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	Royal Military Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The canal was built as a third line of defence against Napoleon, after the British Royal Navy patrolling the English Channel and the line of 74 Martello Towers built along the south coast.
		As a result, both the canal and the Military Road were opened for public use with tolls being charged.
		Although a barge service was established from Hythe to Rye, the canal was abandoned in 1877 and leased to the Lords of the Level of Romney Marsh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Military_Canal (501 words)

	The Royal Military Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Royal Military Canal was placed under the authority of the Secretary of State for war.
		On the west side of Hythe the canal comes close to the Romney, Hythe and Dimchurch Railway which at one third the normal gauge is said to be the smallest public railway in the world.
		Appledore is said to be a delightful village though before the canal came along it was a marooned island in the centre of the marsh land.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/royalmilitary.htm (4294 words)

	Hythe, Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Military Canal runs across the northern edge of the Marsh, to Winchelsea, along with a series of Martello towers built at the same time along the coast from Folkestone to Seaford.
		Geologically the town had developed upon a succession of parallel terraces, rising from the level ground around the Royal Military canal up towards the steep incline upon which the parish church of St Leonard was built.
		Running under Stade Street at one point, the old Royal Military canal (intended to help repel a threatened French invasion during the Napoleonic wars (1804–15)), gives central Hythe much of its character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hythe,_Kent (1671 words)

	Military - Schema-Root (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A new permanent military court is to be established independent of the defence force chain of command and able to sit anywhere Australian soldiers are serving.
		Israeli military prosecutors on Thursday appealed a court decision to release 19 Palestinian lawmakers from the militant Hamas group, a lawyer for the...
		Military Police to investigate 8 cases of alleged abuse in West...
	schema-root.org /military (933 words)

	Royal Military College [Canada] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		RMC is situated on Point Frederick, a small peninsula just to the east of the City of Kingston, Ontario, at the junction of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
		The Badge of RMC is based on the College's Coat-of-Arms and consists of the crest (the mailed fist) and the motto.
		The design of the RMC flag proved to be instrumental to the final selection of the Canadian flag in 1965.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca^rmc.html (1085 words)

	History - Museum of the Royal Military College of Canada
		RMC is situated on Point Frederick, a small peninsula just to the east of the City of Kingston, Ontario.
		The Rideau Canal was built to provide a safe logistic link from Montreal to the Dockyard, Fort Henry was rebuilt in stone, as were several dockyard buildings, and somewhat later, a series of Martello Towers were constructed to augment the harbour defences.
		The Badge of RMC is based on the College's Coat-of-Arms and consists of the crest (the mailed fist) and the motto.The motto, 'Truth, Duty, Valour', was chosen by the first Commandant, Lt-Col. E.O. Hewett.
	www.rmc.ca /other/museum/history_e.html (1148 words)

	royal military canal - new romney kent tourist holiday accommodation hotel south England railway beach
		The reason why the Canal was built was for the defence against a probable invasion in the Napoleonic Wars with France (1793 - 1815).
		As well as the important military monument which is, the Canal is a habitat for wildlife.
		The 3m wide Royal Military Road runs on the northern side of the Canal, from Seabrook to West Hythe Dam and allows better access for walkers, cyclists and disabled users.
	www.newromney.net /sightseeing/royal-military-canal.asp (370 words)

	Agen - Tourist Office - Between the Canal and the River Garonne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The canal was dug from 1839 to 1856 between Toulouse and Castets en Dorthe.
		Moreover, canal traffic heading for Bordeaux was obliged to leave the Canal du Midi at Toulouse to join the Garonne, which caused storage problems and loss of time when navigation was impossible.
		Unfortunately, the canal was finished at the same time as the Bordeaux - Sète railway line, which followed the same course, and in 1857 the station at Agen received its first rail convoys.
	www.ot-agen.org /_eng/visite/garonne-canal.htm (1286 words)

	Tour Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The zig-zag line followed by the Canal and road can still be seen in the section of the A259 leading from Winchelsea to Rye and in the name of the Military Road beyond Rye.
		Modern amateur generals tend to dismiss the Royal Military Canal as both unnecessary (because the French did not invade in the end) and a folly (because they contend that it would have failed to stop Napoleon).
		The accusation that the Canal was a folly ignores the fact that it is very difficult, even for modern troops, to cross water, particularly under fire.
	www.winchelsea.net /new_page_2.htm (2068 words)

	Kent - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Edward I in 1278 made the Cinque Ports—four of the original five, Dover, Hythe, Romney, and Sandwich are in Kent—responsible for the maintenance of a royal fleet.
		Henry VIII was the first monarch to establish a naval dockyard at Chatham, in use by the British Navy until 1984.
		Fear of invasion by France during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century led to the construction of defensive towers (called Martello towers) along the south coast from Folkestone to Eastbourne in East Sussex; the Royal Military Canal from Hythe to Rye was dug during the same period.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761564276___9/Kent.html (574 words)

