Samuel Wedgbury (born 26 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Worksop Town.

Wedgbury began his career at Worcester City in 2005 and became the club's youngest ever goalscorer after scoring on his debut aged 16. He attracted the interest of Sheffield United, and joined the club for a five-figure fee in January 2006. He made no first-team appearances during his time in South Yorkshire, although was loaned out twice; first to Mansfield Town and then to Hungarian club Ferencváros. He was released by Sheffield United upon the expiry of his contract in the summer of 2010, and signed for Macclesfield Town shortly after. He spent three seasons at Macclesfield, playing over 100 games. In May 2013, Wedgbury signed for Stevenage on a free transfer. In May 2014, he joined Forest Green Rovers, where he became a fan favourite for his guile, character and uncompromising style of play. He signed for Chesterfield on 22 May 2018 after his contract with Wrexham was cancelled by mutual consent. He has also represented the England C team.

Club career

Early career
Wedgbury started his career at non-league Worcester City in the summer of 2005, where he played regularly for the club's U18 and reserve sides despite being in a younger age bracket. He made a goalscoring debut for the first-team aged just 16, in an FA Cup tie against Bemerton Heath Harlequins, a match that Worcester won 7–0, and became the club's youngest ever goalscorer in the process. He attracted the interest of then-Championship side Sheffield United in January 2006, and subsequently signed for the club on a scholarship contract for a five-figure fee. On Wedgbury's move, Worcester chairman Dave Boddy stated: "I am delighted for Sam, it's a great deal and opportunity for him and obviously a great deal for the club. He is a lovely lad with a superb attitude to the game and he shows unbelievable maturity beyond his years". He was loaned back to Worcester for the remainder of the 2005–06 season, with the two clubs also arranging a pre-season friendly as part of the deal. Wedgbury played regularly for Sheffield United's youth and reserve teams during his first season there, but did not make any first-team appearances.

In October 2008, Wedgbury was loaned out to Conference National side Mansfield Town on a one-month deal to gain more first-team experience. He made his debut a day after signing, on 18 October, starting in the club's 2–1 home defeat to Wrexham. However, he suffered an injury in the match and had to be substituted in the 42nd minute. Although the injury was not a broken leg as first thought, Wedgbury had chipped a bone in his leg and ultimately returned to his parent club to undergo treatment. He was loaned out once again in January 2009, this time to Sheffield United's Hungarian sister club Ferencváros, for the remainder of the 2009–10 campaign. Wedgbury made his first-team debut for Ferencváros two weeks later, on 8 February 2009, in a 0–0 draw with Kecskeméti in the Hungarian League Cup. He went on to play 17 league games for the club, scoring two goals, before returning to Bramall Lane a month into the 2009–10 season. However, on his return Wedgbury was unable to break into the first-team and was released from his contract upon its expiry in May 2010.

Macclesfield Town
Following his release from Sheffield United, Wedgbury signed a one-year contract at then-League Two side Macclesfield Town on 6 July 2010. He made his debut for Macclesfield on the opening day of the 2010–11 season, starting in a 2–2 draw against Stevenage at Broadhall Way. Wedgbury made thirteen appearances during the first half of the season, before being loaned out for a month to Conference North side Altrincham in January 2011, having been out of the Macclesfield first-team for two months. Wedgbury made a goalscoring debut for Altrincham, restoring parity just before half-time as the club came from behind to defeat Hayes & Yeading at Moss Lane. He played six times during the brief loan agreement, before returning to his parent club in late February 2011. Wedgbury regained his place in the Macclesfield first-team on his return, and played regularly for the remainder of the campaign. He scored his first goal for Macclesfield in a 1–1 draw with Lincoln City on 15 March 2011, scoring with an injury-time volley from outside the area to earn the club a point. During his first season with the club, Wedgbury scored once in 26 appearances. Wedgbury's impressive performances earned him an offer of a two-year contract at the end of the season, which he ultimately signed on 10 May 2011.

The 2011–12 season was Wedgbury's breakthrough year of regular first-team football, and he impressed as he made 47 appearances, of which 45 were starting, in what was a difficult season for the club as they suffered relegation to the Conference National. Wedgbury scored once during the campaign, a low volley from George Donnelly's cross in a 2–2 draw with fellow strugglers Hereford United at Moss Rose in March 2012. He was described as "visibly distraught" following Macclesfield's 2–0 defeat to Burton Albion, the game that confirmed the club's relegation, and he stated – "It was a sad day. We feel we've let the fans, the club, the board, everyone down. It's the first time I've experienced anything like that in my career. I'm devastated. We're truly sorry, we've let our loyal fans down after 15 years in the Football League and we know we're to blame". He remained at Macclesfield for the 2012–13 season despite a mass overhaul of players over the summer, and started in the club's first game back in the Conference, which ended in a 2–1 loss to Hereford United at Edgar Street. Wedgbury was once again a regular throughout the season, making 43 appearances in all competitions. He particularly impressed during Macclesfield's FA Cup run during the season, as they defeated Cardiff City in the Third Round, before bowing out in the next round following a narrow 1–0 defeat to eventual winners, Wigan Athletic. After Macclesfield's 2–1 victory over Cambridge United on 20 April 2013, the club's final game of the season, Wedgbury was voted as both Fans and Players' Player of the Year. During his three seasons at Macclesfield, Wedgbury made 116 appearances and scored twice.

Stevenage
His contract at Macclesfield expired at the end of the season, and Wedgbury subsequently signed for League One side Stevenage on 21 May 2013. He made his Stevenage debut on the opening day of the 2013–14 season, playing the whole match at right-back in a 4–3 home defeat to Oldham Athletic. On 12 May 2014, Wedgbury left Stevenage by mutual consent.

Forest Green Rovers
On 12 May 2014, Wedgbury joined Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National on a two-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 9 August 2014 playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Southport. He helped the club to their first ever Conference National play-offs only to be knocked out in the semi-finals in a two-legged tie with Bristol Rovers.

In April 2016, an anterior cruciate ligament injury picked up in a home match against FC Halifax Town saw him ruled out with a nine-month injury lay-off. He missed Forest Green's 2015–16 National League play-off campaign, although was shown loyalty by the club and signed a new one-year contract in May 2016. On 14 May 2017, he appeared as a substitute in the 2017 National League play-off final at Wembley Stadium to help Forest Green secure promotion to the Football League for the first time in their history in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers. A few days later, after Forest Green's promotion to League Two, Wedgbury was released from the club alongside four other players.

Wrexham
In May 2017 Wedgbury signed a one-year deal with Wrexham. He signed a one-year contract extension in February 2018, however the contract was cancelled by mutual consent in May 2018.

Chesterfield
Wedgbury signed to play for Chesterfield during the 2018–19 season. He made his debut coming on as a 69th minute substitute during the first home game of the season against Aldershot Town on 7 August. Chesterfield won the game 3–0. He was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2019–20 season.

Buxton
On 1 August 2020, Wedgbury signed for Buxton.

Stalybridge Celtic
In May 2021 he joined Stalybridge Celtic.

Worksop Town
On 10 June 2022, Wedgbury joined Worksop Town.

International career
Wedgbury was called up to represent the England C team in January 2013, for the International Challenge Trophy semi-final tie against Turkey U23s. He played the whole match in England's 1–0 defeat to a strong Turkish side at Princes Park on 5 February.

Personal life
Born in Oldbury, West Midlands, Wedgbury states he "comes from a working-class family" and that he has been brought up to work hard. His mother is the manager at a care home and his father a self-employed builder, and he believes he would probably be working with his father if he "hadn't been playing football".

 His cousin is ex Chelsea footballer Jacob Mellis.

Honours
Individual
 Macclesfield Town Player of the Year: 2012–13

Career statistics

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
People from Oldbury, West Midlands
Sportspeople from Sandwell
English men's footballers
English expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Altrincham F.C. players
Worcester City F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Mansfield Town F.C. players
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Stevenage F.C. players
Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
Wrexham A.F.C. players
Chesterfield F.C. players
Buxton F.C. players
Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
Worksop Town F.C. players
English Football League players
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Northern Premier League players
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MovieScore Media is a Swedish record label devoted to original film scores, founded in 2005 by former journalist Mikael Carlsson. The label has produced over 600 soundtrack albums, focusing primarily on music composed by up and coming composers and from smaller, independent feature films. Among prolific Hollywood composers who had their first albums released by MovieScore Media are Benjamin Wallfisch, Daniel Pemberton and Pinar Toprak. However, the label has also released soundtracks by more established composers, including Academy Award-winning composers Dario Marianelli and Gabriel Yared, Academy Award-nominated composers George Fenton, Marco Beltrami, Patrick Doyle and Michael Kamen, Emmy Award-winning composers Basil Poledouris and John Lunn, as well as Emmy-nominated composers Angelo Badalamenti and Rob Lane. The label has licensed distribution rights for music owned by bigger studios and companies, such as Warner Bros., BBC and Constantin Film.

Between 2011 and 2019, MovieScore Media ran a sub-label devoted exclusively to music from horror films, Screamworks Records, with the release of Stake Land by Jeff Grace as its first album. In 2021, MovieScore Media created two sub-labels, Reality Bytes (devoted exclusively to music from documentary films) and Short Cuts (presenting original scores written for short films).

In a special series devoted to non-current, previously unreleased scores, the Discovery Collection, MovieScore Media has released over 20 albums.

In terms of distribution strategies, MovieScore Media was first introduced as an online label dedicated to digital distribution, primarily via Apple's iTunes Store, only. In 2007, the label expanded its business to include limited edition of CDs in addition to the established digital distribution. In 2021, the label's catalogue was acquired by Symphonic Distribution for worldwide digital distribution. Since 2020, MovieScore Media sub-licenses its albums for CD and vinyl distribution to other labels, including Quartet Records and Music Box Records. In 2023, the label began to offer selected titles in the CD on demand format.

