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  The 13th Hussars
The 13th was halted on the high ground facing Hlangwani, while Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry and the South African Light Horse with the Composite Regiment went on dismounted to attack the hill.
The strength of the 13th in camp was now 23 officers, 1 warrant officer, 440 non-commissioned officers and men, and 385 horses,—the total strength being 1 warrant officer, 562 non-com­missioned officers and men, and 475 horses.
This consisted of the Royal Dragoons, the 13th and the 14th Hussars, 2 naval guns, the York and Lancaster Regiment, and the I.L.I. Occupied in patrolling and outpost duties mainly, the 13th remained at Springfield until February 21.
www.pinetreeweb.com /13th-south-african-war-36-01.htm   (5050 words)

  
 The counterattack of the Finnish 4th Corps 12-14 Dec.1939
On December 11th, the 13th division, commanded by Colonel H.Hannuksela, was deployed to defend the area northeast of the coast of Ladoga, especially the vital road and railroad, that lead from Salmi to Sortavala via Kitilä.
On December 12th, the III/JR 39 reached the northern end of Lake Pyhäjärvi and the III/JR 38 made contact with elements of the Soviet JR 97 on the western side of Lake Kotajärvi at 1445 hrs.
On December 12th, the JR 208 of the 18th Division was attacking NW from the road, near Lake Syskyjärvi, and the III/JR 37 made a successful counterattack against the leading elements that had succeeded to infiltrate the Finnish defenses.
www.winterwar.com /Battles/4corpsCA1.htm   (1707 words)

  
 December 2000 Weather - National Weather Service Forecast Office - WFO, Austin/San Antonio, Texas
For Austin Mabry and Del Rio it was the 10th coldest December of record, and for San Antonio it was the 5th coldest December of record.
On December 12th and 13th, a freezing precipitation event came to South Central Texas and ended by mid to late morning of December 13th, followed by clearing skies and some sunshine.
On December 11th daytime highs rose into the upper 60s to 70s over most of South Central Texas in the early afternoon, before the sharp temperature drop came, of up to 20 degrees in 20 minutes at some locations, when an Arctic Cold Front swept through the area from early afternoon to near sunset.
www.srh.noaa.gov /ewx/html/wxevent/2000_2001/dec2000.htm   (1460 words)

  
 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Battle of the River Plate. 13th. December 1939.-
of December 1939, reported that she was under attack by a pocket battleship in position 19 degrees 15 minutes South, 5 degrees 5 minutes East, and the next day, an unknown ship made a similar report from a position 170 miles south west from the Doric Star incident.
of December, and she was told to cover the sector between Rouen and English Banks, with Achilles to the North of her, and Ajax to the South.
of December, and the King bestowed the Knight Companion of the Bath (KCB) on him, and the Companion of the Bath (CB) on the three cruiser Captains, C.H.L Woodhouse in Ajax, W.E. Parry in Achilles, and F. Bell in Exeter.
ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/TheBattleoftheRiverPlate..html   (3844 words)

  
 The 2004 Geminid Meteor Shower
Tell your friends: the best meteor shower of 2004 is about to peak on a long cold December night.
Because the Moon is almost new on Dec. 13th, country skies are going to be very dark and perfect for meteor watching.
It's a mystery to savor on Dec. 13th … with hot cocoa at your side and the Geminids overhead.
science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2004/06dec_geminids.htm?list546140   (700 words)

  
 Friday the 13th | MetaFilter
Anyway, my eldest son was born on Friday the 13th, so it's apparently not too terrible, unless you consider that the boy is practically my clone, in which case all bets are off.
They don't seem to happen very often, but statistically it seems like the 13th would be just as frequent as any other day of the week.
Afaik, jragon, Friday the 13th is an unusual date because due to the structure of our calendar, it only occurrs once a year, whereas the other 13s occur twice.
www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/22287   (1030 words)

