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Four of the British casualties were military intelligence officers and another four were Secret Service or MI5 agents.
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Four years later, in 1903, the British and Irish team returned to South Africa.
It was formed from the nationalisation of the " Big Four " British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997.
alt = Four ships flying the British flag advance in the foreground towards an anchored battle line in which the only clear detail is a huge burning ship.
Two troops of British cavalry, one at the Four Courts, the other on O ' Connell Street, sent out to investigate what was happening, took fire and casualties from rebel forces On Mount Street, a group of reserve volunteer soldiers, stumbled upon the rebel position and four were killed before they reached Beggars Bush barracks.
The third major scene of combat during the week was at North King Street, behind the Four Courts, where the British, on Thursday, tried to take a well-barricaded rebel position.
Four of the top seven highest-grossing films worldwide of all time have some British historical, cultural or creative dimensions: Titanic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Other notable British Asian films from this period include My Son the Fanatic ( 1997 ), Ae Fond Kiss ... ( 2004 ), Mischief Night ( 2006 ), Yasmin ( 2004 ) and Four Lions ( 2010 ).
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell.
* The Four Pillars Drug Strategy, a comprehensive approach implemented in Vancouver, British Columbia that balances public order and public health in order to create a safer, healthier community.
The British television station Channel Four commissioned a documentary Leonardo's Dream Machines, for broadcast in 2003.
This version is included in the book and CD set The Best British Stand-Up and Comedy Routines, along with a transcript of the sketch and the Four Yorkshiremen sketch.
De Sica appeared in the British television series The Four Just Men ( 1959 ).
* Four out of every 1, 000 residents of British India die of cholera each year.
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America ( 1989 ), Yankees comprise one of the four
* Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Antigua
Soundgarden and other early grunge bands were influenced by British post-punk bands such as Gang of Four and Bauhaus, which were popular in the early 1980s Seattle scene.
The bridge has been featured briefly in the British films Four Weddings and a Funeral, Essex Boys, and the Harry Potter series.
Collins, forced to a decision, opted to maintain the Treaty position and the support of the British Government, and moved to suppress the Republican opposition that had seized the Four Courts in Dublin.
Four years later, Gaumont introduced the Elgéphone, a compressed-air amplification system based on the Auxetophone, developed by British inventors Horace Short and Charles Parsons.
Four heavy artillery groups, nine artillery field brigades, three divisional artillery groups and the artillery complement of the British 5th Division was attached to the Canadian Corps.
Four members of the Canadian Corps received Victoria Crosses, the highest military decoration awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for valour, for their actions during the battle:
Four were formed — lettered A, B, C and D like their British counterparts — and they took part in the Borneo campaign.
For example, the British had been fascinated by Edgar Wallace's ( 1875 – 1932 ) crime novels ever since the author set up a competition offering a reward to any reader who could figure out and describe just how the murder in his first book, The Four Just Men ( 1906 ), was committed.
* Big Four ( British railway companies ), the four companies formed after the Grouping Act in 1922
Four and casualties
The advantage of this extended range was demonstrated at the Battle of Four Lakes, where Springfield Model 1855 rifled muskets inflicted heavy casualties among the Indian warriors before they could get their smooth bore muskets into range.
The defenders were alerted by the explosions and opened fire, inflicting heavy casualties ; only four men assigned to assault Casemate Four survived long enough to reach the casemate, which they disabled by firing into apertures and throwing grenades into air vents.
* In the post-apocalyptic video game Darksiders, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( referred to as War, Death, Fury, and Strife ) are shown to be Nephilim and are the last of their kind after the Nephilim suffered devastating casualties during a war between Heaven and Hell centuries prior to the main storyline.
Four days before the accident, another fire took place, without any casualties.
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Four cars were parked at the curb, and two of them were police radio cars.
Four hands were stretched toward me by my comrades behind me.
Four ecclesiastical questions were presented by the General Court to Gorton: `` 1.
Four men were knocked down, but did not attempt to rise.
Four or five of the cousins from East Texas were about his age, so naturally they ran around together.
Four little Japanese waitresses were murdering the English language at the counter -- Yuki Kobayashi happened to be one of them.
Ancient Pueblo peoples or Ancestral Pueblo peoples were an ancient Native American culture centered on the present-day Four Corners area of the United States, comprising southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwest New Mexico, and southern Colorado.
Four elements were required at common law:
Four of the eight were given the death penalty and were executed by hanging in July.
Four years later, plans drawn up by Chris Bryant were revealed which would end the exclusion of Catholics from the throne and end the doctrine of agnatic ( male-preference ) primogeniture in favour of absolute primogeniture, which governs succession solely on birth order and not on sex .< ref >
Four female witnesses waited in the wings to reportedly support Hill's credibility, but they were not called, due to what the Los Angeles Times described as private, compromise deal between " aggressive, gloves-off " Republicans and the Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, Democrat Joe Biden.
Four months after the court victory, the common ingredients of ayahuasca as well as harmala were declared stupéfiants, or narcotic schedule I substances, making the tea and its ingredients illegal to use or possess.
" The Four Books on Measurement " were published at Nuremberg in 1525 and was the first book for adults on mathematics in German, as well as being cited later by Galileo and Kepler.
" The Four Books on Human Proportion " were published posthumously, shortly after his death in 1528 at the age of fifty-six.
Four of his eight wives Olson, Payne, Bushkin, and Robertson, were actresses.
Four other plants ( Newington, Mount Tom, Brayton Point, and Salem Harbor ) were added under other provisions of the program.
Four holiday specials were produced — one for Halloween, two for Christmas and one for Thanksgiving.
Four additional SF. 260WPs were subsequently bought directly from Italy.
Four battalions stood to the rear and a further 11 were in reserve.
Four different mixes were done, with one appearing on their retrospective album, Fifteen Years After.
Four important wins during the 1981 season were two wins each over the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys.
The Greek Orthodox branch of Christianity continues to use the Greek translation ( the Septuagint ), but when a Latin translation ( called the Vulgate ) was made for the Western church, Kingdoms was first retitled the Book of Kings, parts One to Four, and eventually both Kings and Samuel were separated into two books each.
The " Big Four " were joint-stock public companies and they continued to run the railway system until 31 December 1947.
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