Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

The time was about 16: 30, and the two armies were in close contact across the whole four-mile ( 6 km ) front, from the skirmishing in the marshes in the south, through the vast cavalry battle on the open plain ; to the fierce struggle for Ramillies at the centre, and to the north, where, around the cottages of Offus and Autre-Eglise, Orkney and de la Guiche faced each other across the Petite Gheete ready to renew hostilities.

Jo Grimond, for example, who became Liberal leader in 1956, was MP for the remote Orkney and Shetland islands.

In 1390s, Henry Sinclair I, Earl of Orkney, took possession of the islands ( as vassal of Norway, however ) and for some time they were part of the Sinclair principality in the North Atlantic.

* 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.

This flag, called the Dannebrog, inspired the cross design of the other Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and regional Scandinavian flags for the Faroe Islands, Åland, Scania and Bornholm, as well as flags for the non-Scandinavian Shetland and Orkney.

Hunter ( 2000 ) states that in relation to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century: " As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have been Pictish in culture and speech at this time, are likely to have regarded Bridei as a fairly distant presence .”

Login was a surgeon in the British Army who served in West Bengal, East India for some years and was a native of Southend, Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Hunter ( 2000 ) states that in relation to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century AD: " As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have been Pictish in culture and speech at this time, are likely to have regarded Bridei as a fairly distant presence .” In 2011 the collective site, " The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland " including Broch of Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof joined the UKs " Tentative List " of World Heritage Sites.

Rognvald Eysteinsson received Orkney and Shetland from Harald as an earldom as reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland, and then passed the earldom on to his brother Sigurd the Mighty.

The Jarls of Orkney continued to rule much of Northern Scotland until 1196, when Harald Maddadsson agreed to pay tribute to William the Lion, King of Scots for his territories on the Mainland.

In 1263, King Haakon IV of Norway, in retaliation for a Scots expedition to Skye, arrived on the west coast with a fleet from Norway and Orkney.

Although attempts were made during the 17th and 18th centuries to redeem Shetland, without success, and Charles II ratifying the pawning in the 1669 Act for annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the Crown, explicitly exempting them from any " dissolution of His Majesty ’ s lands ", they are currently considered as being officially part of the United Kingdom.

* A Roman squadron, sent by Agricola, explores the north of Scotland for the first time, discovering the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

* Jan de Groote, a Dutchman, obtains a grant for the north ferry from the mainland of Scotland to Orkney from King James IV of Scotland.

Margaret, by now seven years of age, sailed from Norway for Scotland in the autumn of 1290, but fell ill on the way and died in Orkney.

The site dates from 3100 – 2500 BC and due to a shortage of wood in Orkney, the people of Skara Brae were forced to build with stone, a readily available material that could be worked easily and turned into items for use within the household.

Bron also gave the premiere performance of The Yellow Cake Revue ( 1980 ), a series of pieces for voice and piano written by Peter Maxwell Davies in protest against uranium mining in the Orkney Islands.

The Vikings conquered areas including the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland for several hundred years.

The king did have a small household of Scots paid for by the English — these included Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Sir David Fleming's nephew, Alexander Seton and Orkney's brother John Sinclair following the earl's return to Scotland.

The folklore of Orkney includes tales of the selkie folk (" selkie " being the Orcadian dialect word for " seal "), a race of shape-shifting seals that can take human form.

The reasons for the waves of immigration were complex and bound to the political situation in Scandinavia at that time ; moreover, they occurred when Viking settlers were also establishing their presence in the Hebrides, Orkney, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, France ( Normandy ), Russia and Ukraine ( see Kievan Rus ').

* Thomson, William P. L. ( 2008 ) The New History of Orkney.

* Thomson, William P. L. ( 2008 ) The New History of Orkney.

* Stagecoach Highlands-Stagecoach controls operations in the Scottish Highlands after the takeover of The Rapsons Group ( Orkney Coaches / Highland Country Buses ) in 2008, adding to the network already operated in the City of Inverness by Stagecoach, consisting of Highland Country Buses Limited.

On May 16, 2008 it was finally announced that the long anticipated purchase of Highland Country Buses ( and Orkney Coaches Ltd ) by Stagecoach Group had been finalised.