  
 NE Diary 1939-45; Incidents 12th/13th December 1939 to 14th February 1940
The Tyne was the assembly point for the southbound East Coast convoys between November 1939 and February 1940 and at various times during this period it received some attention from German minelaying destroyers.
On Tuesday 12th December a force of German destroyers which consisted of the 'Beitzen', 'Steinbrinck', 'Heinemann' and 'Ihn', each loaded with 60 contact mines, sailed from their assembly point at Shillig Roads, together with the 'Künne' as escort.
Several days later the body of one of her seventeen man crew and a lifeboat were washed ashore.
www.bpears.org.uk /NE-Diary/Inc/ISeq_02.html   (3580 words)

  
 Israel Resource Review -- 13th December, 2005 -- Newsletter about Israel,Palestinians,the Middle ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The front page of the PA-owned Al Ayam on December 6 -- the day after the Jihad suicide bombing -- led with the headline "Israel imposes a closure and threatens to resume assassinations, attacks and home demolition." The news of the PA condemnation was tiny article under the fold.
On December 11, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas attended a ceremony to lay a cornerstone for a courthouse in Gaza City.
On December 7, Wafa reported that the PA and Norway signed an agreement estimated at $750,000 to assist PA police as part of a European Union initiative.
www.israelbehindthenews.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Archives/Dec-13-05.htm   (2447 words)

  
 Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
He served in the Bradford's Batt'n-Co A. (13th Calv.) He was injured at Fort Pillow and captured at Fort Pillow April 12 1864.
Linda Aaron Dickerson Thompson, of Pulaski County, KY was a member of the 13th in Company I.
It says he was from the 13th Infantry on his tombstone, but the 13th Cav.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/8081/kycav13.html   (4940 words)

  
 LUCIA - 13th December
Early a dark winter morning, a girl comes in a long white dress; she has a chandelier on her head, and she sings so well.
The 13:th of December is the day that people in Sweden celebrate Lucia.
Because Lucia was a Christian, she got killed on the 13:th of December in 304 A.D. In Sweden, we have celebrated Lucia for several hundred years.
www.llt.uea.ac.uk /scandstudies/trads/lucia.shtml   (445 words)

  
 NATO Mini. Comm. Brussels - 13th-14th December, 1979   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The North Atlantic Council met in Ministerial Session in Brussels on 13th and 14th December 1979.
Ministers noted the studies launched in 1979, including those on the restoration and conservation of monuments, and on Man's impact on the stratosphere, as well as projected studies on the management of technology.
The Ministers who participated in the special meeting of Foreign and Defence Ministers on 12th December 1979 noted with satisfaction that the decisions taken today by the North Atlantic Council in their opinion complemented those adopted at that meeting.
www.nato.int /docu/comm/49-95/c791213a.htm   (2442 words)

  
 Fethard Notes - 13th December 1997
All members are requested to be present in the car park on Saturday morning at 10.30 and to attend the next club meeting in the Tirry Centre on the previous Friday night December 12th, at 8.30.
He said that the team had played as if the match was taking place on the first day of spring instead of the first Sunday in December.
While no Fethard personnel were present at the game, the team and selectors will study a video recording of the semi-final this week.
www.fethard.com /nationalist/1997/19971213.html   (3985 words)

  
 Hoax Forum | Tuesday, 13th of December
Posted: 13 December 2005 06:59 AM well I am here for u chary we just thinking on how much trouble it is to get a good drink now adays..
Posted: 13 December 2005 06:59 AM Well, my painkillers aren’t working, so I’m off to stamp around the gallery and kick small children until I feel better.
Posted: 13 December 2005 07:08 AM I can’t really move around much today because my back has been acting up (is there anybody on this Forum who actually has a fully-functional back anymore?), but other than that all is well enough.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/forums/viewthread/657/P60   (771 words)

