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Lord God of Battles, aid! High lust and froward bearing, Proud heart, rebellious brow— Deaf ear and soul uncaring, We seek Thy mercy now! The sinner that forswore Thee, The fool that passed Thee by, Our times are known before Thee— Lord, grant us strength to die!
The British Indian Army formed a core part of the British Empire and participated in a few battles during World War I, including the Battle of Gallipoli. In these battles, Sikh soldiers specifically served with great distinction and extraordinary bravery which was praised by British officials. [7]
The Battle of Charleroi, another of the frontier battles, was an action taking place 12–23 August 1914. The battle was joined by the French Fifth Army, advancing north towards the River Sambre, and the German Second and Third armies, moving southwest through Belgium. The Fifth army was meant to join the Third and Fourth armies in their attack ...
B. Battle for Baby 700; Fall of Baghdad (1917) Battle of Baku; Battle of Banjo; Second Battle of Bapaume; Battle of Basra (1914) Battle of Daraa (1918) Battle of El Tor (1915)
French attack from a trench at the Battle of Verdun, 1916; British artillery in action at the Battle of the Somme, 1916; U.S. troops and Renault FT tanks during the Hundred Days Offensive, 1918; British Vickers machine gun crew wearing gas masks during the Battle of the Somme, 1916; Ottoman Arab camel corps leaving for the Middle Eastern front ...
Castles of steel : Britain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780679456711. Newbolt, Henry (1996). Naval Operations. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. V. Nashville: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-255-1. Phillips, Lawrie (2011). The Royal Navy Day by Day. Stroud: Spellmount.
Great Britain (from 1707) Jacobites: Civil War, Royalist victory. in England, Scotland and Ireland Williamite War in Ireland (1688–91) - The Battle of the Boyne saw the last battle between two rival claimants for the throne; Jacobite rising of 1689 (1689-92) Jacobite rising of 1715 (1715–16) Jacobite rising of 1719 (1719)
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom. The Imperial War Graves Commission had been established by Royal Charter in 1917. [1] Following the cessation of hostilities in 1918 at the end of the First World War, the Commission continued developing its plans to commemorate the war dead of both the British Army and troops from the Empire and its Dominions.