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The main German detachment advanced northwards from Helsinki and took Hyvinkää and Riihimäki on 21 – 22 April, followed by Hämeenlinna on 26 April.
Leaving a strong detachment to hold the camp at Bedriacum, the Othonian forces advanced along the Via Postumia in the direction of Cremona.
Led by Hydarnes, a detachment of the Persian army advanced along this path, encountering 1000 Phocians stationed to block this route.
As Pedder's detachment advanced on the target, the French colonial troops from the 22nd Algerian Tirailleurs that were defending the area opened fire and in the ensuing engagement Pedder was killed and a number of other officers in the centre detachment were wounded.
On the morning of Saturday, 10 September, Somerset advanced his army to close up with the detachment at Inveresk.
As the tiny detachment approached, the advanced guard of the mass deployed and came on with fixed bayonets.
Newly developed rifled artillery would no longer be placed in the rear of the order of march for employment behind the infantry ; instead, a significant detachment would travel with the advanced guard of the leading corps or other major element, and the remainder would march with the front of the main body, providing immediate artillery coverage of the advanced guard on contact and of the main body during subsequent deployment on the field.
On 18 October 1944 an advanced detachment was directed to report to the New York Port of Embarkation.
In advanced disease, the vessels can pull the retina away from the back wall of the eye, leading to tractional retinal detachment.
The main army, under Moore, had advanced to Salamanca and were joined by Hope's detachment on 3 December when Moore received news that the Spanish forces had suffered several defeats.
The Tyrol detachment advanced as far as Roveredo on 26 April before being halted by Baraguey d ' Hilliers.
Near here, a sharp cavalry engagement, Powick Bridge, took place on 23 September between the advanced cavalry of Essex's army, and a force under Prince Rupert, which was engaged in protecting the retreat of the Oxford detachment.
On the night of 15 to 16 December 1944 in the Kaladan valley, Burma ( now Myanmar ), Umrao Singh was a field gun detachment commander in an advanced section of the 33 Mountain Battery, 30th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery, serving on detachment as part of the 81st West African Division in Viscount Slim's British 14th Army, supporting the advance of the XV Corps on the Arakan.
The Soviet detachment, armed with military batons and spades ( a favorite weapon of Soviet special forces ), advanced on demonstrators moving along the Rustaveli Avenue.
After a small engagement known as the Battle of Picacho Pass just north of Tucson between a detachment of Carleton's cavalry and Confederate pickets, Carleton advanced on Tucson in three columns.
Together they advanced on the springs at Apache Pass in the same manner, leaving Cremony with the guard detachment.
The detachment commanded by Zihni Bey, that advanced forward in Sardarabad area, reached the station of Alagöz ( modern-day Aragats ) and line of Mahtaka.
Unable to linkup with the Pakistani detachment at Dinajpur, this column resumed their advance the following morning, advanced slowly through the town.

advanced and VIII
The Vikings then advanced to their second Super Bowl in franchise history, Super Bowl VIII, against the Miami Dolphins at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.
John Skelton studied at the University of Oxford in the early 1480s and was advanced to the degree of " poet laureate " in 1488, when he joined the court of King Henry VII to tutor the future Henry VIII.
Officers with advanced degrees ( for which study at the National Defense Academy qualifies ) can expect to attain grade VIII before reaching the retirement age of sixty to sixty-five.
The British VIII Army advanced towards Venice and Trieste.
When far advanced in years Cesalpino accepted a call to Rome as professor of medicine at University of Rome La Sapienza and physician to Pope Clement VIII.
Part of the original plans for a very grand residence were " well advanced " before the duke was beheaded, in 1521, on the orders of his distant cousin Henry VIII, for alleged treason.
In late March, VIII Corps advanced eastward through Eisenach and then across the Fulda River.
Both games use an advanced version of the Ultima VIII: Pagan isometric view engine featuring full SVGA graphics.

