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7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
nature of the English king's request.
# First Imprisonment.
However, Douglas seems to have fallen into the hands of the English monarch in early 1290 and was confined at Knaresborough Castle. His imprisonment does not appear to have been unduly harsh, he was released by the spring o... | 52,400 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
of her manors in Essex and Herefordshire taken by the crown in 1296.
# Build up to War.
Douglas' seal is on the Treaty of Salisbury approving the putative marriage between Margaret, Maid of Norway with Edward of Caernarfon, and was amongst those nobles that hammered out the deal tha... | 52,401 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
into disfavour and had his lands of Douglasdale forfeited to the English King. Edward appointed his own creatures as baronial officers and made one Master Eustace de Bikerton, Parson of St. Bride's Kirk, the spiritual home and burying ground of the Douglases. John Balliol was declared... | 52,402 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
imprisoning said officers in Douglas Castle. Whilst in prison Douglas was duty bound to be at his lands in Essex, in order to provide service for Edward, his failure cost him £20 sterling in fines.
# Siege of Berwick.
Upset at the humiliations heaped upon John Balliol and the ineffe... | 52,403 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
to Edward, he arrived at the walls of Berwick with 5000 Cavalry and 30,000 Infantry. There followed one of the most brutal episodes in British history, the Sack of Berwick. The English army took the town by storm on Good Friday 1296 and gave no quarter to the inhabitants. The slaughte... | 52,404 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
(Douglas’ two-year-old son Hugh had been taken into ward by the Sheriff of Essex at Stebbing, one of the forfeited properties)
# "Ragman Roll".
Douglas was imprisoned in the Hog's Tower at Berwick castle and stayed there until gaining his freedom by appending his seal to the "Ragman... | 52,405 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
latterly forfeited Earldom of Angus was granted in 1389 to Douglas' great-grandson, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus.
# Uprising of William Wallace.
Following the Battle of Dunbar, a large section of the Scots nobility were languishing in prison in England. The countryside was fome... | 52,406 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
that Wallace was beneath their dignity, but Douglas had no such compunction. He was the first nobleman to join with Sir William Wallace in 1297 in rebellion; combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and later Scone Abbey where the two liberated the English treasury. With that booty Wal... | 52,407 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
Edward heard of Douglas' supposed treason he commanded the future King of Scots Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, then governor of Carlisle for the English to take retribution. Bruce swept into Douglasdale at the king's order. However, young Bruce, who was twenty-two years old at the tim... | 52,408 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
as the "Capitulation at Irving Water", where Douglas was in the company of Robert Brus, Alexander de Lindsay and John and James (the latter three his brothers in law). By the time Sir Andrew de Moray and William Wallace won their great victory at Stirling, Sir William the Hardy was ag... | 52,409 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
and had three sons.
By Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland:
- Sir James Douglas.
By Eleanor de Lovaine of Groby, daughter-in-law of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and great-great-granddaughter of Godfrey III of Leuven:
- Hugh Douglas,
- S... | 52,410 |
7379084 | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20the%20Hardy,%20Lord%20of%20Douglas | William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas
n-law of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and great-great-granddaughter of Godfrey III of Leuven:
- Hugh Douglas,
- Sir Archibald Douglas.
# References.
## Sources.
- Brown, Michael, "The Black Douglases-War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland", East Linton 1998
- Fordun... | 52,411 |
7379218 | Broken Promises (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broken%20Promises%20(album) | Broken Promises (album)
Broken Promises (album)
Broken Promises is the Allen Crane debut CD which features guitarist Mark Warner [] and veteran Cinderella drummer Fred Coury. []
# Track listing.
- 1. "Broken Promises" – 4:35
- 2. "She Came To Me" – 3:10
- 3. "Hootie Hoo Hoo" – 4:10
- 4. "Open Up Your Eyes" – 6:23... | 52,412 |
7379218 | Broken Promises (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broken%20Promises%20(album) | Broken Promises (album)
Reviews.
