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When the regiment came under heavy attack from the Confederate 15th Alabama regiment, part of the division led by Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood, the 20th Maine ran low on ammunition after one and a half hours of continued fighting ; it responded to the sight of rebel infantry forming again for yet another push at them by charging downhill with fixed bayonets, surprising and scattering the Confederates, thus ending the attack on the hill.
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When the Korean war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone down fighting at the Little Big Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World War 2,, the 7th Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition.
When the regimental companies in the Grants had been raised, they held a vote in Dorset to determine who would command the regiment.
When a revolt at the Asunción Navy Yard put a strategic working-class neighborhood in rebel hands, Stroessner's regiment quickly reduced the area to rubble.
When that regiment was disbanded in 1783 he retired upon half pay.
When General Abrams mentioned the cavalry's concerns over the new vehicle, Patton recommended that the Sheridans be combat tested by a divisional cavalry squadron and a squadron from his own regiment ; both of which had completely different missions.
When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as standard-bearer.
When a regiment was in line formation the grenadiers were always the company which formed on the right flank.
When an Ohio regiment vacated the house in 1864, they attempted to raze it with fire as a punishment for Tyler's support of the Confederacy.
When the Nazis were defeated and Allied forces crossed the Rhine into Germany along with photo journalists, Fanon's regiment was ' bleached ' of all non-white soldiers and Fanon and his fellow Caribbean soldiers were sent to Toulon ( Provence ) instead.
When the regiment was recalled from the attack on the Federal line at Jonesborough, he carried a wounded comrade out on his back, though he himself was also wounded.
When Paul turned eighteen, he was appointed Fleet Admiral of the Russian navy and colonel of the Cuirassier regiment, the latter of which was already granted him in 1762.
When the fight opened, Luxemburg was completely surprised and he could do no more than hurry the nearest foot and dragoons into action as each regiment came on the scene.
When the Philippine Revolution erupted in 1896, a Spanish Colonel named Eugenio Blanco who had large estates near the town of Macabebe in Pampanga organized a regiment from among his clients.
When a regiment has only one battalion, the battalion may have exactly the same name as the regiment.
When he heard the regiment was being transferred to India, he deserted the army.
When the king died in 1740 the regiment had a strength of 3, 200 men, but his successor Frederick the Great did not share his father's sentiments about the regiment, which seemed to him an unnecessary expense.
When the Revolution erupted in 1789, he became leader of the Jacobin Club in Besançon, and, when a regiment of volunteers of the départment of the Gard marched through the city, he was elected Lieutenant Colonel.
Within three years, by 1796, he was made a captain, to the combined envy and disgust of the older officers, who felt that: " our general ’ s friend was now the general .” When his regiment was sent from London to Manchester he immediately resigned his commission, citing the city's poor reputation, lack of atmosphere, and an absence of culture and civility.
When the king was seized by the army, he was entrusted to the keeping of Whalley and his regiment at Hampton Court Palace.
When the regiment became the 11th ( Prince Albert's Own ) Hussars in 1840, their new uniform by coincidence included " cherry " ( i. e. crimson ) coloured trousers, unique among British regiments and worn since in all orders of uniform except battledress.
When Monck died in 1670, the Earl of Craven took command of the regiment and it adopted a new name, the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.
When Morris rode back to his regiment after confronting Cardigan, he could not hide his frustration – " My God, my God, what a chance we are losing.
When the revolution of 1830 broke out he was stationed at Arras, and was the first officer of his regiment to declare for the new order of things.
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When his head came down, Curt grabbed him by the hair and catapulted him head first into the wall.
`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.
When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.
When Beckett's name came into the discussion, the priest grew loud and told me that Beckett `` hates life ''.
When fame came it changed Sandburg only slightly.
When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.
When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.
When he came home from his office at the end of the afternoon, Breasted never knew what gathering he should expect to find, but there almost always was one.
When I first came across Samuel Johnson's pronouncement, `` the remedy for the ills of life is palliative rather than radical '', it seemed to me to sum up the profoundest of political and social truths.
When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.
When the sun came out, Stevie strode proudly into Orange Square, smiling like a landlord on industrious tenants.
When he felt the side of his head, his fingers came away covered with blood.
When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to cough.
When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.
When they came to Mr. Jack's photograph, twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame, Miss Ada said, `` By rights I ought to leave that, seeing he won't take my clotheshorse ''.
When radio came in, it continued the misplaced modifier in its routines as a standard device.
When the therapist came to feel on sufficiently sure ground with him to ask him, `` What is that, Bill -- hello or farewell ''??
When the chance came, they first eliminated cold cereal once a week, then gradually converted to hot fresh-ground cereal every day.
When a second quake came, they dashed back to the beach, fearing that they might be buried under landslides.
When a cow came out of a corral in a crouchin' run she was said to `` come out a-stoopin' ''.
When he came to the movies -- more or less by accident -- they were still cheap entertainment capable of enthralling the unthinking for an idle few minutes.
When he snatched it up the voice that came to him was quick and urgent.
When the verdict came in against his young neighbor, Hengesbach said:
When Dr. W. A. Swim celebrated his 75th birthday at the Wilshire Country Club, guests came by chartered plane from all over the country.
`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''??
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