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Gough and intended
In 1925 George Gough Booth asked him to design the campus of Cranbrook Educational Community, intended as an American equivalent to the Bauhaus.
When they first began developing the series, Gough and Millar had intended for Chloe to have an " ethnic background ".
Green concluded that Haig had intended Gough to conduct a breakthrough attempt and that Edmonds had included this in the draft, as well as describing the changes in Haig's outlook during 1917, as the prospect of significant French support varied.
Lieutenant General Hubert Gough's Reserve Army had finally managed to break out of the positions it had occupied since the start of the Somme fighting ( 1 July ) and Gough intended to maintain the pressure on the German forces on the high ground above the River Ancre.
At this point, Gough intended to march round to the north of the Sikh position and attack its left flank on the following day, but from the vantage point of a mound near Chillianwala, it was apparent that the Sikhs had advanced from their original positions along ridges close to the Jhelum.
Gough intended to delay the attack until the following day, but as his army prepared to pitch camp, hitherto concealed Sikh artillery opened fire from positions much closer than had been anticipated.
In mid-July, with the British offensive on the Somme dragging on, I Anzac Corps was sent to join the British Reserve Army of Lt .- Gen. Hubert Gough who intended to use the Australian divisions to take the village of Pozières ( the Battle of Pozières ).
In mid-July, with the British offensive on the Somme dragging on, I Anzac was sent to join the British Reserve Army of Lt .- Gen. Hubert Gough who intended to use the Australian divisions to take the village of Pozières.

Gough and green
A Fifth Army order of 27 June, summarized a meeting of Gough and the corps commanders on 26 June and laid down the green line as the main objective.
In a reply to Davidson, Gough wrote that the green line should be attempted and that an opportunity to take ground up to the red line, " without much opposition " should be taken.

Gough and line
Millar and Gough are currently writing and executive producing Existence 2. 0 for Paramount, as well the screenplay for Monster High, based on Mattels new line of books, webisodes, animation, and toys which is being produced by Hairspray team Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
Gough and Millar are currently writing and executive producing Existence 2. 0 for Paramount, as well the screenplay for “ Monster High ,” based on Mattel's new line of books, webisodes, animation, and toys which is being produced by “ Hairspray ” team Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
Sir Hugh Gough led his main force against Sher Singh's army, which defended the line of the River Chenab against Gough for several weeks.
Gough Whitlam, no admirer of Wentworth in other respects, credits him with being one of the architects of the rail standardisation agreement that led to the opening of the single-gauge rail line from Melbourne to Sydney in 1961.
With some of his formations rendered ineffective, or having to fight their way out of encirclement, Gough ordered a withdrawal to the start line.
Interest among those who read it as a child has helped to hike secondhand prices on both sides of the Atlantic, especially for the bound UK and US first editions, with twelve naturalistic line drawings by Philip Gough, a leading illustrator of the time.

Gough and just
Damon Gough ( Badly Drawn Boy ) said about the album: " It ’ s still about relationships but not so much about just me and Claire this time, it ’ s about wider friendships.
* You're no icon, just say sorry, Gough told-David Smith on the events of 1975
Vettori was able to get Sourav Ganguly ( 22 ) to hit an easy catch to Darren Gough at mid-off, while Yousuf Youhana fell for just 4 as Ponting took another catch off Warne's bowling.
Through sheer good luck, Gunston was immortalised in Australian political history when, on the morning of 11 November 1975, McDonald and his film crew – who happened to be in Canberra at the time – found out that the Labor government led by Gough Whitlam had just been dismissed by the Governor-General Sir John Kerr.
Five bays wide and five stories high, it is located at 17 Gough Square, a small L-shaped court, now pedestrianised, in a tangle of ancient alleyways just to the north of Fleet Street.
Especially Simon Jones-returning from injury-was erratic, bowling eight wides in the match, while Darren Gough was just smashed around the park.
Especially Simon Jones-returning from injury-was erratic, bowling eight wides in the match, while Darren Gough was just smashed around the park.
In limited-overs cricket, however, he was still considered a central part of the team, and he took 10 wickets at just 17. 60 in the 1999 World Cup, second in England's averages ( just behind Darren Gough ) and with the best economy rate of any English bowler in the competition.

