The 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment's 2nd Battalion was able to surround the square, after taking heavy casualties from Soviet snipers and other defenders, by evening.

That night, 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment's 3rd Battalion, under the command of Joachim Peiper linked up with the 2nd Battalion in Dzerzhinsky Square and attacked southwards, crossing the Kharkov River and creating a bridgehead, opening the road to Moscow Avenue.

Steiner called Heinrici and informed him that the plan could not be implemented because the 5th Jäger Division and the 25th Panzergrenadier Division were deployed defensively and could not be redeployed until the 2nd Naval Division arrived from the coast to relieve them.

At 1000 hours on 7 June, Kurt Meyer's 25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment, along with 50 Panzer IV tanks of the 2nd Battalion of Max Wünsche's 12th SS Panzer Regiment, arrived and moved into position north west of Caen.

It was formed around the 2nd Battalion, 26th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment with a mixed artillery battalion.

According to available German sources, 294 German tanks were available on 11 July between the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd SS Panzergrenadier Divisions ( 77, 95, and 122 tanks respectively ).

Colonel Kunio Nakagawa — commander of the Division's 2nd Regiment — led the preparations for the island's defense.

From summer 2011, Operation Licorne, the French force, previously over 5, 000 strong, is roughly 700, and consists of Licorne headquarters, Battalion Licorne ( BATLIC ), seemingly made up of elements of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment and the Régiment d ' infanterie-chars de marine, and a helicopter detachment.

Krulak's staff assignments included: operations officer, 2nd Battalion 9th Marines ( 1977 – 1978 ); chief of the Combat Arms Monitor Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. ( 1978 – 1979 ); executive assistant to the Director of Personnel Management, Headquarters Marine Corps ( 1979 – 1981 ); Plans Office, Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii ( 1982 – 1983 ); executive officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; assistant chief of staff, maritime pre-positioning ships, 1st MEB ; assistant chief of staff for operations, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; and the military assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Another modern United States Army unit informally known as the 2nd Dragoons, is the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.

This unit was originally organized as the Second Dragoon Regiment in 1836 and was renamed the Second Cavalry Regiment in 1860, being redesignated as the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the 1960s.

The first two regular battalions of the Fiji Infantry Regiment are traditionally stationed overseas on peacekeeping duties ; the 1st Battalion has been posted to Lebanon, Iraq, and East Timor under the command of the UN, while the 2nd Battalion is stationed in Sinai with the MFO.

A Legion Honor guard | honour guard of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment stands at attention as they await the arrival of Lt. Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, commander of Joint Forces in Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield.

Two foreign regiments, associated with the 2nd Regiment of Zouaves, were part of the Second Brigade of the Second Division of Mac Mahon's Corps.

A battalion of two companies from the 2nd Foreign Regiment was created in early 1894 to pacify the Niger.

** 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REI ), based in Nîmes

** 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REG ), based in St Christol

** 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REP ), based in Calvi, Corsica

Following the coronation celebration, Alexander returned to India, where he was made the honorary colonel of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment, and then in October 1937 was promoted to the rank of major-general, making Alexander the youngest general in the British Army.

Italy has sent 411 troops, based on one infantry company from the 2nd Alpini Regiment tasked to protect the ISAF HQ, one engineer company, one NBC platoon, one logistic unit, as well as liaison and staff elements integrated into the operation chain of command.

Also in 1855, Stuart met Flora Cooke, the daughter of the commander of the 2nd U. S. Dragoon Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Philip St. George Cooke.

In 1958 the Regiment was re-titled as the 2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, as were the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade, re-titled 1st and 3rd Green Jackets respectively.

The 2nd Airborne Infantry Regiment was also released from garrison duties in the city of Córdoba after the ERP armed uprising that killed 5 policemen there in August 1975 and would achieve similar success against the ERP's Decididos de Córdoba company sent to rekindle the insurgency in Tucumán province.

In 1802, the British became the first foreign power to raise a regular unit of Sinhalese with British officers, which was named the 2nd Ceylon Regiment, also known as the Sepoy Corps. It fought alongside British troops in the Kandyan wars.

2nd Battalion ( Infantry ), Trinidad and Tobago Regiment: This is also a regular infantry battalion.

Following attendance at the Artillery Officer Advanced Course, he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in West Germany in 1973, where he commanded the 1st Squadron Howitzer Battery and served as Squadron S-3.

