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It was renamed the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1861 [1] before embarking for home in February 1870. [48] The regiment disembarked at Burntisland in March 1870 [49] and received new colours from the Duchess of Sutherland in August 1871. [50] It moved to Curragh Camp in Ireland in May 1877 [51] and to Gibraltar in January ...
The regiment was created under the Childers Reforms in 1881, as the Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders), by the amalgamation of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, amended the following year to reverse the order of the "Argyll" and "Sutherland" sub-titles. [2]
William Sutherland was a British officer during the American Revolution. Lieutenant Sutherland, of the 38th Regiment of Foot , marched with the British troops, under the command of General Gage , from Boston , Massachusetts on the night of 18 April 1775 led by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Smith .
1st Infantry Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN operation in Plain of Reeds area of the Mekong Delta: Hậu Nghĩa Province: 268: 15 US, 31 ARVN Jan 1 – 18: Operation Jefferson: A combined ROK 2nd Marine Brigade and paratroops of ARVN 47th Regiment search and destroy operation: Phú Yên ...
The New Year's Day battle of 1968 was a military engagement during the Vietnam War in Tây Ninh province that began on the evening of 1 January 1968. It involved units assigned to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division and two regiments of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
During February 1966, as part of an American road-building program designed to challenge the Viet Cong's ability to manoeuvre in the areas around Saigon, the US 1st Engineer Battalion—under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Howard Sargent—had been engaged in constructing an all-weather road between Route 13 and Route 15 in central Binh Duong Province, west of Ben Cat, on the northern apex ...
Sutherland served as commander of XXIV Corps from 18 June 1970 until 9 June 1971. [2] [3] During this time he was involved in the planning and support of Operation Lam Son 719. [4] [5] [3]: 196 On 25 March 1971 Sutherland advised COMUSMACV General Creighton Abrams". .. As you have stated before we can take [the South Vietnamese] . . . only so ...
The People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces Arms (Vietnamese: Binh chủng Đặc công, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam), officially the Special Operation Force Arms or Special Operation Arms, [1] is the elite combat armed service of the People's Army of Vietnam, led by the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. It is uniquely ...