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Struktura i organizacja wojsk polskich na Dalekim Wschodzie w 1920 roku

From the autumn of 1919 – as a result of the great Bolshevik offensive - the 5th Rifle Division (Siberian) retreated east as the rear guard of the remaining „white” troops, stopping the enemy pursuit. Her march to Zabajkala was accompanied by heavy fights in the difficult conditions of the Siberian winter, including in the vicinity of the railway stations Tutalskaya, Litvinov and near the city of Taiga. In January 1920, after establishing secret contacts between the Czechoslovak Corps and the Bolsheviks, the echelons of the 5th Polish Rifle Division were surrounded and on January 10, 1920, they had to capitulate and lay down their arms near the Klukwiennaja railway station (120 km east of Krasnoyarsk). The remnants of the division, not agreeing to surrender, organized in Harbin into a Separate Infantry Battalion under the command of Captain Józef Werobe and other units. After their evacuation by sea to Gdańsk in 1920, therewas also a transport of Polish soldiers who were still in Vladivostok. Some of these soldiers took part in the battles with the Bolsheviks in Poland.

The partisan unit under the command of captain R. Rajs (Bury) activity on the territory of Białystok region in 1944–1946 in the politics of memory of the Republic of Poland

The polish politics of memory concerning the activities of the unit under the command of captain R. Rajs (Bury) in Białystok region in 1944–1946 is considered in the article. The aim of the study is to analyse public practices, places of memory and their role in forming and reflecting the collective memory about R. Rajs’s unit (whose representatives are referred to as «cursed soldiers»). The analysis of public practices, memorable days and places of memory in Poland revealed a confrontation between two narratives. The first one is the nationalist and anti-communist narrative. It is transmitted by the state through the Institute of National Remembrance, museum institutions, as well as by right-wing political parties, movement, public organisations and the media close to them. According to them, R. Rajs is a hero who fought in the interests of the Polish state. Another narrative is presented by Belarusian national minority, their public organisations and mass media. They try to preserve the memory of the 1946 tragedy in the society and define the activities of the R. Rajs’s unit as crimes. The author emphasises that the judicial investigation completed in 2005 by the Institute of National Remembrance came to the conclusion that R. Rajs actions had signs of genocide. The author notes that the polish historical politics departs in some sense from humanistic, universal values. It focuses on the nationalist vision of history and actually ignores the interests of the Belarusians of Białystok region.

“It is Impossible for His Majesty’s Government to Withdraw from these Dominions” Britain and the Defence of Canada, 1813 to 1834

The War of 1812 showed the British government how vulnerable Canada was to an attack by the United States, particularly in the Great Lakes region. In order to defend its North American possessions, the government in London continued to maintain a naval dockyard at Kingston that for most of its existence, was under the command of Captain (later Commodore) Robert Barrie. As the American threat diminished, Barrie and his officers were able to enjoy a somewhat hedonistic lifestyle, probably unaware that serious questions were being asked in London about the viability of and even the necessity for such a station. Using the Duke of Wellington’s thoughts and comments about the defence of Canada and contemporary accounts of life in Kingston, this essay examines the political and economic realities facing the government and contrasts them with everyday life in one of Imperial Britain’s more important garrison towns.

"It is Impossible for His Majesty's Government to Withdraw from these Dominions" Britain and the Defence of Canada, 1813 to 1834

The War of 1812 showed the British government how vulnerable Canada was to an attack by the United States, particularly in the Great Lakes region. In order to defend its North American possessions, the government in London continued to maintain a naval dockyard at Kingston that for most of its existence, was under the command of Captain (later Commodore) Robert Barrie. As the American threat diminished, Barrie and his officers were able to enjoy a somewhat hedonistic lifestyle, probably unaware that serious questions were being asked in London about the viability of and even the necessity for such a station. Using the Duke of Wellington’s thoughts and comments about the defence of Canada and contemporary accounts of life in Kingston, this essay examines the political and economic realities facing the government and contrasts them with everyday life in one of Imperial Britain’s more important garrison towns.

The submarine and the Arctic Ocean

Seventy years ago Fridtjof Nansen and thirteen companions drifted across the Arctic Ocean in the specially designed ship, Fram. The drift took three years because the sea ice cover governs movements of a surface ship, allowing a ship's commanding officer only an occasional freedom of choice of direction in which to move his ship. In contrast, during August 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, under the command of Captain W. R. Anderson, crossed the Arctic Ocean in ninety-six hours, using the open sea that lies beneath the ice. In further demonstration of the capability of submarines to sail the Arctic Ocean, the USS Skate departed from New London, Connecticut, and the USS Seadragon from Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, proceeded to the Arctic Ocean, and on 31 July 1962 met each other at a prearranged point and time underneath the sea ice.

The Accuracy of Astronomical Observations at Sea

It was with some surprise that I read Commander Sharpey-Schafer's ‘Some Notes on Astronomical Observations at Sea’ (this Journal, Vol. VI, p. 362), especially his conclusions regarding the fixing accuracy obtainable with marine sextant observations. I can makeno claim to be an experienced navigator myself, but, as a member of the staff of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, I was privileged, in 1949, to spend three months as an observer on board H.M.S. Dalrymple, a newly-commissioned surveying ship, under the command of Captain (now Vice-Admiral Sir) A. Day.