  
 Council Meetings Minutes: Waverley Council
Report dated 5 December 2005 from Director, Planning and Environmental Services regarding the establishment of an Independent Hearing and Assessment Panel (IHAP) and to initiate an IHAP program at Waverley for a twelve-month trial period.
Report dated 5 December 2005 from the Director, Bondi and Beaches about the re-establishment of an alcohol free zone at Bondi Beach for a further 3 years.
Report dated 5 December 2005 from the Director, Corporate and Technical Services and the Director, Bondi and Beaches Unit about the ‘Looking Good’ component of the capital upgrade of the Seven Ways intersection at Bondi Beach.
www.waverley.nsw.gov.au /council/meetings/2005Minutes/0512/Council.asp   (7077 words)

  
 Leyland Accordion Club - 13th December 2000
I have many more ideas which will make us a club with a reputation, a reputation for what I'm not sure but I am happy as long as we have a reputation for something J and I look forward to meeting you at our new venue on Wednesday.
Our December concert started with Jay and Jeff ward playing Yellow Bird - I must have been enjoying their playing because that's all I wrote down even though I know they played a lot more than one tune.
Stockport Accordion Club are featuring Gordon Glenn as guest artist on the 23rd of January and Steve Roxton as guest artist on the 13th March 2001.
www.sectorsoftware.demon.co.uk /accord39.htm   (3374 words)

  
 London 13th December - set list.. etc.
At brum he forgot the opening lines to kate and me and some guy had to shout them (along with a few others!) and then he goes "aahh thats it, right then" and im pretty sure he tried an impression of matt lucus before jesusland "yeah i know!" which jared found rather amuzing
I used to be a member of dimeadozen and I think I may have been deleted for inactivity.
All ben's shows are great but it is a shame that the band haven't varied the set more since the summer.
www.thesuburbs.org.uk /Board/index.php?topic=3062.15   (1073 words)

  
 Techquila Shots: Pepys-Map : 13th - 14th December 1661
In the entry for 13th December 1661, the following events are modelled:
The drinkers in the previous event are all assumed to have been audience to the performance.
The entry for 14th December 1661 is quite short and only the following events are modelled:
www.techquila.com /blog/archives/000152.html   (166 words)

  
 Hoax Forum | Tuesday, 13th of December
Posted: 13 December 2005 07:32 AM Accipiter - 13 December 2005 07:08 AM I can’t really move around much today because my back has been acting up (is there anybody on this Forum who actually has a fully-functional back anymore?), but other than that all is well enough.
Posted: 13 December 2005 07:35 AM later acc take care and we will be good.
Posted: 13 December 2005 07:45 AM Boo has a habit of filling her inbox.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/forums/viewthread/657/P100   (825 words)

  
 Leyland Accordion Club -13th December 1998
We had noticed that the heating in the room was turned off and, despite an assurance from downstairs that it had just been switched on, it never warmed up.
I look forward to seeing you all this Wednesday 13th January when we have two members making their debut performances at the club and you can see our new carpet, the new dance floor in it's altered location and therefore our new seating position.
The same is true with the centuries, the 20th Century started on 1st January 1901 and ends on 31st December 2000.
www.sectorsoftware.demon.co.uk /accord15.htm   (2256 words)

  
 Fethard News 13th December 2002
We wish her and her team the very best of luck in the games which take place in Galway this weekend, December 13th and 14th.
The numbers drawn on Tuesday 3rd December were 3, 6, 11 and 27.
On Monday last, 2nd December, a crew from County Council, SAP Nurseries and Coolmore planted a beautiful Christmas Tree in The Square Fethard.
www.fethard.com /news_archive/cnews.021213.html   (1443 words)

  
 UFO Sighting Report December 13th 2003 : Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
I was reading your article about sightings in the Airdrie Echo last week and found it very interesting.
I was driving home from work last Saturday night December 13, 2003 from Calgary, Alberta.
I'm at the first Airdrie exit, I saw this bright tunnel of light come down from somewhere in the sky, it lit up all of Airdrie and then it went back up again.
www.ufoinfo.com /sightings/canada/031213.shtml   (261 words)

