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  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)

  
 Operations: Thirtieth Division, "Old Hickory"
Before the completion of its training period, the division was transferred to the II British Corps, Second Army, in the Ypres sector to be in close support in case of the expected German offensive.
This was known as the Canal Sector and extended from the southern outskirts of Ypres to the vicinity of Voormezeele, a distance of 2.400 metres.
The 30th Division was relieved by the 27th Division on October 11th/12th, but returned on October 16th and took over a part of the same line at the same place, being the right half of the sector temporarily held by the 27th.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /WWI/30thOps.htm   (3002 words)

  
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Upon arrival in France the division was first sent to the Huppy area, near Abbeville, and on June 20th and 21st the division moved into the Amiens sector, where it was trained under the British, occupying portions of the British trenches and participating in a number of small operations.
On Aug. 23rd it was transferred by rail from the British front to the area of the 1st American Army in the Toul sector, being concentrated on Aug. 26th in the region of Tronville-en- Barrois.
On Oct. 6th, the division was transferred to the French 17th Army Corps and participated (Oct. 8th) in the attack of the French 17th Corps east of the Meuse.
www.chez.com /astozarmuseum/33rd.html   (523 words)

  
 Knox County, Tennessee, in World War I
This division, the first American division to enter that kingdom, marched into Belgium on July 4th, with Division Headquarters at Watou, to be in close support of the 33rd and 49th British Divisions, and was employed in completing the construction of the East and West Poperinghe Defense Systems immediately in rear of these two divisions.
On September 17, the division was again moved farther south with Division Headquarters at Herissart, and on September 22 was moved to the British Fourth Army with Division Headquarters at Bois de Buire, near Tincourt, taking over a front line sector from the 1st Australian Division on the night of September 23-24.
The 30th Division was relieved by the 27th Division on October 11-12, but returned on October 16 and took over a part of the same line at the same place, being the right half of the sector temporarily held by the 27th.
www.knoxcotn.org /military/wwi/book/30division.html   (2483 words)

  
 Battle of Brandywine Creek
Uniforms, arms and equipment: The British wore red coats and headgear of bearskin caps, leather caps or tricorne hats depending on whether the troops were grenadiers, light infantry or battalion company men.
At around noon on 11th September 1777 the first British and loyalist troops came down the road from Kennett Square, Major Patrick Ferguson’s Riflemen and the Queen’s Rangers, followed by two British brigades (4th, 5th, 23rd, 49th, 10th, 27th, 28th, 40th Foot and three battalions of Fraser’s 71st Highlanders) and a Hessian brigade.
A force of British Foot Guards and grenadiers emerged from the forest, where it had been temporarily lost, and attacked the right flank of the troops at the ford.
www.britishbattles.com /brandywine.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Battle of Ferozeshah - 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).
While his British and Bengali troops dealt with the casualties of Moodkee General Gough sent instructions to General Littler, commanding the garrison in Ferozepore, to march out of the town, evading the blockading force of Tej Singh, and join him before Ferozeshah on 21st December 1845 for the second battle with Lal Singh’s force.
• Present with the British generals at the beginning of the battle was Prince Waldemar of Prussia, son of the King of Prussia and colonel of the Prussian Guard Dragoons.
www.britishbattles.com /first-sikh-war/ferozeshah.htm   (3601 words)

  
 List of military divisions by number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of military divisions of all nationalities organised by number.
Divisions may be infantry, airborne, cavalry, mechanized or armoured.
British 49th (West Riding) Division (World War I) British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (World War II)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_military_divisions_by_number   (161 words)

  
 British 33rd Division -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The British 33rd Division was a (additional info and facts about New Army) New Army ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum) division formed in April 1915 as part of the K4 Army Group.
The division's insignia was the "double-three" (A small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots) domino.
The brigade transferred to the (additional info and facts about 2nd Division) 2nd Division in November 1915, swapping with the 19th Brigade.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Br/British_33rd_Division.htm   (473 words)

  
 British 34th Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Infobox-British-WWI-division insignia name: 34th Division colour ddbbbb army New Army (British) formation-date April 1915 demobilization-date 1919 prev-name: British 33rd Division prev-colour ddbbbb next-name: British 35th Division next-colour ddbbbb The British 34th Division was a New Army (British) division (military) formed in April 1915 as part of the K4 Army Group.
The division was originally made up of Pals battalions, notably the 10th Lincolns, known as the Grimsby Chums, and two brigades of Northumberland Fusiliers, the Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish.
The divisions first major action was the attack at La Boisselle on the first day on the Somme of the Battle of the Somme (1916) during which the division suffered heavy casualties and many of the original Pals were killed.
read-and-go.hopto.org /British-World-War-I-divisions/British-34th-Division.html   (478 words)

