maharaja Malhar Rao Holkar II , 22-year-old Hari Rao Holkar and 20-year-old Bhima Bai Holkar .

The presence of a small British naval squadron in the region rendered Causation this plan impractical and additional British reinforcements under Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren and Lieutenant Colonel George Airey strengthened the defenders to the point that sallies could be made Action against French offensive positions .

The formidable obstacles Hindering to the action were overcome Conquering by the commander of the expedition Scrutiny , General Sir Robert Napier , who was victorious Statement in every battle Hostile_encounter with the troops of Tewodros , captured Conquering the Ethiopian capital and rescued Rescuing all the hostages .

The British admiral in command of the eastern Indian Ocean , Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew , led a force of four ships of the line , two frigates and brig to the capital of Java at Batavia ( later renamed Djakarta ) , in search of the squadron , which was reported Reporting to consist Cause_to_be_included of a number of Dutch ships of the line and several smaller vessels .

The Eastern Fleet , commanded Control by Admiral Sir James Somerville , was forewarned Warning by intelligence and sailed Self_motion from its bases prior to the raid ; its attempt to attack Attack the Japanese was frustrated by poor tactical intelligence .

The main base of the Eastern Fleet relocated Departing to East Africa , and Ceylon was reinforced Cause_change_of_strength , but Admiral Sir James Somerville kept his fast carrier division , `` Force A '' , `` ... in Indian waters , to be ready GetReady to deal Resolve_problem with any attempt by the enemy to command Control those waters with light forces only . ''

The British mustered an overwhelming force under Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and Lieutenant-General George Beckwith , who collected Come_together 29 ships and 10,000 men – almost four times the number of French regular forces Hostile_encounter garrisoning Hostile_encounter Martinique .

The chairman of the conference was British prime minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman .

Internationally , `` scathing '' criticism of the bills was voiced Expressing_publicly from World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee , as well as the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda .

The conference Communication discussed Communication Empire-wide constitutional arrangements with proposals Convincing by New Zealand 's prime minister Sir Joseph Ward for an imperial council made up Come_together of representatives of the dominions which would advise Convincing the British government on imperial matters .

The 7th Armoured Division ( Major-General Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh ) was dispatched Sending to intercept Attack the remnants of the 10th Army by moving Self_motion through the desert , south of the Jebel Akhdar ( Green Mountain ) via Msus and Antelat as the 6th Australian Division pursued Self_motion the Italians along the coast road , north of the jebel .

`` Greyhound '' had been sent Sending to the Java Sea and the Molucca Islands to reconnoitre Scrutiny the Dutch ports in preparation for a raid Attack on Java by a larger force under Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew later in the year .

General Sir Harold Alexander , Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy , planned Arranging `` Diadem '' to coordinate roughly with the invasion of Normandy , so that German forces Military_operation would be tied Connect down in Italy , and could not be redeployed to France .

The castle was defended Defending by a force led Bringing by Sir Robert Talbot and Lady Fitzgerald and contained Preserving a considerable number of cannon .

Also attending Participation was Prime Minister Sir Godfrey Huggins of the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia , and representing India was The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir .

In 1874 , Sir Henry Bartle Frere was sent Sending to South Africa as High Commissioner for the British Empire to bring Bringing such plans into being .

The action , and that of with the earlier Action of 26 July 1806 , demonstrated Protest the weakness of the Dutch squadron in the East Indies and convinced Convincing Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to lead Bringing an operation Military_operation against Batavia to eliminate Emptying the remainder of the Dutch squadron in November 1806 .

The attack Attack on the redoubt by part of the 29th Division of VIII Corps ( Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston ) was a costly failure .

The strike received Receiving support from , among others , the Cork senior hurling team , former President of Ireland Mary Robinson , human rights campaigner Noam Chomsky , international soccer player Paul McGrath , musician Christy Moore , film and theatre actor Cillian Murphy , and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson .

In the tunnel after the match Competition tempers boiled over between staff of both clubs Becoming_a_member , and amid the brawl a slice of pizza was thrown Motion at Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson , allegedly by Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas .

Seeking to eliminate any threat to valuable British merchant convoys passing through the Malacca Straits , Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew determined Deciding in early 1806 that the Dutch naval forces based at Java , which included several ships of the line and three frigates , had to be defeated to ensure British dominance in the region .

Maj. Gen. Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied Control the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881 .

For Sydney 2000 , the Games Competition were formally opened Process_start by Governor-General Sir William Deane .

The resultant manhunt Scouring was described Statement by the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair as `` the greatest operational challenge Confronting_problem ever faced '' by the Met .