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baggage and train
Or that when they climb on the train in one shot and enter the baggage car ( a set ) in the next, the audience believes they are on the same train.
For arrivals, the train runs only from the West Hall to the East Hall, where all passengers must disembark for immigration, customs, and baggage claim.
The king returned west but is said to have lost a significant part of his baggage train along the way.
The phalanx carried with it a fairly minimal baggage train, with only one servant for every few men.
Attacks on an enemy's baggage when it was unprotected — as for instance the French attack on the English train at Agincourt, highlighted in the play Henry V — could cripple an army's ability to continue a campaign.
Fleeing back to Normandy, Philip revenged himself on the English by attacking the forces of Prince John and the Earl of Arundel, seizing their baggage train.
A legion on the march brought its own baggage train ( impedimenta ) and constructed its own camp ( castra ) every evening at the side of the road.
Every legion had a large baggage train which included 640 mules ( 1 mule for every 8 legionaries ) only for the soldiers ' equipment.
* 737 – Battle of the Baggage: Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus and capture their baggage train.
At the Battle of Höchst, Tilly manages to inflict considerable casualties on the Protestant forces, as well as seizing Brunswick's baggage train.
* Muslim conquest of Transoxiana: The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, pursue them south of the Oxus and, in the Battle of the Baggage ( September 30 ), capture their baggage train.
As Otto received word of the attack, he ordered Conrad to recover the baggage train, and Conrad succeeded in doing so.
All components that were not made of wood were transported in the baggage train.
Although sometimes carrying a spearman along with the charioteer ( driver ), such heavy proto-chariots, borne on solid wooden wheels and covered with skins, may have been part of the baggage train ( e. g., during royal funeral processions ) rather than vehicles of battle in themselves.
" In addition, the spread of Sleeping Sickness across central Africa is attributed to the movements of Stanley's enormous baggage train and the Emin Pasha relief expedition.
About 3 pm Warwick's baggage train entered the city.
The crossbowmen also did not have their pavises, which would have provided cover for the men during the long reloading procedure but remained in the baggage train.
Louis XVIII returned to France promptly after Napoleon's defeat, to ensure his second restoration " in baggage train of the enemy ", i. e. with Wellington's troops.
Half the army with the baggage under Hephaestion and Perdiccas, both cavalry commanders, are sent through the Khyber Pass, while Alexander leads the rest, together with his siege train, through the hills to the north.
This hat was lost by Charles the Bold at the Battle of Grandson in 1476 when his army was routed and his baggage train was captured by the Swiss.
The Royalist cavalry, with their eye on the baggage train, unwisely chose to pursue the fleeing Parliamentarian horsemen.
On the second train robbery, Butch uses too much dynamite to blow open the safe, blowing up the baggage car.
While he took the longer route by way of Wisbech, he sent his baggage train, including his crown jewels, along the causeway and ford across the mouth of the Wellstream.

baggage and provided
Passenger facilities provided include: post office, telephone services, Skype phone booth, free Internet kiosks, free wireless Internet access, left luggage storage and baggage wrapping service.
With completion of Phase two, the new concourse provided a more convenient exit point to baggage claim, ground transportation and the airport's roadway exit.
As a result, passenger and baggage screening is now provided by the Transportation Security Administration ( TSA ), part of the Department of Homeland Security.
* Transport of small dogs and cats into the passenger cabin-British law precludes all animals entering or departing from the UK either in the cabin ( some airlines do allow small dogs / cats in the cabin on departing flights only provided that specific requirements are met regarding the container the pet will travel in ) or in the hold as ' excess ' or ' checked ' baggage.
An independent auxiliary diesel powered electric generator was housed in the first car ; a combination power / baggage / post office or crew dormitory car that provided electric power for train-line " hotel " power for their named train trainset ( s ).
In addition to ticket offices, a tobacconist, a news-stand and baggage store, the station also provided office space for administration, restrooms, a restaurant and bar ( today only a bar remains ) and conference rooms and meeting space.