	Royal Engineers Museum - Global wars and a third Corps (1756-1815) - Part 5
		The Royal Staff Corps was raised in 1799 from tradesmen volunteers from the infantry regiments.
		Royal Engineers and Royal Military Artificers accompanied General Sir John Moore's (1761-1809) campaign (1808) to Portugal and Spain, as well as General John Pitt, Earl of Chatham's (1756-1835) disastrous Walcheren expedition (1809), but it was not until the Duke of Wellington's campaign in the Peninsular that the Engineers really came into their own.
		In August 1812 the Royal Military Artificers were formed into the Royal Sappers and Miners, and at the siege of San Sebastián (August 1812) were joined by the newly trained 'Pasley Cadets' from Chatham.
	www.remuseum.org.uk /corpshistory/rem_corps_part5.htm (1316 words)

	Canals for Shipping in ancient Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Tumilat canal was possibly restored during the 12th dynasty and was seemingly navigable during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III who made intensive use of their navy for both economic and military ventures.
		In the Late Period another attempt at reconstructing the "Suez" canal was made by Necho (or Nekhau, ca.600 BCE), who must have been aware of the military and economic importance of a navigable link between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
		During the construction of the Gizeh pyramids, a canal was excavated leading to a depression near the pyramids, which could be used as a port for unloading the granite blocks shipped downriver.
	nefertiti.iwebland.com /timelines/topics/canals.htm (1728 words)

	Royal Military College Kingston Ontario
		RMC is located on Point Frederick, a small peninsula at the point where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario and where the Rideau Canal System starts.
		Additional military fortifications near by are Fort Frontenac, originally established in 1673 across the Rideau River from Point Frederick and Ft Henry, constructed between 1832-36.
		The RMC Flag is reputed to have been the inspiration for Dr. George Stanley, who was the Dean of Arts at RMC, in his design for the new Canadian Flag which was adopted in 1965.
	www.virtualkingston.ca /royalmilitarycollege.htm (508 words)

	Romney Marsh Countryside Project - The Royal Military Canal
		The Royal Military Canal stretches for 28 miles hugging the old cliff line that borders the Romney Marsh from Hythe in the north east to Cliff End in the south west.
		The canal is also a haven for some of the special wildlife of the Romney Marsh, Kingfishers can be regularly seen and during the summer months the canal comes alive with patrolling dragonflies and noisy Marsh Frogs.
		The Government abandoned the canal in 1877 and leased it to the Lords of the Level of Romney Marsh.
	www.rmcp.co.uk /canal.html (801 words)

	The Royal Military Canal
		The Canal had been dug at great haste after being suggested by Lieutenant-Colonel John Brown in September 1804, and its purpose was to provide a water obstacle to seal off the Dungeness peninsula and Romney Marsh.
		The Royal Military Canal was the alternative to complete inundation, and Martello Towers were sited to protect vulnerable sluice gates to prevent the French navigating their way inland using such waterways.
		The Martello Towers were to be the first line of defence, control of the sluices would allow saltwater contamination of Romney Marsh to be the second, and finally, the Royal Military Canal was to be the third.
	www.martello-towers.co.uk /south-coast/distribution/military-canal.htm (432 words)

	DD 872 Forrest Royal
		Forrest Royal's next deployment, between 26 August 1952 and 29 January 1953, was for a combination of NATO exercises off the coast of Norway, visits to principal ports in northern Europe, 2 months with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, and antisubmarine exercises with British ships off Northern Ireland.
		Forrest Royal sailed on through the Suez Canal to bring her additional strength to the 7th Fleet as it intensified its activities in the Taiwan Straits in response to renewed Communist shelling of Quemoy and Matsu through September.
		A highlight of Forrest Royal's operating schedule in 1959 was her participation in Operation "Inland Sea," the movement of a major naval task force into the Great Lakes in connection with the ceremonial opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-872.htm (688 words)

	Rideau Canal Waterway - Memorials
		This section of the Rideau Canal Waterway website is devoted to the various memorial and markers that have been erected to commemorate those who helped to build the Rideau, including many of those who died during the construction of the canal.
		The canal was a project of the British Army but it could never have succeeded without the efforts of the civilian workers and their families.
		The Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Newboro is the burial ground for the canal workers that died during the construction of the Rideau Canal at the Isthmus (Newboro), including several of the Sappers and Miners that were stationed at this spot.
	www.rideau-info.com /canal/history/memorials.html (2424 words)

	History by Waterway from Red Jacket Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Description: A 1 mile 7 furlong canal connecing to the Glan-y-wern Canal and thus connecting the River Neath with the River Tawe.
		This scheme was for a canal from Rainham Creek with an entrance lock and basin from the Thames connecting to the River Beam by a cutting.
		He announced a new plan for the canal with an estimated cost of under £60,000 with locks to admit the largest lighters navigating the Thames, Lee and Regent's Canal.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History22.html (3030 words)

