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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Battle of Laing's Nek 28 January 1881 Battle of Rooihuiskraal 12 February 1881 Battle of Schuinshoogte also known as Ingogo 8 February 1881 Battle of...
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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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Battle of Dun Nechtain Battle of Neerwinden (1693) – Nine Years' War Battles of Nejd – 1817 – 1818 – Wahhabi War Battle of the Nek – 1915 – World War I...
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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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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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& 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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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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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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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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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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The Battle of Silkaatsnek (Afrikaans: Slag van Silkaatsnek, English: Battle of Zilikat's (Silikat's, Uitval's or Nitral's) Nek, or First Battle of Silkaatsnek)...
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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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1st King's Dragoon Guards (redirect from 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards)
regiment saw action again at the Battle of Laing's Nek in January 1881 during the First Boer War. The regiment was employed chasing the elusive General Christiaan...
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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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Frederic Hughes (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
and then Gallipoli. During the Battle of the Nek his brigade suffered heavy casualties and he was later evacuated from the peninsula in September 1915...
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New Zealand and Australian Division (category Divisions of New Zealand in World War I)
short of the summit. The delay subsequently impacted upon the Australian attack at the Nek. A renewed attack was made on 8 August by the Wellington Battalion...
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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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Horace Robertson (category Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Gallipoli Campaign, including the disastrous Battle of the Nek, where much of his regiment was wiped out. He later participated in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign...
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from the firing line. He was also the Turkish commander assigned to many of the major battles throughout the Gallipoli campaign, such as the Battle of Chunuk...
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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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Landing at Suvla Bay (redirect from Battle of Suvla Bay)
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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