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The attack on Orleans was a naval and air action during World War I on 21 July 1918 when a German submarine fired on a small convoy of barges led by a tugboat off Orleans, Massachusetts, on the eastern coast of the Cape Cod peninsula. Several shells fired during the engagement likely missed their intended maritime or aircraft targets and fell ...
The attack was seen as particularly shocking as relatively few terrorist attacks happened in the suburbs and the Cape Town area was regarded as relatively peaceful. Furthermore, the Church of England in South Africa had always been mixed-race and opposed to Apartheid. The attack was seen as harming prospects for future constitutional ...
[56] [51] These attacks and an aerial smoke screen were followed by the landing of the 1st Marine Division, at Yellow Beaches 1 and 2, to the east near Silimati Point and Borgen Bay, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of the airfield and a diversion at Green Beach, to the west at Tauali, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) from Cape Gloucester. [47]
Louisbourg in 1745: The Anonymous, Lettre D'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton) Containing a narrative of an eye-witness of the siege in 1745. University of Toronto. – Also: Louisbourg in 1745 at Google Books – Only account from the French viewpoint except the official reports "Letters Relating to the Expedition Against Cape Breton".
The British engaged in the St. John River Campaign, the Cape Sable Campaign, the Petitcodiac River Campaign, the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign, and the removal of Acadians in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758). [15] The loss of Louisbourg deprived New France of naval protection, opening the Saint Lawrence to attack.
Cape Point, Western Cape Province: Unknown: This attack took place during a spearfishing competition. Other competitors soon noticed that Hayman was missing. Despite looking, they only found his speargun. The divers then argued whether or not he died from drowning. A month later, his shark-bitten body washed ashore.
The two small skiffs were engaged and surrendered to USS Cape St. George upon seeing the larger skiff with all their fuel in flames. [7] By the time the action was over at least one pirate was killed (only one body was recovered from one of the remaining small skiffs), and 12 (including 5 wounded) pirates were captured. [8]
The British forces reached the outskirts of Cape Town on 9 January. To spare the town and its civilian population from attack, the commandant of Cape Town, Lieutenant-Colonel Hieronymus Casimir von Prophalow, sent out a white flag. He handed over the outer fortifications to Baird, and terms of surrender were negotiated later in the day.