Captain Peter Rainier , the British commander , was subsequently free to remove Removing his prize from within sight of the Dutch port when the remainder of the Dutch squadron refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to engage Hostile_encounter `` Caroline '' and their crews deliberately grounded Being_in_operation the ships to avoid Preventing_or_letting capture Surrendering .

They were operated Being_in_operation largely by British citizens , making use of neutral ports such as Havana , Nassau and Bermuda .

The Eastbourne rail crash Catastrophe was an accident on the British railway system which occurred Presence on 25 August 1958 at Eastbourne railway station in East Sussex .

To prevent Preventing_or_letting the Germans either relieving Narvik or capturing Conquering airfields within easy range , some small British and French units were deployed Arranging to the southern part of Nordland county early in May .

A more powerful force ( mainly British , but with some local Norwegian units ) was detached Departing from the expeditionary force besieging Besieging Narvik to northern and central Nordland in the middle of May .

Two thousand people attended Participation the ceremony Social_event in Westminster Abbey while the British television audience peaked at 32.10 million , one of the United Kingdom 's highest viewing Perception_active figures ever .

Operation Ladbroke was a glider landing by British airborne troops during the Second World War near Syracuse , Sicily , that began on 9 July 1943 as part of Operation Husky , the Allied invasion of Sicily .

The first Allied mission using large numbers of the aircraft , the operation was carried out Military_operation from Tunisia by glider infantry of the British 1st Airlanding Brigade , commanded by Brigadier Philip Hicks , with a force of 136 Waco Hadrians and eight Airspeed Horsas .

En route to Sicily , sixty-five gliders released Publishing too early by the American and British towing aircraft crashed Catastrophe into the sea , drowning approximately 252 men .

The pubs were targeted Aiming because they were popular with British Army personnel stationed at Pirbright barracks .

The Tour That Did n't Tour Tour ... Now On Tour was a comedy tour Traveling by British stand-up comedian Peter Kay .

The action of 8 May 1941 was a single ship action fought Hostile_encounter during the Second World War Hostile_encounter by the British heavy cruiser and the `` Kriegsmarine '' ( German Navy ) auxiliary cruiser ( `` Raider F '' to the Admiralty and to the `` Kriegsmarine '' ) .

One British sailor was killed Killing and of and Indian Merchant Navy prisoners , captured Conquering from over thirty merchant vessels on `` Pinguin '' , killed Killing in the explosion Attack .

These were : a 69-year-old Malaysian woman ( later revealed Check to be Aishah Wahab ) , a 57-year-old Irish woman ( Josephine Herivel ) and a 30-year-old British woman ( Katy Morgan-Davies ) .

From the initial flashpoint in Bombay , the revolt spread Dispersal and found Know support throughout British India , from Karachi to Calcutta , and ultimately came to involve Participation over 20,000 sailors in 78 ships and shore establishments .

The mutiny was repressed Hindering with force by British troops and Royal Navy warships .

Indian Naval personnel began Process_start calling themselves the `` Indian National Navy '' and offered Giving left-handed salutes to British officers .

At some places , NCOs in the British Indian Army ignored Response and defied Agree_or_refuse_to_act orders from British superiors .

At some places , NCOs in the British Indian Army ignored Response and defied Agree_or_refuse_to_act orders from British superiors .

In Madras and Poona ( now Pune ) , the British garrisons had to face Confronting_problem some unrest within the ranks of the Indian Army .

The redoubt was built Building after the end Process_end of the Battle of Albert ( 25–29 September 1914 ) , and as French and later British attacks on the Western Front became Becoming more formidable , the Germans added Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale fortifications and trench positions near the original lines around Hawthorn Ridge .

When British parties advanced Cause_to_make_progress across no man 's land to occupy Control the crater , they were engaged by German small-arms fire .

A few British soldiers reached Arriving the objective but at noon they were ejected Removing by a German counter-attack .

The success of the German defence Defending of the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt crater contributed Giving to the failure of the British attack Attack on the rest of the VIII Corps front .

The British reopened Openness the tunnel beneath the Hawthorn Ridge crater three days later and reloaded the mine with explosives for the Battle of the Ancre .

This turned Change the tide in James 's failed attempt to regain Recovering the British crown and ultimately aided Assistance in ensuring Statement the continued Protestant ascendancy Control in Ireland .