MovieScore Media has been nominated for the 'Film Music Record Label of the Year' award by the International Film Music Critics Association 13 times. Screamworks Records' release of Ryan Shore's soundtrack for The Shrine, received a 2012 Grammy Award nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

References

External links
 MovieScore Media (official web site)
 Internet Movie Database

Swedish record labels
Record labels established in 2005
2005 establishments in Sweden


Thomas Vigner Christiansen Haaland (29 August 1859 - 15 July 1913) was a Norwegian politician.

Born in Torvestad, he worked as a banker and ship-owner for the most of his career.

He was a member of Haugesund city council, serving as mayor in 1900, 1902, 1903 and 1910. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1904–1906, representing the Moderate Liberal Party, and in 1907–1909 for the Coalition Party.

References

1859 births
1913 deaths
Deputy members of the Storting
Mayors of places in Rogaland
Moderate Liberal Party politicians
Coalition Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian bankers
People from Haugesund


Biliran Airport (, , )  is an airport serving the general area of the island of Biliran, located in the province of Biliran in the Philippines. There was only one airline flying this route from Cebu to Naval 5x weekly; Air Juan, until they went bankrupt in 2020.

The Biliran airport was constructed in the 1970s as an adjunct of the Busali Ranch, believed to have been acquired by the administration of then President Ferdinand Marcos.

References

External links
 Biliran Island

Airports in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Biliran
Transportation in the Visayas


Samuel Prescott Fairbanks,  (January 31, 1795 – December 7, 1882) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County from 1836 to 1847 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

He was born in Halifax, the son of Rufus Fairbanks and Ann Prescott, and was educated at King's College in Windsor. Fairbanks was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1818 and set up practice in Liverpool. In 1820, he married Charlotte Ann Newton. He served as registrar for the probate court from 1842 to 1847. Fairbanks was named Queen's Counsel in 1845. He served as provincial treasurer from 1845 to 1848. He was commissioner of crown lands from 1857 to 1872. Fairbanks died at home in Dartmouth at the age of 87.

His brother Charles Rufus Fairbanks, was also a lawyer and served in the provincial assembly.

References

1795 births
1882 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
Canadian King's Counsel


is a Japanese samurai family group.  It can refer to one of five different Japanese clans, including

One claimed descent from the Taira clan. One famous descendant was the Sengoku period samurai general Oyamada Nobushige.
One was descended from the Usa clan.
One claimed descent from the Northern Fujiwara by way of Uesugi Shigefusa.
One claimed descent from the Northern Fujiwara by way of Onomiya Saneyori.
One claimed descent from the Northern Fujiwara by way of Kikuchi Noritaka.

References
 "Oyamada-shi" (Taira descent) on Harimaya.com (accessed 28 August 2008)

Japanese clans

ja:小山田氏


Thomas Wegner Larsen Haaland (25 June 1862 – 12 July 1935) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

Born in Torvestad, he worked as a banker and farmer for the most of his career. He was a mayor of Torvestad from 1907. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1913, representing the constituency of Karmsund. He served only one term.

References

1862 births
1935 deaths
Members of the Storting
Mayors of places in Rogaland
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian bankers


Karl Valdemar Westerlund (24 February 1907 – 23 November 1997) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark during the term 1965–1969.

References

1907 births
1997 deaths
Deputy members of the Storting
Hedmark politicians
Labour Party (Norway) politicians


Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Marc-Kevin Goellner.

Ctislav Doseděl won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 against Carlos Moyá.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Singles draw

1996 ATP Tour
1996 BMW Open


British Expeditionary Force (BEF) may refer to:

 British Expeditionary Force (World War I), the British field force sent to France in World War I
 British Expeditionary Force (World War II), the British field force sent to France in World War II


Lord Justice James may refer to:

William Milbourne James (judge)
Arthur James (judge)

See also
Justice James (disambiguation)


Alice is a compilation album of recordings by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released by EMI Music in 1986.

The Alice compilation was released in Continental Europe and Scandinavia in early 1986 after the commercial success of the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest entry "I treni di Tozeur", a duet with singer and composer Franco Battiato, and the following tribute album Gioielli rubati - Alice canta Battiato in 1985, including hit single "Prospettiva Nevski"; the cover picture is in fact from the same photo sessions as for the Gioielli Rubati album. The collection, which was the first career retrospective and also compact disc release with Alice, comprises material from her first four studio albums for the EMI label, Capo Nord (1980), Alice (also known as Per Elisa, 1981), Azimut (1982) and Falsi allarmi (1983), including hit singles "Il vento caldo dell'estate", "Per Elisa", "Una notte speciale",  "Messaggio" and "Notte a Roma" and the set opens with her first duet with Franco Battiato, 1982's "Chan-son Egocentrique".

The Alice compilation is not to be confused with a similar eponymously titled compilation, first released by CGD/Warner Music in 1984.

Track listing
"Chan-son Egocentrique" (duet with Franco Battiato) (Franco Battiato, Francesco Messina, Tommaso Tramonti) – 3:52
 From 1982 album Azimut
"Azimut" (Alice) – 3:44
 From 1982 album Azimut
"La mano" (Alice) – 5:35
 From 1982 album Azimut
"A cosa pensano" (Francesco Messina, Alice) – 3:42
 From 1982 album Azimut
"Messaggio" (Alice, Albert Kui (pseudonym for Franco Battiato), Giusto Pio) – 3:46
 From 1982 album Azimut
"Principessa" (Alice) – 4:28
 From 1982 album Azimut
"Il vento caldo dell'estate" (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Francesco Messina, Alice) – 3:34
 From 1980 album Capo Nord
"Una sera di Novembre" (Alice) – 3:03
 From 1980 album Capo Nord
"Solo un'idea" (Alice, Matteo Fasolino, Alice) – 4:16
 From 1983 album Falsi allarmi
"Il profumo del silenzio" (Alice, Matteo Fasolino, Alice) – 4:32
 From 1983 album Falsi allarmi
"Notte a Roma" (Alice) – 4:22
 From 1983 album Falsi allarmi
"La canzone più bella" (Alice, Matteo Fasolino, Alice) – 5:07
 From 1983 album Falsi allarmi
"Per Elisa" (Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Alice) – 3:40
 From 1981 album Alice
"Una notte speciale" (Alice, Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio) – 4:14
 From 1981 album Alice

Sources and external links
 Rateyourmusic.com entry
 Alicewebsite.it discography entry

External links

1986 greatest hits albums
Alice (singer) albums
EMI Records compilation albums
Italian-language compilation albums


The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Namibia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Namibia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Windhoek.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Namibia are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state.  Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

High commissioners to Namibia
1990–1992: Sir Francis Richards
1992–1996: Henry Hogger
1996–1998: Glyn Davies
1999–2002: Brian Donaldson
2002–2007: Alasdair MacDermott
2007–2011: Mark Bensberg
2011–2015: Marianne Young
2015–2017: Joanne Lomas
2018–2021: Kate Airey

2021–: Charles Moore

References

External links
UK and Namibia, gov.uk

Namibia

United Kingdom


The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War. The BEF existed from 2 September 1939 when the BEF GHQ was formed until 31 May 1940, when GHQ closed down and its troops reverted to the command of Home Forces. During the 1930s, the British government had planned to deter war by abolishing the Ten Year Rule and rearming from the very low level of readiness of the early 1930s. The bulk of the extra money went to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force but plans were made to re-equip a small number of Army and Territorial Army divisions for service overseas.

General Lord Gort was appointed to the command of the BEF on 3 September 1939 and the BEF began moving to France on 4 September 1939. The BEF assembled along the Belgian–French border. The BEF took their post to the left of the French First Army under the command of the French 1st Army Group () of the North-Eastern Front (). Most of the BEF spent the Phoney War (3 September 1939 to 9 May 1940) digging field defences on the border. When the Battle of France () began on 10 May 1940, the BEF constituted 10 per cent of the Allied forces on the Western Front.

The BEF participated in the Dyle Plan, a rapid advance into Belgium to the line of the Dyle River, but the 1st Army Group had to retreat rapidly through Belgium and north-western France, after the German breakthrough further south at the Battle of Sedan (12–15 May). A local counter-attack at the Battle of Arras (1940) (21 May) was a considerable tactical success but the BEF, French and Belgian forces north of the Somme River retreated to Dunkirk on the French North Sea coast soon after, British and French troops being evacuated in Operation Dynamo (26 May – 4 June) to England after the capitulation of the Belgian army.

Saar Force, the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division and reinforcements, had taken over part of the Maginot Line for training. The force fought with local French units after 10 May, then joined the Tenth Army south of the Somme, along with the improvised Beauman Division and the 1st Armoured Division, to fight in the Battle of Abbeville (27 May – 4 June). The British tried to re-build the BEF with Home Forces divisions training in Britain, troops evacuated from France and lines-or-communications troops south of the Somme river (informally known as the 2nd BEF) but BEF GHQ was not reopened.

After the success of the second German offensive in France (), the 2nd BEF and Allied troops were evacuated from Le Havre in Operation Cycle (10–13 June) and the French Atlantic and Mediterranean ports in Operation Aerial (15–25 June, unofficially to 14 August). The Navy rescued 558,032 people, including 368,491 British troops but the BEF lost  of whom  killed or died of wounds,  and  missing or captured. About 700 tanks, 20,000 motor bikes, 45,000 cars and lorries, 880 field guns and 310 larger equipments, about 500 anti-aircraft guns, 850 anti-tank guns, 6,400 anti-tank rifles and 11,000 machine-guns were abandoned. As units arrived in Britain they reverted to the authority of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces.