On 19 March a contingent of 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment plus 40 Metropolitan Police officers, peacefully landed on the island, ostensibly to " restore order ".

On 14 November, the 2nd Ranger Battalion arrived to relieve elements of the 112th Infantry Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost's 2nd Battalion, advancing eastwards along the southernmost road into Arnhem near the Rhine, found its route largely undefended.

The 1st Canadian Army ( advancing from Belgium ) and the 2nd British Army ( advancing from the east ) fight to liberate central and western Noord-Brabant.

With now both brigades of Ricard's division available, Marmont launched these men against the Prussian position at Vauchamps, with the 1st brigade on his right, advancing under the cover of the Beaumont forest, south of the Montmirail-Vauchamps road and the 2nd brigade on his left, north of the road, advancing frontally towards the position.

After Uman Budyonny's forces massed around Kiev-over 700, 000 men-were left dangerously exposed, with Kleist's 1st Panzer Army regrouping to the south-east and General Heinz Guderian's 2nd Panzer Army ( part of Army Group Centre ) smashing General Yeromenko's Briansk Front and advancing south from Gomel in White Russia, on a line well east of Kiev.

With their backs towards the wall the Battalion shocked many as they took the 67 ’ s to seven games, winning game 7 and the series in Ottawa and advancing to the 2nd round.

South of Point 213 with his men of 2nd Company, 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, Wittmann was surprised to discover British armour advancing through Villers-Bocage much sooner than had been expected.

The 2nd Division took its position on the center, advancing on the newly erected causeways leading from the town of Wiju and thus catching the Russians in a pincer movement at the hamlet of Chuliengcheng, on the Manchurian-side of the Yalu River opposite Wiju.

The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich advanced in a northeastern direction, while the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf was put into action on 22 February, advancing parallel to the Das Reich.

The 2nd Battalion, on the right side of the railroad, attacked the city's Severnyi Post district, meeting heavy resistance and advancing only to the Severenyi railway yard by the end of the day.

From 20 July until the battle began, the Australian 1st and 2nd Light Horse Brigades took turns pushing forward and clashing with the advancing column.

By 15: 30, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Light Horse Brigades were advancing at the gallop on Katia, with the Yeomanry on the far left.

Having borne the burden of the long days of patrolling, reconnaissance and minor engagements with the advancing Austrian, German and Ottoman columns prior to the battle, the 1st and 2nd Light Horse Brigades had alone withstood the attack from midnight on 3 / 4 August until dawn on 4 August, as well as continuing to fight during the long days of battle.

The 2nd Light Horse Brigade, advancing on the northern side towards the town had not been seriously engaged until it reached the cactus hedges where close, intense fighting took place.

Further south, action was initiated shortly after 8 p. m., as the 2nd Scots Guards ' Reconnaissance Platoon carried out a diversionary attack, advancing with four Blues and Royals Scorpion light tanks.

However, the U. S. 2nd Artillery under the command of Captain Nathaniel Towson at that moment responded to an order to cease firing, unaware of the British troops advancing on their position.

In March 1915, the 2nd Battalion took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, which was a relatively successful engagement, though it did fall short of its expected gains of advancing all the way to Lille.

In less than three months, Gideon Force ( less the 2nd Ethiopian Battalion which was no longer a combatant force after the engagement at Dembacha ) and an ever-growing army of Ethiopian patriots were advancing on the Italian fortifications at Debre Marqos, the capital of Gojjam.

The Solomons would get a second chance against the Socceroos in a two-legged series in September 2005, this time with the winner advancing to a two-legged series against CONMEBOL's fifth-place finisher for a berth in the 2006 World Cup, and lost 7 – 0 on the first leg and 2 – 1 in the 2nd played at home.

He was part of a group of eleven people who were tasked to prevent the retreating Germans from blowing up the main drawbridge in Gorredijk, so that the advancing Canadian 3rd Infantry Division and 2nd Corps armor could make a quick advance to the north.

The 2nd Indian Cavalry Division had been held in readiness to exploit the breakthrough but it had encamped at Morlancourt, four miles ( 6 km ) south of Albert and would have to negotiate the churned battlefield over which the British had been advancing for the past fortnight.

Elements of the German XIX Panzer Corps ( elements of 3rd Panzer Division and entire 2nd Motorised Infantry Division ) were advancing rapidly and Epler suspected that the Germans would advance on the towns of Brześć and Kobryń, as well as toward an important railway node located in the village of Żabinka.