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Major and Munro
The 89th had no particular station assigned to it, but kept moving from place to place until a strong detachment under Major Hector Munro joined the army under the command of Major Carnac, in the neighbourhood of Patna.
Major Munro then assumed the command, and being well supported by his men, quelled a formidable mutiny among the troops.
After 20 Sepoys had been executed by Major Munro by blowing them off guns, and discipline restored, he attacked the enemy at Buxar, on 23 October 1764 in what became the Battle of Buxar.
Major Munro received a letter of thanks on the occasion from the President and Council of Calcutta.
" For this important service Major Munro was immediately promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel.
His Major was wounded and the command fell to George Munro.
Croydon based band ' Schiehallion Pipes and Drums ' ( named for the Munro ) led by Drum Major Jim ( Jaimie ) Gibb, has adopted the march as their signature tune, and is indeed the lead-in tune on their album Hail!
The Major of the regiment was also wounded so that command fell to Captain George Munro of Auchinbowie who led them to victory.

Major and Napier
In 1842, at the age of 60, Napier was appointed Major General to the command of the Indian army within the Bombay Presidency.
Napier was the son of Major Charles Frederick Napier, who was wounded at the storming of Meester Cornelis ( now Jatinegara ) in Java on ( 26 August 1810 ) and died some months later.
Other prime suspects include card sharks Emilio Pajetta ( Burgess Meredith ) and Major Napier ( Rene Auberjonois ), Edward Douglas ( Gig Young ), a suspicious German-American ad executive, as well as several crew members and even the Hindenburg captains Pruss ( Charles Durning ) and Lehmann ( Richard A. Dysart ).
Major General George Napier Johnston CB CMG, DSO ( 1867 – 1947 ) served with New Zealand forces during World War I as director of ordnance and commander of permanent artillery in the New Zealand Defence Force from the outset of World War I during 1914-1918.
Dom Pedro, currently being besieged in Oporto by the forces of Dom Miguel, bestowed on Napier his commission as Vice Admiral, Major General of the Portuguese Navy and Commander in Chief of the fleet.
In 1941 the United States Army Air Corps constructed Napier Field, named in honor of Major Edward L. Napier of Union Springs, Alabama.

Major and those
They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.
Major Japanese companies usually have Nyushashiki ( entry ceremony for companies ) for new employees those who newly hired after their graduation from schools, on this day.
The Cubs have won 10 of those pennants in Major League Baseball's Modern Era ( 1901 – present ), while all 18 of the Cardinals ' have been won since 1901.
Governor Dinwiddie received orders from the British government to warn the French of British claims, and sent Major Washington in late 1753 to deliver a letter informing the French of those claims and asking them to leave.
Most of those works on RN1 and RN2 who were already stopped suffer a Major setback during the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Major social housing is also being constructed to house those who reside in slums, which dominate the landscape of Luanda.
For those used to the British / Commonwealth / American system of ranks, it is important to realise that " Major " is the senior non-commissioned rank in the French / Monegasque system, equivalent to " Sergeant-Major ".
Major router operating systems, such as those from Juniper Networks and Extreme Networks, are extensively modified versions of Unix software.
A lawyer speaking for one of those groups remarked on GMTV that his strategy was to sue the government for incorrect and misleading information given at the time Railtrack was created, when John Major was Conservative Prime Minister.
Hand salutes similar to those used in the military are rendered by the Drum Major of a marching band or drum corps just prior to beginning their performance ( after the show announcer asks if the group is ready ), as well as following completion of the performance, both rendered to the audience.
Major commentaries on the Tosefta include those by:
Albany Major, in Early Wars of Wessex, makes the case that the borders of Hampshire probably matched those of the first West Saxon kingdom established by Cerdic and his son.
During the 1990s several teams changed cities as Major League Baseball placed higher standards on minor league baseball facilities ; franchises in smaller cities were sold to new owners who moved those teams to new ballparks in larger cities.
Major French political figures were designed by artists: Alain Duverne, Jacques Loup, Jean-Yves Grall ... representing as characters similar to those of The Muppet Show, with, for instance, François Mitterrand portrayed as a frog named Kermitterrand ( and naming himself God ), a reference to Kermit the Frog.
Control of the upper Hudson would enable the British to link their forces in Quebec with those in New York, recently captured in the New York campaign by Major General William Howe.
The Salvation Army has apologized for comments made by Major Andrew Craibe's in Australia in 2012,, saying " The Salvation Army sincerely apologises to all members of the GLBT community and to all our clients, employees, volunteers and those who are part of our faith communities for the offense caused by this miscommunication.
The positions of the constellations, north of the ecliptic, are described by reference to the principal groups surrounding the north pole ( Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Draco, and Cepheus ), whilst Orion serves as a point of departure for those to the south.
* Major Glory ( voiced by Rob Paulsen )-An uptight, by-the-book hero, who resembled Captain America, though his powers roughly mirrored those of Superman.
While the list of those serving has not been preserved, among those who are known to have been in the Continental army were Thomas Thompson, Major Thomas Frothingham, Ebenezer Lane, Daniel Peck, David Arnold, Henry Wetby, Joseph Huntington, John Croat and Robert Burroughs: Among those serving in the War of 1812 were Peter Sipperly, Philip Snyder, Paul Wattenpaugh and Philip Lafite.
The Swiss officers were mostly amongst those massacred, although Major Karl Josef von Bachmann in command at the Tuileries was formally tried and guillotined in September, still wearing his red uniform coat.
Major floods in historic times include those of 1826, 1897, 1950, 1997, and 2009, and many years in between have seen significant flooding.
Major East Lansing commissions include those for Planning, Housing, Transportation, and Parks and Recreation.
Installing it in his joyless room, he is astonished to hear the radio transmit 1930s-40s music and programs, including those of Major Bowes, Fred Allen and Tommy Dorsey, all of whom are no longer alive.