- "Splendid Ezine", March 2001 review
- "Strutter Magazine", April 2001 review
# External links.
- Allen Crane website
- Fred Coury website
# References.
- The Orchard Records, corporate release info
- [ Fred Coury, Allmusic public discography, references "Broken Promises EP"]
... | 52,413 |
7379229 | Kali, India | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kali,%20India | Kali, India
Kali, India
Kali is a city and a municipality in Ahmadabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
# Demographics.
India census, Kali had a population of 34,223. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kali has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: m... | 52,414 |
7379178 | Treaty of Moultrie Creek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty%20of%20Moultrie%20Creek | Treaty of Moultrie Creek
Treaty of Moultrie Creek
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was an agreement signed in 1823 between the government of the United States and the chiefs of several groups and bands of Indians living in the present-day state of Florida. The treaty established a reservation in the center of the Florida ... | 52,415 |
7379178 | Treaty of Moultrie Creek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty%20of%20Moultrie%20Creek | Treaty of Moultrie Creek
increasing conflict with white settlers after the United States became independent. When the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821 (by means of the Adams-Onís Treaty), the conflict increased. In 1823, the United States government decided to settle the Seminoles on a reservation in t... | 52,416 |
7379178 | Treaty of Moultrie Creek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty%20of%20Moultrie%20Creek | Treaty of Moultrie Creek
and to give up all claim to lands in Florida, in exchange for a reservation of about four million acres (16,000 km²).
The reservation ran down the middle of the Florida peninsula from just north of present-day Ocala to a line even with the southern end of Tampa Bay. The boundaries were well in... | 52,417 |
7379178 | Treaty of Moultrie Creek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty%20of%20Moultrie%20Creek | Treaty of Moultrie Creek
mained peaceful and law-abiding. The government was supposed to distribute farm implements, cattle and hogs to the Seminoles, compensate them for travel and losses involved in relocating to the reservation, and provide rations for a year, until the Seminoles could plant and harvest new crops. T... | 52,418 |
7379231 | River Ashburn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Ashburn | River Ashburn
River Ashburn
Ashburn is a river in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England, flowing through the Ashburton valley to the River Dart.
The River Ashburn is a small river on Dartmoor, rising near Rippon Tor, flowing through the town of Ashburton and joining with the river Dart near Buckfastleigh.... | 52,419 |
7379231 | River Ashburn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Ashburn | River Ashburn
r in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England, flowing through the Ashburton valley to the River Dart.
The River Ashburn is a small river on Dartmoor, rising near Rippon Tor, flowing through the town of Ashburton and joining with the river Dart near Buckfastleigh. The source of the river is on H... | 52,420 |
7379206 | Paul M. Lally | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul%20M.%20Lally | Paul M. Lally
Paul M. Lally
Paul M. Lally is a television producer, writer, and director.
Lally directed over 100 episodes of "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood"
His PBS screenwriting credits include "Alias Jimmy Valentine", an O. Henry adapted screenplay for "American Playhouse", and episodic writing for "Mister Rogers’ ... | 52,421 |
7379206 | Paul M. Lally | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul%20M.%20Lally | Paul M. Lally
Productions.
He was host and narrator of four public television storytelling series; "Gather 'Round, Teletales, Gentle Giant" and A Fairy Tale Comforter for Children."
His PBS executive producing credits include "Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito", an Italian how-to cooking series broadcast nationwide ... | 52,422 |
7379237 | Nasorostral scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nasorostral%20scale | Nasorostral scale
Nasorostral scale
In reptiles, the nasorostral is an enlarged and usually paired scale, just behind the rostral (and in front of the nasal scale).
# Related scales.
- Rostral scale
- Nasal scale
# See also.
- Snake scales | 52,423 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
David Watkin (historian)
David John Watkin, FRIBA FSA (7 April 1941 – 30 August 2018) was a British architectural historian. He was an emeritus fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and professor emeritus of History of Architecture in the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge.... | 52,424 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
Cambridge, where he was an exhibitioner. He took a first in the newly-created Fine Arts Tripos before proceeding to a PhD under Nikolaus Pevsner on Thomas Hope, which was published in 1968 as "Thomas Hope and the Neo-Classical Idea, 1769–1831".
Watkin spent his career at Cambridge. He was Libr... | 52,425 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
Maurice Cowling.
