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The British Legions in the South American Wars of Independence during the 19th century. The British Free Corps of the Waffen SS in World War II. 2,500 British fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the republicans. [8] In the Paraguay Revolution of 1922, British pilots fought in the Escuela de Aviación Militar.
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The British Legion (Spanish: Legión británica) or British Legions were foreign volunteer units which fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and under José de San Martín for the independence of Peru, in the Spanish American wars of independence.
British naval officer who served in the Royal Swedish Navy in the war between Sweden and Russia. John Robison: 1778–1843 1802–1815 Scottish inventor in the service of Nizam of Hyderabad. Thomas Sutcliffe: 1790–1849 1817–1838 Chile Colombia: English soldier of fortune who served as an army officer in the service of Colombia and Chile ...
British and Foreign Bible Society: 1843 Canadian Methodist Mission: 1891 Canadian Presbyterian Mission: 1871 Cassel Missionary Society 1850 Central China Religious Tract Society 1876 China Baptist Publication Society: 1903 China Inland Mission: 1862 China Missionary Alliance: 1901 China Tract Society: 1903 Chinese Evangelization Society 1853
During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, the Legation Quarter was besieged by Boxers and the Qing army for 55 days. The Siege of the Legations was lifted on August 14 by a multi-national army, the Eight-Nation Alliance, which marched to Beijing from the coast and defeated the Chinese army in a series of battles, including the Battle of Peking.
Men of the Chinese Labour Corps load sacks of oats onto a lorry at Boulogne while supervised by a British officer (12 August 1917). The Chinese Labour Corps (CLC; French: Corps de Travailleurs Chinois; simplified Chinese: 中国 劳工 旅; traditional Chinese: 中國 勞工 旅; pinyin: Zhōngguó láogōng lǚ) was a labour corps recruited by the British government in the First World War to ...
Other former non-commissioned Chinese members of the regiment following disbandment were enlisted in a special unit of railway police responsible for the security of Imperial Railways of North China stations and other railway facilities. [20] During the First World War, the Chinese Labour Corps was recruited in Weihaiwei for service in France.