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  Cluster Master Science Plan History
Orbit trim manoeuvres are planned after the attitude manoeuvres and have been scheduled for a short period around 03:30 on 24 January 2003 (perigee of orbit 397).
No orbit trim manoeuvres are currently planned after these attitude manoeuvres a s the expected drift is small and unlikely to cause a major perturbation of the tetrah edron before the next orbit manoeuvres start in early June 2003.
Note that the restriction of payload operations around the manoeuvres is required to allow time for configuration of the spacecraft and to protect those instruments that are sensitive to gases released during the manoeuvres.
jsoc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk /pub/msp/history.html   (4203 words)

  
 Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Decorated Grand Officer of the Légion d'Honneur in 1880 by Léon Gambetta, he is nominated as governor of Paris.
He is latter also decorated with the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur, in 1887, and received the Military Medal for his able conduct of the autumn manoeuvres in 1891.
Afterwards he took an important part in French politics, as war minister (22nd of June 1899 to 29th of May 1900) in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet, and distinguished himself by the firmness with which he dealt with cases of unrest in the army in the midst of the Dreyfus Affair.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquis_de_Galliffet   (712 words)

  
 Dahomey - LoveToKnow 1911
The town was surrounded at night, and just before daybreak a rush was made and every soul captured if possible; none were killed except in self-defence, as the first object was to capture, not to kill.
The season usually selected for expeditions was from January to March, or immediately after the annual " Customs." The Amazons were carefully, trained, and the king was in the habit of holding " autumn manoeuvres " for the benefit of foreigners.
Many Europeans have witnessed a mimic assault, and agree in ascribing a marvellous power of endurance to the women.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dahomey   (4859 words)

  
 British Airships: Past, Present and Future - CHAPTER IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
During the autumn permission was obtained to enlarge the envelope and fit a more powerful engine.
This ship was successful, and in June flew to London and back, and in September took part in the Army manoeuvres, on one occasion being in the air for 7 3/4 hours without landing, carrying a crew of three.
In 1912, having been rigged to a new envelope of 101,000 cubic feet capacity, the ship took part in the autumn manoeuvres, and considerable use was made of wireless telegraphy.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/tech/engineering/BritishAirshipsPastPresentandFuture/chap4.html   (1762 words)

  
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The real business of cavalry is so to manoeuvre your enemy as to bring him within effective range of the corps artillery of your own side for which a position suitable for battle would previously have been selected."[7] It is difficult to conceive a more clear and concise statement of the function of cavalry.
On the contrary, the _elan_ and dash which perfection in Cavalry manoeuvres imparts to large bodies of horsemen will be of inestimable value in their employment as mounted rifle-men when the field is laid open to their enterprise in this rôle by the defeat of the hostile Cavalry.
All its initiative had been destroyed at manoeuvres, where criticism and blame had been almost synonymous, and it therefore shirked independent bold action, and kept far in the rear, and as much as possible out of sight." French, in fact, is convinced that the "cavalry battle" is by no means a thing of the past.
www.gutenberg.org /files/17778/17778-8.txt   (22402 words)

  
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The music of the forest is a quiet music and has to be listened for, hardly on the cyclist's ear falls the song or rather accompaniment of the grasshopper, "the Muse of the wayside," a French poet has so exquisitely apostrophized.
The sight of Recloses is not, however, its long line of little walled-in farm-houses, but the curious rocky platform at the end of the village, perforated with holes always full of water, and the stupendous view thence obtained--an ocean of sombre green unrelieved by a single sail.
The fact is, during these manoeuvres, a lady arriving at head-quarters alone is apt to be looked upon with no favourable eye.
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 A.F. Pollard - A Short History Of The Great War - Chapter XV
But that had suffered under the old regime, and the failure to capture Lemberg in the summer of 1916, distracted as the Central Empires were by the Somme and Italian campaigns, followed by the more discreditable failure to protect Rumania in the autumn, raised serious doubts of the competence of the imperial bureaucracy.
This northern campaign resembled autumn manoeuvres, and was mainly intended to test the value of the new tactics which Germany proposed to use next spring against a more serious foe.
Nivelle proposed to repeat on a vastly extended scale his triumphs of the previous autumn at Verdun, and he made no secret to his Government of his confidence that Laon would fall as a result of the first day's fighting.
www.ibiblio.org /HTMLTexts/Albert_Frederick_Pollard/A_Short_History_Of_The_Great_War/chapter15.html   (5620 words)