History

Background

1918–1932

After 1918, the prospect of war seemed so remote, that Government expenditure on the armed forces was determined by the assumption that no great war was likely. Spending varied from year to year and between the services but from July 1928 to March 1932, the formula of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) was

and spending on equipment for the army varied from £1,500,000 to £2,600,000 per year from 1924 to 1933, averaging £2,000,000 or about 9 per cent of armaments spending a year. Until the early 1930s, the War Office intended to maintain a small, mobile and professional army and a start was made on motorising the cavalry and the artillery. By 1930, the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) had been mechanised, some of the artillery could be moved by tractors, and a few engineer, signals and cavalry units had received lorries. From 1930–1934, the Territorial Army (TA) artillery, engineer, signals units were equipped with lorries and in 1938 the regular army gained its establishment of wheeled vehicles and half of its tracked vehicles, except for tanks. From 1923 to 1932,  vehicles were ordered at a rate of about  year, just under half being six-wheeler lorries. By 1936, the army had  of which  light tanks and  mediums;  considered obsolete;  the light tanks were modern but did not begin to reach the army until 1935. The rule had reduced war spending from £766 million in 1920 to £102 million when it was abolished on 23 March 1932. The British army had fewer men than in 1914, no organisation or equipment for a war in Europe, and it would have taken the War Office three weeks to mobilise only an infantry division and a cavalry brigade.

Rearmament

Limited Liability

In March 1932, the Ten-Year Rule was abolished and in 1934, the Cabinet resolved to remedy equipment deficiencies in the armed forces over the next five years. The army was always the least favoured force but equipment spending increased from £6,900,000 from 1933–1934 financial year (1 April to 31 March), to £8,500,000 the following year and to more than £67,500,000 by 1938–1939 but the share of spending on army equipment only grew beyond 25 per cent of all military equipment spending in 1938. The relative neglect of the army led to a theory of "limited liability" until 1937, in which Britain would not send a great army to Europe in time of war. In 1934, the Defence Requirements Sub-Committee (DRC) of the CID assumed that a regular field army of five divisions was to be equipped as an expeditionary force, eventually to be supplemented by parts of the Territorial Army. The force and its air support would act as a deterrent greatly disproportionate to its size; plans were made to acquire sufficient equipment and training for the TA to provide a minimum of two extra divisions on the outbreak of war. It was expected that a British army in Europe would receive continuous reinforcement and in 1936, a TA commitment of twelve divisions was envisaged by Alfred Duff Cooper, the Secretary of State for War.

As rearmament of the navy and the air force continued, the nature of an army fit to participate in a European war was kept under review and in 1936, the Cabinet ordered the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee of the CID to provide a report on the role of an expeditionary force and the relative values of the army and the air force as deterrents for the same cost. The chiefs were in favour of a balanced rearmament but within financial limits, the air force should be favoured. In 1937, the Minister argued that a continental commitment was no longer feasible and that France did not now expect a big land army along with the navy and air force, Germany had guaranteed Belgian neutrality and that if the quantity of money was limited, defence against air attack, trade protection and the defence of overseas territories were more important and had to be secured before Britain could support allies in the defence of their territories. The "continental hypothesis" came fourth and the main role of the army was to protect the empire, which included the anti-aircraft defence of the United Kingdom (with the assistance of the TA). In 1938, "limited liability" reached its apogee, just as rearmament was maturing and the army was considering the "new conspectus", a much more ambitious rearmament plan.

In February 1938, the CID ruled that planning should be based on "limited liability"; between late 1937 and early 1939, equipment for the five-division field army was reduced to that necessary for colonial warfare in the Far East. In Europe, the field force could only conduct defensive warfare and would need a big increase in ammunition and the refurbishment of its tank forces. The field force continued to be the least-favoured part of the least-favoured military arm and in February 1938, the Secretary of State for War, Leslie Hore-Belisha, warned that possible allies should be left in no doubt about the effectiveness of the army. The re-armament plans for the field force remained deficiency plans, rather than plans for expansion. The July 1934 deficiency plan was estimated at £10,000,000 but cut by 50 per cent by the cabinet; by the first rearmament plan of 1936, the cost of the deficiency plan for the next five years had increased to £177,000,000. In the first version of the "new conspectus", spending was put at £347,000,000, although in 1938 this was cut to £276,000,000, still substantially more than the deficiency plan for 1936 but much of this sum was for anti-aircraft defence, a new duty imposed on the army.

Continental commitment

Obtaining equipment for the Field Force benefited from plans for the TA which, sometimes covertly, was used as a device to get more equipment which could be used by the regular army. At first it was admitted in the deficiency programmes of 1935–1936, in which an expansion of the TA in three stages to twelve divisions, was to complement the five regular divisions. The Cabinet postponed this plan for three years, during which the policy of limited liability precluded such developments, except for the purchase of the same training equipment for the TA as that used by the army, equivalent to that needed to equip two regular divisions, which was the maximum commitment promised to the French in 1938. The mobile division was split into two divisions and some extra equipment went to artillery and engineer units. By 1938 the deficiency programme was due to mature; in the wake of the Munich Crisis in September and the loss of the 35 divisions of the Czechoslovak Army, the Cabinet approved a plan for a ten-division army equipped for continental operations and a similar-sized TA, in early 1939. By reacting to events, the British Cabinet made it inevitable that

The British made a commitment on 21 April 1939 to provide an army of six regular and 26 Territorial divisions, introduced equipment scales for war and began conscription to provide the manpower. In February 1939, the first four regular army divisions of the Field Force had been promised to the French, scheduled to reach the assembly area in France on the thirtieth day after mobilisation. Until this commitment, no staff work had been done, there was no information about French ports and railways and no modern maps.

Prelude

Despatch of the BEF

After the Invasion of Poland by Germany on 1 September 1939, the Cabinet appointed General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (Lord Gort) to the command of the BEF on 3 September, subordinate to General Alphonse Georges, the French commander of the North-eastern Theatre of Operations, with the right of appeal to the British government. The BEF was to assemble on the Franco-Belgian border and advanced parties of troops left Portsmouth on 4 September under "Plan W4" and the first troop convoy left the ports on the Bristol Channel and Southampton on 9 September, disembarking at Cherbourg on 10 September and Nantes and Saint Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast two days later. German submarines had been held back by Hitler to avoid provoking the Allies and only a few mines were laid near Dover and Weymouth. By 27 September,    tons of ammunition,  of petrol and  of frozen meat had been landed in France.

On 3 October, I Corps with the 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division began to take over the front line allocated to the BEF and II Corps with the 3rd Infantry Division and 4th Infantry Division followed on 12 October; the 5th Infantry Division arrived in December. By 19 October, the BEF had received 25,000 vehicles to complete the first wave. The majority of the troops were stationed along the Franco-Belgian border but British divisions took turns to serve with the French Third Army on the Maginot Line. In April 1940, the 51st Highland Infantry Division, reinforced by additional units and called Saar Force took over part of the French line. Belgium and the Netherlands were neutral and free of Allied or German military forces and for troops along the Maginot Line, inactivity and an undue reliance on the fortifications, which were believed to be impenetrable, led to "Tommy Rot" (portrayed in the song "Imagine Me in the Maginot Line"). Morale was high amongst the British troops but the limited extent of German actions by 9 May 1940, led many to assume that there would not be much chance of a big German attack in that area.

From January to April 1940, eight Territorial divisions arrived in France but the 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division, 23rd (Northumbrian) Division and 46th Infantry Division, informally called labour divisions, were not trained or equipped to fight. The labour divisions consisted of 26 new infantry battalions which had spent their first months guarding vulnerable points in England but had received very little training. Battalions and some engineers were formed into nominal brigades but lacked artillery, signals or transport. The divisions were used for labour from St Nazaire in Normandy to Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (St Pol) in French Flanders, on the understanding that they would not be called upon to fight before they had completed their training.

By May 1940 the BEF order of battle consisted of ten infantry divisions ready for field service, in I Corps, II Corps, III Corps and Saar Force. BEF GHQ commanded the Field Force and the BEF Air Component Royal Air Force (RAF) of about 500 aircraft but the Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF) long-range bomber force was under the control of RAF Bomber Command. GHQ consisted of men from Headquarters (HQ) Troops (consisting of the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, the 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment and the 14th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers), the 1st Army Tank Brigade, 1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, HQ Royal Artillery and the 5th Infantry Division.

Phoney War

The period from September 1939 to 10 May 1940 was known as the "Phoney War", which consisted of little more than minor clashes by reconnaissance patrols. The section of the Franco-Belgian border to be held by the BEF at that time stretched from Armentières westward towards Menin, then south to the junction of the border and the River Escaut (the French name for the Scheldt) at Maulde, forming a salient around Lille and Roubaix. The British began to dig trenches, weapons pits and pill boxes of the Gort Line. The first BEF fatality was 27-year-old Corporal Thomas Priday, from the 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, attached to the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, killed on 9 December 1939, when his patrol set off a booby-trap and was fired upon by friendly troops. By November 1939, the French had decided that a defence along the Dyle Line in Belgium was feasible but the British were lukewarm about an advance into Belgium. Gamelin talked them round and on 9 November, the Dyle Plan/Plan D was adopted and on 17 November, Gamelin issued a directive that day detailing a line from Givet to Namur, the Gembloux Gap, Wavre, Louvain and Antwerp. For the next four months, the Dutch and Belgian armies laboured over their defences, the BEF expanded and the French army received more equipment and training.

