Operation Bribie ( 17–18 February 1967 ) , also known as the Battle of Ap My An , was fought Hostile_encounter during the Vietnam War in Phuoc Tuy province between Australian forces from the 6th Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 6 RAR ) and two companies of Viet Cong from D445 Battalion , likely reinforced by North Vietnamese regulars .

Landing Arriving in force on both the southern and northern coasts of the island , British troops pushed Motion inland , defeating Conquering French regulars in the central highlands and routing Attack local militia units in the south of the island .

Habsburg and Württemberg regulars numbering 40,000 , under the command Control of Maximilian Anton Karl , Count Baillet de Latour , besieged Besieging and captured Conquering the French-controlled fortifications at the village of Kehl in the German state of Baden-Durlach .

Herbert Kitchener had over 16,000 troops operating Being_in_operation in the Western Transvaal , but many of them were not regulars , but poorly trained Education_teaching Imperial Yeomanry .

The 3,500 Catalan and Spanish defenders of Roses were mostly local miquelets ( militia ) stiffened Hindering by a small unit of regulars from the Fija de Roses garrison .

although assisted Assistance by a bombardment of the french lines by several british warships commanded by captain robert hallowell , and a strong defence of the castle by catalan regulars and militia with men of the 38-gun frigate commanded by thomas cochrane , the garrison was unable to prevent Preventing_or_letting the advance of the franco-italian siege lines tightening Cause_change_of_strength its grip around the citadel .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between United States regulars and New York militia forces Causation led Causation by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer , and British regulars , York and Lincoln militia and Mohawk warriors led by Major General Isaac Brock , and Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe , who took Conquering command Control when Brock was killed Killing .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between United States regulars and New York militia forces Causation led Causation by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer , and British regulars , York and Lincoln militia and Mohawk warriors led by Major General Isaac Brock , and Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe , who took Conquering command Control when Brock was killed Killing .

The Spanish force included Cause_to_be_included 2,000 regulars , 2,300 local miquelets ( Catalan Militia ) , and Francesc Rovira i Sala 's band of 3,000 miquelets .

By the end of the year , the NLF insurgents held Hold almost no territory in South Vietnam , and their recruitment dropped Motion_directional by over 80 % in 1969 , signifying a drastic reduction in guerrilla operations and necessitating increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale use of NVA regulars from the north .