  
 Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Sir Charles Warren - Biographical Sketch (1902)
At the General Election of the autumn of 1885 Sir Charles Warren was invited to stand as a candidate for Parliament to represent the Hallam division of Sheffield in the Liberal interest, and in his address he took an independent position, making no mention of any party leader.
This was not accepted, and he continued in his post until the autumn, when he decided that he could no longer hold the appointment with due regard to the good of the force and his own credit.
During the autumn of 1896 he commanded a division at the New Forest autumn manoeuvres.
www.casebook.org /ripper_media/rps.spion.html?printer=true   (7045 words)

  
 The Canadian Army Comes To Aldershot
Celebrations aside, it was felt by Sir Henry, a great patriot, and Lord Roberts, the Regiment's Honorary Colonel, that a visit to England by an Empire unit would demonstrate solidarity between Britain and the empire at a time of growing international tension.
From 5-13 September, the Regiment took part in manoeuvres in the Alton area accompanied by a battalion of The Buffs and the friendships which grew up between the two regiments was to become an official affiliation which lasts to this day.
The high point of the manoeuvres came in a mock battle with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Basingstoke, where the umpires decreed that the Queens Own Rifles had wiped out half the British battalion.
www.hants.gov.uk /museum/aldershot/faq/canada.html   (2316 words)

  
 Worcestershire Regiment(29th/36th of Foot) Web site
The rebels had broken their promise not to come within thirty miles of Shanghai, and were threatening that city itself.
In the autumn Kahding and Tsingpu were again taken, and the thirty-mile radius cleared of the rebels.
Staveley commanded the troops in the western district for five years from 1st January 1869, and in the autumn manoeuvres of 1871 round Aldershot one of the three divisions was under him.
www.worcestershireregiment.com /wr.php?main=inc/c_staveley   (970 words)

  
 NPG 5314; Lady Elizabeth Southerden Butler (née Thompson)
In 1866-70, during which period she made this self-portrait, Elizabeth attended the Female School of Art, South Kensington, and made the aquaintance of both Millais and Ruskin.
In 1872 she sketched the army during autumn manoeuvres in the New Forest and in 1874, aged 28, she became instantly famous when she exhibited The Roll Call at the Royal Academy.
According to Holman Hunt, the work 'touched the nation's heart as few pictures have ever done' and it was so popular that a policeman was detailed to stand by it in order to control the enthusiastic crowds.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw07156   (238 words)

  
 Index: Stories, Listed by Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Autumn Ecstasy • Julia Cline Crukkshank • (ss)
Autumn Manoeuvres • Fred M. White • (ss)
Autumn Social Affairs • Mary McKim Marriott • (ar)
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 Osprey - The curious case of the Prince Imperial
This affinity was given expression in the Prince’s application to attend the 1875 autumn manoeuvres, the granting of which was conveyed to him by no lesser personage than the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, the Duke of Cambridge, grandson of King George III and cousin of Queen Victoria:
I have great pleasure in assuring you that there will be no difficulty in carrying out your wishes, and … to your being attached to a battery … wearing the uniform of an officer of the corps.
Queen Victoria herself was also a patroness of the young Prince, reflecting her friendship with the Empress no doubt, but also perhaps something of her liking for him.
www.ospreypublishing.com /content2.php/cid=120   (3965 words)

