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The Battle of Amiens or the Third Battle of Picardy had just commenced. (8 August 1918). This Allied attack would later became known as the ‘Hundred Days Offensive’ and this action ultimately led to the end of the first World War.
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O'Three are based just off Chesil Beach in the seaside resort of Portland and Weymouth.
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More skirmish than battlefleet action, the German High Seas Fleet, having unintentionally encountered the entire British Grand Fleet, slipped into the mists of the North Sea and escaped.
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Wolfgang's work has been prominently displayed in our magazine - see some of the links below - and a few years back I had the pleasure of joining Wolfgang on a liveaboard safari to Tiger Beach in the Bahamas.
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We instantly became friends. Wolfgang was mild-mannered, pleasant and very knowledgeable.&nbs
The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull fast-tracked the award process for the nine men after public calls were made for the team to be officially recognised for their role.
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Volanthen told a BBC journalist that he was at work on Tuesday 26 June 2018 when he got a phone call.
"At 3pm I received a call telling me I was booked on the 9pm flight to Thailand."
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Harris is now travelling back to Australia with fellow cave explorer Craig Challen and other amazing Australian team members from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force.
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Josh Bratchley, Mike Clayton, Chris Jewel, Gary Mitchell, Connor Roe, Rick Stanton and Jim Warny flew in overnight.
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Although rain has started to fall at the cave site, the conditions have not significantly changed yet, therefore the principles of the rescue followed the same format as yesterday.
,Ivan Karadizic, a Danish diving instructor, was on holiday in Thailand when he heard the news of 12 boys and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave. He set off to help with the rescue.
, ,I cannot understand how cool these small kids are, you know? Thinking about how they've been been kept in a small cave for two weeks, they haven't seen their mums."
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At present there are mainstream media reports that four boys have been successfully brought out of the cave at around 13.00 BST (19.00 Thai time) today, Sunday 8 July 2018. The children are now at Chiang Rai hospital.
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Late last night a press conference was held at the entrance of the cave by the Governor of Chiang Rai Province, Narongsak Osottanakorn.
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It has now been confirmed that Rob Harper has returned to the UK for a medical appointment.
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The British Cave Rescue Council is the Representative body for voluntary underground rescue in the British Is
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Saman Gunan, 38 had been working as a security officer at Suvarnabhumi airport before he volunteered to take part in rescue efforts in northern Thailand.
, ,As shown in the above report from the BBC, the mainstream media are consistently talking and writing about "oxygen tanks" when we know in the main, scuba diving cylinders contain compressed air.
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In the UK when the decision is made to deploy a cave rescue team, a number of further decisions have to be made and a 'Surface Control' team is needed.
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Jason Mallinson and Chris Jewel are both members of the Cave Diving Group - the oldest amateur technical and cave diving or
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