MEMOIRES D'UN PROTESTANT

A French galley slave's description of an engagement in the Thames estuary between a fleet of French galleys under the command of Captain M. de Langeron of the French Navy and a British convoy under the protection of H.M.S. Nightingale (frigate 36 guns) on 5 September 1708. De Bergerac was a galley slave in the ship commanded by de Langeron. Translated from the original documents by LADY FAWCETT.

THE ORIGINAL STAR FINDER

Early in World War I, the writer had the pleasure of serving on the staff of Admiral Marbury Johnston, Commander of Squadron 2, Cruiser Force, Atlantic Fleet. Later in that war he served as navigator in the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. While navigator in the Naval Transport Aeolus, under the command of Captain H. G. S. Wallace, U.S.N., he was fortunat- in getting the idea which eventually resulted, upon assignment to shore duty after the war, in the conception and in the development of the original Star Finder and Identifier.

Observations and Results in Physical Oceanography. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Oceanography-I-B. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 545.J. A. Fleming , C. C. Ennis , H. U. Sverdrup , S. L. Seaton , W. C. Hendrix

Previous articleNext article No AccessNew Biological BooksObservations and Results in Physical Oceanography. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Oceanography-I-B. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 545. J. A. Fleming , C. C. Ennis , H. U. Sverdrup , S. L. Seaton , W. C. Hendrix PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 21, Number 1Mar., 1946 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/395097 PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Observation and Results in Physical Oceanography. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Oceanography-I-A. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication 545. H. U. Sverdrup , J. A. Fleming , F. M. Soule , C. C. Ennis

Previous articleNext article No AccessNew Biological BooksObservation and Results in Physical Oceanography. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Oceanography-I-A. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication 545. H. U. Sverdrup , J. A. Fleming , F. M. Soule , C. C. Ennis PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 20, Number 4Dec., 1945 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/394996 PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The Genus Ceratium in the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Biology-V. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 565. Herbert W. Graham , Natalia Bronikovsky

Previous articleNext article No AccessNew Biological BooksThe Genus Ceratium in the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Biology-V. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 565. Herbert W. Graham , Natalia Bronikovsky PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 20, Number 4Dec., 1945 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/394998 PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Chemical Results of the Last Cruise of the Carnegie. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Chemistry-I. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 562. Herbert W. Graham , Erik G. Moberg

<i>Chemical Results of the Last Cruise of the Carnegie. Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault. Chemistry-I. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 562</i>. Herbert W. Graham , Erik G. Moberg

Itineraries of the Second East African Expedition under the Command of Captain J. H. Speke

Itineraries of the Second East African Expedition under the Command of Captain J. H. Speke

On the Geology of the Country between Lake Superior and thePacific Ocean (between the 48th and 54th parallels of latitude), visited by the Government Exploring Expedition under the command of Captain J. Palliser (1857–60)

In the spring of 1857 Her Majesty's Government, at the suggestion of the Royal Geographical Society, constituted an expedition to explore the British Territories in Worth America lying in the neighbourhood of the boundary-line of the United States, and stretching westward from Lake Superior. Public attention was at that time directed to the nature and resources of the vast territory which had been ceded to the keeping of the Hudson's Eay Fur Company, as there was a prospect of its being to some extent thrown open to colonization by the lapse of part of that Company's rights. Principally through the efforts of Sir Roderick Murchison (at that time President of the Royal Geographical Society), General Sabine (acting for the Royal Society), Sir W. Hooker and Dr. Hooker, and of Mr. Ball (then Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies), the Expedition was organized and committed to the charge of Captain Palliser, whose previous adventurous travels in that region had given assurance of the ability and energy necessary to penetrate unexplored country, and to preserve a friendly footing with the savage tribes that were to be encountered. I was selected by Sir Eoderick Murchison to accompany this Expedition in the combined capacity of surgeon and geologist; and, at the request of Government, he furnished me with instructions as to how I should turn to best advantage my opportunities for geological research.

The Surveys of H. M. S. 'Herald' in the Pacific, under the Command of Captain H. Mangles Denham, R. N., F. R. G. S., &amp;c., &amp;c.

The Surveys of H. M. S. 'Herald' in the Pacific, under the Command of Captain H. Mangles Denham, R. N., F. R. G. S., &amp;c., &amp;c.

II. Account of the success of the American expedition of discovery under the command of captain Lewis: communicated in a letter from captain Clark to his brother general Clark

II. <i>Account of the success of the American expedition of discovery under the command of captain</i> L<scp>ewis</scp>: <i>communicated in a letter from captain</i> C<scp>lark</scp> <i>to his brother general</i> C<scp>lark</scp>

XLVI. Some details respecting the voyage of the two French corvettes, le geographe and le naturaliste, sent out under the command of captain Baudin for the purpose of making discoveries

XLVI. <i>Some details respecting the voyage of the two French corvettes, le geographe and le naturaliste, sent out under the command of captain</i> B<scp>audin</scp> <i>for the purpose of making discoveries</i>