Dyle plan, Breda variant

By May 1940, the 1st Army Group () defended the Channel coast to the west end of the Maginot Line. The Seventh Army  Henri Giraud), BEF (General Lord Gort), First Army ( Georges Maurice Jean Blanchard) and Ninth Army ( André Corap) were ready to advance to the Dyle Line, by pivoting on the right (southern) Second Army. The Seventh Army would take over west of Antwerp, ready to move into Holland and the Belgians were expected to delay a German advance and then retire from the Albert Canal to the Dyle, between Antwerp to Louvain. The BEF was to defend about  of the Dyle from Louvain to Wavre and the First Army on the right of the BEF was to hold  from Wavre across the Gembloux Gap to Namur. The gap from the Dyle to Namur north of the Sambre, with Maastricht and Mons on either side, had few natural obstacles and led straight to Paris. The Ninth Army would take post south of Namur, along the Meuse to the left (northern) flank of the Second Army.

The Second and Ninth armies were dug in on the west bank of the Meuse on ground that was easily defended and behind the Ardennes, giving plenty of warning of a German attack. After the transfer of the Seventh Army, seven divisions remained behind the Second and Ninth armies and other divisions could be moved from behind the Maginot Line. All but one division were either side of the junction of the two armies, GQG being more concerned about a German attack past the north end of the Maginot Line and then south-east through the Stenay Gap, for which the divisions behind the Second Army were well placed. On 8 November, Gamelin added the Seventh Army, containing some of the best and most mobile French divisions, to the left flank of the 1st Army Group to move into Holland and protect the Scheldt estuary. In March, Gamelin ordered that the Seventh Army would advance to Breda to link with the Dutch. The Seventh Army, on the left flank of the Dyle manoeuvre, would be linked to it and if the Seventh Army crossed into the Netherlands, the left flank of the 1st Army Group was to advance to Tilburg if possible and certainly to Breda. The Seventh Army was to take post between the Belgian and Dutch armies turning east, a distance of , against German armies only  distant from Breda.

Battle

10–21 May 1940

At  the German invasion of France and the Low Countries commenced. The French Seventh Army drove forward on the northern flank and advanced elements reached Breda on 11 May. The French collided with the 9th Panzer Division and the advance of the 25e Division d'Infanterie Motorisée was stopped by German infantry, tanks and Ju 87 () dive-bombers, as the 11re Division Légère Mécanisée was forced to retreat. (French heavy tanks were still on trains south of Antwerp.) The Seventh Army retired from the Bergen op Zoom–Turnhout Canal Line  from Antwerp, to Lierre  away on 12 May; on 14 May the Dutch surrendered.

In Belgium, German glider troops captured fort Eben-Emael by noon on 11 May; the disaster forced the Belgians to retreat to a line from Antwerp to Louvain on 12 May, far too soon for the French First Army to arrive and dig in. The  fought the XVI Panzer Corps in the Battle of Hannut  the first ever tank-against-tank battle and the  then withdrew behind the First Army, which had arrived at the Dyle Line. On 15 May, the Germans attacked the First Army along the Dyle, causing the meeting engagement that Gamelin had tried to avoid. The First Army repulsed the XVI Panzer Corps but during the Battle of Gembloux (14–15 May) GQG realised that the main German attack had come further south, through the Ardennes. The French success in Belgium contributed to the disaster on the Meuse at Sedan and on 16 May, Blanchard was ordered to retreat to the French border.

Operation David

The armoured cars of the 12th Royal Lancers crossed the border at  on 10 May, cheered on by Belgian civilians. The BEF sector ran along the Dyle about  from Louvain, south-west to Wavre. The 3rd Division (II Corps) took the north with the 1st Division and 2nd Division (I Corps) the south, some battalions defending a frontage double that recommended in British manuals. The rest of the BEF formed a defence in depth back to the River Escaut. The Dyle north of Louvain was occupied by Belgian troops who refused to give way, even when Brooke appealed to the King of the Belgians and Georges ordered them out. The British infantry began to arrive on the Dyle on 11 May and dug in screened by light tanks and Bren carriers operating west of the river until 14 May, when the front line units were ready; the bridges were then blown. Later that day probes by reconnaissance troops of three German infantry divisions were dispersed. Next day, attacks on Louvain by the German 19th Division were repulsed by the 3rd Division. Further south, the river was only about  wide, preventing tanks from crossing but passable by infantry. Richard Annand of the Durham Light Infantry in the southern sector was awarded a Victoria Cross. German bridgeheads across the Dyle were either eliminated or contained by British counter-attacks.

Ardennes

From  the XIX Panzer Corps engaged the two cavalry divisions of the Second Army, surprising them with a far larger force than expected and forced them back. The Ninth Army to the north had also sent its two cavalry divisions forward, which were withdrawn on 12 May, before they met German troops. The first German unit reached the Meuse in the afternoon but the local French commanders thought that they were far ahead of the main body and would wait before trying to cross the Meuse. From 10 May, Allied bombers had been sent to raid northern Belgium, to delay the German advance while the First Army moved up but attacks on the bridges at Maastricht had been costly failures, the  day bombers being reduced to  aircraft by 12 May. At  on 13 May, the  began bombing the French defences around Sedan and continued for eight hours with about  in the biggest air attack in history.

Little material damage was done to the Second Army but morale collapsed. In the French 55e Division at Sedan, some troops began to straggle to the rear and in the evening panic spread through the division. German troops attacked across the river at  and had gained three footholds on the west bank by nightfall. The French and the RAF managed to fly  and  sorties on the Sedan bridges on 14 May but only in formations of  The RAF lost  aircraft and the French were reduced to sending obsolete bombers to attack in the afternoon, also with many losses. On 16 May, the 1st Army Group was ordered to retreat from the Dyle Line, to avoid being trapped by the German breakthrough against the Second and Ninth armies but on 20 May, the Germans reached Abbeville on the Channel coast, cutting off the northern armies.

BEF retreat

The plan for the BEF withdrawal was that under cover of darkness, units would thin-out their front and make a phased and orderly withdrawal before the Germans realised what was happening. The objective for the night of 16/17 May was the Charleroi to Willebroek Canal (the Line of the Senne), the following night to the River Dendre from Maubeuge to Termonde and the Escaut to Antwerp (the Dendre Line), and finally on 18/19 May, to the Escaut from Oudenarde to Maulde on the French border (the Escaut Line). The order to withdraw was greeted with astonishment and frustration by the British troops who felt that they had held their own, but they were unaware of the deteriorating situation elsewhere. The withdrawal went mainly according to plan but required hard fighting from the corps rearguards. A communication breakdown caused a loss of co-ordination with the Belgian Army to the north-west of II Corps and a dangerous gap opened up between the two; fortunately it was covered by British light armour before the Germans could discover and exploit it.

Loss of the construction divisions
The three Territorial divisions, which had arrived in April equipped only with small arms, intended for construction and labouring tasks, were distributed across the path of the German spearhead. On 16 May, Georges realised that the Panzer divisions might reach the coast and outflank all the Allied armies to the north of them. He asked for the 23rd Division to defend the Canal du Nord at Arleux. The British Staff was of the opinion that the German breakthrough consisted of small detachments of light reconnaissance troops and that using these lightly armed and largely untrained troops against them did not seem unreasonable. The area was otherwise devoid of Allied units, so there was little alternative. The three divisions were grouped together in an improvised corps called Petreforce and on 18 and 19 May, the Territorials, lacking motor transport, began to march or entrain towards their defence positions.

The 70th Brigade of the 23rd Division dug in on the Canal Line but was ordered to withdraw towards Saulty on 20 May; in the process they were caught in the open by elements of 6th and 8th Panzer Divisions, from which only a few hundred survivors escaped. The 69th Brigade defended Arras and the 12th Division fought to delay 2nd Panzer Division on the Canal Line near Arras, at Doullens, Albert and Abbeville. The 138th Brigade of the 46th Division fought on the Canal Line but the 137th Brigade trains were attacked by the  en route; the survivors were able to withdraw to Dieppe and later fought on the Seine Crossings. The 139th Brigade fought on the River Scarpe and later defended the Dunkirk perimeter. By the end of 20 May, the divisions had ceased to exist, in most cases having only delayed the German advance by a few hours.

21–23 May

The push by Army Group A towards the coast, combined with the approach of Army Group B from the north-east, left the BEF enveloped on three sides and by 21 May, the BEF had been cut off from its supply depots south of the Somme. The British counter-attacked at the Battle of Arras on the same day. This was well to the south of the main BEF force on the Escaut, where seven BEF divisions were placed in the front line. The British divisions were facing nine German infantry divisions, who began their attack on the morning of 21 May with a devastating artillery barrage. Shortly afterwards, infantry assaults started along the whole front, crossing the canalised river either by inflatable boats or by clambering across the wreckage of demolished bridges. Although the Escaut line was penetrated in numerous places, all the German bridgeheads were either thrown back or contained by vigorous but costly British counter-attacks and the remaining German troops were ordered to retire across the river by the night of 22 May. Later that same night, events further south prompted an order for the BEF to retire again, this time back to the Gort Line on the Franco-Belgian border. The Channel ports were at risk of capture. Fresh troops were rushed from England to defend Boulogne and Calais but after hard fighting, both ports were captured by 26 May in the Battle of Boulogne and Siege of Calais. Gort ordered the BEF to withdraw to Dunkirk, the only port from which the BEF could still escape.

Retreat to Dunkirk

Le Paradis massacre

Detached rifle companies of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment of the 1st Battalion and Royal Scots of the 2nd Infantry Division provided rearguards during the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk. The 2nd Royal Norfolks held the line at La Bassée Canal with the 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers, while the 2nd Royal Norfolks and 1st Royal Scots held the villages of Riez du Vinage and Le Cornet Malo, protecting the battalion headquarters at Le Paradis for as long as possible. After an engagement with German forces at dawn on 27 May in Le Cornet Malo, C Company and HQ Company of the 2nd Royal Norfolks fell back to the headquarters at the Cornet Farm outside Le Paradis. They were told by radio that their units were isolated and would not receive any assistance.

