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	O'RYAN'S ROUGHNECKS - SOMME OFFENSIVE
		Since the British III Corps had failed to secure the designated line of departure for the general attack against the Hindenburg which was to be launched on September 29th, The American II Corps, composed of the 27th and 30 Divisions, was given the mission.
		The Australian 3rd Division prepared to renew the attack on September 30 in the zone of action of the 27th Division, and in the early morning hours of the 30th assumed command of the front.
		The British 6th Division, British IX Corps, was to the right, and the British 50th Divison, British XIII Corps, to the left.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/27thdivision/somme.html (817 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The main assault would be carried out by the 53rd Division, under the command of Major General A.G. Dallas, with the support of one brigade (the 161st Brigade) of the 54th Division.
		The two mounted divisions and the camel brigade would provide screens on the flanks; the Anzac Mounted Division would surround Gaza to the east and north while the Imperial Mounted Division and camel brigade were positioned on the eastern flank to hold off Turkish reinforcements from elsewhere in the Gaza-Beersheba line.
		Both Dobell and his superior, General Murray, portrayed the battle as a success in their reports to the British War Office and excused the withdrawal by claiming the approaching Turkish reinforcements were a threat and that the horses of the mounted troops had not been watered all day.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=First_Battle_of_Gaza (1563 words)

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		The British forces involved in the attack numbered 22,000 and comprised the 53rd and 54th Divisions, two brigades from each of the Anzac and Imperial Mounted Divisions plus the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.
		The plan was for the 53rd Division to have crossed the Wady Ghuzze by 5 am and be in position to assault Ali Muntar, south-east of Gaza, at 8 am after a preparatory bombardment from the artillery.
		The British decision to withdraw was motivated by the failing light, mounting casualties amongst the infantry and reports that Turkish reinforcements, estimated in excess of 10,000 strong, were approaching from the north and east.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-26757.aspx (1516 words)

	U.S SECOND CORPS HISTORY
		As soon as the 30th and 27th Divisions had reached their objectives, the Australian 5th Division, on the right, and the Australian 3d Division on the left, were to pass through the 30th and 27th Divisions, respectively, and to continue the advance to a line which included the towns of Beaurevoir and Wiancourt.
		The task of the 30th Division was made particularly difficult due to the necessity of forming a defensive flank to maintain touch with the British division on its right, which was experiencing the same difficulty still farther to its right.
		The division line, on the evening of September 29, was approximately as follows: From the Knoll south to the west of Guillemont farm, thence southeastwardly to the Hindenburg line, and along this line to the division limits.
	www.oryansroughnecks.org /second_corps.html (8877 words)

	O'RYAN'S ROUGHNECKS - SOMME OFFENSIVE
		Since the British III Corps had failed to secure the designated line of departure for the general attack against the Hindenburg which was to be launched on September 29th, The American II Corps, composed of the 27th and 30 Divisions, was given the mission.
		The Australian 3rd Division prepared to renew the attack on September 30 in the zone of action of the 27th Division, and in the early morning hours of the 30th assumed command of the front.
		The British 6th Division, British IX Corps, was to the right, and the British 50th Divison, British XIII Corps, to the left.
	www.oryansroughnecks.org /somme.html (817 words)

	Battle of Goojerat - The Sikh Wars
		The British contingent comprised four light cavalry regiments (3rd, 9th, 14th and 16th Light Dragoons- the 9th and 16th being lancers) and twelve regiments of foot (9th, 10th, 24th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 50th, 53rd, 60th, 61st, 62nd and 80th regiments).
		The British light cavalry wore embroidered dark blue jackets and dark blue overall trousers, except the 16th who bore the sobriquet “the Scarlet Lancers” for their red jackets.
		The main British infantry attack began as Penny’s and Mountain’s brigades, supported by the heavy guns, moved forward towards the centre of the Sikh line and were received with a heavy fire from the surviving guns.
	www.britishbattles.com /second-sikh-war/goojerat.htm (3468 words)

