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	SECTION VI
		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.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/chapter37.htm (8875 words)

	1945
		The British 19th Indian Division crosses the river Irrawaddy, to the North of Mandalay.
		The British 20th Indian Division crosses the river Irrawaddy Southwest of Mandalay.
		The British Fourteenth Army in central Burma captures the Chaulk oil centre on the Irrawaddy.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1945asia.asp (2590 words)

	Units & Organizations: British, Canadian, Polish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Unlike the US divisions, the British Reigment was identified only by its name-- not a number-- and the battalions of a regiment did not serve in the same division.
		The Battle of Ortona was fought to capture the port city on the eastern coast during the cold, wet conditions of December 1943.
		It was primarily consisted of the 3rd Carpthian Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Carpthian Division and the 4th Wolyn Infantry Brigade of the 5th Frontier Infantry Division.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/BritishOrg.htm (2095 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - Sir Frederick Maurice on the Battle of the Canal du Nord, 27 September 1918
		Two regiments of the division, the 106th and 107th, had therefore to fight desperately hard to safeguard the left of the division, while the right and centre pushed on to the village of Bony.
		Later the British 12th and 18th Divisions forced their way across the canal to the north of the tunnel, and relieved the pressure on the left flank of the 27th American Division which had beaten off repeated and fierce German counter-attacks.
		On the right of the Fourth Army the 1st British Division had, by the thirtieth, gained possession of the Le Tronquoy Tunnel, and crossed the canal to the north of St. Quentin, a feat as splendid as that of the 46th Division on the previous day.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/candunord_maurice.htm (1660 words)

	History of the 12th Infantry Division
		The 12th Infantry Division was formed in October 1934 in Schwerin in Mecklenburg, part of Wehrkreis II (military district two) which encompassed all of the state of Pomerania, and from which all recruits new recruits would be drawn.
		The organic regimental units of the Division were formed by the expansion of the 5th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment and the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry regiment of the Reichswehr.
		The 12th served in the arm that swept round the Allied force, and were instrumental in preventing a desperate attempt by the French to punch through and rescue their beleaguered allies.
	www.dasheer.org.uk /12history.htm (1861 words)

	British 12th (Eastern) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 12th (Eastern) Division, was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener.
		In April 1940 the 12th Infantry, along with the 23rd Infantry and 46th Infantry Divisions, were sent as pioneer units to France.
		As a result the 12th Infantry suffered heavy casulties during the Battle of France and the subsequent retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_12th_(Eastern)_Division (362 words)

	The 12th (Eastern) Division in 1914-1918
		The third of the New Army formations to go to France (after 9th (Scottish) and 14th (Light) Divisions) the 12th Division served with distinction on the Western Front throughout the rest of the war.
		The Division moved up to Baizieux on 30 June and reached Hencourt and Millencourt by 10am on 1 July, in reserve to the British infantry attack that had begun earlier that morning.
		Unlike the troops of 8th Division who had to cross a wide no man's land in the bright morning sun, the 12th Division attack, at night, adopted sensible tactics of advancing across no man's land while the artillery bombarded the enemy and rushed the last few yards when it lifted.
	www.1914-1918.net /12div.htm (1378 words)

	LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY
		The cemetery was begun by the Canadian Corps in July 1917, and the graves then made are contained in Rows A and B of Plot I and Row A of Plot II.
		The cemetery was begun by French troops and used by the British from March 1916, onwards.
		COURCELLES-LES-LENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, in which 19 soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom, mainly of the 12th (Eastern) Division, were buried in October, 1918.
	www.geocities.com /bcnames2000/looscem.html (527 words)

	Happy Valley British Cemetery
		Happy Valley British Cemetery is about two miles south of it, on the other side of the Scarpe and close to the village of Monchy-le-Preux village.
		The cemetery was started by units from the 12th (Eastern) Division, and used again by the 4th Division in December 1917 when the lines had stabilised on Infantry Hill.
		Happy Valley British Cemetery is 5 KM south of the village down a 2 kilometre track on the road to Monchy-le-Preux.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /hlcem03.htm (222 words)

	12th (Eastern) Division Memorial at Memorial at la Chapelle de Feuchy
		During the initial attack by VI Corps the 12th Division were at the front of the attack.
		Following the opening attack at 05:30 hours the 12th Division stormed down into the plain capturing a number of German field guns.
		The cross raised by the Division is a replica of that in York Minster.
	www.webmatters.net /monuments/ww1_12th_feuchy.htm (367 words)

