the british warned Warning elphinstone , who further reinforced Cause_change_of_strength the cape .

in response Response , the british frigates `` nymphe '' and hms `` venus '' had been ordered Request to intercept Preventing_or_letting and defeat Conquering the french frigates and on 27 may `` venus '' and `` UNK '' fought Hostile_encounter an inconclusive engagement Hostile_encounter off cape finisterre .

it was returned Arriving to the portuguese following the treaty of paris in exchange Exchange for the return of havana and manila to spain by the british .

although the battlefront now lay in the border area , the port city of unk inside unk resisted Defending the axis advance , and its substantial australian and british garrison constituted a significant threat Warning to rommel 's lengthy supply chain .

the battle Hostile_encounter of le unk was the last big attack Attack by the fourth army of the british expeditionary force Causation ( bef ) in the 1916 battle Hostile_encounter of the somme in france , during the first world war Military_operation .

british military efforts were aided Assistance by cape colony , the colony of natal and some native african allies , and further supported Supporting by volunteers from the british empire , including southern africa , the australian colonies , canada , india and new zealand .

british military efforts were aided Assistance by cape colony , the colony of natal and some native african allies , and further supported Supporting by volunteers from the british empire , including southern africa , the australian colonies , canada , india and new zealand .

the war ended Process_end when the boer leadership surrendered Surrendering and accepted Receiving british terms with the treaty of vereeniging in may 1902 .

so severe was this threat that a major invasion of the spanish philippines had been planned Arranging from british india during 1797 , but had been called Name_conferral off following the treaty of campo formio in europe and the possibility of a major war in india between the british east india company and the kingdom of mysore .

so severe was this threat that a major invasion of the spanish philippines had been planned Arranging from british india during 1797 , but had been called Name_conferral off following the treaty of campo formio in europe and the possibility of a major war in india between the british east india company and the kingdom of mysore .

at the potsdam conference in july 1945 , the combined Cause_to_amalgamate chiefs of staff decided Deciding that indochina south of latitude unk north was to be included Cause_to_be_included in the southeast asia command Control under british admiral mountbatten .

following british defeats at the first and second battles of gaza in march and april 1917 , lieutenant general philip chetwode commanding Control the eef 's eastern force and kress von kressenstein 's ottoman empire force had each adopted Choosing a defensive posture and a stalemate had developed Coming_to_be in southern palestine .

at 16:15 the leading british ship Sending hms `` stag '' caught Connect and engaged Hostile_encounter the rearmost batavian ship Sending `` unk '' ( cdr .

although a british frigate squadron under josias rowley was under orders Arranging to eliminate Removing the french raiders , rowley was distracted by the planned Arranging invasion of unk bonaparte , which began Process_start the following week .

although `` bellone '' would normally be much faster than the large british warship , the light winds Motion and `` rattlesnake '' 's determined pursuit prevented Preventing_or_letting the privateer from escaping Escaping and at 17:00 , `` powerful '' was close enough to open Openness fire .

in 1997 the british government paid back Commerce_pay the unk to the unk , and in 2007 the welsh assembly donated Giving unk million to the fund and unk to the aberfan education charity as recompense Rewards_and_punishments for the money wrongly taken .

the british government responded Response harshly and the episode escalated Cause_change_of_strength into the american revolution Change_of_leadership .

the tea party Participation was the culmination of a resistance Defending movement throughout british america against the tea act Action , which had been passed Motion_directional by the british parliament in 1773 .

the tea party Participation was the culmination of a resistance Defending movement throughout british america against the tea act Action , which had been passed Motion_directional by the british parliament in 1773 .

at the conclusion Process_end of this third anglo-maratha war Military_operation , the holkars lost Earnings_and_losses much of their territory to the british and were incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the british raj as a princely state of the central india agency .

at the conclusion Process_end of this third anglo-maratha war Military_operation , the holkars lost Earnings_and_losses much of their territory to the british and were incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the british raj as a princely state of the central india agency .

though a bloodless `` battle Hostile_encounter , '' the failure of the british pursuit had enormous political and military ramifications .

the wing flew Self_motion against the `` luftwaffe '' ( german air force ) and the `` suomen unk '' ( finnish air force ) from unk ( now severomorsk ) in northern ussr and train Education_teaching soviet pilots and ground crews to operate Using the hurricanes when their british pilots and ground crews returned Arriving to britain .