# Classicism vs Modernism.
Watkin's main research interest was neoclassical architecture, particularly from the 18th century to the present day, and he published widely on that topic. He also published on general topics including "A History of Western Architecture" (4th ed. 2... | 52,426 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
Movement" (1977), re-published in expanded form as "Morality and Architecture Revisited" (2001). The basic premise of his argument is that the language with which modernist architecture is described and defended is rooted in the false notion of the Zeitgeist or "the spirit of the age", as put f... | 52,427 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
architects of Gothic cathedrals asked themselves, "does the building express the 'spirit of the age" or not? The buildings created the 'spirit' by which the epoch would come to be known, not the other way round.
In terms of Zeitgeist architecture, he traces its moralistic attitude back to arch... | 52,428 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
a by-product of history and the philosophy of culture in Germany and the rapid growth of Marxist sociology.
"Morality and Architecture" provoked outrage among many Modernists. Famously, writing in "The Times Literary Supplement", Reyner Banham accused Watkin of "a kind of vindictiveness of whi... | 52,429 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
"The Architecture of John Simpson: The Timeless Language of Classicism". Rizzoli, New York, 2016. .
- David Watkin, "The Practice of Classical Architecture: The Architecture of Quinlan and Francis Terry, 2005–2015". Rizzoli, New York, 2015. .
- David Watkin, "The Roman Forum", Profile Books, ... | 52,430 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
2006.
- David Watkin, "A History of Western Architecture". Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 2005.
- David Watkin, "The Architect King: George III and the Culture of the Enlightenment". Royal Collection, London. 2004.
- David Watkin and Robin Middleton, "Architecture of the Nineteenth C... | 52,431 |
7379163 | David Watkin (historian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Watkin%20(historian) | David Watkin (historian)
enment Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures" (Cambridge Studies in the History of Architecture) Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- David Watkin, "The Royal Interiors of Regency England". Rizzoli, New York, 1985.
- David Watkin, "Morality and Architecture: The Development of a Theme in Arch... | 52,432 |
7379241 | East Okement River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Okement%20River | East Okement River
East Okement River
East Okement is a river in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England. It joins the West Okement at Okehampton to form the Okement. | 52,433 |
7379245 | East Webburn River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Webburn%20River | East Webburn River
East Webburn River
The East Webburn is a stream in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England. It rises on the western side of the moors flowing off the west side of Hameldown ridge. Its source is less than 1 kilometre south west of Grimspound Bronze Age settlement. It flows south past Wideco... | 52,434 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Fall of Kampala
The Fall of Kampala, also known as the Liberation of Kampala (Kiswahili: "Kukombolewa kwa Kampala"), was a battle during the Uganda–Tanzania War in 1979, in which the combined forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) attacked and captured the Ugandan capital, K... | 52,435 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
allies in Entebbe, the Tanzanians revised their existing offensive designs for Kampala. The plans called for the 208th Brigade to advance from the south, spearheaded by Lieutenant Colonel Ben Msuya's 800-strong 19th Battalion, which was to secure the centre of the city. The 207th Brigade and a UNLF batt... | 52,436 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Battalion moved cautiously down the Entebbe–Kampala road. Other battalions of the 208th advanced on Port Bell. The 201st Brigade established its roadblocks north of Kampala and intercepted both forces attempting to reinforce Kampala from Bombo and those attempting to effect a breakout. The 207th Brigade... | 52,437 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Tanzanians secured the radio station and set up a command post on Kololo hill. The UNLF battalion occupied Republic House—the Uganda Army's headquarters at the edge of the city—unopposed, but was unable to take the State Research Bureau at Nakasero. Men of the 207th and 208th Brigades seized the souther... | 52,438 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
attacked Kakwa and Nubians, both ethnic groups that had benefited from the dictatorship. Later in the morning Tanzanian artillery bombarded parts of the city. The remaining Ugandan soldiers in the city desperately attempted to escape by changing into civilian clothes and requisitioning civilian vehicles... | 52,439 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
despite the attempts of Tanzanian and UNLF troops to maintain order. A new Ugandan government was established by the UNLF. Though pro-Amin forces were left scattered and disjointed by the seizure of the capital, combat operations in the country continued until 3 June, when Tanzanian forces reached the S... | 52,440 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
the country under a repressive dictatorship. Nyerere withheld diplomatic recognition of the new government and offered asylum to Obote and his supporters. He tacitly supported a failed attempt by Obote to overthrow Amin in 1972, and after a brief border conflict he and Amin signed a peace accord. Nevert... | 52,441 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
the Kagera Salient in northern Tanzania. Tanzania halted the sudden invasion, mobilised anti-Amin opposition groups, and launched a counter-offensive. Nyerere told foreign diplomats that he did not intend to depose Amin, but only "teach him a lesson". The claim was not believed; Nyerere despised Amin, a... | 52,442 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
the country.