On May 16, 2008, it was finally announced that the long anticipated purchase of Highland Country Buses ( and Orkney Coaches Ltd ) by Stagecoach Group had been finalised.

* Thomson, William P. L. ( 2008 ) The New History of Orkney.

The next day he wrote to Walsingham to say he was in Margate and that " although we have put the Spanish fleet past the Frith, and I think past the Isles, yet God knoweth whether they go either to the Nase of Norway or into Denmark or to the Isles of Orkney to refresh themselves, and so to return ; for I think they dare not return with this dishonour and shame to their King, and overthrow their Pope's credit.

It has branch campuses in the Scottish Borders, Orkney and Dubai, and announced plans to open a campus in Malaysia in November 2011.

The underwater sound signature of the MV North Sea Giant ( IMO: 9524073, MMSI: 248039000 ) Dynamic Positioning ( DP ) vessel was measured by the International Centre for Island technology ( ICIT ) whilst installing a foundation monopile for the Voith tidal energy device in the Falls of Warness, Orkney ( Ref Beharie and Side, 2011 ).

In 2011, the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 was introduced, which protected both Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Orkney and Shetland from being added to any other constituency.

American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.

Announced on April 27, 1998, Square EA was based in Costa Mesa, California and operated under the supervision of Square president and CEO Jun Iwasaki, and was responsible for publishing and marketing all games produced by Square in North America.

Announced in 1997, the SA-1100 was targeted for portable applications such as PDAs and differs from the SA-110 by providing a number of features that are desirable for such applications.

Announced on August 31, 1999 and released on October 11, 1999, the GeForce 256 improves on its predecessor ( RIVA TNT2 ) by increasing the number of fixed pixel pipelines, offloading host geometry calculations to a hardware transform and lighting ( T & L ) engine, and adding hardware motion-compensation for MPEG-2 video.

Announced on June 1, 2011, the provisional name for the combined group would be LTMX Group plc.

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Announced in early 1999, Shogun: Total War was The Creative Assembly's first high business risk product ; previous products had involved creating video games for the EA Sports brand.

* Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: 2003 Comet Awards Announced

Announced only in 2004, the Jingbao Expressway go for 25. 9 kilometres in length in the Beijing area, reducing traffic load on the Badaling Expressway.

Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.

Announced on 4 October 2004, the Cray XD1 range incorporate Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs for application acceleration.

Powerstock was used as the filming location for the BBC productions of Agatha Christie's " A Murder is Announced " and the 2010 " Spring Watch " series.

* Finalists Announced for Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of 2010 Contest Presented by The UPS Store, Entrepreneur Magazine, July 27, 2010

Announced in October 2011, Skillet are headlining the 2012 Winter Jam tour for the central and eastern parts of the United States.

• Announced in January 2008 in coordination with the Arab League and the High Commissioner for Refugees campaign " by the Arabs but the Iraqis ," which contributed to supporting the education of more than 2, 500 students on the number of Iraqi teachers, and reflects the barrier 300 students during the college years.

Exodus co-headlined with Kreator, Suicidal Angels and Death Angel on the Thrashfest 2010 tour in late 2010 and will be one of the headlining bands on the bill for Wacken Open Air 2011 ( Announced 23 December 2010 ).

Announced on 6 May 1997, only five days after that year's General Election, and officially given operational responsibility for setting interest rates in the Bank of England Act 1998, the Committee was designed to be independent of political interference and thus to add credibility to interest rate decisions.

Announced over 30 resolutions dealing with global issues of wildlands and wildlife, sustainable benefits for local people, and numerous scientific and policy matters.

Announced March 7, 2012, " Pirates of the Spanish Main ™ Shuffling the Deck ™" is reportedly a non-collectable, stand alone card game for the entire family set in the Pirates of the Spanish Main universe.

Announced in 2001, Jurassic Park: Survival was a third-person adventure game in development by Savage Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.

Announced on January 23, 2005 the league viewed itself as a direct minor league outlet for the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

Announced in November 2009 the Welsh Assembly Government has asked Network Rail to conduct a feasibility study on reopening the line between Llangefni on Anglesey and Bangor for passenger services.