  
 Regiments of the British Army: Overview
Snapshots of the British Army, in the form of rolls of regiments at various periods in the Army's history, serve to illustrate the evolving continuity and heritage of the regimental system that has been described as both the envy and puzzlement of the rest of the world.
By 1702 a sense of seniority and precedence across the three establishments was beginning to evolve as Parliament, ever suspicious of the Army, forced major cuts after every war or crisis, and the regiments sought a claim to survival based on seniority.
The administrative brigades were superceded in 1968 by six divisions, and in 1969 regiments discarded their brigade cap badges and reverted to regimental ones.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/lists/bargts.htm   (4006 words)

  
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Elements of the 2nd British Division attacking along the Dimapur-Kohima road succeed in lifting part of the siege, opening the road to Jotsoma.
The British 2nd Division continues its drive to Kohima, relieving the garrison and breaking the Japanese encirclement.
Division relieved the last of the defenders at Kohima and continues their drive south toward Imphal.
www.bartcop.com /arc4404.htm   (1781 words)

  
 Order of Battle, American Forces, World War I, 31st, 32nd, 33d, 34th 35th Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Upon arrival in France the division was first sent to the Huppy area, near Abbeville, and on June 20th and 21st the division moved into the Amiens sector, where it was trained under the British, occupying portions of the British trenches and participating in a number of small operations.
On Aug. 23d it was transferred by rail from the British front to the area of the 1st American Army in the Toul sector, being concentrated on Aug. 26th in the region of Tronville-en-Barrois.
On Oct. 6th, the division was transferred to the French 17th Army Corps and participated (Oct. 8th) in the attack of the French 17th Corps east of the Meuse.
www.ls.net /~newriver/ww1/31div.htm   (1762 words)

  
 Welcome to Fort Hamilton
In August, British and Hessian troops, many of whom had landed on what is now Fort Hamilton, outflanked and defeated Washington's Army in the Battle of Long Island.
British troops occupied Brooklyn throughout the war, leaving at the end of 1783.
Without ever firing a shot, a new generation of forts at the Narrows held the British fleet at bay during the war of 1812 and perhaps saved New York City from the fate of the nation's capital, which was burned by the invaders.
www.nad.usace.army.mil /fh.htm   (1665 words)

  
 Saturday, April 21, 1945
The British 4th Corps advance in the Sittang Valley is beginning to pull ahead of the parallel efforts in the Irrawaddy Valley.
The heavy fighting near Baguio is continuing, with the attacks of the US 37th Division making some gains near the Irisan River and the 33rd Division advancing to the west of the city.
The division is ferried to Okinawa to join in the battle in the south.
www.onwar.com /chrono/1945/apr45/21apr45.htm   (279 words)

  
 1942
Despite receiving help from the 38th Chinese Division, the British positions on the Irrawaddy are threatened by the Japanese capture of Migyaungye.
BRITISH COMMAND: Rear Admiral Lord Mountbatten, despite his junior rank, has been appointed Chief of Combined Operations with a seat on the British Chiefs of Staff Committee.
The Chinese 55th Division retreating from Mauchi is effectively destroyed by the Japanese 56th Division.
www.burmastar.org.uk /1942.htm   (1496 words)

  
 Orphans Friend files
It was the first American division to enter Belgium, into which it marched July 4, took post at Watou, to closely support the 33rd and 49th British divisions, and completed the building of a strong defense system in rear of these two divisions, doing an immense amount of trench and wire construction.
It was trained with the latter divisions; first as individuals, then by platoons and last by entire battalions, and August 22 it took over all the sector of front which the 30th British division had occupied, to rest the latter.
The relief of the British troops by the 30th Division was to be made on the night of August 17, 1918, and the 120th regiment took over the ground occupied by the 100th British Brigade.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /WWI/Orphansfriend.htm   (13722 words)

  
 First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, 1916
Opened at dawn on the 14th (unusually so; Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief, was suspicious of night attacks), and preceded by a short sharp five minute artillery bombardment - just enough time to send exposed German defenders to their dugouts - the infantry moved forward.
In launching an attack upon Martinpuich the British would find themselves open to enfilading fire from the wood; therefore a simultaneous attack from the western side of the wood, directed at the German position, was launched, repeatedly and without success.
The consequences for the attacking 33rd Division towards Martinpuich was devastating.
www.firstworldwar.com /battles/bazentin.htm   (505 words)

  
 First Afghan War - Battle of Kabul 1842
The British colonies in India in the early 19th Century were held by the Honourable East India Company, a powerful trading corporation based in London, answerable to its shareholders and to the British Parliament.
At about this time the Ameer left in Kabul by the British, Shah Shujah, was murdered by the Sirdars in his capital city and his son Futteh Jung reluctantly and fearfully took the throne for a short time before escaping to the British camp and surrendering to Pollock.
A division from the “Army of Retribution” conducted a foray into Kohistan burning the capital Charikar to the ground and massacring much of the population.
www.britishbattles.com /first-afghan-war/kabul-1842.htm   (2259 words)