The TPDF seized Masaka on 24 February 1979. Nyerere originally planned to halt his forces there and allow Ugandan exiles to attack Kampala, the Ugandan capital, and overthrow Amin. He feared that scenes of Tanzanian troops occupying the city would reflect poorly on the country's image abro... | 52,443 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) and established a cabinet. Shortly thereafter President Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, an ally of Amin, attempted to stem the advance by sending an ultimatum to Nyerere, demanding that he withdraw his forces in 24 hours or face the opposition of Libyan troops (which we... | 52,444 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
and following Amin's announcement that the inhabitants of Masaka and Mbarara would face retaliation for welcoming the Tanzanian invasion. The successful formation of the UNLF government eased Tanzanian concerns about the aftermath of a seizure of the capital. On 25 March Amin imposed a curfew in Kampala... | 52,445 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
targets in the city. Tanzanian commanders had originally assumed that Amin would station the bulk of his forces in the capital, and their initial plans called for a direct attack on the city. However, from the high ground in Mpigi they could see the Entebbe peninsula, where there was heavy Libyan air tr... | 52,446 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
bombardment frightened Amin in his official residence, the Entebbe State House, and he fled via helicopter to Kampala. On 7 April the brigade advanced into the town. Many Libyan soldiers attempted to evacuate to Kampala but were intercepted and killed. Following the seizure of Entebbe, hundreds of Ugand... | 52,447 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
that his commanders leave the eastern road from the city leading to Jinja clear so that Libyan troops and foreign diplomats could evacuate. He thought that by letting the Libyans escape, Libya could avoid humiliation and quietly withdraw from the war. Nyerere also feared that further conflict with Libya... | 52,448 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
The Tanzanian plan of attack called for an advance by the 207th Brigade and a UNLF battalion from the west along the road from Masaka with a simultaneous assault from Entebbe in the south by the 208th Brigade. The latter's 19th Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Ben Msuya was earmarked for the seizure o... | 52,449 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
"Africa Research Bulletin", there were approximately 1,000 soldiers garrisoning the city, while journalist John Darnton reported on 9 April an estimate that Amin had 2,000 to 3,000 men just south of the capital as "a last line of defence". The Kampala garrison included members of the Chui Battalion. Man... | 52,450 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
garrison to evacuate their families, and that most of the army subsequently withdrew "with a lot of discipline". On 8 April the Soviet Union's diplomats evacuated to Kenya in a convoy, accompanied by the personnel of other Eastern bloc legations.
The 800-strong 19th Battalion entrenched itself on a hil... | 52,451 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
began a 15-minute bombardment of Ugandan positions around Kampala. The battalion reassembled on the Entebbe–Kampala road and began its advance. Two companies advanced parallel through the bush on both sides of the road to screen for ambushes. The rest of the battalion split into companies that walked on... | 52,452 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
forces reported that the Ugandan defences around Kampala were weak. Though most units were not yet in position, Tanzanian forces were ordered to seize the capital. The 19th Battalion vacated its position and assembled on the Entebbe–Kampala road. Other battalions of the 208th secured Cape Town View (Ami... | 52,453 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
from the west in tandem with a UNLF battalion under Lieutenant Colonel David Oyite-Ojok. Ojok's men secured Nateete and passed through Rubaga. One of the 207th's battalions seized Kasubi hill and the royal tomb of the Kabakas, the kings of Buganda.
The 19th Battalion began its advance at 03:36, accompa... | 52,454 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
As the 19th Battalion moved down the Entebbe–Kampala road with its three tanks (a T-59 and two T-62s), it was joined by an increasing number of celebratory civilians, eager for the removal of the Amin regime. The column did not encounter resistance until it came under small-arms fire near the Makindye r... | 52,455 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
the Tanzanian column. It was quickly destroyed with small-arms fire, a rocket-propelled grenade, and a 75 mm tank shell. The Tanzanians searched the market but found no more Ugandans, and subsequently resumed their march into the capital, joined by the cheering civilians. The battalion received some har... | 52,456 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Leaving a guard behind to prevent the civilians from following, the battalion moved out into in city streets, but with only the guide's confused and limited directions, its progress was slow. The Bank of Uganda, Post Office, Parliament, and the Nile Mansion Hotel were secured with only minimal resistanc... | 52,457 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
broadcasts (he told a junior officer, "This is almost worth getting court-martialed for.").