German forces attacked the farmhouse with tanks, mortars and artillery, which destroyed the building and forced the Norfolks to retreat to a nearby barn. The Royal Norfolks continued their defensive stand into the evening, by which point many had been wounded by the German bombardment. The last contact with Brigade Headquarters at L'Epinette occurred at  but despite a lack of support the Norfolks held on until  at which point they finally ran out of ammunition.

Cornered, outnumbered and with many wounded, 99 Royal Norfolks made a rush into the open but eventually, under the orders of their commander Major Lisle Ryder, the Norfolks surrendered. In the confusion of battle and in part due to battle fatigue, the Norfolks had surrendered not to the German company they had been fighting, but rather to the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the SS Totenkopf Division (Death's Head) (SS- and  Fritz Knöchlein), which had been fighting another isolated BEF unit, the Royal Scots, at an adjacent farm. The Knöchlein  unit, notorious for their ruthlessness, had previously been engaged in mopping-up operations against Allied forces to the north and east of Cambrai. The 99 prisoners were marched to farm buildings on a nearby farm and lined up alongside a barn wall. They were then fired upon by two machine guns; Knöchlein then armed his men with bayonets to kill the survivors. All but two of the Norfolks were killed and their bodies buried in a shallow pit. Privates Albert Pooley and William O'Callaghan, hiding in a pigsty, were discovered later by the farm's owner, Mme Creton and her son. The two soldiers were later captured by a Wehrmacht unit and spent the rest of the war as prisoners of war.

II Corps rearguard

The II Corps commander Lieutenant General Alan Brooke, was ordered to conduct a holding action with the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 50th Infantry Divisions along the Ypres–Comines canal as far as Yser, while the rest of the BEF fell back. At mid-day on 27 May, the Germans attacked south of Ypres with three divisions. German infantry infiltrated through the defenders and forced them back. On 27 May, Brooke ordered Major-General Bernard Montgomery to extend the 3rd Division line to the left, freeing the 10th and 11th Brigades of the 4th Division to join the 5th Division at Messines Ridge. The 10th and 11th Brigades managed to clear the ridge of Germans and by 28 May, the brigades were dug in east of Wytschaete. Brooke ordered a counter-attack led by the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards and the 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment of the 1st Division. The North Staffords advanced as far as the Kortekeer River, while the Grenadiers managed to reach the Ypres–Comines Canal but could not hold it. The counter-attack disrupted the Germans, holding them back a little longer while the BEF continued its retreat.

Dunkirk

The Germans failed to capture Dunkirk and on 31 May, General Georg von Küchler assumed command of the German forces on the Dunkirk perimeter and planned a bigger attack for  on 1 June. The French held the Germans back while the last troops were evacuated and just before midnight on 2 June, Admiral Bertram Ramsay, the officer commanding the evacuation, received the signal "BEF evacuated"; the French began to fall back slowly. By 3 June, the Germans were  from Dunkirk and at  on 4 June, the Germans hoisted the swastika over the docks. Before Operation Dynamo,  were embarked from Dunkirk; most of the remaining  a total of  troops along with  and some Belgian troops, were evacuated from Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June, though having to abandon much of their equipment, vehicles and heavy weapons.

After Dunkirk

Lines-of-communication

Allied forces north of the Somme were cut off by the German advance on the night of  which isolated the BEF from its supply  of Cherbourg, Brittany and Nantes. Dieppe was the main BEF medical base and Le Havre the principal supply and ordnance source. The main BEF ammunition depot and its infantry, machine-gun and base depots were around Rouen, Évreux and Épinay. Three Territorial divisions and three lines-of-communication battalions had been moved north of the Seine on 17 May. Rail movements between these bases and the Somme was impeded by German bombing and trains arriving from the north full of Belgian and French troops; the roads also filled with retreating troops and refugees. Acting Brigadier Archibald Beauman lost contact with BEF GHQ.

Beauman improvised Beauforce from two infantry battalions, four machine-gun platoons and a company of Royal Engineers. Vicforce (Colonel C. E. Vickary) took over five provisional battalions from troops in base depots, who had few arms and little equipment. The Germans captured Amiens on 20 May, setting off panic and the spread of alarmist reports. Beauman ordered the digging of a defence line along the Andelle and Béthune to protect Dieppe and Rouen. From  the 51st Highland Division (formerly Saar Force) a Composite Regiment and the remnants of the 1st Support Group, 1st Armoured Division, relieved the French opposite the Abbeville–St Valery bridgehead. The Beauman Division held a  line from Pont St Pierre,  south-east of Rouen to Dieppe on the coast, which left the British units holding  of the front line,  of the Bresle and  of the Andelle–Béthune line, with the rest of IX Corps on the right flank.

Second BEF

On 31 May, GHQ BEF closed and 2 June, Brooke visited the War Office and was given command of a new II Corps, comprising the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division and the 1st Armoured Division, with the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Infantry Division from Home Forces in Britain, then the 3rd Infantry Division as soon as it was ready. Brooke warned that the enterprise was futile, except as a political gesture. On 6 June, the Cabinet decided to reconstitute the BEF (Second BEF is an informal post-war term) with Gort remaining as commander in chief.

The 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade (a brigade group) of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, departed for France on 7 June; Brooke returned five days later. On 9 June, the French port Admiral at Le Havre reported that Rouen had fallen and that the Germans were heading for the coast. Ihler and Fortune decided that their only hope of escape was via Le Havre. The port admiral requested British ships for  but this contradicted earlier plans for the IX Corps retirement and Dill hesitated, ignorant that the original plan was untenable. Karslake urged that the retirement be accelerated but had no authority to issue orders. Only after contacting the Howard-Vyse Military Mission at GQG and receiving a message that the 51st (Highland) Division was retreating with IX Corps towards Le Havre, did Dill learn the truth.

St Valery

The retreat to the coast began after dark and the last troops slipped away from the Béthune river at  Units were ordered to dump non-essential equipment and each gun were reduced to  to make room on the RASC transport for the men. The night move was difficult as French troops, many horse-drawn, encroached on the British route and alarmist rumours spread. Fortune and Ihler set up at a road junction near Veules-les-Roses to direct troops to their positions and by the morning of 11 June, IX Corps had established a defence round St Valery. French transport continued to arrive at the perimeter and it was difficult in some places to recognise German troops following up, which inhibited defensive fire. That night, Fortune signalled that it was now or never. Troops not needed to hold the perimeter moved down to the beaches and the harbour. An armada of  ships and  craft had been assembled but few had wireless; thick fog ruined visual signalling and prevented the ships from moving inshore. Only at Veules-les-Roses at the east end of the perimeter, were many soldiers rescued, under fire from German artillery, which damaged the destroyers , Boadicea and Ambuscade; 2,137 British and 1,184 French troops were evacuated.  Near dawn, the troops at the harbour were ordered back into the town and at  Fortune signalled that it might still be possible to escape the next night, then discovered that the local French commander had already surrendered.

Le Havre

Fortune had detached Arkforce comprising the 154th Infantry Brigade, A Brigade of the Beauman Division, two artillery regiments and engineers to guard Le Havre. Arkforce moved on the night of  towards Fécamp, where most had passed through before the 7th  Division arrived. A Brigade managed to force its way out but lost the wireless truck for liaison with the 51st (Highland) Division and Stanley-Clarke ordered Arkforce on to Le Havre. On 9 June, the Admiralty ordered Le Havre to be evacuated and the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth sent a flotilla leader,  across the channel, accompanied by six British and two Canadian destroyers, smaller craft and Dutch coasters (known as schuyts). On 10 June,  escorted three blockships to Dieppe and two were sunk in the approach channel. Beach parties landed at Le Havre on 10 June and the evacuation began on 11 June, hindered somewhat by  bombing. The troopship  was beached and the electric power was cut, rendering the cranes on the docks useless and improvised methods to embark heavy equipment were too slow. On 12 June, RAF fighters deterred more raids and the quartermaster of the 14th Royal Fusiliers got the transport away over the Seine via the ferry at Caudebec and ships at Quillebeuf at the river mouth. The Navy got 2,222 British troops from Le Havre to England and 8,837 were taken to Cherbourg to join the forces being assembled for the new II Corps (Second BEF).

Retreat from Normandy

By 13 June, the Germans were across the Seine and the Tenth Army (General Robert Altmayer) was isolated on the Channel coast. The AASF was ordered to retreat towards Nantes or Bordeaux while supporting the French armies, flying armed reconnaissance sorties over the Seine from dawn, which cost ten aircraft and crews; bad weather limited fighter sorties to the coast. On 14 June, attacks resumed against German units south of the Seine but the weather deteriorated and fewer sorties were flown. Seven Blenheims were shot down raiding Merville airfield but ten Fighter Command squadrons patrolled twice in squadron strength or provided bomber escorts, the biggest effort since Dunkirk, fighters of the AASF patrolling south of the Seine. The remnants of the 1st Armoured Division and two brigades of the Beauman Division had got south of the river, with thousands of lines-of-communication troops but only the 157th Infantry Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division was in contact with the Germans, occupying successive defensive positions. The French armies were forced into divergent retreats, with no obvious front line.