baggage and alternative
The alternative term baggage reclaim is used to mean the same thing at many airports outside the USA ( e. g. Brussels Airport, Heathrow Airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Schiphol Airport and so on ).

baggage and supply
Had the British followed the retreating Americans they might have come across their baggage and supply wagons, which had been left where the Americans had camped on the west of the Salisbury road prior to the battle.
To speed up movement, Braddock split his men into a " flying column " of about 1, 300 men which he commanded and a supply column of 800 men with most of the baggage commanded by Colonel Thomas Dunbar.
The Allies captured the entire supply convoy, all the baggage and took many prisoners, including Gazan's wife and children, although they later managed to rejoin him.
These latter were the camels, donkeys, and mules for the baggage ; innumerable sheep, cattle, and goats for the food supply which was abundant for each man, and much gold and silver.

baggage and was
His sudden unannounced appearance at the Borden home was strange in that he did not carry an iota of baggage with him, although he clearly intended to stay overnight, if not longer.
The vanguard, with which Queen Eleanor marched, was commanded by her Aquitainian vassal, Geoffrey de Rancon ; this, being unencumbered by baggage, managed to reach the summit of Cadmos, where de Rancon had been ordered to make camp for the night.
The Turks, having seized the summit of the mountain, and the French ( both soldiers and pilgrims ) having been taken by surprise, there was little hope of escape: those who tried were caught and killed, and many men, horses and baggage were cast into the canyon below the ridge.
He was then smuggled across the U. S. border, hidden in a baggage car by sympathetic railway workers.
Derek Watson argued that Molotov could get the best deal with Britain and France because he was not encumbered with the baggage of collective security and could negotiate with Germany.
This was done in retaliation for the French killing of the boys and other noncombatants handling the baggage and equipment of the army, and because the French were attacking again and Henry was afraid that they would break through and free the prisoners to fight again.
After the owner of the baggage in question was confirmed to be on board, the flight crew prepared for departure and the aircraft pushed back from gate 27 at the TWA Flight Center.
In the face of the Aragonese landing, Charles was compelled to withdraw across the Straits of Messina into Calabria in September ; but the Aragonese moved swiftly enough to destroy part of his army and most of his baggage.
On April 21, 1861, American Civil War, a trainload of Union soldiers was mobbed by Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, MD and arrived in Washington DC full of dead and wounded with no baggage or supplies.
When his baggage was examined at Dover, the Royal Golden Crown and Seal of the Kingdom of Scotland, with many vessels of gold and silver, and a considerable sum of money, were found in his chests.
Their son, Troy O ' Donovan Garity ( born 1973 ), was given his paternal grandmother's surname, Garity, since the names " Fonda and Hayden carried too much baggage ", and " Troy ", an Americanization of the Vietnamese name " Troi ".
America West was one of the first airlines to use extensive " cross-utilization ", in which employees were trained in a variety of airline jobs, such as pilots being trained in dispatch, and both baggage handlers and flight attendants being trained as gate agents.
In 107 the consul Lucius Cassius Longinus was completely defeated by the Tigurini clan, and the senior surviving officer ( Gaius Popillius Laenas, son of the consul of 132 ) had saved what was left only by surrendering half the baggage and suffering the humiliation of having his army " march under the yoke.
I was just baggage, like a sack of potatoes.
The whole terminal was expanded and upgraded with new check-in halls, 13 more baggage claim belts, the construction of Departures and Arrivals floors, construction of several new taxiways and a whole new terminal opposite of the original, thus breaking the single terminal concept.
The same year, an extension and refurbishment to the South Terminal's baggage reclaim hall was completed, doubling it in size.
The baggage hall at Tilbury was opened in 1930.
Stuart was mortally wounded, and the Battle of Trevilian Station, where, after capturing Hampton's divisional train, Custer was cut off and suffered heavy losses ( including having his division's trains overrun and his personal baggage captured by the enemy ) before being relieved.

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