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	The Green Howards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The regiment performs the light infantry role, mainly operating on foot, its main vehicle being the Land Rover.
		It is currently based in Chepstow, Wales as part of 160 (Welsh) Brigade.
		The winning company is given a special flag bearing the King's personal cypher, the Company Sergeant Major is presented with a special pace stick, and all members of the company are permitted to wear a special red badge on the arm of their uniform.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Howards (431 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Focus: the army
		Some 43,000 British army personnel are heading to the Gulf to join around 120,000 US troops as part of the military build-up for a possible war against Iraq.
		These are being drawn from 1 (UK) Armoured division, 16 Air Assault brigade, and the 7th Armoured brigade (the original desert rats and veterans of the Gulf conflict in 1991).
		The bulk of the British troops is from 102 Logistics brigade, which has the task of moving an army thousands of miles across sea and desert, as well as keeping it armed and supplied.
	www.guardian.co.uk /military/army/0,12209,749315,00.html (3995 words)

	KFOR Online Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A KFOR British soldier was seriously injured yesterday afternoon in Podujevo, in Multinational Brigade Centre, when his head was trapped in the turret mechanism of his armoured personnel carrier.
		On the humanitarian front, the brigade also reported that the United Arab Emirates troops are continuing their program of home rebuilding, with 130 houses that have now been repaired and ready to live in.
		The brigade is also actively involved in transport operations in support of governmental and non-governmental organisations in need of support for the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance.
	www.nato.int /kfor/press/pr/updates/1999/nu_991128.htm (419 words)

	The 4th Armoured Brigade, Chapter V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Main Brigade HQ in the chateau at Beny sur Mer was an obvious target for the enemy artillery and was finally forced to evacuate it on the 13th, after several direct hits had set the chateau on fire.
		On the 16th 160 Brigade took over the area we had captured and began to mop up and extend it, while The Greys supported 1 HLI on a cross-country move to Martigny and beyond.
		The Sharpshooters were supporting the Royal Netherlands Brigade and the right squadron of The Royals, The Greys supporting the rest of the front of the Royals, 4 RHA and the 6 guns of the Royal Netherlands Brigade supporting the whole front.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/4th_armoured/chapter_5.html (5052 words)

	Structure of the British Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In terms of its military structure it is divided into corps (administrative groupings by common function), and divisions and brigades (large formations somewhat fluid in nature).
		The numbering of the various brigades is not sequential, reflecting the riseand fall of various brigades over the years.
		The reserve brigades have often been divisions in times past, such as 51 (Scottish)Brigade being the direct descendant of the famous 51st (Highland) Division of WWII.
	www.therfcc.org /structure-of-the-british-army-155500.html (356 words)

	Corned Beef Raid on Embassy: British Patriotism and the Falkland Conflict
		It was not until the specter of British naval cutbacks in 1981 forced the government to look at the security of the islands that people began to realize that something was brewing.<12> However, by that time it was too late.
		Great Britain finally joined the European Community in 1971, amid protests from many Britons.<25> Thusly, many British people were insecure about their place; they had dropped from covering a quarter of the globe to a second rate power who had to join the other countries of Europe to have a say in what happened.
		The British take pride in the fact that they have not been successfully invaded since 1066; they were the only country to resist the efforts of Hitler during the Second World War, just as they had resisted an invasion by Napoleon in the early nineteenth century.
	www.loyno.edu /history/journal/1998-9/Haney.htm (4161 words)

	Irish Brigade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This was very symbolic because the term Irish brigade had been used since the early 1700's when the first Irish exiles when to France in 1689 and formed a brigade in the French army which was called the Irish brigade.
		The brigade continued to exist for the rest of the war and was recruited up largely to strength over the winter 1863-1864 fought in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania.
		It was not unlike the Irish brigade in France in the 1700's in which the regiments were almost proprietary of the regiment of Dillion.
	www.roberteleecwrt.org /present/bilby.html (7318 words)

	The 8th Armoured Brigade, Chapter V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the meanwhile the remainder of the Brigade was withdrawn and came under command 52nd (Lowland) Division, and the l3th/18th Hussars were pushed through to exploit the success of the other two Regiments.
		During four days and four nights, the Brigade supported each Infantry Brigade of the 43rd Division in turn in a continuous assault on this position; 13th/18th Hussars followed the Sherwood Rangers in the assault and their place was taken by the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
		The Brigade less 13th/18th Hussars and with under command 1st Ox and Bucks were rumbling through Weeze by the early afternoon.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/8th_armoured/chapter_5.html (2538 words)

	British Participation
		British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir Henry Clinton While In Command of the British Forces Operating in North America.
		The British in Boston Being the Diary of Lieutenant John Barker of the King's Own Regiment from November 15, 1774 to May 31, 1776.
		Mowat, Charles L. "The Southern Brigade: A Sidelight on the British Military Establishment in America, 1763-1775." Journal of Southern History, 10 (February 1944), pp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/revbib/britp.htm (4933 words)

