Initial attempts to bombard Fort Donelson using Union gunboats failed on February 14, as the fort had heavy cannons to respond. Union general Ulysses S. Grant strategized what could be done and ...

The result was standoffs between fishing boats and Icelandic gunboats, and even the intervention of the British Royal Navy. More recently, China’s rampant overfishing of its own coastal waters has ...

Bimal Biswas—veteran politician and noted writer—played an active role in several battles against the Pakistani junta during the 1971 Liberation War, particularly in the Jessore, Narail, and Khulna ...

He told Gallatin to instruct Penniman to hire and arm enough men to enforce the law, ordered the building of two gunboats to patrol ... relates to this part of the Union. As the object is of ...

An action is now in execution against gunboats and certain supporting facilities ... author of many books, including "Union Jack: John F. Kennedy's Special Relationship with Great Britain" and ...

Kadie Stephenson’s story, “Personal Journal Entry of Charles Harrison Fort Donelson,” was picked as the first-place finisher in the Youth category in the 2025 Eugene Gulish Writing Competition, ...

But according to Ayyash of the fishermen union, this growth was driven primarily by a lack ... Abu Jiab and his fellow fishermen faced constant harassment from Israeli naval forces. Gunboats would ...

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Russia’s Defense Ministry said the joint naval exercises will involve 15 combat ships, support vessels and gunboats, as well as helicopters, according to state news agency TASS. “The Russian ...