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The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (1-A) (8589 words) |
 | The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips. |
| Armoured Trains were railway trains with the engine and carriages protected from musket fire by armour in the form of high parapets of iron or steel plate. |
| Armoured Trains were used in France and Belgium during the early part of the Great War, especially at the siege of Antwerp, but were found to be vulnerable to artillery fire and this together with their inability to manoeuvre led to their discontinuation. |
| Continuation War (10789 words) |
| The 1st division (Col. Paalu) had arrived and was given to VI Corps July 16, but it was until July 20 when they reached the fast- moving front line and released attachment Järvinen to their attack towards Vitele. |
| The 19th division had continued its attack southeast, and between July 18-25 the fierce encirclements and counter-encirclements raged before Finns managed to capture the main road and cut the railroad between Sortavala and Matkaselkä, which was captured July 18. |
| On September 22, a British note was presented (by Norway's ambassador Michelet) demanding the expulsion of German troops from Finland's territory and Finland's withdrawal from East Karelia to positions behind the pre-Winter War borders. |
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