	CNN.com - Bomb kills 3 at cleric's home - Aug. 24, 2003
		British soldiers die, the U.S. Army kills two Iraqis, the U.N. gets back to work, an unverified claim for responsibility -- Saturday in Iraq.
		News of the explosions came as coalition forces searched for the killers of three British servicemen who died in an ambush in the second city of Basra.
		Saturday's deaths raised the toll of British troops killed in the war in Iraq to 49.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/08/24/sprj.irq.intl.main (813 words)

	British Triumph On East Falkland
		On 23 April the British government warned the Argentines that any "threat to interfere with the mission of British forces in the South Atlantic would be dealt with appropriately."36 Tightening the blockade even further, the British changed the MEZ to a Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) on 30 April.
		British submarines had, in fact, completely neutralized both Argentina's surface navy and the menacing air power the carrier could have generated against the task force.
		The British government intentionally avoided putting the potentially lucrative target close to the Falklands.43 While at South Georgia, Royal Marine Major General Jeremy Moore, the new overall commander of the two brigades, transferred with his staff and Brigadier Wilson to the destroyer ANTRIM for immediate passage to San Carlos.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1984/HTJ.htm (16697 words)

	Irish Brigade Monument at Antietam National Battlefield
		The Irish Brigade commander was born in Waterford City Ireland on 23 August 1823, a well educated orator, he joined the young Ireland movement to liberate his nation.
		Subsequently Meagher raised the Irish Brigade and commanded it from 3 February 1862 to 14 May 1863 til later commanded a military district in Tennessee.
		On 17, September 1862, the Brigade crossed Antietam Creek (9:30 a.m.) at Pry's Ford.
	www.nps.gov /anti/monuments/Irish_B.htm (302 words)

	160 (Wales) Brigade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		With its Headquarters at Brecon, 160 (Wales) Brigade is at the hub of the Army in Wales.
		It is open to all British Army units, Regular and TA, the Royal Navy and the RAF.
		The Brigade area is home to three Regular Army and six TA units comprising Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Infantry, Royal Logistics Corps, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Royal Army Medical Corps.
	www.army.mod.uk /5div/organisation/160_wales_brigade (483 words)

	"Fighting 69th" New York-- The Irish Brigade
		Meagher had escaped from the British Penal colony in Australia and made his way to New York where he became a successful lawyer, editor and businessman.
		The gallant stand which his bold Brigade made on the heights of Fredericksburg is well known.
		The Brigade, with the 69th New York in the lead, fought in all the major battles of the war, including Yorktown, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Petersburg and they were present at Appomattox Court House when Lee and his army surrendered in April 1865.
	www.69thnyvi.homestead.com (749 words)

	Jarama
		Coming under heavy fire, the British and Irish, now numbering only 160 out of the original 600, had to establish defensive positions along the “sunken road” which is off the road between San Martin de la Vega and Morata de Tajuna.
		This is the entrance to a building used by the British and Irish Battalion throughout the battle and referred to by many interviewed volunteers as the “Cookhouse”, it is now once again a restaurant and is located on the road between Morata de Tajuna and Chinchon.
		It is moving to visit the memorial in the cemetery, and the presence of floral and written tributes in front of the wall plaque and memorial stone provides confirmation that the sacrifice of Christopher Caudwell and his many comrades has not been forgotten.
	www.comms.dcu.ie /sheehanh/photos/jarama.htm (920 words)

	battlereport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The British rocket battery disrupted the French advance by disordering the 1ere and 2ieme Ligne so, in order to avoid allowing the British troops to get into position as he was re-ordering his troops, the French CinC ordered the 3ieme Ligne to charge.
		Fortunately for the British, the Middlesex regiment had formed line and managed, with the help of the Guards, to halt the cavalry: sending most of them off the field.
		Now it was the turn of the British commander to throw away his cavalry.
	sirgarnet.com /IndividualBattles/Battle_11_03_97.html (330 words)

	elalamein.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		An attempt by rallying elements of the British 8th army to hold him at Mersa Matruh was shattered on 27th and 28th June when another fourty tanks were destroyed and a further 6,000 disconsolate POW'S began the long, thirsty trudge back towards Tripolitania.
		However, four factors began to affect his brilliantly extemporized exploitation of the British defeat.
		The headquarters of the 8th Army were close brhind the Ruweisat position, where the supply dumps and airfields of Alexandria and the Delta were within easy range to the coast.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/5433/elalamein (591 words)

	Natalie Solent
		For the last few decades the PC ethos has meant that there was no social penalty for British Muslims (and others) if they loudly announced their disloyalty.
		Meanwhile any member of an ethnic minority who said he was British and proud of it was mocked as a naive fool in the Guardian or Independent or scorned as a sellout in the ethnic press.
		The thing that rankled most was that at the very same time there were severe social penalties for anyone who made the slightest suggestion that any British Muslims were less than whole-hearted in their patriotism.
	nataliesolent.blogspot.com (3256 words)

