He was also devoted to family members: when Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire was later appointed ( Minister for Colonial Affairs from 1963 to 1964 amongst other positions ) he described his uncle's behaviour as " the greatest act of nepotism ever ".

With the arrival of the South Staffords and 11th Parachute battalion at the 1st and 3rd Parachute Battalion's positions west of Arnhem, the British hoped to have sufficient troops to break through to Frost's position at the bridge.

The 11th Parachute Battalion — which had thus far not been heavily involved — was now overwhelmed in exposed positions while attempting to capture high ground to the north.

The Carte du Ciel ( literally, ' Map of the Sky ') and the Astrographic Catalogue ( or Astrographic Chart ) were two distinct but connected components of a massive international astronomical project, initiated in the late 19th century, to catalogue and map the positions of millions of stars as faint as 11th or 12th magnitude.

# September 12-Kałuszyn-4th squadron of the 11th Polish Legion Uhlan Regiment charged overnight at the German positions in the town of Kałuszyn.

This synthesized view between the two positions, which also incorporated views of valid cognition from Dignāga and Dharmakīrti, was one of the last developments of Indian Buddhism before it was extinguished in the 11th century during the Muslim incursion.

During " Third Ypres ", Sergeant Coverdale, of the 11th Manchesters, killed three snipers, rushed two machine gun positions, then reorganised his platoon to capture another position, though after advancing some distance was forced back due to bombardment from the British artillery, suffering nine casualties in the advance.

Supported with 22 machine guns and 18 artillery pieces, the attack was preceded by a thirty minute preparation bombardment before being carried by the 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment and two battalions from the 11th Gurkhas who charged into the Afghan positions with bayonets fixed and drove them into the Lower Khyber where they were subjected to further indirect fire from mountain guns that had been set up in ambush.

Once again they spent four seasons in their new league, successively finishing in 11th, 8th, and 5th positions before running away with the league title in 2003 – 04 to earn promotion to the top level of Welsh domestic football for the first time.

During his Test career, Malik has batted at 5 different positions and has the unusual record of batting at every position except 11th in ODIs.

The battle started with assaults by elements of 4th Indian Infantry Division ( Gazelle Force and 11th Indian Brigade ) on the Italian positions in the mountains leading to Keren.

For 2012, Montevallo is listed as the 11th best public university in the South in its division, climbing three positions from last year's rank of 14th.

At Genoa the earliest records of trading partnerships are in documents of the early 11th century ; there the typical sleeping partner is a member of the local petty nobility with some capital to invest, and in the expansion of trade leading roles were taken by men who already held profitable positions in the feudal order, who received revenues from rents or customs tolls or market dues.

However, in the 11th century, the provosts tended increasingly to make their positions hereditary and thus became more difficult to control.

Map showing the positions of the Confederate Army and that of the Federal Army at midnight on the 18th of September, 1863, the night previous to the general engagements of the 19th and 20th Sept., or the Battle of Chickamauga ... by Walter J. Morris ... ( with ) Map of the engagement at Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28th and 29th, 1863 and of the operations of the 11th and 12th Army Corps preliminary thereto.

These positions are listed in astrological texts of the early medieval Arabic period, such as Albiruni's 11th century Book of Instruction in the elements of the art of astrology.

He spent two full seasons at the helm of Brentford where the club finished in 14th and 11th placed positions in the Fourth Division.

Williams, who had struggled all weekend despite several new aerodynamic updates to the car, were 13th and 14th, while Sauber scored their best positions of the year in 10th and 11th.

Through the 1980s Franks served with the Army Staff in the Pentagon, commanded 1st Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss, served in the Office of the Army Chief of Staff, spent a year at the national War College, held several high-level positions in the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, and, finally, commanded the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, assigned to the East German frontier as the V Corps covering force.

After a successful pursuit, the 11th Division was forced back to its original positions from before the offensive started.

