British Expedition to Ceylon
British Expedition to Ceylon In 1803 British forces attacked inland on Ceylon, taking Kandy in February 1803 but ...
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British Empire
British Empire The British Empire was, at one time, the foremost ... the late 15th century. By 1921 the British Empire held sway over a population of ... government systems, the spread of many traditionally British sports (such as cricket and football) and ... the spread of the English language. The British Empire was at one time refered ...
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British empire   (translated from Spanish)
British empire During the first decades of siglo XX , British empire it included a population of between ... and two fifth parts of emerged earth. British empire it was developed during about 300 ... 1890 and 1910 . The Empire facilitated the British extension of the technology, commerce, language and ... wide scene. First in using the expression "British Empire" was the doctor John Dee, ...
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Blue Peter Summer Expedition
Blue Peter Summer Expedition The Blue Peter Summer Expedition is a yearly tradition in which the presenters of the British programme Blue Peter go to a foreign ... special reports from that country. The first expedition was in 1965 and they have gone ... Jamaica and New York 1968 - Morocco 1969 - Ceylon 1970 - Mexico 1971 - Iceland, Norway and ...
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History of the British Army
History of the British Army British Army Components British Army Territorial Army List of current regiments British Forces Germany Structure of the British Army Equipment Modern Equipment History History ...
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History of the British islands   (translated from German)
History of the British islands Table of contents Overview Those History of the British islands the history of several states was ... 43 n.Chr.) Roman time (44 - 410) British Imperium Commonwealth OF nation Condition history of ... on this many people island. While the British had remained Christian and the mission over ... itself Rex totius Britanniae (king of all British), Wales and Scotland could however only ...
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Sri Lankan Army
... before the arrival of this mission in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Devanampiya Tissa, its ruler, had ... community", borne by the early kings of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Tissa was anointed with the ... Gajabahu is the only king of ancient Ceylon who has found a place in early ... it is not impossible that undertook an expedition to South India. At any rate, his ... continent they form the Mohammedan community of Ceylon. Colonial Era The Portuguese conquered the ...
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Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II
... were defeated by an alliance of the British Empire, the United States, the Soviet Union ... Poland. The army immediately began despatching the British Expeditionary Force to support France. At first ... for the Germans who lost three cruisers. British land forces were quickly sent to Norway ... April at Narvik. In the first a British destroyer flotilla with five destroyers attacked four ... days later, a more powerful group of British destroyers and a battleship engaged the ...
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Sebald de Weert
... Weert (born 15??, Netherlands, died 1602 in Ceylon) was a Dutch captain employed by the ... Hope), captain Jacques Mahu, leader of the expedition, Liefde (Love), captain Simón de Cordes, second ... died on September 23rd, 1598, leaving the expedition without its leader. Simón de Cordes replaced ... due to a Dutch-Spanish prison exchange. Ceylon Voyage It is known that Sebald de ... with de Weert heading for Java, Sumatra, Ceylon and the spice islands. Warwyck was ...
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Talk:Francis Light
... as George Town in honour of the British king, King George III, and later the ... born to achieve success where other trusted British naval officers failed to secure a suitable ... mean success indeed for it gave the British a foothold in the Malay Archipelago to ... evincing any interest in barter of any British merchandise not to speak of Indian piece ... ship owned by a Madras (India) based British firm of Jourdain, Sulivan and de ...
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