  
 British 32nd Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Infobox-British-WWI-division insignia name: 32nd Division colour ddbbbb army New Army (British) formation-date 1915 demobilization-date 1919 prev-name: British 31st Division prev-colour ddbbbb next-name: British 33rd Division next-colour ddbbbb The British 32nd Division was a New Army (British) division (military) that was originally made up of battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.
The division was taken over by the British War Office in September 1915.
It served in France on the Western Front (WWI) for the duration of the World War I. The divisions insignia was four eights arranged in an X shape.
read-and-go.hopto.org /British-World-War-I-divisions/British-32nd-Division.html   (339 words)

  
 The Battle of Long Island
Following the withdrawal of the British army from Boston on 17th March 1776, Washington in the expectation that Howe would attack New York which was held for the Congress marched much of his army south to that city.
On 26th August the main body of the British troops marched north-east along the line of high ground held by the Americans to begin their attack.
Information revealed to the British that the most northern of the three roads across the high ground was not guarded.
www.britishbattles.com /long-island.htm   (956 words)

  
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Meanwhile the French Expeditionary Corps captures San Giorgio, the British 13th Corps reaches Pignaturo and the reserve Canadian 1st Corps is committed to exploit the breakthrough.
The Indian 17th Division begins to counterattack elements of the Japanese 33rd Division south of Kohima.
The Japanese 18th Division having recovered there footing and secured the town of Myitkyina, counterattack Chindit forces to the south who were attempting to support the Sino-US forces further north..
www.bartcop.com /arc4405.htm   (2069 words)

  
 Sahara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the African campaign, the British were badly beating the Italians.
Along with the Australian 9th Infantry Division were elements of the British 33rd Tank Brigade, several Czechoslovak battalions, and the Polish Karpacka Rifle Brigade.
The German offensive was not halted until the Battle of el-Alamein under British Gen. Montgomery.
www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/sahara.html   (341 words)

  
 Zonebeke: Buttes 5th Australian Division Memorial
The Australian 4th Division would be making progress along the northern edge of the wood, but it was up to the 5th to take the wood and secure the right flank of the attack.
To the south the British 33 Division had not been able to advance as quickly as the Australians and this was leaving the Australian flank open as the Allied line bulged forward.
By 12:00 hours the 33rd Division had managed to fight their way forward and were in a better position to secure the open flank.
www.webmatters.net /belgium/ww1_buttes_aus.htm   (798 words)

  
 Third Division
The Third Division was formed in Australia in March 1916 and it moved to England to train in July 1916.
On the 12th of October, the Third Division was repulsed at Passchendaele.
In March 1918 the Third Division was rushed to the Somme region to stem the German Offensive there.
www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/3rd_Division.html   (459 words)

  
 The 33rd Division, 1914-1918
The Division began to assemble at Clipstone Camp in Nottinghamshire on 1 July 1915, and moved to the Bulford area on 3 August 1915.
The Division proveeded to concetrate around Berlaimont, and on 15 November moved to Montingny near Le Cateau, then on 6 December to Hornoy, west of Amiens.
33rd Divisional artillery crossed to France and rejoined its Division in December 1915.
www.1914-1918.net /33div.htm   (1355 words)

  
 Harry Shankman’s WWI War Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 33 DIVISION (The Prairie Division) was comprised of the troops from the Illinois National Guard.
The 33rd served with the Australians at the Amines sector, and was represented by units at Verdun and at the Meuse-Argonne.
As a division, the 33rd Division spent 27 days in active sectors and 32 days in quiet sectors.
home.att.net /~ronald.miller/shankmanww1.htm   (968 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II : China-Burma-India(CBI) Theater
Despite the monsoon British and Allied forces decided to start an advance which could be largely supplied by air since the necessay technique had become highly developed and the RAF had command of the air.
On 16 November 1944 the British moved to Moreh near Tamu but the advance was slow towards the Tiddim road because of mine fields led by the retreating Japanese.
The 23rd division was formed in Manipur state, new airfields were constructed there, and army and air force reinforcement arrived.
themanipurpage.tripod.com /history/wwII.html   (2998 words)

  
 Achtung Panzer! - Michael Wittmann!
In Autumn of 1942, 1st Waffen-SS Motorized Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" was upgraded to the status of a Panzer-Grenadier Division.
Wittmann's company along with the Panzer Lehr Division and the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" was part of Heeresgruppe under the command of Erwin Rommel.
British Sherman VC "Firefly" armed with 17 pounder gun was capable of penetrating Tiger's armor at range of 800m.
www.achtungpanzer.com /gen3.htm   (3098 words)

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