On 12 June, Weygand had recommended that the French government seek an armistice, which led to an abortive plan to create a defensive zone in Brittany. On 14 June, Brooke was able to prevent the rest of the 52nd (Lowland) Division being sent to join the 157th Infantry Brigade Group and during the night Brooke was told that he was no longer under French command and must prepare to withdraw the British forces from France. Marshall-Cornwall was ordered to take command of all British forces under the Tenth Army as Norman Force and while continuing to co-operate, to withdraw towards Cherbourg. The rest of the 52nd (Lowland) Division was ordered back to a line near Cherbourg to cover the evacuation on 15 June. The AASF was directed to send its remaining bomber squadrons back to Britain and use the fighters to cover the evacuations. The German advance began again during the day, with the 157th Infantry Brigade Group engaged east of Conches-en-Ouche with the Tenth Army, which was ordered back to a line from Verneuil to Argentan and the Dives river, where the British took over an  front. German forces followed up quickly and on 16 June, Altmayer ordered the army to retreat into the Brittany peninsula.

Operation Aerial

From  British and Allied ships were covered by five RAF fighter squadrons in France, assisted by aircraft from England as they embarked British, Polish and Czech troops, civilians and equipment from the French Atlantic ports, particularly St Nazaire and Nantes. The  attacked the evacuation ships and on 17 June, sank the troopship  in the Loire estuary. About  and crew were saved but thousands of troops, RAF personnel and civilians were on board and at least  died. Some equipment was embarked but ignorance about the progress of the German Army and alarmist reports, led some operations to be terminated early and much equipment needlessly was destroyed or left behind. About 700 tanks, 20,000 motor bikes, 45,000 cars and lorries, 880 field guns and 310 larger equipments, about 500 anti-aircraft guns, 850 anti-tank guns, 6,400 anti-tank rifles and 11,000 machine-guns were abandoned.

The official evacuation ended on 25 June, according to the terms of the Armistice of 22 June 1940 but informal departures continued from French Mediterranean ports until 14 August. From Operation Cycle at Le Havre, elsewhere along the Channel coast, to the termination of Operation Aerial, another  troops were rescued, bringing the total of military and civilian personnel returned to Britain during the Battle of France to   British troops. Left behind in France was eight to ten divisions' worth of equipment and ammunition. As troops returned to Britain, they increased the manpower of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces (General Edmond Ironside 27 May to 20 July, then Brooke) but the trained and equipped units had been stripped from Home Forces and sent to France; only about two divisions' worth of equipment remained in the country. The equivalent of twelve divisions returned to Britain but these could only be re-equipped by the Ministry of Supply from production. Deliveries of 25-pounder field guns had increased to about 35 per month by June but the establishment of one infantry division was 72 guns.

Aftermath

Analysis

In 1953, Lionel Ellis, the British official historian, wrote that by the end of the informal evacuations on 14 August, another  had been evacuated after the  by Operation Dynamo, a total of   British troops. In 2001, Brodhurst wrote that many civilians escaped from French Atlantic and Mediterranean ports to England via Gibraltar and that  civilians left the Channel Islands, from  Much military equipment was lost but    cycles.  of ammunition,  of stores,  of petrol,  and  were recovered. During the BEF evacuations  anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns were destroyed or abandoned along with  consisting of  cycles and 45,000 cars and lorries,  of ammunition,  of supplies and equipment and  of petrol.

For every seven soldiers who escaped through Dunkirk, one man was left behind as a prisoner of war. The majority of these prisoners were sent on forced marches into Germany to towns such as Trier, the march taking as long as twenty days. Others were moved on foot to the river Scheldt and were sent by barge to the Ruhr. The prisoners were then sent by rail to POW camps in Germany. The majority (those below the rank of corporal) then worked in German industry and agriculture for five years. An intelligence report by the German IV Corps, which had been engaged against the BEF from the Dyle line to the coast, was circulated to the divisions training for Operation Sealion. The report said of the men of the BEF,

Casualties

The BEF suffered  or died of wounds,  and  missing or taken prisoner.

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Commemoration

No campaign medal was awarded for the Battle of France but serviceman who had spent 180 days in France between 3 September 1939 and 9 May 1940, or "a single day, or part thereof" in France or Belgium between 10 May and 19 June 1940, qualified for the 1939–1945 Star.

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The French Woman () is a 1977 French drama film directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Françoise Fabian. The film is inspired by the life of French brothel madam Madame Claude.

Cast
 Françoise Fabian as Madame Claude
 Dayle Haddon as Elizabeth
 Murray Head as David Evans
 Klaus Kinski as Alexander Zakis
 Vibeke Knudsen as Anne-Marie
 Maurice Ronet as Pierre
 Robert Webber as Howard
 Jean Gaven as Gustave Lucas
 André Falcon as Paul
 François Perrot as Lefevre
 Marc Michel as Hugo
 Roland Bertin as Soulier
 Ed Bishop as Smith
 Karl Held as Stanfield

References

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1977 films
1977 drama films
French drama films
1970s French-language films
English-language French films
Films directed by Just Jaeckin
Films about prostitution in France
Films scored by Serge Gainsbourg
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William Wallis may refer to:

William Wallis (cricketer) (1878–1939), English cricketer
Bill Wallis (1936–2013), British actor and comedian

See also
William Wallace (disambiguation)


General elections were held in Argentina on 11 November 1951. Voters chose both the President of Argentina and their legislators. This was the first election in the country to have enfranchised women at the national level. Turnout was around 88%.

Background
President Juan Perón (1895–1974) had become President for the first time in June 1946. His popularity was riding high following five years of social reforms and a vigorous public works program, but he faced intensifying opposition during 1951.  His decision to expropriate the conservative La Prensa (then the nation's second-most circulated daily), though lauded by the CGT labor union, damaged his standing elsewhere at home and his reputation in other countries, as did the climate of political liberties: the opposition UCR's nominee, Congressman Ricardo Balbín, had spent much of the previous year as a political prisoner. Economically, the year was an improvement over the 1949–50 recession and saw the completion of a number of landmark public works and the inaugural of Channel 13 (Public Television), the first regular broadcast station in Latin America; but growing inflation (50%, a record at the time) led to increasing strike activity.

The UCR and other parties in opposition, harassed and deprived of access to the media, boycotted a number of Congressional races and all Senate races as well. The vice president, Hortensio Quijano, had requested leave from the campaign due to failing health and, on August 22, the CGT organized a rally on Buenos Aires' massive Ninth of July Avenue in support of the influential first lady Eva Perón as her husband's running mate, though unbeknownst to the crowd, the popular Evita was, like Quijano, dying, and thus refused the acclamation. Quijano reluctantly stayed on; but his stepping aside did not prevent a September 28 coup attempt against Perón on the part of ultraconservative elements in the Army. Ultimately, these ill-considered attacks, the Peróns' popularity and their control of much of the media combined to give the Peronist Party a landslide in the election, the first at the national level in which the vote was extended to women.

Candidates
Peronist Party: President Juan Perón of Buenos Aires Province
Radical Civic Union: Congressman Ricardo Balbín of Buenos Aires Province

Results

President

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

Provincial Governors

Footnotes

Elections in Argentina
1951 elections in Argentina
1951
November 1951 events in South America


Christian Garup Meidell (30 January 1780 – 19 March 1863) was a Norwegian military officer and politician.

He was born in Balestrand as the son of Jacob Gerhard Meidell (1735–1796) and his wife Birgitte Munthe Finde (1754–1789). He married Marie Helene Hille (1799–1871) from Lærdal, and they had ten children.

He took his education in Copenhagen, and embarked on a military career. He eventually became lieutenant colonel, serving from 1839 to 1854.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1827, representing the constituency of Nordre Bergenhus Amt. He served only one term. He had served as a deputy representative in 1824. He was also the first mayor of Leikanger municipality, serving in 1838 and 1839.

References

1780 births
1863 deaths
Members of the Storting
Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane
Norwegian Army personnel
Norwegian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
19th-century Norwegian military personnel
People from Balestrand
19th-century Norwegian politicians


French woman may refer to:

 Women in France
 The French Woman, a 1977 French film
 A French Woman, a 1995 French film

See also
 French Women (film), a 2014 French film


Charles Rufus Fairbanks (March 25, 1790 – April 15, 1841) was a lawyer, judge, entrepreneur and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1826 to 1836.

He was born in Halifax, the son of Rufus Fairbanks and Ann Prescott. Fairbanks was educated at King's College in Windsor and the Séminaire de Québec. He went on to study law with Simon Bradstreet Robie and was called to the bar in 1811. In 1815, he married Sarah Elizabeth, the daughter of William Lawson Sr. Fairbanks was secretary-treasurer for the Shubenacadie Canal Company. He served in the province's Executive Council as solicitor general. In 1834, he was named Master of the Rolls and judge in the vice admiralty court. He also served on the board of governors for King's College. Fairbanks died in Halifax after suffering a stroke at the age of 51.

His younger brother Samuel Prescott Fairbanks was also a lawyer and served in the provincial assembly.

References

1790 births
1841 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
Colony of Nova Scotia judges


Johan Ernst Mejdell (1773 - ??) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818, representing the constituency of Christians Amt. He was later elected in 1824 from Fredriksstad. He worked as an attorney.

References

1773 births
Year of death missing
Members of the Storting
Oppland politicians
Østfold politicians
Norwegian jurists


Coryanthes macrantha commonly called the Bucket Orchid, or Monkey's Throat Orchid is an epiphytic orchid from the genus Coryanthes. It is native to Trinidad and to South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana). The fragrant plant is pollinated by the typical Euglossini bees (an Eulaema species) These bees are part of what is probably the most complicated pollination scheme presently known in nature. and has one of the largest orchid blooms, sometimes weighing up to 100 grams (3.5 ounces)  and measuring up to five inches (12.5 centimeters) in width and height. In Trinidad and Tobago the flower has reached a width and height of six Inches (fifteen centimeters)     The color is usually yellow to orange with small freckles along some parts of the flower, mainly inside the "bucket". But of course there are many different forms so it is not a rule.

