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sea, and the other was intercepted by Sea Dart missiles fired from the BritishdestroyerHMSGloucester. The threat of an amphibious assault by the 4th and 5th Marine Expeditionary brigades (17,000 personnel) tied down six Iraqidivisionsdefending Kuwait’s coastline....
(47–79ce). The precise details of the struggle are not known. Legionary fortresses were established atGloucester, Wroxeter (until 66ceat least), and Lincoln. Later bases includedCaerleon,Chester, andYork. The method of conquest was the erection and maintenance of small detached forts in ...
head of theRiver Severnestuary on the border withWales. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties cover somewhat different areas. The administrative countycomprisessix districts:Cotswold,Forest of Dean,Stroud, the boroughs ofCheltenhamandTewkesbury, and the city ofGloucester, the county seat....
Gloucester, city (district), administrative and historic county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Severn between the Cotswolds to the east and the northern part of the Forest of Dean to the southwest. A 16-mile (26-km) ship canal links Gl
At Gloucester the Severn becomes tidal and meanders to the sea. Navigation is difficult on this section and is bypassed by a ship canal (opened 1827), which leaves the estuary at Sharpness. Other canals that join the river, linking it with the Midlands region of England and with the River...
Forest of Dean (district) Gloucester (city and district) Stroud (town and district) Tewkesbury (district) Tewkesbury (town) Winchcombe (village) Greater London (metropolitan county; See also London) Inner London Camden (borough) Bloomsbury (neighbourhood) City of London (borough) Smithfield (area)...
The saint’s memory is preserved in the Hermitage, a small 12th-century oratory on L’Islet, as well as in the Abbey (later Priory) of St. Helier, founded in the mid-12th century by Robert FitzHamon, of Gloucester. The town originated as a fishing village that grew up beside the ...
through Worcester, where the cathedral stands on a cliff rising from the river’s steep left bank. The River Teme enters from the west belowWorcesterand the Avon from the northeast atTewkesbury, a yachting and motorboat centre. AtGloucesterthe Severn becomes tidal and meanders to the sea. ...