	James Anderson Kerr
		The British Divisions in the front line were, from right to left, the12th, 20th, 6th, 51st (Highland), 62nd (West Riding) and 36th (Ulster).
		The 51st Division had a very hard fight for Flesquieres, but its failure to capture it and keep up with the pace of the advance on either side left a dangerous salient which exposed the flanks of the neighbouring Divisions.
		But the British were now in an exposed position in the lee of Bourlon Wood, the capture of which would still prove to be useful, in cutting German access to key light railway lines feeding their front.
	www.electricscotland.com /poetry/henderson/john6.htm (2628 words)

	1945
		British Empire casualties to November 1944 are announced as 282,162 killed, 80,580 missing, 386,374 wounded and 294,438 captured.
		Montgomery is appointed as C-in-C of the British force of occupation in Germany and a British member of the allied control commission.
		British Second Army in Germany is to be disbanded and sent back to Britain.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1945western.asp (2849 words)

	North division: Barmston \| British History Online
		To the north and west the parish was bounded by Earl's dike, an ancient stream which was one of the boundaries of Holderness wapentake, and on the south and south-west by other early streams, partly improved as Barmston Main drain.
		Hartburn lay in the north-eastern corner of the parish in the late 12th century, next to Earl's dike and the sea.
		The architectural evidence suggests that Barmston church was built in the earlier 12th century.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=16147 (7254 words)

	Normandy, British, Isles, Inshore, Thane, Manners, Walpole, Icarus, Amethyst, Hart, Peacock, Starling, HMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With the Russians advancing through Eastern Europe and agreement on the future frontiers of Poland and the division of Germany into four occupation zones, the shape of much of post-war Europe was determined.
		British 21st Army Group, which in addition to the British and Canadian Armies had the US Ninth temporarily attached, began its moves on the 8th.
		At the beginning of the month, the British 21st and US 12th Army Groups were still trying to reach the west bank and by the 10th stand along most of its length from Nijmegen down to Koblenz.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsWFront1944.htm (6312 words)

	194201
		British forces in Malaya are being thrashed and the Dutch East Indies will be defended by handful of ground units and a skimpy, hastily assembled fleet with little air cover.
		As a result, British codebreakers who are reading top-secret German messages with their Enigma machine can't warn the unprepared 8th Army.
		A British division lands in Singapore to reinforce the retreating Allied army.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /tenison/297/wwii/194201.htm (4313 words)

	History - 117th Eastern Townships Battalion
		By November 1915, the soldiers of the 12th Battalion were hardened veterans of the front lines in France, while the soldiers of 5 CMR were in England and preparing for their initiation on the front lines.
		Despite enthusiastic recruiting from the men of Sherbrooke and the soldiers of the 53rd and 54th Regiments, the 12th Battalion continued the draft in Valcartier and comprised of soldiers from throughout all Quebec.
		The citizens of the Eastern Townships, largely of English descent, were still eager to serve King and country.
	www.117thbattalion.com /history.htm (1652 words)

	Frontline Figures - British Cavalry Division at Balaclava
		By 1854, these distinctions had largely been lost in the British Army, mainly due to economic reasons, and the duties of the Heavy and Light Cavalry were mainly equal.
		The effect of the journey upon the horses can be imagined, one regiment the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons losing 57 horses, and with only the RSM and 11 men surviving a disastrous fire that broke out in their transport, the Europa, only 200 miles out from Plymouth.
		From the head of the harbour was a grassy undulating place North East from the Tchernaya River, the plain itself some half a mile north of Balaclava, was bounded by a range of low hillocks extending west for nearly three miles from the village of Kamara.
	www.frontline-figures.com /history/crim.html (1095 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Churchill’s Sacrifice of the Highland Division: France, 1940.
		Churchill's Desert Rats 2: The Armoured Division in North Africa, Burma, Sicily and Italy.
		Battleaxe Division: From Africa to Italy with the 78th Division, 1942-1945.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml (3549 words)

	HISTORY OF THE 12TH (EASTERN) DIVISION IN THE GREAT WAR...
		The 12th Division was formed in August 1914, one of Kitchener's First New Army divisions and consisting of men from the Eastern and Home counties.
		It took part in the battles of Arras and Cambrai but was not involved in Third Ypres, one of the few British divisions not to be sucked into that fearsome campaign.
		It is a record of a division which never claimed elite or Ôcrack' status but one that proved its dogged spirit and reliability on more than one occasion.
	www.nmpbooks.com /books/titles/7444.htm (387 words)