The forces used, consisting of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (" Rakkasans "), led by Colonel Frank Wiercinski, and soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul LaCamera, to secure these blocking positions.

By 16: 50, with the Prussian southern attacks in danger of breaking up, the Prussian 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade of the Second Army opened an attack against the French positions at St. Privat which were commanded by General Canrobert.

The 4th Infantry Division recently completed its move from Fort Hood to Fort Carson, Colorado, exchanging positions with several units.

While the 31st Infantry Regiment moved to the vicinity of Zig Zag Pass to cover the flanks of troops withdrawing from central and southern Luzon, 30 December 1941, the rest of the Division organized the main and reserve positions on Bataan.

An M4 Sherman tank of the 2nd Infantry firing on enemy positions in 1952

O ' Connor's first mission ( with 43rd ( Wessex ) Infantry Division under command ) was to mount Operation Epsom, a break out from the bridgehead established by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, cross the Odon and Orne rivers, then secure the high-ground positions northeast of Bretteville-sur-Laize and cut Caen off from the south.

Later in World War II the Americal Division ( alongside the 37th Infantry Division, a Marine defense battalion, and supporting units ) took up positions on the newly invaded island of Bougainville, and warned by intelligence of the storm to come, utterly defeated a massive and sustained Japanese counter-attack, which began on 7 March 1944.

On 23 January 1953, the first major action of the year was initiated with a raid by aggressive infantrymen of the South Korean 1st Infantry Division against the enemy's Big Nori positions.

The closing days of the fighting saw the 7th Infantry Division withdrawn from Pork Chop and the 1st Marine Division ordered to evacuate the Berlin positions for the same reason.

The threat of artillery fire did not materialize, although several infantry and tank assaults were directed at the positions of the 327th Glider Infantry.

Its 13th Infantry Brigade had to establish another bridgehead across the Simeto, but the Germans had brought in more troops and prepared defensive positions, and after hard fighting it was not until 5 August 1943 that the Eighth Army entered the city of Catania itself.

The 30th Infantry Division soon found itself in defensive positions all along its front ; nevertheless, it was ordered to continue pushing south for its intended link-up with the 1st Infantry Division.

Rommel had stayed with the main group of the 10th Panzer Division on the route toward Thala, where the British 26th Armoured Brigade and remnants of the US 26th Infantry Regiment had established positions along a series of ridgelines leading to Thala.

The entire divisional artillery of the U. S. 9th Infantry Division, 48 guns strong, plus a number of 37mm Anti-Tank gun platoons, that had started moving on 17 February from their positions west in Morocco, was emplaced that night.

Ashmole was given the additional military post of Captain in Lord Astley's Regiment of Foot, part of the Royalist Infantry, though as a mathematician, he was appointed to artillery positions.

The first fighting of the new operation erupted on 3 November and 4 November when companies of the 4th Infantry came across PAVN defensive positions.

On 18 November, on Hill 1416 northeast of Tan Canh, the ARVN 3 / 42nd Infantry found the PAVN 24th Infantry Regiment in well-fortified defensive positions.

Infantry tasks included fighting patrols inside Indonesia looking for opportunity ' contacts ', attacks on Indonesian positions and ambushing tracks and rivers.

The attacking force was based on General John Monash's Australian 4th Infantry Brigade, which had spearheaded the advance on Hill 971 and had taken up positions in a gully, now known as Australia Valley, that led towards Hill 60.

After the Japanese air attack on Schofield Barracks, 7 December 1941, the 25th Infantry Division moved to beach positions for the defense of Honolulu and Ewa Point.

Gun crew of the 64th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, fire a 105mm howitzer on North Korean positions near Uirson, South Korea, 27 August 1950.

With the 87th Infantry Division on its left flank, the division advanced towards German positions with the 194th Glider Infantry Regiment and 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment forming the division's assault element ; the 193rd Glider Infantry Unit and 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved behind these two regiments to deal with expected German armoured counter-attacks against them.