	Rye Bay Countryside Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Royal Military Canal runs for 28 miles between Hythe and Cliff End near Hastings.
		The Canal ditch was commanded by gun positions typically at every 500 yards and defending troops along the Military Road were protected by the earthen bank of the parapet.
		The Canal is important to the Environment Agency in many ways and in particular for water level control on the Romney and Walland Marshes.
	www.ryebay.demon.co.uk /mcanal.html (161 words)

	Taking Canada
		Ships of the Royal Navy on blockade duty obtained their supplies from the country they were blockading in this blockade.
		However, he did not counterattack, giving Jackson the opportunity to pull back and construct a strong defensive line along the Rodriguez Canal from the river levee to the cypress swamp, about 900 yards.
		He put 3200 of his best troops, including the Tennessee riflemen and the Pirate artillery, behind the breastworks, and moved the less reliable ones across the river to guard a battery there that protected his river flank.
	www.royalscotsgrenadiers.com /part3.html (3294 words)

	The Royal Montreal Regiment - Why We Fight
		It was during this last incarnation that a future Commanding Officer and Honorary Colonel, Major Robert Schwob distinguished himself by earning the Military Cross at the storming of the Leopold Canal on October 6th, 1944.
		Accurate enemy machine-gun fire came from positions that enfiladed the canal and took a large toll of those in the boats.
		After cessation of hostilities on May 5th, 1945, he was posted with the Allied Military Government in Continental Europe and then attached to British Army 5th Corps Headquarters at Carintia, Austria, and it was there his duties took him to the nearby village of Viktring to attend to a large group of Yugoslav refugees.
	www.royalmontrealregiment.com /ww2.php (604 words)

	The Kent County Council (Royal Military Canal Bridge—Hamstreet) Scheme 1990 Confirmation Instrument 1992
		It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users.
		The Kent County Council (Royal Military Canal Bridge—Hamstreet) Scheme 1990 is hereby confirmed without modifications.
		This Instrument may be cited as the Kent County Council (Royal Military Canal Bridge—Hamstreet) Scheme 1990 Confirmation Instrument 1992.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1992/Uksi_19921091_en_1.htm (312 words)

	Smuggling on Romney Marsh, East Sussex
		The Royal Military Canal is a prominent feature on the marsh, and its construction in the first five years of the 19th century must have caused some consternation among the marsh smugglers.
		The canal was intended to prevent a French invasion, but it was equally effective at stopping the movement of contraband from the marsh coast to the markets inland.
		Some parts of the canal were shallow enough to ford, but these points weren't always easy to locate: several smugglers drowned at Pett Levels when they were chased into the water by the preventive services — evidently they searched unsuccessfully for a safe crossing point.
	www.smuggling.co.uk /gazetteer_se_15.html (2276 words)

	A Walking Holiday in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The dirt dredged to make the canal was piled high on one side and became a roadway.
		A smaller levee on the opposite side was to be used as a towpath, as the boats would have been towed along by long tethers being pulled from the bank, probably by horses.
		The Royal Military Canal Path follows the canal, sometimes on the low tow path, sometimes on the higher old disused road on the opposite side.
	members.aol.com /canoecamping40/roanoke/day10.html (1053 words)

	Royal Military Canal: Waterscape.com
		One of the most spectacular follies of the waterway age, the Royal Military Canal stretches for 28 miles across the remote Romney Marsh.
		Unlike most canals, this one wasn't built for navigation - it was built to obstruct Napoleon.
		But Napoleon never came, and the canal was belatedly turned into a commercial waterway.
	www.waterscape.com /Royal_Military_Canal (183 words)

	Welcome to World War II in Europe 1939-1943
		On November 30, the Soviet Union attacked Finland, under the pretext that Finland refused to surrender a few military bases, though that was not the case.
		Dunkerque In mid-May it became apparent that the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the remaining men of the French First Army would have to be evacuated from the continent by sea and air.
		As early as May 20, the Royal Navy had been planning Operation Dynamo to save the approximately 350,000 men trapped at Dunkerque between the Wehrmacht and the sea.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,701249,00.html (4754 words)

	Hythe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Royal Military Canal bounds Romney Marsh on the landward side, and runs westwards from Hythe.
		A Millennium project to restore and upgrade the canal is in progress, including upgrading the path alongside.
		Further information may be found on the web for the Royal Military Canal, and for the upgrade programme.
	www.lunemillenniumbridge.info /Hythe.html (77 words)

	Iraqi Freedom 2003 PIKE
		The three wounded soldiers were evacuated to a military medical facility for treatment.
		Military Police stopped a gray Passat that was on the wanted vehicle list and found that the people inside had four AK-47s, locked and loaded, and five magazines.
		Coleman was on patrol when the vehicle he was driving flipped over into a canal trapping him inside the vehicle.
	www.militaryunits.com /Iraqifreedom2003.htm (11744 words)

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