  
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In 1872 the Regiment attended the first of the major autumn manoeuvres which took place in the area encompassed by Ringwood, Blandford, Warminster and Salisbury and involving 15000 troops made up in the main of regular cavalry and infantry.
The autumn manoeuvres became an annual event but did not replace the permanent duty which continued as before.
At the start of the autumn manoeuvres in 1898 there were 27000 troops facing the same scenario as twenty six years previously and the tactics were almost unchanged.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /rwilty/history1.html   (2460 words)

  
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A basket of corn was on the floor by her side, and out in the yard the poultry were beginning to clamour a protest of overdue feeding-time.
There was sufficient light in the room to enable the pig to detect this manoeuvre, and the vile temper, inherited from the drowned mother, found full play.
THE ROMANCERS It was autumn in London, that blessed season between the harshness of winter and the insincerities of summer; a trustful season when one buys bulbs and sees to the registration of one's vote, believing perpetually in spring and a change of Government.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/2/6/269/269.txt   (21096 words)

  
 British Military Aviation in 1910
It is the first British airship to be fitted with wireless telegraphy (WT) and the first non-rigid airship to be moored by a mast.
The first United Kingdom aircraft reconnaissance is made during the British Army's autumn manoeuvres, when Captain Bertram Dickson locates the 'Blue Army'.
Unfortunately, Dickson is captured when he lands in 'enemy territory' to make his report and is later interviewed by the Home Secretary, Winston S. Churchill, who shows great interest in the possibilities of aerial reconnaissance in warfare.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1910.html   (229 words)

  
 Aesop's Fables - "a101" - 656+ fables
"Then," replied the mother, "all the storks in the country will assemble together, and go through their autumn manoeuvres, so that it is very important for every one to know how to fly properly.
So we must wait and see." "You shall see," said the young birds, and then they took such pains and practised so well every day, that at last it was quite a pleasure to see them fly so lightly and prettily.
As soon as the autumn arrived, all the storks began to assemble together before taking their departure for warm countries during the winter.
www.pacificnet.net /~johnr/cgi/aesop1.cgi?hca&a101   (1625 words)

  
 Trials of German Major War Criminals: Volume 2
Master of British steamer 'High Commissioner Wood', whilst he was roving Konigsberg from 28th June to 3oth June, observed considerable military activity, including extensive shipment of camouflaged covered lorries and similar material, by small coasting vessels.
On 28th June, four medium-sized steamers, loaded with troops, lorries, field kitchens, etc., left Konigsberg, ostensibly returning to Hamburg after manoeuvres, but actually proceeding to Stettin.
From the middle of September, weather conditions made air operations hardly possible in these areas, while the conditions of the roads, which were quickly turned into a morass by the autumn rains, would be such as to make them impossible for motorised forces.
www.vex.net /~nizkor/hweb/imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-02/tgmwc-02-14-03.shtml   (2573 words)

  
 Pointer - Journals - 2003 - Vol 29, No. 3 - Personality Profile: General Heinz Weilhelm Guderian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It served as the tank advocates’ spearhead in the battle for intellectual and institutional legitimacy when various arms were fighting for their share of resources in German rearmament.
The positive results of the 1937 autumn manoeuvres also helped to prove that the Panzer division was a viable fighting force.
Despite continued scepticism from the army leadership, Guderian’s ideas found favour with Hitler who was seeking the means for quick victory and avoidance of a two front war.
www.mindef.gov.sg /imindef/publications/pointer/journals/2003/v29n3/personality_profile.html   (1818 words)

  
 National Portrait Gallery | What's on? | Mirror Mirror | Virtual tour | Elizabeth, Lady Butler caption
During this time she met both Sir John Everett Millais (1829-96) and John Ruskin (1819-1900), and in the summer of 1869 she studied figure drawing in Florence.
In 1872 she sketched the army during autumn manoeuvres in the New Forest and in 1874, aged twenty-eight, she became instantly famous when she exhibited The Roll Call at the Royal Academy.
Originally commissioned and paid for by the Manchester industrialist Charles Galloway, the painting so impressed Queen Victoria that she bought it from him.
www.npg.org.uk /live/mirrc6.asp   (387 words)