References

External links
 Photos.

macrantha
Orchids of South America
Plants described in 1831


Peter Valeur (27 July 1847 – 3 August 1922) was a Norwegian politician for the Coalition Party.  Born in Bergen, he embarked on a career in the military, parallel with law studies. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1873. After a series of civil jobs he settled in Kristiansand in 1892 as a postmaster.

He was a member of Kristiansand city council for an unknown period. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1907, representing the constituency of Fæstningen but served only one term.

References

1847 births
1922 deaths
Members of the Storting
Coalition Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Kristiansand


WEJS (1600 AM) is a classic country radio station in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, United States branded "Bigfoot Legends." WEJS' first air date was August 1, 1979.

WEJS previously programmed a mix of general-interest and conservative talk radio from Salem Radio Network and Westwood One, alongside sports talk from Fox Sports Radio. The station also carries high school sports, Pennsylvania College of Technology athletics, and national sports from Sports USA Radio Network.

History
The then-WJSA was originally an AM-only radio station authorized to operate during the daytime at 1600 on the dial. Though not in a Christian format, the station did air some daily devotional programs. In the fall of 1980, the station's owner, Williamsport businessman Ken Breon, sought the help of John Hogg, seeking his expertise in broadcasting engineering and programming. Within the year, Hogg was made General Manager. Under Hogg's management and with Breon's agreement and involvement, the station changed the format to full-time Christian programming. The AM station also extended its hours of operation and improved coverage.

The birth of WJSA-FM
24 years ago, Hogg identified an available FM frequency that would provide extended coverage and allow 24 hours a day service. Two years later the FCC granted the application and Light for Life. WJSA-FM began broadcasting on November 1, 1984, with a power of 3,000 Watts at 93.5 FM. A new company to operate the facilities was formed, Covenant Broadcast Company, a partnership between Breon and Hogg.

Expanding the FM coverage
Almost immediately, Hogg identified the opportunity for several stations in the area to upgrade their signal strength by changing frequencies. In the early spring of 1997 this power upgrade was realized and Light for Life WJSA-FM's frequency was changed to 96.3 FM with a power equivalent of 25,000 Watts.

2014 changes
Effective January 17, 2014, Covenant Broadcast Company sold WJSA to Todd Bartley's Pioneer Sports Productions, LLC at a purchase price of $50,000.

On January 21, 2014, the station's call sign was changed to the current WEJS. The station dropped the Christian radio simulcast with former sister station WJSA-FM (96.3 FM) and FM translator W263AG (100.5 FM), and started broadcasting a sports radio format as 1600 AM ESPN.

2015 changes
Bartley transferred WEJS' license to his wholly owned Colonial Radio Group of Williamsport, LLC on August 17, 2015.

2016 changes
On May 18, 2016, the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County issued an Order granting a motion by First Citizens Community Bank that a Receiver be appointed to take control of the radio stations and assets of Colonial Radio Group of Williamsport, LLC and to facilitate the sale of the stations and pay the proceeds to the bank.

2017 changes
On March 1, 2017, WEJS switched affiliations from ESPN Radio to Fox Sports Radio.

In July, 2017, WEJS ended its simulcast with sister-station WLYC and rebranded itself to "NewsTalk 104.1 & 1600", airing a mix of conservative talk, news, and sports.

2020 changes
On April 8, 2020, Terry Ginn, Receiver, filed an application on FCC form 316 for the involuntary assignment of license of the stations pursuant to the Court of Common Pleas’ Order of January 15, 2019 due to the current owner's refusal to sign any Asset Purchase Agreement for the stations or otherwise cooperate in the sale of the station to the prospective purchaser.

On May 16, 2020, WEJS was taken silent by Terry Ginn, the court appointed receiver of the previous licensee while the receiver and the prospective buyer negotiates an asset purchase agreement and files for the assignment of the station. The station was to return to operation after the consummation of the assignment of the station by the prospective new licensee.

On May 29, 2020, an asset purchase agreement for WEJS, sister-station WLYC, and associated translators between Terry Ginn, Receiver and Seven Mountains Media, LLC & Southern Belle, LLC was filed with the FCC with a closing date within 15 business days after the final order has occurred. The purchase was consummated on October 5, 2020, at a price of $100,000.

2022 changes
On February 1, 2022 WEJS changed their format from news/talk to a simulcast of classic country-formatted sister station WLYC 1050 AM Williamsport, branded as "Bigfoot Legends".

Previous logos

References

External links

EJS
Radio stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in Pennsylvania
Classic country radio stations in the United States


Lichtenhagen, from the oldgerman designation for Clear Grove is the name for many urban places like

 Rostock-Lichtenhagen, borough of Rostock, Germany
 Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen, Bad Doberan, Germany
 neighborhood of Friedland, Lower Saxony, Germany
 village in Ottenstein, Germany
 neighbourhood of Knüllwald, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Germany
 Forest Lichtenhagen, Schermbeck, Germany

Other uses include:
 Silke Lichtenhagen (*1973), German athlete
 Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen


Death of a Corrupt Man (), also known as The Twisted Detective and To Kill a Rat, is a 1977 French political thriller directed by Georges Lautner and starring Alain Delon. The film is based on the novel by Raf Vallet.

Cast
 Alain Delon as Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
 Ornella Muti as Valérie
 Stéphane Audran as Christiane
 Mireille Darc as Françoise
 Maurice Ronet as Philippe Dubaye
 Michel Aumont as Commissaire Moreau
 Jean Bouise as Commissaire Pernais
 Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Lacor
 Julien Guiomar as Fondari
 Klaus Kinski as Nicolas Tomski
 François Chaumette as Lansac
 Xavier Depraz as Marcel
 Henri Virlojeux as Paul
 Colette Duval as La secrétaire de Serrano
 Carole Lange as La fille du vestiaire
 El Kebir as Kébir
 Gérard Hérold as Dupaire

Musical score and soundtrack

The film score was composed and arranged by Philippe Sarde and features saxophonist Stan Getz fronting the London Symphony Orchestra and the soundtrack album was first released on the French Melba label.

Allmusic's Yuri German noted, "Film director Georges Lautner, who worked with Philippe Sarde on a dozen films, said that he was always impressed by the composer's ability to find an original musical approach to each picture. This time, Sarde, who always closely follows the editing process, suggested that they needed a strong soloist, preferably a tenor saxophone player, who would serve as a musical counterpart for the actor Alain Delon's famous good looks. Being a perfectionist, he opted for Stan Getz, one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists. Watching Getz's performance, Lautner decided to find a way to put the musician in the picture. He filmed Getz playing the opening theme, "Paris, Cinq Heures du Matin", solo, and it's the saxophonist's silhouette that appears during the credits sequence in the beginning of the film... The soundtrack turned out to be costly, but the director was pleased with the outcome. Sarde's instincts were right—Getz's saxophone gave the soundtrack a lyrical, nostalgic quality—fitting for Alain Delon's quest in the film for the sake of the past, to honor the memory of his dead friend".

Track listing
All compositions by Philippe Sarde.

 "Paris, 5 H Du Matin" - 2:38
 "Souvenirs" - 2:05
 "Valérie" - 1:35
 "Les Camions" - 1:30
 "L'Attente" - 1:17
 "Getz O Mania" - 3:07
 "Mort d'un Pourri" - 5:30
 "Montparnasse" - 3:37
 "Cafeteria" - 1:23
 "Les Aveux" - 1:08
 "Rocquencourt" - 1:50
 "Tout est Tranquille" - 1:50

Personnel
Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
Andy LaVerne - piano
Marcel Azzola - bandoneon
Rick Laird - bass
Billy Hart  - drums
Efrain Toro - percussion
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina

References

External links

1977 films
1977 crime films
1970s French-language films
French crime films
Films directed by Georges Lautner
Films produced by Alain Delon
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
Films scored by Philippe Sarde
1970s French films


Einar Wang (5 November 1855 – 2 March 1939) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Born in Våle, he started his career working in a trade company in Tønsberg, from 1871 to 1878. In 1878 he was issued burghership in the city of Holmestrand, and established his own company.

He was a member of Holmestrand city council from 1896 to 1901 and 1904 to 1916, serving as mayor from 1910. He also chaired the local commercial association, the school board, the board of the local savings bank and was deputy chairman of the board of the Holmestrand–Vittingfoss Line.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1919, representing the constituency of Brevik og Holmestrand. He served only one term.

References

1855 births
1939 deaths
Members of the Storting
Mayors of places in Vestfold
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
People from Holmestrand
Norwegian businesspeople
People from Re, Norway
Politicians from Tønsberg


Rachael Jennifer Treasure (; born 4 December 1968) is an Australian journalist, author and novelist. A former jillaroo, and reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on rural affairs, she is a passionate working dog trainer and in 2007 received Tasmania's rural woman of the year award.<ref name="ruralwomen2007">RIRDC Rural Woman Award Winner 2007 for Tasmania – Rachael Treasure, Rural Women's Award website. Retrieved 26 October 2008</ref>

Early life
In the early 1990s Rachael worked out of the ABC Sale office in Victoria. She met her ex-husband, John Treasure, in 1996 while a reporter and started helping John and his brother with their High Plains Droving horse riding business on weekends. This entailed taking tourists on their cattle droving and salting trips on the Dargo High Plains. The Treasure family has been droving cattle in this area since the 1870s.

In this period Rachael developed an interest in dog psychology and training with trainer Paul Macphail and became herself an instructor for training working dogs.