Major and times
In classical times, they were included by Ptolemy within the constellation Ursa Major in his star catalogue.
Their appearance in three consecutive World Series made the Cubs the first Major League club to play three times in the Fall Classic.
The author's paternal grandfather, Major Thomas Melvill, an honored participant in the Boston Tea Party, who refused to change the style of his clothing or manners to fit the times, was depicted in Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem " The Last Leaf ".
Major League Baseball has honored Robinson many times since his death.
In 1969, the new manager of the Twins, Billy Martin, pushed aggressive base running all-around, and Rod Carew set the all-time Major League record by stealing home seven times.
The Mamajek 2 cluster appears to be a poor cluster remnant analogous to the Ursa Major Moving Group, but 7 times more distant ( approximately 170 parsecs away ).
Major steps in the proof involve showing how manifolds behave when they are deformed by the Ricci flow, examining what sort of singularities develop, determining whether this surgery process can be completed and establishing that the surgery need not be repeated infinitely many times.
In 2009, a new system called Zone Evaluation was implemented in all 30 Major League ballparks, replacing the QuesTec system ; the new system records the ball ’ s position in flight more than 20 times before it reaches home plate.
Major floods also occurred in January 2011 and multiple times during 1893.
In the Hippias Major, Plato claims that Phidias seldom, if ever, have executed works in marble though many of the sculptures of his times were executed in marble.
He has been named MVP more times than any other player in the history of the other three North American Major Professional Leagues ( Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and National Football League ).
Barry Bonds is second, having won the MVP award seven times in Major League Baseball.
In the twentieth century, North Attleborough was home at various times to the jewelry firms Jostens, the world's largest class ring manufacturer and the Balfour Company, prominent maker of championship rings including for the National Football League's Super Bowl champions and Major League Baseball's World Series ' winners.
Major criminal gangs that were founded in Detroit and dominated the drug trade at various times included The Errol Flynns ( east side ), Nasty Flynns ( later the NF Bangers ) and Black Killers and the drug consortiums of the 1980s such as Young Boys Inc., Pony Down, Best Friends, Black Mafia Family and the Chambers Brothers.
In 1933, Grove became the first player in Major League Baseball history to strike out five times in a nine-inning game.
Vince Piazza earned a fortune of more than $ 100 million in used cars and real estate, and attempted several times to purchase a Major League Baseball franchise.
Major projects took place in the 1950s and 1960s, when the funerary carriage house was built, and especially in more recent times to repair the damage brought by years of neglect because of wars and neglect.
Over his career in Chicago, he batted over. 300 four times, leading the league in 1980 at. 324, and was the Cubs ' sole representative at the 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Johnson led the league in strikeouts a Major League record 12 times – one more than current strikeout leader Nolan Ryan – including a record eight consecutive seasons.
In 1965, both the Major League All-Star Game and the World Series were played at Metropolitan Stadium, one of the few times that coincidence has happened since the former event was inaugurated in 1933.
Claud Cockburn married three times: to Hope Hale Davis, with whom he fathered Claudia Cockburn Flanders ( wife of Michael Flanders ); to Jean Ross ( part model for Christopher Isherwood's Sally Bowles of Cabaret fame ), with whom he fathered Sarah Caudwell Cockburn, author of detective stories ; and in 1940 to Patricia Byron ( née Patricia Evangeline Anne Arbuthnot ( 17 March 1914-6 October 1989 ), married firstly on 10 October 1933 to Arthur Cecil Byron, son of Cecil Byron, by whom she had a son Darrell Byron, who died in Ireland aged two, divorcing in 1940, daughter of Major John Bernard Arbuthnot and Olive Blake ), who wrote the book The Years of the Week and also wrote an autobiography, Figure of Eight, with whom he fathered Alexander, Andrew ( husband of Leslie Cockburn ), and Patrick, all three of whom are also journalists.
In 1896, he was hit by a pitch 51 times — a Major League record that still stands.

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