	British 54th (East Anglian) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 54th (East Anglian) Division was a Territorial Army division.
		The division landed at Suvla on August 10.
		These reserves were committed as the battle progressed resulting in the British gaining a foothold in the Turkish defences but the British commander called off the attack as night fell.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_54th_Division (224 words)

	World War One
		The division received its first taste of war on July 9, when, with the 27th Division, it was assigned to the organization and defense of the East Poperinghe Line, a third defensive position in the Dickebusch Lake and Scherpenberg Sectors.
		The 30th Division returned to the line on the night of October 15 and 16, the 59th Infantry Brigade relieving the 54th Infantry Brigade (27th Division), in the right sector of the II Corps from Vaux-Andigny to one-half kilometer west of St. Martin-Riviere, British Sixth Division on the right, 27th Division on the left.
		The 30th Division was relieved by the British First Division on the night of October 19 and 20, and moved, October 20-23 to the vicinity of Tincourt-Boucly and Roisel.
	home.nc.rr.com /oldhickory/page3.htm (1061 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Scandinavia 1940 - Worldwar-2.net
		The Finnish 9th Division launches an attack with the aim of destroying the Russian 54th Division in Kuhmo.
		More British troops are landed at Aandalesnes in Norway with the plan of co-operating with the British and French troops already at Namsos to surround and then retake Trondheim.
		British forces evacuate the Bodo area of Norway, 120 miles to the southwest of Narvik.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-europe/scandinavia/scandinavia-index-1940.htm (1267 words)

	Battle of Sari Bair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three divisions defended the Asian shore of the Dardanelles and three divisions of the Turkish XVI Corps defended the Gulf of Saros north of Bulair at the neck of the peninsula.
		As the fighting developed, the landing was reinforced by the arrival of the British 53rd Division on 9 August followed by the 54th Division on August 10.
		The 2nd Mounted Division were called to join the attack and in a feat of the sort of glorious folly for which the British gentleman soldier is renowned, they advanced, marching in extended formation, straight across the salt lake, under fire the whole way.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Sari_Bair (2146 words)

	Chapter V: A Return to the Past; A Look to the Future
		Medical service within the division was based on the assumption that it would be responsible for the collection and evacuation of the sick and wounded to field hospitals established by corps or higher echelons.
		Geographically, the divisions were distributed so that one division was on each of the seaboards (Atlantic and Pacific), one near the southwest frontier, and two centrally located to move to either coast or the southwest.
		Although the study did not lead to a general reorganization of the cavalry division, the wartime cavalry regiment was restructured, effective 1 December 1938, to consist of a headquarters and headquarters troop, machine gun and special weapons troops, and three squadrons of three rifle troops each.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter5.htm (8194 words)

	1st Canadian Infantry Division - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While part of the 1st Division loosened the enemy's grip on this town, the 3rd Brigade, temporarily under the command of the British 78th Infantry Division, assisted that formation in the Dittaino Valley.
		The Division passed from XXX Corps to XIII Corps on 10 Aug, and moved to a concentration area in the rear on 11-13 Aug, relieved of operational responsibilities.
		Supporting arms were also differentiated by the use of initials on the division patch; towards the middle of the war, these patches began to be phased out in favour of plain divisional patches worn in conjunction with embroidered (or printed) shoulder titles worn on the upper sleeves of the battle dress.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division (3338 words)

	54th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Mechanized)
		On 24 December 1990, the 54th was notified to prepare to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield as part of VII Corps.
		The 54th was attached to the 1st Armored Division on 1 February 1991.
		On 15 June 1993, the 54th received official notification that it was to inactivate, with an end-date in January 1994.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/54eng-b.htm (3270 words)

