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Each of the larger burhs became the centre of a territorial district of considerable size, carved out of the neighbouring countryside in order to support the town.
The Allied commander now summoned the cavalry on the right wing to reinforce his centre, leaving only the English squadrons in support of Orkney.
An inbound call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers.
Call centre staff are often organised into a multi-tier support system for more efficient handling of calls.
This centre is also responsible for the development of the technology infrastructure it requires to support existing and planned missions, including Space Control and Operations Software ( SCOS 2000 ), an adaptable software infrastructure for monitoring and controlling the various spacecraft.
Given that the decree was issued at Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, rather than Alexandria, the centre of government of the ruling Ptolemies, it is evident that the young king was anxious to gain their active support.
The hospital and part of the H-Blocks are currently listed buildings, and would remain as part of the proposed site redevelopment as a " conflict transformation centre " with support from republicans such as Martin McGuinness and opposition from unionists who consider that this risks creating " a shrine to the IRA ".
These organized offices and support systems include aides-de-camp, press officers, financial managers, speech writers, trip organizers, event planners, protocol officers, chefs and other kitchen employees, waiters, and various cleaning staff, as well as visitors ' centre staff and tour guides at both official residences.
Back in Vilnius, Forster's ambitions to build a real natural history scientific centre could not get appropriate financial support from the Polish authorities.
The torque on the gyroscope is supplied by a couple of forces: gravity acting downward on the device's centre of mass, and an equal force acting upward to support one end of the device.
Somerset galloped up to Wenlock, commanding the centre, and demanded to know why Wenlock had failed to support him.
The Iceland Air Defence System or Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið was founded in 1987, and operates four radar complexes, a software and support facility and a command and report centre.
A 1953 United States Air Force report defended the operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial target, which was a major rail transportation and communication centre, housing 110 factories and 50, 000 workers in support of the German war effort.
Privas, with a majority of the population Protestant, refused to submit, and as a centre of the revolt of the Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise, was burned to the ground by the forces of Louis XIII, sent to support the Vicomte de l ' Estrange.
The centre was organised as three infantry tertias ( brigades ) commanded by Lord Astley, with a regiment of horse under Colonel Howard in support.
The infantry under Sergeant-Major General Sir Philip Skippon was in the centre with five regiments in the front line and three in support.
With few troops to support them, the settlers had to quickly build a laager in the centre of Bulawayo on their own.
# The captain of French battleship Breslau ( 84 ), Capt De la Bretonnière, seeing that De Rigny did not need further support, decided on his own initiative to break away from the French formation and move into the centre of the bay, at the junction of the British and Russian lines, to reinforce British battleship Albion ( 74 ) and Russian battleship Azov ( 80 ).
It is a popular town for people working in Norwich, but remains an active local business centre in its own right, particularly in the support of agriculture.
During the reign of Queen Mary I, Christ Church became a centre of Catholic support, and Harrison converted to Catholicism.
On straight track, the contact wire is zigzagged slightly to the left and right of centre at each successive support so that the pantograph wears evenly.
Napoleon ordered Bernadotte's I Corps to support Vandamme's left and moved his own command centre from Zuran Hill to St. Anthony's Chapel on the Pratzen Heights.
During 2009 The Duke of Gloucester became Patron of the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre in support of its bid to raise funds through private means and through a bid for Heritage Lottery Funding to help develop this learning experience, protect the priceless exhibits and improve visitor access to the oldest aviation heritage centre in Britain.
A similar raid on Coventry with full support from other units dropping on their flares nearly destroyed the city centre.

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Chief of Staff Captain Aloysius Tom Ur told troops in January 2004 that the 2004 strength of 3, 000 would be reduced by one-third, and that during 2004, the force's personnel branch would merge with the support branch into a new organisation.
Captain Picard, suspecting this, convinced pro-Federation leader Gowron to attack Duras ' forces in order to draw Romulan reinforcements out of hiding ; when the Romulans attempted to enter the fray, they were revealed by a Federation tachyon blockade, and the Duras family, exposed as traitors, lost all support.
By July the party was only receiving 3 % support in opinion polls, a record low, reflecting what political insiders had called his " last stand " in January, comparing Westerwelle and his party to Captain Ahab and the Pequod.
Carleton's fleet, commanded by Captain Thomas Pringle and including 50 unarmed support vessels, sailed onto Lake Champlain on October 9.