Rachael then moved to Queensland to work on a cattle station, which provided Rachael with the opportunity to write her first novel, Jillaroo, which became an iconic work of Australian fiction and began a flood of novels in the 'rural lit' genre. She then moved home to Tasmania to develop her interests in regenerative agriculture, dog training and breeding, and breeding Waler stock horses on Rachael's family property at Runnymede.

Bestselling novelist
Her three novels, Jillaroo, The Stockmen, and The Rouseabout, have all been bestsellers in Australia selling more than 100,000 combined copies by the end of 2007. Random House signed her to a four-book contract for British release during 2008. Two of her novels, The Stockmen and The Rouseabout, have been translated and published in German as Tal der Sehnsucht : Australien-saga(München : Blanvalet, 2006) and Wo der Wind singt : Australien-Saga (München : Blanvalet, 2008). She has since gone on to write three further best-selling novels, The Cattleman's Daughter, The Farmers Wife and Cleanskin Cowgirls, two short story collections, The Girl & the Ghost Grey-Mare and Fifty Bales of Hay, a dog training manual Dog Speak and a book of inspirations, Don't Fence Me In. Her novels all deal with contemporary issues related to agriculture and life on the land including succession planning and rural youth issues and relationships set within the Australian rural culture and traditions.

Community activism
In 2008 Levendale Primary School was under threat of closure due to low student numbers. Rachael Treasure proposed to the community that vacant farmhouses be put up for rent of $1 per week to attract more families to the area. The offer attracted interest from around Australia, New Zealand and as far afield as Japan and Singapore.$1 a week Housing , The Hidden Valley Blog. Retrieved 26 October 2008

"It's the only thing Levendale has, we don't have a shop, a pub, or anything to fall back on, this is all we have, is our school, and it keeps the women supported and networking on behalf of the men as well, so it kind of flows through the whole community." Rachael Treasure told an ABC reporter.

Books

Novels
 Jillaroo (UK title: River Run Deep), Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Books, 2002.
 The Stockmen (UK title: Timeless Land), Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Group (Australia), 2004.
 The Rouseabout (UK title: The Dare), Camberwell, Vic. : Viking, 2007.
 The Cattleman's Daughter (UK title: Through the Fire), Camberwell, Vic : Penguin Group (Australia), 2009
 Fifty Bales of Hay HarperCollins Australia December 2012
 The Farmer's Wife (Sequel to "Jillaroo") HarperCollins Australia April 2013
 Cleanskin Cowgirls'' HarperCollins Australia 2014

Other writing
 "Dog Speak" Self Published: Create Space USA 2007
 "Don't Fence Me In" HarperCollins Australia 2014

External links
 Treasure's Tales – Rachael Treasure's website and blog

References

1968 births
Living people
Australian women novelists
Australian journalists
Dog trainers
Writers from Hobart
Charles Sturt University alumni


Lichtenhagen is a borough of Rostock in the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

It is a Plattenbau housing estate built from 1974 to 1976. It derives its name from the adjacent village of Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen. Its population peaked in 1988 with 20,276 inhabitants, which had fallen continuously to 13,467 by 2006. By 2013, its population recovered to 14,171, as the city of Rostock continues to grow.

The borough became infamous in August 1992  for the Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen.

References

Lichtenhagen
Neighbourhoods in Germany


Robert Vogel may refer to:

 Robert Vogel (judge) (1918–2005), justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court
 Robert Vogel (marksman) (born 1981), American professional shooter and champion

See also
Bob Vogel (disambiguation)


Bellevue is a historic plantation house located at 200 Manning Road East, in Accokeek, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. This Greek Revival style home was constructed in about 1840. It is one of only three surviving examples in Prince George's County of the once-popular Tidewater house style, typical of successful small plantations of that period. Bellevue is in excellent condition, and retains its freestanding chimneys with brick pent, as well as a roughly contemporary kitchen wing. The house stands on a five-acre, partially wooded lot which exemplifies its original plantation setting.

Bellevue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

External links
 , including photo in 1985, at Maryland Historical Trust website

Accokeek, Maryland
Houses in Prince George's County, Maryland
Houses completed in 1840
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Plantation houses in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland


Petter Eide (born 15 August 1959) is a Norwegian politician, member of Parliament, representing the Socialist Left Party since 2017.

He is known to the Norwegian public also as Secretary General of the Norwegian branch of Amnesty International from 2000 to 2007, the Norwegian branch of Care International to 2008 and Norsk Folkehjelp from 2008 to 2010.
With a teacher's education from 1983 he started his career in the school system. From 1986 to 1991 he worked as political secretary for the Socialist Left Party, and from 1992 to 1994 in Nei til EU. In 1994 he also took the cand.polit. degree at the University of Oslo. He worked in Geelmuyden.Kiese from 1997 to 2000.

In January 2006 he criticized the government of Norway for not following the example of the new German Chancellor Angela Merkel in opposing the Guantanamo Bay policy decision of the United States.

References

1959 births
Living people
Amnesty International people
Norwegian activists
Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians
University of Oslo alumni


The Song of Roland () is a 1978 French drama film directed by Frank Cassenti and starring Klaus Kinski.

Cast
 Klaus Kinski as Roland / Klaus
 Alain Cuny as Turpin / Le moine
 Dominique Sanda as Anna
 Pierre Clémenti as Olivier / Le clerc
 Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Marsile / Turold / Charlemagne
 Monique Mercure as Marie
 Niels Arestrup as The merchant / Oton
 Serge Merlin as Pair Marsile / Ganelon / Thierry
 László Szabó as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
 Bruno Moynot as Pair Charlemagne / A pilgrim / A monk
 Mario Gonzáles as Blancandrin / Jeannot, le voleur
 Yvan Labejoff as Turgis / L'esclave noir (as Yvan Labejof)
 Isabelle Mercanton as Femme commerçant
 Dominique Valentin as La fille du seigneur
 Marilu Marini as La femme du seigneur
 Jean-Claude Brialy as Le Seigneur

References

External links

1978 films
1970s biographical drama films
1970s French-language films
Works based on The Song of Roland
Films set in the 8th century
Films set in France
French biographical drama films
Films based on the Matter of France
Films based on poems
Cultural depictions of Charlemagne
1978 drama films
1970s French films


Rustem Hazitovich Dautov (, born 28 November 1965 in Ufa) is a German chess player of Tatar origin who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.

Career
In 1983 he won the USSR U18 youth championship and in 1986 the Belarusian Chess Championship. He completed his military service in the 1980s in the sports department of the Soviet army, which was stationed in East Germany. In this period he participated in various GDR tournaments: in 1984, he was second (after Valery Chekhov) in Berlin. Tournament victories include Dresden in 1986, Rostock, Halle and Dresden in 1987, and Minsk and Dresden in 1988. In 1989 he was awarded the FIDE title of International Master (IM). In 1990, he won in Münster and was awarded the Grandmaster (GM) title. The following year, he won tournaments in Porz and Bad Lauterberg.

In 1992, Dautov settled in Seeheim-Jugenheim. Since 1996 he plays for the German national team. Between 1996 and 2004, he took part in five Chess Olympiads. His biggest success was in 2000 at the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, where he and his team got the silver medal (Russia scored gold). Dautov also scored two individual bronze medals, one for his rating performance of 2788 and one for his 8.5/11 score on the third board.

In 1996, Dautov won (jointly with Artur Yusupov) the international German Chess Championship, he finished second in the championship of 1999. In the late 1990s he won tournaments in Bad Homburg (1997), Seefeld (1997), Essen (1999) (shared with Vadim Zvjaginsev, Emil Sutovsky and Larry Christiansen) and Deizisau 2002 (amongst others shared with Vladimir Epishin and Levon Aronian). He participated in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 and the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, where he was knocked out in the second and first round respectively.

Dautov took on professional poker in recent years and cut down on his chess-playing activities. However, he still plays regularly in the German Chess Bundesliga for OSC Baden-Baden and the Swiss National League A for chess club Lucerne. He has written numerous articles for New in Chess and authored a Chessbase DVD 'Queen's gambit with 5.Bf4'.

Since the season 2016/17, Dautov plays for the team of SF Deizisau in the Second Chess Bundesliga.

References

 Short Biography of Rustem Dautov
 Article by Dautov in New in Chess
 Dautov's Queen's gambit with 5.Bf4

External links

1965 births
Living people
Russian chess players
German chess players
German poker players
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Soviet emigrants to Germany
Sportspeople from Ufa


Roderick Alfred Matthews MBE (born 1943) is a British businessman, involved in the telecoms and IT sector, as well as the founder of Scottish Telecom, now known as Thus.

Career
Having trained as a Chartered Engineer, Rod Matthews became Engineering Director at the CEGB before he went on to run a number of ICL businesses.

He was awarded the MBE in 1991.

In 1993 Rod Matthews established Scottish Telecom, now known as Thus, as a subsidiary of Scottish Power. He remained the Chief Executive until 1999.

Then in June 2000 he became President of Global Crossing Europe. He left that post after just six months and became Chief Executive of VersaPoint.

As of October 2008, Matthews sits on the boards of the following telecommunications companies:
abica, a UK-based business telecoms provider and MVNO
Keycom, a UK-based provider of internet access to student accommodation.
Zamano, an Irish provider of content to mobile network operators.

References

1943 births
Living people
British businesspeople
Members of the Order of the British Empire


John Fergusson (May 6, 1815 – March, 1891) was a Scottish-born political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1874 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Baleshare on North Uist in the Hebrides, the son of Donald Fergusson, and was educated there and at Glasgow. In 1848, he married Eliza Thompson. Fergusson was a captain in the militia, a school commissioner and a member of the Board of Health. He served as a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council from 1867 to 1874. Fergusson was named sheriff for Cape Breton County in 1875. He died in Sydney at the age of 75.

References

1815 births
1891 deaths
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
People from Uist
Scottish politicians