The Tanzanians repulsed a brief ambush from an adjacent skyscraper before considering their next move. They were supposed to secure Nakasero hill, the location of the State Research Bureau (Amin's secret police ... | 52,458 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
unopposed, but five men were killed by friendly fire when Tanzanian artillery bombarded the site, the gunners unaware that it had been taken. At around nightfall the UNLF force approached the State Research Bureau at Nakasero in the belief that it had been abandoned. When the unit was close, Ugandan sol... | 52,459 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
passing Ugandan Land Rovers, killing their three occupants. In one of the vehicles the soldiers recovered a detailed plan for Kampala's defence which specified the battalions and commanders responsible for each sector; most had already dispersed. By nightfall the 19th Battalion had not located the Comma... | 52,460 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
the location and establish his own command post in an abandoned home whilst his battalion dug trenches and established roadblocks. According to him, by 22:00 Kampala was under Tanzanian control. At 23:00 he held a toast with his officers to celebrate the capture of the city.
Overnight several other bat... | 52,461 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
its camp in the golf course. As the troops were settling down a small white car drove by and an occupant opened fire, mortally wounding an officer. The UNLF subsequently erected roadblocks around the location. The men maintaining them grew drunk throughout the night on pillaged beer and whisky.
## 11 A... | 52,462 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
ambassador, Gottfried Lessing, and his wife left their residence in a small white car with another vehicle following in an attempt to escape the city. When they drove by the golf course the UNLF fired two rocket-propelled grenades, destroying the cars and killing the four occupants. As the morning progr... | 52,463 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Lule feared that Ojok would declare the restoration of Obote's presidential regime (Ojok and Obote had been long-time allies in the resistance against Amin). Honey and Avirgan stated that upon reaching the station Ojok placed two phone calls to Dar es Salaam. The first was to Nyerere, who was not presen... | 52,464 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Obote or his party, the Uganda People's Congress. Journalist Timothy Kalyegira wrote that Obote dictated an announcement which Ojok wrote on an envelope. Obote claimed that immediately after the phone call he telephoned Nyerere to inform him of the fall of Kampala, and Nyerere came to his residence to c... | 52,465 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
the persistence of gunfire, several technicians arrived for their scheduled workday and assisted Ojok in making the broadcast. His declaration was straightforward; he stated that Amin's government was deposed and that Kampala was under the control of the UNLF, and appealed to residents to remain calm an... | 52,466 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
their dwellings to celebrate and loot. Some pointed out remaining pockets of resistance to the TPDF. Meanwhile, the diplomatic staff resident on Kololo hill felt it was safe enough to begin visiting Msuya's command post to pay their respects to him. Civilians raided the files of the State Research Burea... | 52,467 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
remaining Ugandan soldiers in the city desperately attempted to escape by changing into civilian clothes and requisitioning civilian vehicles. They robbed residents at gunpoint and in some cases murdered them to secure the items. As Tanzanian patrols secured Kampala's neighbourhoods, some of them stumbl... | 52,468 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
Colonel Juma Butabika, one of Amin's top commanders, was killed in a firefight with soldiers of the 205th and 208th Brigades in the Bwaise–Kawempe area as they moved in from Mityana to secure the northern section of the city. Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Kisule, the commander of an artillery unit based in M... | 52,469 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
property indiscriminately. Stores had their windows smashed and were cleared of furniture, documents were destroyed, and new cars were pushed out of show rooms and onto the streets. Some buildings were set on fire. The Ministry of Health's offices were raided by its own employees. In what most observers... | 52,470 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
he ordered his men to quietly assist the looters in breaking into the warehouses and try to keep the situation calm. This strategy failed, as two civilians were accidentally killed in the pandemonium. Eventually the Tanzanians were authorised to seize a radio and a watch each from abandoned homes. Accor... | 52,471 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
a rambling radio broadcast via a mobile transmitter in which he denounced Ojok's speech and declared that his forces still held Kampala. He then boarded an aircraft in Arua and flew to Libya. He eventually settled in exile in Saudi Arabia and never returned to Uganda. The next day, a band of lingering U... | 52,472 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
following the city's capture Tanzanian soldiers maintained roadblocks and checkpoints.