	Palestine Introduction (E) - Indian Field Post
		By 2.12.1914 six infantry brigades and the Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade (comprising 21,000 troops in 27 battalions) are serving in the defence of the Suez Canal.
		In February 1916 the brigades are dissolved and by June 1917 Indian most battalions have left the area or joined British divisions.
		Indian cavalry served in the EEF as part of British mounted brigades and divisions: 1 Mounted Division (later 4 Cavalry Division) and 2 Mounted Division (later 5 Cavalry Division).
	www.zobbel.de /stamp/pal_51.htm (945 words)

	HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO - UNION COUNTY HISTORY 1883 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		John T. Toland, in July, 1863, was placed in command of a mounted brigade, including his regiment, and was instructed to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.
		At 5 that afternoon, he was fatally wounded and expired at 7 that same evening, on the battle-field His remains were taken by the rebels, but in December, 1863, they were exhumed and interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
		Jones held command of the Tenth Brigade, in October, 1862, marching from Wild Cat, Ky., to Nashville, through a perpetual skirmish, During the battle of Stone River, Col. Jones' regiment, the Twenty-fourth, was on the front and left of the line.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Union/unp1oha.htm (19660 words)

	Print Message
		Two of the trio are brothers of another November 17 suspect, Savas Xiros, currently in hospital after he was hurt in a failed bomb attack at the port of Piraeus at the end of June.
		Referring to the possibility that police may also have the leader of November 17 in custody, Nasiakos said a man who fitted the police profile of the leader was being questioned in Athens and his fingerprints examined.
		An anti-terrorism squad used a fire brigade helicopter to disguise their arrival on the island 250 km (160 miles) east of Athensand inhabited by only 600 people.
	www.suite101.com /print_message.cfm/investing/68672/668777 (551 words)

	London Rocked by Multiple Blasts
		British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the explosions took place between Russell Square and Kings Cross Underground; near the Moorgate, Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations Underground; and the Edgware Road station.
		London Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police and London's fire brigade are investigating, according to Scotland Yard.
		O'Reilly, who was at Aldgate station, saw passengers coming out of it with signs of smoke inhalation -- fl smudges around their mouths and noses.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/printer_070705Z.shtml (913 words)

	25 Oct History: This Date
		In an event alternately described as one of the most heroic episodes in British military history and one of the most disastrous, Lord James Cardigan [16 Oct 1797 – 27 Mar 1868] leads a charge of light cavalry over open terrain against well-defended Russian artillery at Balaclava during the Crimean War.
		Cardigan's brigade of cavalrymen, the majority of which are armed only with swords, are no match for the heavy Russian guns.
		Grenville's greatest achievement was the abolition of the British overseas slave trade by a bill that became law the day he left office.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4oct/h4oct25.html (9860 words)

	Iraq Coalition - Non-US Forces in Iraq
		The mandate approved by the Czech parliament allowed for up to 100 troops to be deployed to Iraq until at least the end of the year, depending in part on the status of UN Security Resolution 1546.
		On July 17, 2005, British Defense Secretary John Reid was reported as saying that a transitional handover process could start during the next 12 months allowing for the return of British troops.
		The great bulk of the Task Group was to be drawn from the Darwin 1st Brigade, and it would take some 10 weeks from that announcement for the Task Group to be ready.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm (2951 words)

	INTEL DUMP
		LTC Gian Gentile, a graduate of the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies who recently served as XO of the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Iraq, writes in the Washington Post that the much-touted strategy of "velvet gloves" might deserve a little bit more thought before being put into effect in Iraq.
		When the 1st Brigade assumed control of Tikrit and its surrounding area in the Sunni Triangle, our approach was in some ways very different.
		But the 1st Brigade Combat Team as well as the rest of the Army units operating in the Sunni Triangle and Baghdad have done more than just conduct raids and capture the former Iraqi president.
	philcarter.blogspot.com /2004_01_01_philcarter_archive.html (18632 words)

	TIME Asia Print Page: Soldiers of Fortune -- December 16, 2002/ Vol. 160 No. 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Even in the old days, not every Wa chopped heads; 19th century Chinese merchants made the potentially lifesaving distinction between the nonhostile "tame Wa" and their bloodthirsty cousins, the "wild Wa." But all Wa cherished the de facto independence their hilltop seclusion granted them and were quick to trade on their unsavory image if threatened.
		Despite brutal military campaigns by Scott's men—one in retaliation for the decapitation of two British officers—the Wa were never brought fully under colonial control.
		Born to a chieftain in Kunma, a northern Wa village near Gawng Lang, Bao was the sixth of eight brothers and a natural-born fighter.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501021216-397549,00.html (4459 words)

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