	29th Division (UK), 116th Regiment, C Company - Re-enactment Group: History
		The new design cut the division by eliminating brigade headquarters, reducing the infantry to three regiments and the artillery regiments to four battalions.
		After leaving the Blue and Gray Division on 12 March 1942, the 176th Infantry remained as part of the garrison of Washington, D.C. The unit was reassigned to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, on 11 April 1943.
		The 16th Infantry of the 1st Division landed to their left and the 2d Ranger Battalion was assigned to capture the cliffs on their right.
	www.29th.co.uk /history.htm (2560 words)

	Mont St Quentin and Peronne
		On 9 April 1918, another offensive "Operation Georgette" was launched against the British lines near Armentieres with the intention to push the British troops to the English Channel.
		The 5th Division was to take the Peronne bridges, and a wooded spur east of Peronne, the 2nd Division was to aim for the bridgehead at Halle and then move on to Mont St Quentin and the 3rd Division was to take high ground northeast of Clery and the Bouchavesnes spur.
		The 14th Brigade of the 5th Division (53rd, 54th, 55th and 56th Battalions) captured the woods north of Peronne and after pressing on during a short-lived German attack, took the main part of Peronne.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww1/france/mont-quentin.htm (1613 words)

	History of the 29th Infantry Division
		The 29th Infantry Division was a National Guard division that had been activated before the war and later sent to England to prepare for the cross-channel invasion.
		Virginia was still part of the Blue and Gray Division, in conjunction with Maryland, and as such supplied the 1st and 2d Battle Groups of the 116th Infantry, the 1st Howitzer Battalions of both the 111th and 246th Artillery, the latter's 2d Rocket Howitzer Battalion and the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 183d Armor.
		The 29th Division underwent its reorganization on 22 March 1963, with Virginia contributing three of the four artillery battalions, and two battalions of infantry.
	www.ranger95.com /divisions/history_of_the_29th_infantry_div.htm (7754 words)

	27th NY Infantry Division during World War One - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
		The division, which initially had nine infantry regiments grouped into three brigades was squared or reorganized into a more simplified four-regiment structure within two brigades.
		The 27th Division was eventually made up of the 53rd Infantry Brigade, consisting of the 105th and 106th Infantry Regiments, and the 54th Infantry Brigade, consisting of the 107th and 108th Infantry Regiments.
		In the early actions the 27th Division sustained 185 killed 1,086 wounded, and 65 who later died of their wounds.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /historic/reghist/wwi/infantry/27thInfDiv/27thInfDivMain.htm (781 words)

	The British Regimental System
		The key divergence between the British and Continental use of the Regiment was that the British did not attach a tactical significance to the Regiment.
		The British Army felt this offered the best of both worlds; a large number of Regiments, often numbered into the seventies and beyond, each with a strong local recruiting base and a sense of history, could be maintained even during peacetime.
		A British Brigade could often contain Regiments from areas as diverse as the South of England, Scotland and Ireland, or the North of England, Wales and the Midlands.
	www.bayonetstrength.150m.com /stuff/british_regimental_system.htm (2417 words)

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		British fleet successfully bombards Sedd-El-Bahr fort at the entrance to the Dardanelles on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
		Anzacs and British troops to attack at the Nek, Pope's and Quinn's.
		The 13th Division, 29th Brigade (of the 10th Div) and the 29th Indian Brigade are smuggled ashore at Anzac.
	www.turkishnation.4mg.com /diary.htm (2415 words)

	Barossa
		The British commander, Gen Graham, felt that control of Barossa hill was vital to protect the right flank of the operation.
		In the meantime, Ruffin's division - led personally by Victor - swept round the Barossa hill and routed the weak Spanish force detailed to hold the feature.
		A similar fate befell Laval's division and the French retreat was hastened by the charge of the 2 sqns of KGL Hussars attached to Graham's force.
	napnuts.tripod.com /barossa.htm (266 words)