Gough and beyond
Haig had failed adequately to communicate with Plumer and Gough and his persistence prolonged the offensive beyond the period of good weather.
Before the Loma Prieta earthquake, the freeway continued beyond Fell Street and then curved northeast, with the northbound side ending at a ramp to Golden Gate Avenue and Franklin Street, and the southbound level touching down to the northwest at Turk and Gough Streets.

Gough and German
Matters of dispute by the participants and writers and historians since the war have included the wisdom of pursuing an offensive strategy in the wake of the failed Nivelle Offensive, rather than waiting for the arrrival of the American armies in France, the choice to attack in Flanders over areas further south or the Italian front, the climate and weather in Flanders, Haig's selection of General Hubert Gough and the Fifth Army to conduct the offensive, debates over the nature of the opening attack between advocates of shallow and deeper objectives, the passage of time between the Battle of Messines and the opening attack of the Battles of Ypres, the extent to which the internal troubles of the French armies motivated British persistence in the offensive, the effect of mud on operations and the decision to continue the offensive in October, once the weather had broken and the human cost of the campaign on the soldiers of the German and British armies.
On the understanding that Haig wanted a more ambitious version, Gough held meetings with his Corps commanders on 6 and 16 June where the third objective, which included the German Wilhelm ( third ) Line, was added to the first and second objectives due to be taken on the first day.
Gough planned to drive north along the ridge towards Mouquet Farm, allowing him to threaten the German bastion of Thiepval from the rear.
While his surname suggests he had German origins, he was " Hungarian by language and culture " according to historian Roger Gough.
In July 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres, although both divisions were totally exhausted after 13 days of moving weighty equipment under heavy shelling, Gough ordered the battalions to advance through deep mud towards well fortified German positions left untouched by totally inadequate artillery preparation.
General Hubert Gough was dismissed from command of the British Fifth Army following its failure to withstand the German Spring Offensive of 1918.
Gough held that the draft exaggerated his intention to break through the German defences at Ypres.
Prior and Wilson claimed that these methods were not used on 31 July, because Haig had overruled Rawlinson, Plumer and Davidson ; Gough had overreached and left the British infantry vulnerable to German counter-attacks.
Gough had spread the Fifth Army divisions evenly along the front, failing to increase the size of II Corps, which faced the German defences on the Gheluvelt plateau.
Gough or Alger, perhaps both, were the source for Theodor Fontane's ballad John Maynard which remains to this day popular in German speaking countries.
Though there was success found in pushing the Germans back at Flers-Courcelette, the failure to decisively cut through the German lines convinced Haig and his Army commanders Rawlinson and Gough to scale back their objectives in further attacks on the Somme to smaller ' bites ' of strategically significant territory in limited attacks.

Gough and third
There have been five unconfirmed sightings ( mostly from New Zealand ), as well as a " probable " sighting near Shag Rocks and four confirmed sightings — the first two confirmed sightings occurred in 1985, within a few minutes of each other, off the Tristan da Cunha group ( first sighting at 37 ° 18 ' S, 12 ° 32 ' W ); the third in 2002 near Gough Island ( 40 ° 19 ' S, 9 ° 53 ' W ); and the fourth in 2004 south of Tasmania ( 48 ° 50 ' S, 150 ° 06 ' E ).
Famous people from Monk Bretton include Yorkshire, Essex and England cricketer Darren Gough, and Sam Nixon, who came third in ITV's Pop Idol in 2003.
Wynne revised his draft to remove much of the blame from Gough, accepting that Haig bore principle responsibility for the Fifth Army plan in his third draft submitted in 1945.
Late 1997 saw the band put together their third group art exhibition, Mentals III, which was opened by former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, at the Manly Art Gallery ( Paul Keating had opened their second group exhibition in 1990 ).
Setting a trend, he was again nominated for deputy leader in 1951, coming third behind Arthur Calwell and the comparatively little-known Percy Clarey ; and in 1960, when he lost narrowly to future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, despite getting the support of newly elected leader Arthur Calwell who had disliked Whitlam.
Australia started shakily, with Adam Gilchrist playing-and-missing and edging one shot over Andrew Strauss at third man, who miscued the path of the ball, as the Australians got eight off the first over bowled by Darren Gough.
The end was always in sight, eventually coming with 34 balls remaining, Darren Gough bowling a no-ball-his third of the day-to gift the game to Australia.
* Sir Richard Gough ( died 1728 ); third son of Henry Gough ; a merchant, who travelled to the Mediterranean, India and China.

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