  
 High Court Judgement on the 13th December 2001 case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The media was allowed to interview Mohammad Afzal on 20 December 2003, and this was repeatedly broadcast for two days (20, 21 December) and then a hundred days after the attack.
The defence had argued that since POTA charges were included only on 19 December 2001 and because POTA has certain safeguards, all evidence collected prior to 19.12.01 had to be ignored in relation to the POTA offences.
In fact there is possibly reason to believe that the accused were charged under POTA from the beginning, but all its safeguards were violated during the investigation.
www.revolutionarydemocracy.org /miscl/pudr.htm   (3800 words)

  
 Minutes of the Meeting held on the 13th December, 2001.
Minutes of the Meeting held on the 13th December, 2001.
December which expressed concern at the potential health hazard of the new technology being introduced by the Police and the emergency services when the health effects were not known.
Concern had been expressed that initially only one dish was positioned on the mast in Bigyn but now after 10 years there were multiple dishes which put residents in the area at risk.
www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk /agendas/eng/ODCB20020110/REP04.htm   (3102 words)

  
 Fethard News 13th December 2004
Fethard ICA Christmas Party will be held on December 14th in the ICA Hall at 7.30 pm.
The Ballylusky White Heathers meet on Sunday next, December 12th at the Kennels, Sunday December 19th, Ballylusky, and on December 26th, St. Stephen’s Day, in Drangan.
This field is providing the children of the locality with the opportunity to use sporting facilities and to use their leisure time constructively.
www.fethard.com /news_archive/cnews.041213.html   (2972 words)

  
 Bulletin 66 - 13th December 2002
Today, the 10th December 2002, people around the world are celebrating the many achievements of the human rights movement and reminding themselves of all that remains to be done.
This educational tour is launched in the Nelson/Golden Bay region in December 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - and then moves on to Christchurch, Dunedin, West Coast, Wellington, Taupo, Tauranga, Hamilton, Manukau, Auckland Central, Hawkes Bay and Palmerston North.
We extend an invitation to you to participate in a Parade for Peace to be held on Saturday, 14 December in Wellington City from 12-2pm.
www.amnesty.org.nz /HRNet.nsf/dd5cab6801f1723585256474005327c8/bf6933eda3d886f0cc256c8a00753739!OpenDocument   (2023 words)

  
 Common Ground Common Sense
On Monday, December 13, electoral college delegates will meet in every state capital to cast the votes that will elect our president and vice president.
Please join us to protest and make visible the many voting rights violations and election irregularities which call into question the integrity of this election and demand reforms to extend and protect a genuine democracy.
Monday, December 13th, Protest Rally, Kansas City, Missouri.
www.commongroundcommonsense.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=9435   (874 words)

  
 13th December 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
A floor plan for a possible Post Office at 2 North Street had been presented on December 12th and passed to Post Office HQ for consideration as to the suitability of the location.
He said that estimates were being obtained for the footpath from the MF car park to the school and 87 metres would be on council property and 57 metres on school property.
The request from the Village Hall Management Committee to construct a path from the MF car park to the Bowls Club (for disabled use) was agreed.
www.biddenden.gov.uk /meetings2005/13-12-05.htm   (1844 words)

  
 RE: Draft Minutes: TAG Telcon 13th December 2004 from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2004-12-20 (www-tag@w3.org from ...
RE: Draft Minutes: TAG Telcon 13th December 2004 from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2004-12-20 (www-tag@w3.org from December 2004)
RE: Draft Minutes: TAG Telcon 13th December 2004
I don't much care which version we archive, but if you do want my cleaned up one, I suspect that would be the easier way to do it.
lists.w3.org /Archives/Public/www-tag/2004Dec/0032.html   (337 words)

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