The Dalai Lama had fled Escaping to safety , first in Mongolia and later in China , but thousands of Tibetans armed Hold with antiquated muzzle-loaders and swords had been mown down by modern rifles and Maxim machine guns while attempting to block Hindering the British advance Motion .

The mission was recognized Know as a military Military_operation expedition Departing by the British Indian government , which issued Supply a campaign Military_operation medal , the Tibet Medal , to all those who took part Dispersal .

Christmas with Steps ( also known as the Light Up the World tour Traveling ) was the seventh concert Social_event tour Traveling by British pop group Steps .

The Aroostook War Military_operation ( sometimes called the Pork and Beans War Military_operation ) was a military and civilian-involved confrontation Hostile_encounter in 1838–1839 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the international boundary between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine .

Several British were captured Conquering ; no one was killed Killing , but two Canadian militiamen were injured Bodily_harm by black bears prior to the diplomatic compromise Resolve_problem .

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Conquering Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence .

The British garrison under George Augustus Eliott were blockaded Besieging from June 1779 , initially by the Spanish alone , led by Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor .

The siege then settled Resolve_problem down again to more of a blockade , but the final defeat Conquering for the allies came when a crucial British relief Assistance convoy under Admiral Richard Howe slipped Motion through the blockading fleet and arrived at Arriving the garrison in October 1782 .

The siege was finally lifted Motion on 7 February 1783 and was a decisive victory Earnings_and_losses for the British forces , being a vital factor in the Peace of Paris , which had been negotiated Communication towards the end Process_end of the siege .

The I Wish Tour is the second headlining tour by British recording Recording artist Cher Lloyd .

A Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) bomb exploded Attack near the town 's war memorial ( cenotaph ) during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony , which was being held to commemorate British military war dead .

The IRA said Statement it had made a mistake and that its target had been the British soldiers parading to the memorial .

The `` Battle Hostile_encounter of the Buffet '' is a name used Using by the British press to refer to a Premier League match Competition played Competition between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford , Manchester , on 24 October 2004 .

The Bombardment Attack of Madras was an engagement Hostile_encounter of the First World War Military_operation , at Madras ( now Chennai ) , British India .

It is usually considered Coming_to_believe part of the War Hostile_encounter of 1812 because it was influenced Influence by Tecumseh 's War Hostile_encounter in the Old Northwest , was concurrent with the American-British war Hostile_encounter and involved Participation many of the same participants Participation , and the Red Sticks had sought Motion British support Supporting and aided Assistance Admiral Cochrane 's advance Self_motion towards New Orleans .

British traders in Florida as well as the Spanish government provided Supply the Red Sticks with arms and supplies because of their shared Communication interest in preventing Preventing_or_letting the expansion Expansion of the United States into their areas .

The Parachutes Tour was a concert tour Traveling by British alternative rock band Coldplay .

The Glassheart Tour Traveling was the second headlining concert tour Traveling by British recording Recording artist Leona Lewis .

Lewis was inspired Influence by American hip hop artist and music producer Kanye West 's style of performance and noted Know British playwright William Shakespeare as inspiration for the tour Traveling .

The Songs From The Sparkle Lounge World Tour Traveling was a world tour by British Rock band Def Leppard , starting Process_start 27 March 2008 and ending Process_end 12 September 2009 .

The 1999 Tour Traveling is a concert tour Traveling by British recording artist , Robbie Williams .

Along with the 1987 Hungerford massacre Killing , the 1989 Monkseaton shootings , and the 1996 Dunblane school massacre , it is one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history .

The Kill to Get Crimson Tour was a 2008 concert Social_event tour Traveling by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler , promoting Cause_to_make_progress the release Publishing of his album `` Kill to Get Crimson '' .

The Ghost Stories Tour was an intimate concert tour Traveling by British band Coldplay , consisting of nine shows at a handful of low-key venues , during eight non-consecutive months in 2014 , reaching Arriving North America , Europe , Asia and Oceania .

The seizure Conquering of the island by the British was to deny Preventing_or_letting Madagascar 's ports to the Imperial Japanese Navy and to prevent Preventing_or_letting the loss or impairment of the Allied shipping routes to India , Australia and Southeast Asia .

The first , unsuccessful attack , took place Process_start in September 1814 and led to Causation the British changing Change their strategy and attacking Attack New Orleans .