Kampala was left damaged by the Tanzanian artillery bombardment and the looting. Electricity and water services were restored to a portion of the population a few days after the battle. In early May civilians and mun... | 52,473 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
as 2000, ruins from the conflict remained along Kampala Road in the city centre.
Casualty statistics were unclear in the immediate aftermath of the battle. According to Honey, fewer than 100 Ugandan soldiers were killed. The Tanzanians estimated that 25 to 30 Ugandan soldiers had died in the city. The ... | 52,474 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
civilians were killed. Over 500 Ugandan soldiers were captured by the TPDF. They were temporarily housed on Kololo before being deported to prisoner-of-war camps in Tanzania. Kisule was attached to a battalion of the TPDF's 205th Brigade to act as its guide and assist it in the capture of Masindi. Sabun... | 52,475 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
were seized, as were significant caches of Ugandan weapons imported from the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Israel, and Spain.
The Tanzanians recovered the body of Hans Poppe, a biracial Tanzanian police officer who had been killed by the Ugandans in a 1971 border clash. His corpse had been put on displ... | 52,476 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
while Walden's 207th Brigade was ordered to assume occupation duties throughout the entirety of Kampala. Tanzanian soldiers subsequently occupied the Kampala Intercontinental Hotel, looting it and tossing thousands of Qurans (which had been given by Libya to Uganda) stored in it from its balconies. Ojok... | 52,477 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
its position in the north to take Bombo and the 208th moved out to capture Jinja.
Amin's forces were left scattered and disjointed by the seizure of the capital. Discipline in the Uganda Army faltered and the command hierarchy collapsed. According to Ugandan Major Bernard Rwehururu, news of the defeat ... | 52,478 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
garrison of Mbale defected and established roadblocks around the town to protect it from Amin's forces while awaiting the arrival of the TPDF. A handful of forces rallied in Masindi to plan a counterattack to retake Kampala. Further Tanzanian advances prompted the Ugandans to abandon the town. Ugandan o... | 52,479 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
a list of ministers meant to represent the ethnic balances of the country. On 13 April he was flown into the city and installed as President of Uganda. The UNLF government's operations were greatly hampered by the theft of equipment from state offices. Though a decree was issued that prohibiting looting... | 52,480 |
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from Uganda in 1981.
## Legacy.
The fall of Kampala marked the first time in the history of the continent that an African state seized the capital of another African country. The overthrow of a sovereign head of state by a foreign military had never occurred in Africa and had been strongly discouraged... | 52,481 |
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from this line of thought and argued that the situation demonstrated that the OAU charter needed reform. Nyerere accused the OAU of shielding black African leaders from criticism, noting that Amin's regime had killed more people than the white minority governments in southern Africa. President Godfrey B... | 52,482 |
7379062 | Fall of Kampala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fall%20of%20Kampala | Fall of Kampala
post in the history of Africa." On the fifth anniversary of the fall of Kampala, Obote delivered a speech to commemorate the liberation of Uganda from the Amin regime. Footage from the battle was included in the 1980 Tanzania Film Company and Audio Visual Institute colour documentary chronicling the war... | 52,483 |
7379234 | River Bovey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Bovey | River Bovey
River Bovey
The River Bovey rises on the eastern side of Dartmoor in Devon, England, and is the largest tributary to the River Teign. The river has two main source streams, both rising within a mile of each other, either side of the B3212 road between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge, before joining at Jurs... | 52,484 |
7379234 | River Bovey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Bovey | River Bovey
of the village of Chudleigh Knighton.
# Catchment.
The catchment of the river runs to the West at Chagford Common, past Hookney Tor, and the road from Fordgate to Hound Tor. To the South, the watershed is with the River Lemon and runs from Hemsworthy Gate to Haytor Rocks, past Brimley and to the North of ... | 52,485 |
7379234 | River Bovey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Bovey | River Bovey
f Chagford.
# Tributaries.
There are two main tributaries, one being the Becka Brook, rising near Hound Tor, flowing through Becky Falls, and joining the Bovey just below Trendlebere Down. The second is the Wray Brook which starts North of Moretonhampstead, and joins the Bovey to the South of Lustleigh.
