On 30 Fructidor Year XI (September 17, 1803) a battalion of sailors was created to be part of the Consuls Guard; it consisted of five crews and a staff. The men were mostly On 30 Fructidor Year XI(September 17, 1803) a battalion of sailors was created to be part of the Consuls guard; it consisted of
It was not necessary to wait for 1911 for the first revolution in China to take place , although the one that took place that year has retained that name (or that of Xinhai, corresponding to its equivalent date in the traditional calendar). Throughout the evolution of the eastern giant there were s
Operation Cottage aimed to recapture Kiska Island of the Aleutian group from the Japanese. One of these islands was Kiska, an uninhabited, frozen island east of Alaska. The Japanese captured Kiska Island on June 7, 1942. The landing was carried out by 500 Marines under Captain Takeji Ono. There w
Basan , country in Old Testament is frequently cited and later important in the Roman Empire; Its in todays Syria . Basan was the northernmost of the three ancient divisions of eastern Palestine, and in the Old Testament it was proverbial for its rich pastures and dense forests. In Ne