	SECTION VI
		SECTION VI On January 10, 1918, the British requested that American battalions be brought over to France for service in British divisions.
		These included the detail of British officers to the divisions which have been mentioned, and provision was made that two British field ambulances be assigned to each division, especially for training purposes, but also to be used in caring for and transporting sick and
		having been attached to the British Nineteenth Corps, the division was assigned to the defense of the east Poperinghe line, the second line of defense in the Dickebush and Scherpenberg sectors, on a front of approximately 3.6 km.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/chapter37.htm (8875 words)

	Gallipoli- The Vanished Battalion
		The 1/4th Norfolk, who had been left on the beach to unload stores after the landing on the 10th, were presently moved up into the support trenches of the brigade, the front line of which, counting from right to left, consisted of the 5th Norfolk, 8th Hants, and 1/5th Suffolk Regiments.
		On the left of the 54th division was the 10th, the orders of the former being to link the latter up with the 53rd division, whose right flank rested on the Salt Lake and Azmak River.
		The machine-gun fire was the more effective in stopping the British advance, and the 5th Norfolk battalion on the right began to get forward quicker than the left.
	www.thecryptmag.com /Online/38/VanishedBattalion.html (771 words)

	ALL THE KING'S MEN AND 1/5 NORFOLK REGIMENT
		In the battle fought in Suvla region, on 12 August 1915, the British 163rd Brigade gave serious casualties because of the Turkish artillery and the snipers.
		The commander of 54th Division was General Inglefield, the commander of 1/5 Norfolk Regiment was Lieutenant Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp and the commander of Sandringham Company was Captain Beck.
		In that defence, the Turkish snipers were involved and the British Militaries agree that it is normal to die by the shots of the snipers in a close combat.
	www.canakkale.gen.tr /eng/closer/closer8.html (719 words)

	Infantry Division, British Army, 03.09.1939
		[2] The 7th Division Headquarters was in Cairo enroute to Mersa Matruh.
		[5] Between 03.09.39 and 30.09.39 the units of the 18th Division were administered and embodied by the 54th Division.
		[6] Between 03.09.39 and 18.09.39 the units of the 38th Division were administered and embodied by the 53rd Division.
	niehorster.orbat.com /017_britain/39_org/div_inf.html (174 words)

	A Little "Identity" Crisis~ British Israelism
		The ACCC Report records that Tkach and the WWCG hosted a breakfast at the National Religious Broadcasters 54th Convention (1997) and was voted to receive full membership at the National Association of Evangelicals 55th Convention in 1997.
		The latter involved a spiritual as well as a geopolitical aspect: the British were to inherit the earth, and in the process foster the spread of True Christianity.
		The doctrine of British-Israelism and the Lost Ten Tribes was intended to forge a political alliance between the British monarchy and the Jews of Amsterdam, through a merger of the Arthurian Imperial tradition with Cabalistic interpretations of the Hebrew scriptures….
	www.seekgod.ca /identity.htm (1606 words)

	The 54th (East Anglian) Division, 1914-1918
		The Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908.
		After gradual demobilisation, the Division was disbanded in Egypt in September 1919, and was reformed at home in 1920.
		54th Divisional Train ASC (The original Divisional Train, composed of 483, 484, 485 and 486 Companies ASC, did not embark for Gallipoli, and was transferred to 27th Division in February 1916.
	www.1914-1918.net /54div.htm (548 words)

	1.SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
		In 1943, the LAH was again recalled to the East Front where it took part in the massive battles for the recapture of Kharkov and in the largest tank battle in History during the epic struggle for Kursk in the Kursk Salient.
		In December, 1944, the LAH was attached to the I SS Panzer Korps for the Attack in the Ardennes region of France.
		After the failed attempt to punch through the Ardennes in France, the LAH was moved one last time to the East to confront the Soviets, this time in Hungary, and took part in the last official German offensive of the War in an attempt to rescue the besieged forces in Budapest.
	www.feldgrau.com /1ss.html (2203 words)

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