	World War 2 at Sea - 1944, Normandy, Invasion, D-day, Falaise, Paris, Leyte Gulf
		Eastern Front - In the far north Finland agreed to a cease-fire on the 4th and six days later in Moscow signed an armistice with Russia, followed by one with the Allies.
		Eastern Front - In the Arctic, the Russians started a series of attacks and amphibious hops which by the end of the month had driven the Germans back from the Murmansk area just over the border into Norway.
		Eastern Front - The main activity was in Hungary where the Russians still battled towards Budapest, and in the Balkans as southern Yugoslavia was cleared by the Eastern Allies.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2RN21-194406-2.htm (5035 words)

	Breakthrough at Alsfeld 1984
		Elements of the Soviet 39th Guard Motor Rifle Division are moving on from the right while elements of the 43rd Netherlands Mechanised Brigade are deployed west (left) of the river.
		However, the British 7th Armoured Brigade was dispersed over a large area, some 9.4km in fact, and was further deployed well back to avoid casualties from any initial Soviet bombardment.
		The Soviet Motor Rifle Division in the south, the 39th GMRD, was perhaps the worst equipped of the three Soviet Motor Rifle Divisions deployed.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/msh/aar_alsfeld.htm (2853 words)

	The 18th (Eastern) Division 1914-1918
		Established by the Eastern Command, September 1914, as part of K2.
		However, by the Spring of 1915, the Division was considered to be ready for France.
		In the latter action, the Division captured Trones Wood.
	www.1914-1918.net /18div.htm (863 words)

	Chapter 22: The Chinese Spring Offensive on the Central and Eastern Fronts
		As the 1st Marine Division drew back to the curving Pendleton line at the right of the IX Corps sector on 23 April, Marine aerial reconnaissance disclosed numerous enemy groups moving south through the ground surrendered by the ROK 6th Division the night before.
		Starting the division's withdrawal to line Kansas about daylight, General Smith held to three engaged battalions and supporting artillery in position to contain the attack from the west and cover the units to the east as they vacated their inactive sectors.
		That direction would take the division into the I Corps sector after no more than a glancing blow at the ROK 19th Regiment at the left of the 6th Division's front.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/korea/ebb/ch22.htm (5133 words)

	Domino British Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France
		Epehy is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 26 kilometres north-north-west of St. Quentin and 20 kilometres south-south-west of Cambrai.
		Domino British Cemetery is 8 kilometres north of the village.
		Domino British Cemetery was made by the 33rd Division Burial Officer at the beginning of October, 1918, and named by him from the divisional sign.
	ww1cemeteries.com /ww1frenchcemeteries/domino.htm (115 words)

	British Divisions WW2
		Researching the activities of British units which fought in WW2 is becoming more and more commonplace; either for those with an interest in specific regiments or divisions, or for family historians.
		For each division all the units that served with it are listed, with details of where it served and in which major battles.
		For the moment I have only listed divisions which saw active service during WW2 - those that remained in Britain and supplied drafts are not shown.
	battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /british_divisions_ww2.htm (236 words)

	British Helmet Decals - International Military Antiques
		British WWII Unit Helmet Decal: 1st Armoured Division
		British WWII Unit Helmet Decal: 2nd Armoured Division
		British WWII Unit Helmet Decal: 6th Armoured Division
	www.ima-usa.com /index.php/cPath/1_219 (335 words)

	British 18th (Eastern) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 18th (Eastern) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group.
		The division landed in France on 25 May 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front, becoming one of the elite divisions of the British Army.
		The British Army in the Great War: The 18th (Eastern) Division
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_18th_(Eastern)_Division (254 words)

	12th (Eastern) Division
		On 06 Jan 1917 the Brigade left the Division and became an Army Field Artillery Brigade.
		To the LXIII Brigade where it became D (Howitizer) Bty.
		To the CXXIX Brigade, 27th Division where it became C (Howitzer) Bty on 06 Sep 1915.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /divs/12_div.htm (368 words)

	British Divisions in World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII
		This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War II.
		It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Divisions_in_WWII (130 words)

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		SINCE the British undertaking in 1917 to give the Jews a ‘national home’ in Palestine, many Christian people are convinced that they see in what is now proceeding a real fulfilment of Biblical prophecies concerning the Jews and the Land.
		The supposition that Ezekiel may have foretold a Zionist reconstruction of Palestine and the building of a new temple, and that at the present time we are witnessing the early processes of fulfilment, need scarcely command a moment’s serious thought.
		To all of them Jerusalem, with its holy places and associations, and chiefly the Mosque of Omar, standing on the ancient temple site, is their second most holy place.
	www.british-israel.ca /Ezekiel.htm (3877 words)

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