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    The Battle of the Nek (Turkish: Kılıçbayır Muharebesi) was a minor battle that took place on 7 August 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign of World War...
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    The Battle of Laing's Nek was a major battle fought at Laing's Nek during the First Boer War on 28 January 1881. Following the Boer declaration of independence...
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    The Battle of Laing's Nek from 2–10 June 1900 was a series of actions in the Second Boer War between forces under Redvers Buller and the Boers of the...
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  • Gallipoli (1981 film) (category Films about the Gallipoli campaign)
    about the purpose of war. The climax of the film occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli, depicting the futile attack at the Battle of the Nek on 7...
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    Laing's Nek, or Lang's Nek is a pass through the Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa, south of Charlestown, at 27°27′39″S 29°52′10″E / 27.46083°S...
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  • In the Battle of Blood River Poort or Scheeper's Nek on 17 September 1901 a Boer commando led by Louis Botha crushed a British force commanded by Major...
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  • The Battle of Latema Nek took place during the East African Campaign in World War I. After the Battle of Salaita, General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander...
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    First Boer War (category Military history of the British Empire)
    on the Natal-Transvaal border called Laing's Nek. At the battle of Laing's Nek on 28 January 1881, the Natal Field Force under Major-General Sir George...
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  • The Battle of Ladysmith was one of the early engagements of the Second Boer War. A large British force which had concentrated at the garrison town of...
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  • Look up nek or -nek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. NEK or Nek may refer to: Filippo Neviani, (b. 1972), Italian singer, with stage name Nek. Northeast...
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  • Lone Pine (Allied victory) Battle of the Nek (Central powers victory) Battle of Chunuk Bair (Central powers victory) Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) (Central...
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  • & Indian troops break out to the north, heading for the heights of Chunuk Bair and Hill 971. 7 Anzac: Battle of the Nek At 4.30 a.m. another futile diversion...
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    Commander J D Weilbach after the Boer victory at the Battle of Laing's Nek and as a result he planned to clear a path along the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road...
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    Mel Gibson (category Honorary officers of the Order of Australia)
    about the war. The climax of the movie centers on the catastrophic Australian offensive known as the Battle of the Nek. Peter Weir cast Gibson in the role...
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    attack, the Battle of the Nek went ahead nonetheless, with huge casualties. The opportunity for a swift victory at Chunuk Bair had been lost. With the failure...
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  • Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-02-01. Tucker 2005, p. 1052. Tucker 2005, p. 299. Duffy, Michael (2009-08-22). "The Battle of Bolimov...
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    Hugo Throssell (category Australian Gallipoli campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    landed on 4 August. He saw action in the desperate Battle of the Nek. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography: This experience increased his...
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  • Jutland Battle of Khaz Oruzgan Battle of Khushab Battle of Laing's Nek Battle of Morval Battle of Neuve Chapelle Battle of Peiwar Kotal Battle of Rorke's...
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    constructed following the Armistice in 1919 on the site of the Battle of the Nek, at which time the ground was still covered with the remains of Australian 8th...
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    attempting to outflank their positions at Laing's Nek. The hill was not considered to be scalable by the Boers for military purposes and so it may have been...
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  • The list of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I gives the engagements and the respected officers during the conflicts. Commander-in-chiefs:...
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  • – Wahhabi War Battle of the Nek – 1915 – World War I Gallipoli campaign Battle of Neresheim – 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Nesjar – 1016...
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    collection. The work depicts Lieutenant Robert Elwes of the Grenadier Guards, who was killed at the Battle of Laing's Nek on 28 January 1881. The British...
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    Alan Richard Hill (category British recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    won the VC for his actions on 28 January 1881 at the Battle of Laing's Nek during the First Boer War. After his marriage in 1902, he adopted the surname...
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    during the Battle of the Nek. After being withdrawn to Egypt in February 1916 they were involved in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war...
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    wave of Australian troops at the Battle of the Nek is ordered into a suicidal advance, supposedly to divert Ottoman and German attention from the landing...
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  • among the colour party of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot at the 1881 Battle of Laing's Nek led to a ban on them being carried in battle and since...
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    Robert Elwes (category British military personnel killed in the First Boer War)
    in action during the First Boer War. As a junior officer in the Grenadier Guards regiment, Elwes fought in the Battle of Laing's Nek where he died while...
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  • The Battle of Naauwpoort Nek refers to a clash between the Trekboers and Basotho warriors on 29 September 1865. Naauwpoort lies immediately to the north...
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  • Debe Nek is a town in Amahlathi Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Debe Nek's location is 19 km northwest of King William's...
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