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68, 000 men and the commander of the BEF — Lord Gort — evacuated on 31 May.
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There are currently about 20, 000 Cuban doctors working in 68 countries across three continents, including a 135-strong medical team in Java, Indonesia.
However, according to 2005 data reported by the Colombian government, the road network totaled 163, 000 kilometers, 68 percent of which were paved and in good condition.
Garth Brooks still continues to sell well and according to Nielsen Soundscan, his albums sales through October 2011 are at 68, 561, 000, which makes him the best-selling albums artist in the United States in the SoundScan era ( since 1991 ), a title held since 1991, well over 5 million ahead of his nearest rival, The Beatles.
Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia, with the population of around 68, 000 people spread out over 34 low-lying coral atolls, comprising 1, 156 individual islands and islets.
So, an aircraft traveling at Mach 1 at 20 ° C or 68 ° F, at sea level, will experience shock waves in much the same manner as when it is traveling at Mach 1 at 11, 000 m ( 36, 000 ft ) at-50 ° C or-58F, even though it is traveling at only 86 % of its speed at higher temperature like 20 ° C or 68 ° F.
In 2010, the major producers were Russia ( 100, 000 tonnes ), Finland ( 68, 000 t ), United States ( 53, 000 t ), South Korea ( 50, 000 t ), France ( 20, 000 t ) and Canada ( 15, 000 t ).
** The Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Championship in a Title for Title, winner takes all match at WrestleMania VI in front of nearly 68, 000 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
68 and men
The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men and 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention.
In his serialized Diary ( 1953 – 68 ) Gombrowicz alluded to his homosexual experiences with ' lower class ' young men ; a theme which he picked up again when interviewed by Dominique de Roux in A Kind of Testament ( 1973 ).
* March – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat to get through the impregnable defences.
The whole German raiding party, made up of only 19 officers and 79 soldiers, promptly overwhelmed the small French maintenance garrison ( 68 men ) and forced its surrender.
Firstly, a non-commissioned officer named Chenot was the highest ranking French personnel inside Fort Douaumont and the de facto commander of the fort's technical maintenance garrison ( 68 men ).
The eight hundred and one men from the 1st Newfoundland Regiment marched onto the battlefield from the reserves and only 68 made it out unharmed with over 500 of 801 dead.
This highly successful idea hugely increased the number of troops that could be embarked each day, and indeed at the rescue operation's peak, on 31 May, over 68, 000 men were taken off.
Pickett with his 68 men appeared to be fully prepared to oppose a British landing, ordering them into a line of battle near the beach.
* I Korps: 23, 000 men, 68 guns, under the command of 53-year-old General der Kavallerie Heinrich von Bellegarde, who had served under Archduke Charles several times in the past and was a sound, albeit unenterprising commander ;
* II Korps: 27, 000 men, 68 guns, under the command of 52-year-old Feldmarschalleutnant Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, a Rhineland Prince and a commander with impeccable reputation ;
80. 0 % of Taiwanese American men attained a bachelors degree and 68. 3 % of Taiwanese American women attained a bachelors degree.
Consistent social policies led to an increase in life expectancy to 68. 1 years for men and 74. 4 years for women.
In June 68, the Praetorian Guard prefect, Nymphidius Sabinus, as part of a plot to become emperor himself, incited his men to transfer their loyalty from Nero to Galba.
( Davis, 74 ) The Sirigie mask is a tall mask that is only used in funerals for the men that were alive during the holding of the Sigui ceremony ( see below ) ( Davis, 68 ).
The 17th Missouri Infantry lost only 68 men during the entire war ; nearly one third of those were at Whitney's Lane.
i. c. 68, p. 617 ); and it is remarkable enough that a Greek historian ( Phranza, l. i. c. 29 ) adds no more than 20, 000 men.
At the conclusion, 68 women and 32 men signed the " Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions ", which was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the M ' Clintock family.
For them in less than half an hour it was all over ; 801 men went into action and on the unwounded name call next day, only 68 answered.
Of the 142 who completed tertiary schooling, 68. 3 % were Swiss men, 19. 7 % were Swiss women, 7. 7 % were non-Swiss men and 4. 2 % were non-Swiss women.
During the Siege of Petropavlovsk, 988 men with a mere 68 guns managed to defend the outpost against 6 ships with 206 guns and 2, 540 French and British soldiers.
On April 17, 1797 their combined forces ( 64 to 68 ships and 7, 000 to 13, 000 men ) landed in Cangrejos, approx.
68 and commander
Under chapter II of section 68 titled Command of the naval and military forces, the Constitution of Australia states that: " The commander in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in the Governor General as the Queen's representative.
Under his command, she joined the U. S. 3rd Fleet at Noumea, New Caledonia, where he was detached to command Destroyer Squadron 5 and operated as escort commander for Task Forces 67, 68 and 70.
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