The symbolic importance of this battle Hostile_encounter has made it Causation one of the best-known battles Hostile_encounter in the history of the British Isles and a key part of the folklore of the Orange Order .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Hamel ( 4 July 1918 ) was a successful attack Attack by Australian Army and US Army infantry , supported Supporting by British tanks , against German positions in and around the town of Le Hamel , in northern France , during World War Hostile_encounter I .

It involved Cause_to_be_included forcing people ( including off-duty members of the British security forces or people working for the security forces ) to drive Motion car bombs to British military targets after placing Placing them or their families under some kind of threat ( as human shields or hostages ) .

It involved Cause_to_be_included forcing people ( including off-duty members of the British security forces or people working for the security forces ) to drive Motion car bombs to British military targets after placing Placing them or their families under some kind of threat ( as human shields or hostages ) .

The Dardanelles Operation Military_operation was the Royal Navy 's unsuccessful attempt to impose Action British demands Request on the Ottoman Empire as part of the Anglo-Turkish War Hostile_encounter ( 1807-1809 ) .

The Russian emperor , Alexander I , was alarmed Warning by these developments Cause_to_make_progress as he had already deployed Arranging a significant force to Poland and East Prussia to fight Hostile_encounter the advancing Self_motion French forces under Emperor Napoleon I. Alexander requested Request British assistance Assistance in keeping Turkey out of the war Hostile_encounter .

The British army was far too small and inadequate to impose Action the will of the Coalition on the Ottomans , so it naturally fell Conquering to the powerful Royal Navy to meet Come_together Russia 's requests Request .

The ships immediately available for the task were HMS `` Canopus '' , HMS `` Standard '' , HMS `` Thunderer '' , HMS `` Glatton '' , and the two bomb ships HMS `` Lucifer '' and HMS `` Meteor '' , under the command Control of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , commander-in-chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet , sailed Self_motion for the Dardanelles and made preparations for the upcoming assault Attack .

In the meantime , the British ambassador to Constantinople , Arbuthnot , demanded Request that the Ottoman government evict Sebastiani , and added Cause_to_be_included that should the Ottomans resist Defending the ultimatum , the Mediterranean fleet would attack Attack .

In addition , four Russian ships-of-the-line under Admiral Dmitry Senyavin were sent Sending to support Supporting the British , but did not join Becoming_a_member Duckworth until after the exit Departing from Dardanelles was made Manufacturing .

Admiral Duckworth , who commanded Control the British , was under orders Request to bombard Attack Constantinople and seize Conquering the Turkish battle fleet .

The country returned Motion temporarily to British control Control and new elections Change_of_leadership were held Hold under British and Commonwealth supervision in March 1980 .

The country returned Motion temporarily to British control Control and new elections Change_of_leadership were held Hold under British and Commonwealth supervision in March 1980 .

The Ottoman Empire and British Empire were involved Cause_to_be_included in different capacities : the Ottoman Empire left Departing the region after the Armistice of Mudros but British influence Influence continued until Dunsterforce was pulled Motion back in the 1920s .

The Ottoman Empire and British Empire were involved Cause_to_be_included in different capacities : the Ottoman Empire left Departing the region after the Armistice of Mudros but British influence Influence continued until Dunsterforce was pulled Motion back in the 1920s .

It took place Process_start primarily in the British provinces of New York , Massachusetts Bay ( which included Maine as well as Massachusetts at the time ) , New Hampshire ( which included Vermont at the time ) , and Nova Scotia .

The British expedition Departing to Tibet , also known as the British invasion of Tibet or the Younghusband expedition Departing to Tibet began Process_start in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904 .

The British expedition Departing to Tibet , also known as the British invasion of Tibet or the Younghusband expedition Departing to Tibet began Process_start in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904 .

In the nineteenth century , the British conquered Conquering Burma and Sikkim , occupying Control the whole southern flank of Tibet .

The Tibetan Ganden Phodrang regime , which was then under administrative rule Control of the Qing dynasty , remained Temporary_stay the only Himalayan state free of British influence .

The expedition was intended Deciding to counter Russia 's perceived Know ambitions in the East and was initiated Process_start largely by Lord Curzon , the head Causation of the British India government .

Curzon had long obsessed Judgment_communication over Russia 's advance into Central Asia and now feared Change_sentiment a Russian invasion Attack of British India .

In April 1903 , the British received Receiving clear assurances Telling from the Russian government that it had no interest in Tibet .

`` In spite , however , of the Russian assurances Telling , Lord Curzon continued to press for the dispatch Sending of a mission to Tibet '' , a high level British political officer noted Statement .