On This Day ... in 1815 & Others
The Polish Kingdom was established. According to the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna, it become part of the Russian Empire
1850: Horatio Austin sails from London with fleet of four ships to search the Wellington Channel for signs of the Franklin expedition which had previously set out to discover the route of the fabled North West Passage
1917: British and Australian troops launched their second assault on the Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt. As before, the attack failed with heavy casualties.
Elsewhere on the Front, Second Lieutenant Harrison, East Yorkshire
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Lieutenant Combe, Manitoba Regiment - The Canadians used to have a superior army with fine soldiers - what the Socialists have done to Canada in the intervening years is criminal.
Posted by: -keith in silicon valley | May 3, 2006 10:19 PM