... | 52,486 |
7379248 | River Lemon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Lemon | River Lemon
River Lemon
The River Lemon is a 9.9 mile (16 kilometre) river in the county of Devon in southwest England. It is a tributary of the River Teign, starting on Dartmoor by Haytor, and ending in Newton Abbot. It rises on the south-east side of Dartmoor near Haytor, joins with the River Sig and the Langworthy ... | 52,487 |
7379248 | River Lemon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Lemon | River Lemon
"Lemon" is a derivative of a Celtic word meaning "elm".
# Floods.
The river has several times caused major flooding in Newton Abbot, most notably on 19 December 1853, 14 November 1894, 6 August 1938, and 27 December 1979. To prevent further occurrences, a flood-control reservoir and dam were built in 1982... | 52,488 |
7379248 | River Lemon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Lemon | River Lemon
were built in 1982, just below the confluence with the Kestor Brook at Holbeam.
In December 2013, Nick Mutton, a local primary school teacher, died while trying to rescue his dog from the river. He was dragged from where he fell in to near Tucker's Maltings, on the other side of the town. The river was hig... | 52,489 |
7379252 | River Lyd, Devon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Lyd,%20Devon | River Lyd, Devon
River Lyd, Devon
The Lyd is a river rising at Lyd Head (Corn Ridge in NW Dartmoor) in the Dartmoor national park in Devon in south-west England and flowing into the River Tamar beyond Lifton. This is the deepest gorge in the South West of England.
# Lydford Gorge.
Lydford Gorge (National Trust) is a... | 52,490 |
7379252 | River Lyd, Devon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Lyd,%20Devon | River Lyd, Devon
ifton. This is the deepest gorge in the South West of England.
# Lydford Gorge.
Lydford Gorge (National Trust) is a dramatic feature of the river at Lydford on the edge of the National Park; it is a gorge near Lydford on the River Lyd, which is the deepest in South West England. It was formed by the ... | 52,491 |
7379261 | River Swincombe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River%20Swincombe | River Swincombe
River Swincombe
The River Swincombe is a tributary of the West Dart River that flows through
Dartmoor national park in Devon, south-west England. It rises south-east of Princetown, and flows 2 km south-east to Foxtor Mires, where it turns north-east to meet the West Dart near Hexworthy. The first 2 km... | 52,492 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
Man of La Mancha (film)
Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha" by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The musical was suggested by the classic novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, but more directly based on Wa... | 52,493 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
plays the Barber, is an American of Italian descent.) The film was released by United Artists. It is known in Italy as L'Uomo della Mancha.
The film was produced and directed by Arthur Hiller, and stars Peter O'Toole as both Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote, James Coco as both Cervantes' man... | 52,494 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
and his manservant have been imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, and a manuscript by Cervantes is seized by his fellow inmates, who subject him to a mock trial in order to determine whether the manuscript should be returned. Cervantes' defense is in the form of a play, in which Cervantes take... | 52,495 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
James Coco as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' manservant
- Harry Andrews as The Innkeeper / The Governor (Brian Blessed, singing)
- John Castle as Sanson Carrasco / The Duke
- Ian Richardson as The Padre
- Brian Blessed as Pedro
- Julie Gregg as Antonia Quijano
- Rosalie Crutchley as The Houseke... | 52,496 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
Mitch Leigh – serving as associate producer – and Albert Marre, who had directed the original show but had never before directed a film, were hired to make the motion picture, and original cast stars Richard Kiley and Joan Diener were screen tested in anticipation of the two actors repeating the... | 52,497 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
and Quixote), but was in turn also fired when it was learned that he planned to eliminate most of the songs. It was then that Arthur Hiller and Saul Chaplin joined the project. Hiller re-hired Wasserman to adapt his own stage libretto, although, according to Wasserman, the film's new opening seq... | 52,498 |
7379134 | Man of La Mancha (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Man%20of%20La%20Mancha%20(film) | Man of La Mancha (film)
it might have been Glenville, since he had tried to eliminate the songs and envisioned the film as a non-musical. Glenville had also previously worked with arranger/conductor Laurence Rosenthal.
According to the Turner Classic Movies website, O'Toole had been eager to work with Glenville, a fri... | 52,499 |
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