advanced and Bomber
The absence of a strategic bomber force for the Luftwaffe, following General Wever's accidental death in 1936 and the end of the Ural bomber program he fostered before the invasion of Poland, would not be addressed again until the authorization of the Bomber B design competition in July 1939, which sought to replace the medium bomber force with which the Luftwaffe was to begin the war, with more advanced, twin-engined high speed bomber aircraft fitted with pairs of relatively " high-power " engines of 1, 500 kW ( 2, 000 hp ) output levels and upwards each, that would also be able to function as shorter range heavy bombers.
The spring 1942 Amerika Bomber program also sought to produce useful strategic bomber designs for the Luftwaffe, with their prime design priority being an advanced trans-oceanic range capability as the main aim of the project to directly attack the United States from Europe or the Azores.
After a boxing match between the two, the pilots are assigned to a top secret exercise on a B-3 Stealth Bomber ( a fictional advanced version of the actual B-2 Spirit stealth bomber ) with two B-83 nuclear bombs on board.
* Heinkel He 277-a planned, advanced long range bomber design, evolved to be an Amerika Bomber candidate, to be powered with four BMW 801 radial engines

advanced and Command
Early in August, General Archibald Wavell was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Command, and he sent reinforcements which had been sought by Wilson, initially the Indian 4th Infantry Division and advanced elements of 6th Australian Division and, as the build up at Mersa Matruh continued, Richard O ' Connor and his staff at 7th Infantry Division in Palestine were moved to Egypt to reinforce Wilson's command structure there.
With the transfer from Air Training Command to Tactical Air Command, the mission at Nellis transitioned from initial aircraft qualification and gunnery training to advanced, graduate-level weapons training.
The Afrika Korps Assault Group began moving along the Hatab River valley towards Haidra and Tebessa in the early afternoon of February 21 and advanced until they met defenders consisting of the US 1st Infantry Division's 16th Infantry Regiment and Combat Command B of the US 1st Armored Division at Djebel el Hamra.
The Revolutionary Command Council passed a multitude of controversial legislation that advanced only the interests of the Ba ’ ath Party in Iraq.
The Roomba 760 is the simplest of the robots with no scheduling possibilities and no accessories, and Roomba 790 is the newest and most advanced with both scheduling and a large range of accessories including Lighthouses, Wireless Command Center and extra brushes and filters.
* In Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and its expansion Firestorm the Brotherhood of Nod deployed an advanced aircraft known as the Banshee equipped with plasma cannons.
Having been advanced to KCB in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1966, he was made General Officer Commanding Far East Land Forces with the rank of lieutenant general on 28 July 1966, tri-service Commander in Chief of Far East Command in 1967 and, having been promoted to full general on 29 March 1968, General Officer Commanding Southern Command on 12 May 1969.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Land Command in the rank of general on 12 March 1996 and, having been appointed ADC General to the Queen on 6 December 1996 and advanced to GCB in the New Year Honours List 1997, made Chief of the General Staff (' CGS ') on 3 February 1997.
He also completed advanced courses from the prestigious Command and Staff College in Quetta in 1966.
IX Engineering Command constructing an advanced landing ground
Designated as one of two RAF Fighter Command stations assigned to ‘’ C Sector ’’, and designated as an advanced aerodrome for RAF Kenley and RAF Biggin Hill.
He was advanced to that grade on June 18, 1985 and assigned as the assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters, Allied Forces, Northern European Command, near Oslo, Norway on July 15, 1985.
Many modern hard drives support additional advanced commands, such as Native Command Queuing, which may increase performance, Secure Erase, which allows all the data on the drive to be securely erased, and S. M. A. R. T., which allows a computer to measure various indicators of drive reliability.
It features two 75 GB platters ( for a total of 150 GB ) and a more advanced system of Native Command Queuing.
Command Line Add-on is a set of advanced command line tools for Windows.
One of the U. S. Air Force's most advanced technical units, the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., traces its lineage through the 1st Balloon Company.
On 2 April 1940, two squadrons were temporarily transferred to RAF Coastal Command and advanced bases in Northern Scotland, and they had hardly settled in before the Germans invaded Denmark and Norway.
With the transfer of the base from Air Training Command ( ATC ) to the USAF Security Service ( USAFSS ), Goodfellow's mission became the training of Air Force personnel in the advanced cryptologic skills that the Security Service required at installations worldwide.
An Air Education and Training Command ( AETC )- gained unit, the 173 FW specializes as an advanced air-to-air combat training center for Regular Air Force and Air National Guard F-15 pilots, as well as hosting joint and combined air combat exercises for all US military services and those of Canada.
Combat Command B ( CCB ) seized a bridgehead near Sundhoffen () and CCR advanced on the road between Colmar and Rouffach ().
Appointed Air Officer Commanding Strike Command on 29 August 1985, he was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1988 New Year Honours.

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