Bokassa received substantive support from his co-conspirator, Captain Alexandre Banza, who commanded the Camp Kassaï military base in northeast Bangui, and, like Bokassa, had been stationed with the French army around the world.
Meanwhile, Captain Harris orders his air support to expend all remaining ordnance inside his perimeter.
In an attempt to support the embattled troops the 1er BEP Replacement Company ( 120 men ) under Lieutenant Loth had been merged with 268 men from 3e BCCP ( Bataillon Colonial de Commandos Parachutistes, Parachute Colonial Commando Battalion ) under Captain Cazeaux and they were parachuted into That Khe on 8 October, but over the course of the next week destroyed as well.
In March 1937, the then Director of Operations Group Captain Robert Saundby, complained that the role for Coastal Command in war, namely supporting the bomber offensive, and second, the support of naval forces along the British coastline, were too limited and was in danger of diverting the Command from its main concern ; ASW.
British troops were moved up to support the Griquas, and after a skirmish at Zwartkopjes ( 2 May 1845 ) a new arrangement was made between Kok and Sir Peregrine Maitland, then governor of Cape Colony, virtually placing the administration of his territory in the hands of a British resident, a post filled in 1846 by Captain H. D. Warden.
In the spring of 1955, under their second commander / leader ( September 1954 – February 1957 ), Captain Jacksel M. Broughton, they moved to the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak aircraft, in which they performed 91 air shows, and received their first assigned support aircraft, a C-119 Flying Boxcar.
Working closely with Admiral Charles-Hector Estaing, the Commander of the French Fleet, Le Ray's support for the American cause involved having his shipyards refit a merchant vessel into a warship that he then gifted to America under the name USS Bonhomme Richard for use by Captain John Paul Jones.
This " memory cap " disappeared when she was briefly reactivated as an agent during 2152 in order to capture the last of the rogue Vulcans, and she experienced another emotional collapse which was alleviated by the support of Captain Archer.
When Ord returned to his assigned unit, he advised his commander of D Troop, Captain John Bigelow, Jr., of his conversation with the General and asking the units on the right to support the regulars.
During 1915, he negotiated with Captain Franz von Rintelen of German Navy Intelligence for money to purchase weapons and arrange U-boat landings to provide support, while offering ( perhaps as a bargaining chip ) to make war on the U. S., which Germany hoped would end munitions supplies to the Allies.
The three had been to see a Captain Beefheart gig and been unimpressed enough by the support band ( Youngstown's Left End ) to decide that they could do better themselves.
The situation degenerated after Codreanu expressed his full support for Adolf Hitler and nazism ( even to the detriment of Italian fascism, and probably an added source for the conflict between the Captain and Stelescu ).
Captain James Cook's HMS Endeavour is believed to have been scuttled in the bay, as part of a blockade by the British, whose occupation of Newport was threatened by a fleet carrying French soldiers in support of the Continental Army.
In addition, Feisal had a group of Gurkha troops, several British armored car squardons, the Egyptian Camel Corps, a group of Algerian artillery men commanded by Captain Pisani and air support from the RAF to assist him.
The anti-socialist crusade by the Ontario Conservative Party, mostly credited to the Ontario Provincial Police ( OPP ) special investigative branch's agent D-208 ( Captain William J. Osborne-Dempster ) and the Conservative propagandists Gladstone Murray and Montague A. Sanderson, diminished the CCF's initially favourable position both provincially and nationally: the September 1943 Gallup poll showed the CCF leading nationally with 29 percent support, with the Liberals and Conservatives tied for second place at 28 percent.
Carrington heard the gunfire and immediately sent out a 40-man support force on foot under Captain Tenedor Ten Eyck.
Shortly afterward, the Captain General of the Third Military Region, Jaime Milans del Bosch, rose up in Valencia, put tanks on the streets, declared a state of emergency and tried to convince other senior military figures to support the coup.
During these operations, Hood was conspicuous in his duty as second in command to Captain David Beatty and saw action for the first time, providing artillery support at the Battle of Atbara and Battle of Omdurman.
While never presented as dystopian, it is implied that the government is exploiting Captain Star's celebrity, presumably as a recruitment tool and to encourage patriotism, unity, and support for the government.
The Task Force, assisted by a German company, moves to support Captain Cravin's company.

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