on this day in 1940 , the luftwaffe embarked Process_start on their largest bombing attack Attack yet , forcing the engagement Participation of the entirety of the royal air force ( raf ) in defence Bearing_arms of london and the south east , which resulted in Causation a decisive british victory Getting that proved to mark Recording a turning point in britain 's favour .

to date , two british soldiers , two psni officers and two prison service Supply guard have been killed Killing as part of the republican campaign Motion .

although there were claims Statement by the british that they had won the war Military_operation , there were widely held views at the time they had suffered Bodily_harm an unfavourable and humiliating result .

unusually , the mission was known Know by different names in different branches of the british armed Bearing_arms forces : the british army called Name_conferral the operation `` turkey buzzard '' , while in the royal air force it was known as `` beggar '' .

unusually , the mission was known Know by different names in different branches of the british armed Bearing_arms forces : the british army called Name_conferral the operation `` turkey buzzard '' , while in the royal air force it was known as `` beggar '' .

although this supply Supply operation was a success , few of the gliders made it to their landing Self_motion zones in sicily during the two british airborne operations that followed , many becoming Becoming casualties Death of the weather conditions or anti-aircraft gunfire .

the site was being used Using as a forward operating base for t-34 mentor and pucara aircraft by the argentine air force ; british special air service ( sas ) operatives were tasked Request with destroying the aircraft on the ground , in an operation that echoed back to some of the unit 's first missions during the north african campaign of world war ii .

the battle Hostile_encounter of mackinac island ( pronounced `` mackinaw '' ) was a british victory Earnings_and_losses in the war Military_operation of 1812 .

at the same time , as lorient was used Using by the french east india company as a base and supply depot , its destruction would serve british objectives in the east indies .

the unk ( channel fight ) was the german term for air operations by the `` luftwaffe '' against the british royal air force ( raf ) over the english channel in july 1940 .

in 2005 two new categories were introduced Choosing : the british rising Change_of_leadership star amateur ballroom and latin competitions .

british empire infantry and artillery reinforcements were also sent Sending forward from es salt , both of which took Conquering considerable time to cover Hiding_objects the difficult and unfriendly terrain .

the royal canadian mounted police and british columbia coroners service launched Process_start investigations Scrutiny into the suicide .

they adopted Choosing a policy of abstention from the house of british house of commons in westminster .

the belgian forces in antwerp conducted Action three sorties in late september and early october , which interrupted Hindering german plans to send Sending troops to france , where reinforcements were needed to counter the french armies and the british expeditionary force ( bef ) .

the jay treaty in the same year arranged Arranging for cessions of british great lakes outposts on the great u.s. territory .

in a speech Communication to the house of commons , british prime minister winston churchill called Request this `` a colossal military disaster Catastrophe '' , saying Statement `` the whole root and core and brain of the british army '' had been stranded Motion at dunkirk and seemed Change_sentiment about to perish Death or be captured Conquering .

in a speech Communication to the house of commons , british prime minister winston churchill called Request this `` a colossal military disaster Catastrophe '' , saying Statement `` the whole root and core and brain of the british army '' had been stranded Motion at dunkirk and seemed Change_sentiment about to perish Death or be captured Conquering .

the british expeditionary force Hostile_encounter ( bef ) was sent Sending to help Assistance defend Defending france .

although he met with temporary successes Earnings_and_losses , the british were able to maintain Preserving a colonial presence in the area .

operation flavius was a military operation Military_operation in which three members of a provisional irish republican army ( ira ) cell were shot Use_firearm dead by undercover members of the british special air service Supply ( sas ) in gibraltar on 6 march 1988 .

the so-called celebration Social_event was endorsed Receiving by several high-profile names , such as rock unk political activist bob geldof , director and screenwriter guy ritchie , footballer and guinness football ambassador for africa michael essien and british celebrities such as peter crouch and sophie dahl .

the canadian merchant navy completed Process_end over 25,000 voyages across the atlantic , 130,000 allied pilots were trained Education_teaching in canada in the british commonwealth air training plan .

at on 1 july 1916 , the british fired Use_firearm a huge mine beneath the hawthorn ridge redoubt .

the expedition was effectively a temporary invasion Attack by british indian forces under the auspices of the tibet frontier commission , whose purported Statement mission was to establish Creating diplomatic relations and resolve Resolve_problem the dispute Quarreling over the border between tibet and sikkim .

at three years and seven months , it is the longest siege Besieging endured by the british armed forces and one of the longest sieges Besieging in history .

the battle Hostile_encounter of madagascar was the british campaign Military_operation to capture Conquering the vichy french-controlled island madagascar during world war Military_operation ii .