  
 Publishers Marketplace: Rights News and Offerings
He walks through his village, calls on various people, then wanders through the surrounding countryside on a warm, windy October day.
It's the time of year when the autumn manoeuvres take place.
Paul's perception of everything is shot through with fear of some kind, and on several occasions he stands to attention »as if he had to report to someone«.
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 Specialty Kampfflieger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
As with previous editions, every color profile is accompanied by fl and white photos of the actual aircraft.
There’s a lot of territory covered here: “between the wars,” the Spanish Civil War, the 1937 Autumn War Manoeuvres (how about a Do-17 E-1 with red circle national insignias?), and on through to the lightning envelopment of all Europe to the English Channel.
In addition to the wealth of photos and drawings to satisfy any modeler, the authors have compiled a history of the bomber organization from the earliest Kampfgeschwader (bomber wing) to the Luftflottes Order of Battle on 10 May 1940, spelling out each unit, the aircraft they had, their leaders and home base.
www.ipmsusa.org /Reviews/Archive/Books/Aircraft/Specialty_Kampfflieger/Specialty_Kampfflieger.htm   (326 words)

  
 Mikko Härmeinen adds
The story of the so-called Lappland War is much more complicated.
After Finns and Germans agreed on the so-called 'autumn manoeuvres' (that the Germans would retreat and the Finns advance according to a pre-arranged plan to avoid bloodshed between the former co-belligerents) in mid-September (the Soviet-imposed deadline for the German withdrawal was on 15 Sept.), for a couple of weeks things went as planned.
But the Soviets soon discovered that something was amiss, and the Finnish leadership began receiving ultimatums demanding real action, or else the
homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/articles/level1/lappland_war.htm   (641 words)

  
 The Hindu : dated November 8,1953: Anniversary of Russian Revolution
Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Nikolai Bulganin said in his keynote address that, as America was extending her bases in the world, Russia had to feel concerned.
He disclosed that, in autumn manoeuvres, Russian troops had tested their skill in combat and in the use of up-to-date weapons.
The Soviet Union had striven to settle international differences and made necessary peace proposals to the West, but the West had replied with impracticable conditions.
www.hindu.com /2003/11/08/stories/2003110801800900.htm   (195 words)

  
 ASTBURY: An Irish Traveller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
His first stint in the army was in Gibraltar in 1781-2, when the island was under siege by Spain; when that period of service ended he sailed to Leghorn and embarked on a tour of Italy, visiting Pisa, Florence, Rome, Naples and Turin and returning to London in May of 1783 via Switzerland and France.
In June 1785 he was at Cork on the point of embarking with his regiment to Canada, but he was kept behind to assist with recruiting and was then sent as an observer of the autumn manoeuvres of the Prussian army, visiting Belgium, Holland and France as well as Germany.
In late 1788 another tour took him through Germany, France and Spain, but after that he does not seem to have embarked on any further travels until 1810, perhaps because travel in Europe was made difficult by the French Revolution and then the Napoleonic Wars.
www.ucd.ie /classics/classicsinfo/96/Astbury96.html   (3111 words)

  
 PEACE - Online Information article about PEACE
Barracks (q.v.) were built on improved principles, and a large permanent See also:
Aldershot, where considerable forces were collected and manoeuvred together.
The machinery of administration was improved, and autumn manoeuvres were practised on.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PEACE.html   (2759 words)

  
 Opera Today : KÁLMÁN: Lieder
In 1907 these songs were even published as a cycle called Dalai, for which he received the Emperor Franz Joseph Prize from the city of Budapest.
At the time he had almost finished his first big operetta success, Tatarjaras, which would later make the rounds of the world in the German version as Ein Herbstmanöver—it presently exists in recording only as Autumn Manoeuvres by the Ohio Light Opera company).
The songs were first forgotten and then thought to be lost forever.
www.operatoday.com /content/2006/01/kalman_lieder.php   (1579 words)

  
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