The Third Transjordan attack Attack by Chaytor 's Force , part of the British Empire 's Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) , took place Process_start between 21 and 25 September 1918 , against the Ottoman Empire 's Fourth Army and other Yildirim Army Group units .

The British Empire victories during the Third Transjordan attack Attack resulted in Causation the occupation of many miles of Ottoman territory and the capture Conquering of the equivalent of one Ottoman corps .

A riot ( the `` Dekemvriana '' ) erupted Process_start and Greek government gendarmes , with British forces standing Placing in the background , opened Openness fire on a pro-EAM rally , killing Killing 28 demonstrators and injuring Bodily_harm dozens .

The rally had been organised Arranging under the pretext of a demonstration against the perceived impunity of the collaborators Collaboration and the general disarmament ultimatum , signed Sign_agreement by Ronald Scobie ( the British commander in Greece ) .

There had been tension and conflict between the Arabs and the Jews , and between each of them and the British forces since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the 1920 creation of the British Mandate of Palestine .

There had been tension and conflict between the Arabs and the Jews , and between each of them and the British forces since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the 1920 creation of the British Mandate of Palestine .

British policies dissatisfied both Arabs and Jews .

The 10 months of fighting took place Process_start mostly on the territory of the British Mandate and in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon , interrupted Hindering by several truce periods .

The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday , 25 April 1915 , also known as the landing Self_motion at Gaba Tepe , and to the Turks as the Arıburnu Battle Hostile_encounter , was part of the amphibious invasion Hostile_encounter of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the forces of the British Empire , which began Process_start the land phase of the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War Hostile_encounter .

It was repaired Self_motion after the Persian Gulf War Hostile_encounter and used Using by U.S. and British forces Military_operation in the initial stages of the 2003 invasion Attack of Iraq .

During the American led coalition offensive Judgment_communication in the Persian Gulf War , American , Canadian , British and French aircraft and ground forces Military_operation attacked Attack retreating Iraqi military personnel attempting to leave Departing Kuwait on the night of February 26–27 , 1991 , resulting in Causation the destruction Destroying of hundreds of vehicles and the deaths Death of many of their occupants .

Operation Military_operation Hush was a British plan Arranging to make amphibious landings on the Belgian coast in 1917 during World War I , supported Supporting by an attack from Nieuwpoort and the Yser bridgehead , which were a legacy of the Battle of the Yser ( 1914 ) .

The Germans used Using mustard gas for the first time , supported Supporting by a mass of heavy artillery and captured Conquering part of the bridgehead over the Yser and annihilated two British battalions .

Greater Manchester 's chief constable Peter Fahy called Name_conferral the attack `` cold-blooded murder Killing '' and British prime minister David Cameron described Statement it as a `` despicable act ... of pure evil '' .

Continental Army and militia forces under the command Control of General John Sullivan had been besieging Besieging the British forces in Newport , Rhode Island , which is situated Placing on Aquidneck Island , but they had finally abandoned GiveUp their siege and were withdrawing Escaping to the northern part of the island .

The British forces then sortied , supported Supporting by recently arrived Arriving Royal Navy ships , and they attacked Attack the retreating Escaping Americans .

The battle Hostile_encounter ended Process_end inconclusively , but the Continental forces withdrew Escaping to the mainland and left Giving Aquidneck Island in British hands .

Operations against Newport were planned Arranging in conjunction with a French fleet and troops , but they were frustrated Hindering in part by difficult relations between the commanders , as well as by a storm Catastrophe that damaged Damaging both French and British fleets shortly before joint Collaboration operations were to begin Process_start .

The Second Battle of Jaunde involved Cause_to_be_included the successful British and French assault on the German capital of Jaunde during the Kamerun Campaign of the First World War .

The year before , the city of Savannah , Georgia , had been captured Conquering by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell .

On October 9 a major assault Attack against the British siege works failed .

With the failure of the joint attack , the siege was abandoned GiveUp , and the British remained Presence in control of Savannah until July 1782 , near the end of the war .

In 1779 , more than 500 recruits from Saint-Domingue ( the French colony which later became Becoming Haiti ) , under the overall command Control of French nobleman Charles Hector , Comte d'Estaing , fought Hostile_encounter alongside American colonial troops against the British Army during the siege of Savannah .

The South Croydon rail crash on the British railway system occurred Presence on 24 October 1947 .